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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)
A Mannocci, G La Torre, G Chiaradia, Chiara De Waure, M T Mainelli, A Cernigliaro, S Bruno, W Ricciardi   +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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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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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 Cost of Influenza-Related Hospitalizations in Children

Pediatrics, 2006
OBJECTIVE. Our goal was to determine the cost of influenza-related hospitalization in children with community-acquired laboratory-confirmed influenza and to identify predictors of high hospitalization costs. PATIENTS AND METHODS. This was a retrospective cohort study of patients 21 years and younger hospitalized at a children's hospital ...
Ron, Keren, Theoklis E, Zaoutis, Stephanie, Saddlemire, Xian Qun, Luan, Susan E, Coffin   +4 more
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direct non-medical costs

2009
Costs associated with provision of medical services (e.g. costs for transport of a patient to a hospital, payments for a housekeeper); → see economic analysis.
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Higher Direct Medical Costs Associated With Physical Inactivity

The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 2000
The benefits of physical activity in reducing morbidity and mortality are well-established, but the effect of physical inactivity on direct medical costs is less clear.
M, Pratt, C A, Macera, G, Wang
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Direct Medical Costs in Patients with Fibromyalgia

American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 2011
To compare the direct medical costs of clinically diagnosed patients with fibromyalgia with the medical costs of matched controls during a 4-yr period and to assess the impact of a fibromyalgia treatment program on healthcare utilization and associated medical costs.A retrospective comparison of economic outcomes in 87 patients who participated in a ...
Jeffrey M, Thompson, Connie A, Luedtke, Terry H, Oh, Nilay D, Shah, Kirsten Hall, Long, Susan, King, Megan, Branda, Randy, Swanson   +7 more
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