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Impact of Anticoagulation Therapy on Healthcare Utilization in Patients With Epistaxis [PDF]

Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology
Objective Epistaxis can occur in individuals on anticoagulants, raising concerns about the potential impact on healthcare utilization. This retrospective analysis aims to compare measures of healthcare utilization of two cohorts: adult epistaxis patients
Boston Andersen, Alec Kadrie, Meghana Chanamolu, M. Boyd Gillespie   +3 more
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Impact of Caregiving for Dementia Patients on Healthcare Utilization of Caregivers

Pharmacy, 2019
The elderly, whom are vulnerable to the physical, mental and chronic diseases of aging, are the fastest growing segment of the US population. Dementia is of particular concern in this population, and caregivers of people with dementia are subjected to ...
Ateequr Rahman, Rubeena Anjum, Yelena Sahakian   +2 more
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Healthcare Utilization for Noncommunicable Disease Management among Adults in a Rural South Indian Community: A Community-based Study [PDF]

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Background: Several factors influence people’s decisions about the choice of healthcare provider. This study was planned to identify determinant factors beyond accessibility, that influence the utilization of healthcare services for Noncommunicable ...
Jobinse Jose, B. Unnikrishnan, T. Rekha, P. Prasanna Mithra, Nithin Kumar, Ramesh Holla, B. B. Darshan, U. G. Unnikrishnan   +7 more
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Utilization of health services among the elderly in Iran during the COVID‐19 outbreak: A cross‐sectional study

Health Science Reports, 2022
Background and Aims Elderly people are potentially vulnerable with a higher need for health services, and utilization of Essential Public Health Services (EPHS) among this group is of high importance. This study aimed to examine the utilization of health
Farzad Faraji‐Khiavi, Habib Jalilian, Somayeh Heydari, Reza Sadeghi, Morteza Saduqi, Seyed‐Ali Razavinasab, Majid Heidari‐Jamebozorgi   +6 more
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Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis are Great Consumers of Healthcare Resources, Especially Young and Women: Results from the Spanish Atlas

Rheumatology and Therapy, 2023
Introduction This study aimed to assess high healthcare utilization over 1 year in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and factors associated with increased healthcare utilization.
Marco Garrido-Cumbrera, Eduardo Collantes-Estévez, Victoria Navarro-Compán, Pedro Zarco-Montejo, Carlos Sastre, José Correa-Fernández, Jordi Gratacós   +6 more
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An External Patient Healthcare Index (EPHI) for Simulating Spatial Tendencies in Healthcare Seeking Behavior

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundHealthcare resources are always more limited compared with demand, but better matching supply with demand can improve overall resource efficiency. In countries like China where patients are free to choose healthcare facilities, over-utilization
Jay Pan, Jay Pan, Duan Wei, Barnabas C. Seyler, Chao Song, Chao Song, Xiuli Wang, Xiuli Wang   +7 more
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Optimum maternal healthcare service utilization and infant mortality in Ethiopia

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Ethiopia has one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the world. Utilization of maternal healthcare during pregnancy, at delivery, and after delivery is critical to reducing the risk of infant mortality.
Girmay Tsegay Kiross, Catherine Chojenta, Daniel Barker, Deborah Loxton   +3 more
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Factors influencing utilization and perception of health care: a qualitative study among traumatized Yazidi refugees in Germany

BMC Psychiatry, 2021
Background Ensuring adequate utilization of healthcare services for displaced populations is critical, yet there are well-documented treatment gaps. Yazidi women captured by the Islamic State (IS) were subjected to extreme trauma and violence. This study
Virginia M. Tran, Laila Fozouni, Jana K. Denkinger, Caroline Rometsch, Florian Junne, Patrick Vinck, Phuong Pham   +6 more
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Predictive Analysis of Healthcare Resource Utilization after Elective Spine Surgery

Spine Surgery and Related Research, 2022
Introduction: The management of degenerative spine pathology continues to be a significant source of costs to the US healthcare system. Besides surgery, utilization of healthcare resources after spine surgery drives costs.
Erik B. Gerlach, Felipe Ituarte, Mark A. Plantz, Peter R. Swiatek, Nicholas A. Arpey, Jeremy S. Marx, David J. Fei-Zhang, Srikanth N. Divi, Wellington K. Hsu, Alpesh A. Patel   +9 more
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Barriers to healthcare utilization in fatiguing illness: a population-based study in Georgia

BMC Health Services Research, 2009
Background The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of barriers to healthcare utilization in persons with fatiguing illness and describe its association with socio-demographics, the number of health conditions, and frequency of ...
Reeves William C, Jones James F, Boneva Roumiana S, Brimmer Dana J, Lin Jin-Mann S   +4 more
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