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Asthma outcomes: Healthcare utilization and costs [PDF]

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2012
Measures of healthcare utilization and indirect impact of asthma morbidity are used to assess clinical interventions and estimate cost.National Institutes of Health institutes and other federal agencies convened an expert group to propose standardized measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of healthcare utilization and cost outcomes in future
Lara J, Akinbami, Sean D, Sullivan, Jonathan D, Campbell, Robert W, Grundmeier, Tina V, Hartert, Todd A, Lee, Robert A, Smith   +6 more
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Determinants for use of direct-to-consumer telemedicine consultations in primary healthcare—a registry based total population study from Stockholm, Sweden

BMC Family Practice, 2021
Background In recent years, telemedicine consultations have evolved as a new form of providing primary healthcare. Telemedicine options can provide benefits to patients in terms of access, reduced travel time and no risk of disease spreading.
Cecilia Dahlgren, Margareta Dackehag, Per Wändell, Clas Rehnberg   +3 more
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Health seeking behavior as a predictor of healthcare utilization in a population of patients with spinal pain. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
BACKGROUND:The global burden of low back pain is growing rapidly, accompanied by increasing rates of associated healthcare utilization. Health seeking behavior (HSB) has been suggested as a mediator of healthcare utilization.
Derek Clewley, Dan Rhon, Timothy Flynn, Shane Koppenhaver, Chad Cook   +4 more
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Factors for healthcare utilization and effect of mutual health insurance on healthcare utilization in rural communities of South Achefer Woreda, North West, Ethiopia

Health Economics Review, 2018
Objective To identify factors for healthcare utilization and to describe effect of Mutual Health Insurance on health service utilization in rural community in South Achefer, North West Ethiopia. Methods Across-sectional study was conducted.
Hiwot Tilahun, Desta Debalkie Atnafu, Geta Asrade, Amare Minyihun, Yihun Mulugeta Alemu   +4 more
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Multimorbidity and healthcare utilization among Black Americans: A cross‐sectional study

Nursing Open, 2022
Aim Racial disparities between multimorbidity presence and healthcare utilization are present within the United States, but less is known about the relationship between multimorbidity presence and healthcare utilization among Black Americans.
Sangwoo Ahn, Marissa Bartmess, Lisa C. Lindley   +2 more
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Sex differences in health status, healthcare utilization, and costs among individuals with elevated blood pressure: the LARK study from Western Kenya

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Elevated blood pressure is the leading risk factor for global mortality. While it is known that there exist differences between men and women with respect to socioeconomic status, self-reported health, and healthcare utilization, there are few
Neha Sikka, Allison DeLong, Jemima Kamano, Sylvester Kimaiyo, Vitalis Orango, Josephine Andesia, Valentin Fuster, Joseph Hogan, Rajesh Vedanthan   +8 more
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Fair Healthcare Rationing to Maximize Dynamic Utilities

, 2023
Allocation of scarce healthcare resources under limited logistic and infrastructural facilities is a major issue in the modern society. We consider the problem of allocation of healthcare resources like vaccines to people or hospital beds to patients in an online manner.
Aadityan Ganesh, Pratik Ghosal, Vishwa Prakash HV, Prajakta Nimbhorkar   +3 more
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World-Systems Analysis and Postnatal Care Utilization among Periphery Women

Journal of World-Systems Research
Current cross-national research suggests that increased economic dependence by peripheral countries on core ones is associated with poor maternal health outcomes and greater socioeconomic inequalities in the periphery.
Neema Langa
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Outpatient healthcare access and utilization for neonatal abstinence syndrome children: A systematic review

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2020
Objective: The objective of this study was to systematically assess the literature regarding postnatal healthcare utilization and barriers/facilitators of healthcare in neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) children.
Adam Van Horn, Whitney Powell, Ashley Wicker, Anthony D. Mahairas, Liza M. Creel, Matthew L. Bush   +5 more
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Development and Evaluation of an Operative Case Length Prediction Model in Adult Surgical Patients

Annals of Surgery Open
Objective:. To develop a machine learning model that predicts surgical case length and benchmark its performance against an embedded electronic health record (EHR) model. Background:. Surgical care accounts for one-third of U.S.
Jacob Walker Rosenthal, BS, Isaac J. Perron, PhD, Drew W. Goldberg, MD, Armaan A. Nallicheri, BA, Charles T. Bradford, MS, Charles C. Horn, PhD, Kaley Piersanti, BA, Bhavana Kunisetty, BA, John H. Keogh, MD, Gary E. Weissman, MD, Rachel R. Kelz, MD   +10 more
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