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Direct cost of medical care in patients with gonarthrosis

Reumatología Clínica (English Edition), 2019
To determine the cost of medical care in patients with gonarthrosis.Cost study in patients over 40 years of age with gonarthrosis, diagnosed according to the radiological classification of Kellgren and Lawrence. The average annual cost (euros) was estimated taking the unit cost plus average use of services such as family medicine, imaging, laboratory ...
Enrique, Villarreal-Ríos, Margarita, Cedillo-García, Emma Rosa, Vargas-Daza, Liliana, Galicia-Rodríguez, Lidia, Martínez-González, Verónica, Escorcia-Reyes   +5 more
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Lifetime Direct Medical Costs of Childhood Obesity

Pediatrics, 2014
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: An estimate of the lifetime medical costs of an obese child provides a benchmark of the potential per capita savings that could accrue from successful childhood obesity prevention efforts.
Finkelstein, E.A., Graham, W.C.K., Malhotra, R.   +2 more
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Direct medical costs of breast cancer in Jordan: cost drivers and predictors

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, 2020
Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer amongst females in Jordan. The study aimed to estimate the total direct medical cost of breast cancer from a healthcare provider's perspective.Methods: A retrospective cohort study was done to include all Jordanian females who were diagnosed with breast cancer at two leading public providers of ...
Rimal Mousa, Eman hammad, Jamal Melhem, Madi Al-Jaghbir   +3 more
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Direct Medical Costs Attributable to Osteoporotic Fractures

Osteoporosis International, 2002
Osteoporotic fractures are a major cause of morbidity in the elderly, the most rapidly growing segment of our population. We characterized the incremental direct medical costs following such fractures in a population-based cohort of men and women in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
S. E. Gabriel, S. E. Gabriel, A. N. A. Tosteson, C. L. Leibson, C. S. Crowson, G. R. Pond, C. S. Hammond, L. J. Melton, III   +7 more
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Epidemiology and direct medical costs of human Leishmaniasis in Italy

Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene, 2007
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 48, No 1 (2007)
Mannocci, A, La Torre, G, Chiaradia, G, De Waure, C, Mainelli, M T, Cernigliaro, A, Bruno, S, Ricciardi, W   +7 more
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The Direct Medical Costs of α1-Antitrypsin Deficiency

CHEST, 2001
For individuals with emphysema because of severe alpha(1)-antitrypsin deficiency, specific therapy called IV augmentation therapy has been available since 1989. Such therapy consists of IV infusion of pooled human plasma alpha(1)-antiprotease.To assess the direct medical costs of having alpha(1)-antitrypsin deficiency, the current study surveyed ...
C D, Mullins, X, Huang, S, Merchant, J K, Stoller   +3 more
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The Direct Medical Cost of Essential Tremor

Neuroepidemiology
Objectives: The aim of the study was to determine the direct medical cost of illness from essential tremor (ET) from a patient perspective. Methods: Secondary data from the Optum’s de-identified Clinformatics® Data Mart Database from 2018–2019 were used to assess medical resource utilization and costs.
Elan D, Louis, Kandice A, Kapinos, Elan D, Louis   +2 more
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Direct Medical Costs of Bronchiolitis Hospitalizations in the United States

Pediatrics, 2006
OBJECTIVES. Although bronchiolitis is the leading cause of hospitalization for infants, there are limited data describing the epidemiology of bronchiolitis hospitalizations, and the associated cost is unknown. Our objective was to determine nationally representative estimates of the frequency of bronchiolitis hospitalizations and its associated costs ...
Andrea J, Pelletier, Jonathan M, Mansbach, Carlos A, Camargo   +2 more
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Effects of Offering Advance Directives on Medical Treatments and Costs

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1992
To examine the effects of advance directives on medical treatments and on patient satisfaction and well-being and to determine whether the enhancement of patient autonomy through advance directives provides a more ethically feasible approach to cost control than does the imposition of limits through rationing.Randomized, controlled trial.University and
L J, Schneiderman, R, Kronick, R M, Kaplan, J P, Anderson, R D, Langer   +4 more
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direct medical costs

2009
Fixed and variable costs associated directly with a health care intervention (e.g. payments for drugs, treatments, laboratory and other medical services, costs for staying in the hospital, honoraries); → see economic analysis.
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