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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)
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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Direct Medical Costs for Partial Refractory Epilepsy in Mexico

Archives of Medical Research, 2006
The aim was to determine the direct medical costs in patients with partial refractory epilepsy at the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) in Mexico.We carried out a multicenter, retrospective-cohort partial-economic evaluation study of partial refractory epilepsy (PRE) diagnosed patients and analyzed patient files from four secondary- and ...
Fernando, García-Contreras, Patricia, Constantino-Casas, Angélica, Castro-Ríos, Armando, Nevárez-Sida, Gloria del Carmen, Estrada Correa, Fernando, Carlos Rivera, Jorge, Guzmán-Caniupan, Laura del Pilar, Torres-Arreola, Iris, Contreras-Hernández, Joaquin, Mould-Quevedo, Juan, Garduño-Espinosa   +10 more
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