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The Effect of Acupuncture Utilization on Healthcare Utilization
Medical Care, 2008To determine whether acupuncture is a complement to or substitute for various medical services.This study used managed care claims data from a midsize metropolitan insurance company from 2002. Zip code level data from the 2000 US Census was also incorporated.
Machaon, Bonafede +4 more
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Domestic Violence and Healthcare Utilization in Turkey
Social Work in Public Health, 2020This study aims to analyze the prevalence of domestic violence, the level, and determinants of healthcare utilization of women exposed to violence and the satisfaction from the behaviors of health personnel. The data source of this study is the 2014 Research on Domestic Violence against Women in Turkey which was carried out with Hacettepe University ...
Gulcan Santas +2 more
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Disparities in dental healthcare utilization in China
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 2018AbstractObjectivesThe goal of this study was to investigate inequality in dental service utilization in Chinese middle‐aged and senior adults and changes in inequality over time and to determine the sources of inequality.MethodsThe data included 17 648 individuals aged 45 years and older in 2013 and 15 450 individuals in 2015 who participated in the ...
Chaofan Li +2 more
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Healthcare Utilization by Obese and Overweight Children
The Journal of Pediatrics, 2015To examine the relationship between childhood obesity and health care use in a large, nationally representative group of children with measured anthropometrics.Analysis of 5 combined National Health and Nutrition Survey datasets from 2001 to 2010. Unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression models assessed the relationship between health care use ...
Josette Bianchi-Hayes +5 more
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Effects of Cardiorespiratory Fitness on Healthcare Utilization
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2004Prospective study examining the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness level and incidence of medical treatments during a 1-yr period before each of two examinations. A subset was also evaluated to assess whether improvement in fitness affected incidence of treatments.Part I: Six thousand six hundred seventy-nine healthy male subjects underwent
Tedd L, Mitchell +3 more
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Utilization Management and Healthcare Reform
Journal For Healthcare Quality, 1995The reform movement in healthcare is occurring in response to financial pressures on American business. The trend toward managed care with competition-based discounting and capitation contracts is likely to continue even if Congress does not enact healthcare reform legislation.
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Health Information Exchange and Healthcare Utilization
Journal of Medical Systems, 2008Health information exchange (HIE) makes previously inaccessible data available to clinicians, resulting in more complete information. This study tested the hypotheses that HIE information access reduced emergency room visits and inpatient hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions among medically indigent adults.
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Trends in Health and Healthcare Utilization in Manitoba
Healthcare Management Forum, 2002Trends in health status and healthcare utilization were examined for regions of Manitoba from 1985 to 2000. While the provincial premature mortality rate decreased, the difference between the northern and southern regions increased. Hospital admissions remained stable despite major bed closures and an aging population; a decrease in hospital days per ...
Lisa M, Lix +3 more
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Utility Measurement in Healthcare
PharmacoEconomics, 2006The present article provides a brief historical background on the development of utility measurement and cost-utility analysis in healthcare. It then outlines a number of research ideas in this field that the author never got to. The first idea is extremely fundamental.
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Access to and utilization of healthcare: the provider’s role
Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, 2006Access to and utilization of healthcare are distinct, yet related, concepts that serve as a focus for health policy and quality improvement. This article identifies their similarities and differences, calling on previous research and reviews to elaborate on a current understanding of factors that influence both, with a particular focus on those related
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