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Evidence for marked underutilization of insurance billing in malignant pleural mesothelioma in Finland

Thoracic Cancer, 2021
Background Substantial variation in health care costs for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) has previously been identified. Materials and Methods We analyzed the changes in health care costs in MPM in Finland during 2002–2012.
Paulus Torkki, Juuso Paajanen, Ville Kytö, Sanna Laaksonen, Jari Räsänen, Marjukka Myllärniemi, Ilkka Ilonen   +6 more
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Long-term medical and productivity costs of severe trauma: Results from a prospective cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundThrough improvements in trauma care there has been a decline in injury mortality, as more people survive severe trauma. Patients who survive severe trauma are at risk of long-term disabilities which may place a high economic burden on society ...
Marjolein van der Vlegel, Juanita A Haagsma, Roos J M Havermans, Leonie de Munter, Mariska A C de Jongh, Suzanne Polinder   +5 more
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Lifetime Health Care Costs of the Danish Population

Journal of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, 2013
# Objectives Lifetime health care cost is a statistical indicator for expected health care use during the remaining lifetime of an individual. The objective of this study was to estimate the lifetime health care costs for individual gender and age strata.
Jan Sørensen, Rikke Søgaard
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Hospital care direct costs due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions related to diabetes mellitus in the Mexican public healthcare system

BMC Health Services Research
Background Hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) incur substantial costs on the health system that could be partially avoided with adequate outpatient care. Complications of chronic diseases, such as diabetes mellitus (DM), are
Pedro Saturno-Hernández, Estephania Moreno-Zegbe, Ofelia Poblano-Verastegui, Laura del Pilar Torres-Arreola, Arturo C. Bautista-Morales, Cynthya Maya-Hernández, Juan David Uscanga-Castillo, Sergio Flores-Hernández, Patricia María Gómez-Cortez, Waldo Iván Vieyra-Romero   +9 more
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Total health insurance costs in children with a migraine diagnosis compared to a control group

The Journal of Headache and Pain, 2021
Background Health care costs of migraine constitute a major issue in health economics. Several publications analyzed health care costs for adult migraine patients, based on questionnaires or secondary (health insurance) data.
Viola Obermeier, Monika Murawski, Florian Heinen, Mirjam N. Landgraf, Andreas Straube, Rüdiger von Kries, Ruth Ruscheweyh   +6 more
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A Web-Based Nutrition Program Reduces Health Care Costs in Employees With Cardiac Risk Factors: Before and After Cost Analysis

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2009
Background Rising health insurance premiums represent a rapidly increasing burden on employer-sponsors of health insurance and their employees. Some employers have become proactive in managing health care costs by providing tools to encourage employees ...
Sacks, Naomi, Cabral, Howard, Kazis, Lewis E, Jarrett, Kelli M, Vetter, Delia, Richmond, Russell, Moore, Thomas J   +6 more
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Health-related outcomes, health care resource utilization, and costs of multiple sclerosis in Japan compared with US and five EU countries

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2019
Kaoru Yamabe,1 Marco D DiBonaventura,2 Chris L Pashos3 1Healthcare Policy and Access, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Chuouku, Tokyo 103-8668, Japan; 2Health Outcomes, Kantar Health, New York, NY 10010, USA; 3Global Outcomes and Epidemiology ...
Yamabe K, DiBonaventura MD, Pashos CL
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Health care costs associated with gestational diabetes mellitus among high-risk women – results from a randomised trial

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2012
Background The costs of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) screening have been frequently reported, but total GDM-related health care costs compared to the health care costs of women without GDM have not been reported.
Kolu Päivi, Raitanen Jani, Rissanen Pekka, Luoto Riitta   +3 more
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Health care during electricity failure: The hidden costs.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundSurgery risks increase when electricity is accessible but unreliable. During unreliable electricity events and without data on increased risk to patients, medical professionals base their decisions on anecdotal experience.
Abigail Mechtenberg, Brady McLaughlin, Michael DiGaetano, Abigail Awodele, Leslie Omeeboh, Emmanuel Etwalu, Lydia Nanjula, Moses Musaazi, Mark Shrime   +8 more
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Cost Analysis of Medical versus Surgical Management of Glaucoma in Nigeria

Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2010
Purpose: To analyze the cost of glaucoma medical therapy and compare it with that of surgical management in Nigeria. Methods: The cost of glaucoma drugs and that of surgical therapy in patients who attended the eye clinic of the University of Benin ...
Afekhide E Omoti, Omolabake T Edema, Benedicta A Akpe, Patricia Musa   +3 more
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