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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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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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Associations between physical and mental health and the utilization of ambulatory and emergency healthcare among asylum-seekers: results from a cross-sectional survey in Berlin, Germany

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Background Despite a high burden of chronic and mental illness, asylum-seekers show low utilization of ambulatory specialist healthcare. Forgoing timely healthcare when facing access barriers may direct them toward emergency care.
Nora Gottlieb, Martin Siegel
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How Well Do All Patient Refined–Diagnosis-Related Groups Explain Costs of Pediatric Cancer Chemotherapy Admissions in the United States? [PDF]

, 2016
Purpose: State-based Medicaid programs have begun using All Patient Refined–Diagnosis-Related Groups (APR-DRGs) to determine hospital reimbursement rates. Medicaid provides coverage for 45% of childhood cancer admissions.
Andrew Street, Dobson A, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Heidi Russell, Price A, Sun Y, Vivian Ho   +7 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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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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Healthcare utilization and related costs among older people seeking primary care due to back pain: findings from the BACE-N cohort study

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To describe healthcare utilization and estimate associated costs during 1 year of follow-up among older people seeking primary care due to a new episode back pain and to describe healthcare utilization across patients with different risk ...
Danielle van der Windt, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Kjersti Storheim, Margreth Grotle, Zinajda Zolic-Karlsson, Ørjan Nesse Vigdal, Rikke Munk Killingmo, Lise Kretz   +7 more
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Healthcare burden among individuals with Angelman syndrome: Findings from the Angelman Syndrome Natural History Study

Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2019
Background The objective of this study is to describe healthcare resource utilization (HRU) and supportive therapy utilization (STU) among individuals with Angelman syndrome (AS), and to compare such usage by molecular etiology. Methods Participants were
Nasreen Khan, Raquel Cabo, Wen‐Hann Tan, Regina Tayag, Lynne M. Bird   +4 more
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The impact of HIV-associated lipodystrophy on healthcare utilization and costs

AIDS Research and Therapy, 2008
Background HIV disease itself is associated with increased healthcare utilization and healthcare expenditures. HIV-infected persons with lipodystrophy have been shown to have poor self-perceptions of health.
Lee Daniel, Fernandez Susan, Becerra Karen, Huang Jeannie S, Mathews WC   +4 more
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Body mass index and lifetime healthcare utilization [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Abstract Background: Overweight and obesity is a major global public health challenge, and understanding the implications for healthcare systems is essential for policy planning. Past studies have typically found positive associations between obesity and healthcare utilization, but these studies have not taken into consideration that obesity is
Christina Hansen Edwards, Eline Aas, Jonas Minet Kinge   +2 more
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