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Impact of Demographics on Healthcare Utilization

Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 2015
The Affordable Care Act is intended to reduce healthcare costs through policy changes. These include expanding healthcare coverage, potentially reducing costly emergency department visits, and reducing hospital readmissions. The feasibility of achieving savings via these routes is in question. Healthcare-seeking behavior is complex; expanding insurance
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Healthcare utilization among COVID-19 mRNA vaccine-associated myocarditis cases: a matched retrospective cohort study

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives: We evaluated all-cause healthcare utilization among those with vaccine-associated myocarditis, compared to vaccinees without postvaccination myocarditis.
Zaeema Naveed, Julia Li, James Wilton, Monika Naus, Héctor Alexander Velásquez García, Nathaniel M. Hawkins, Naveed Zafar Janjua   +6 more
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Quantifying inequality in the utilization of healthcare services provided by community-based health planning and services and its correlates in selected urban poor communities in Ghana: an analytic cross-sectional study, 2023

BMC Health Services Research
Background Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) was initially designed to address the healthcare needs of Ghana’s rural communities. However, with urban population growth and the subsequent healthcare demands of the urban poor, the CHPS ...
Duah Dwomoh, Genevieve Cecilia Aryeetey, Kofi Agyabeng, Ada Nwameme, Lauren Wallace, Irene Agyepong, Justice Nonvignon, Selase Adjoa Odopey, Delali Kumapley, Ivy Akushika Agbenu, Bryony Dawkins, Joseph Hicks, Bassey Ebenso, Tim Ensor, Helen Elsey   +14 more
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Variations in healthcare utilization for mental health problems prior to suicide by socioeconomic status: a Norwegian register-based population study

BMC Health Services Research
Background Suicide poses a major public health challenge, claiming around 650 lives annually in Norway. There is limited understanding of mental healthcare utilization patterns preceding suicide, particularly relating to socioeconomic status (SES).
Carine Øien-Ødegaard, Solveig Tobie Glestad Christiansen, Lars Johan Hauge, Kim Stene-Larsen, Sissel Marguerite Bélanger, Espen Bjertness, Anne Reneflot   +6 more
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Healthcare utilisation patterns among individuals with noncommunicable diseases in rural households of Chengalpattu district: A community-based cross-sectional study

International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases
Background: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in India, posing significant challenges to healthcare access and utilization, especially in rural settings.
Harishma Ramesh, Prabhadevi Ravichandran, Pavan Kumar Gollapalli, Vedapriya Dande Rajasekar, Sanjutha Arumugam, Rajan Edward Daniel Thomas, P. M. Nishanth Kumaran Shri   +6 more
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“Her hospital card is missing”: a qualitative investigation into the facilitators of and barriers to formal healthcare use among sickle cell patients in Ghana

BMC Primary Care
Background Access to and use of healthcare is a crucial aspect of sickle cell disease (SCD) management. However, healthcare utilisation is often challenging, particularly among sickle cell patients.
Naana Abena Ohemeng-Tinyase, Mohammed Gazali Hambali, Williams Agyemang-Duah   +2 more
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Present and Future of Utilizing Healthcare Data

Healthcare Informatics Research, 2023
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Medically tailored meals receipt and healthcare utilization and costs in Massachusetts' Medicaid demonstration. [PDF]

Nat Med
Hager K, Alcusky M, Zhang FF, Sing G, Ash A, Mick E, Terranova J, DiBacco E, Buckler S, Rich A, Bowman J, Folta S, Prendergast K, Frank J, Ball C, Chiang JS, Mozaffarian D.   +16 more
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Utilization of ChatGPT in Dental Healthcare

Academia Journal of Medicine
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of dentistry has been gaining prominence, with Chatbot Generative Pretrained Transformer (ChatGPT), emerging as a pivotal tool. ChatGPT's applications span a myriad of functionalities including diagnostic aid, educational support, and patient interaction.
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Increase in healthcare utilization and Medicare payment with progression of preclinical Alzheimer's disease. [PDF]

J Prev Alzheimers Dis
Beyrer J, Sheff Z, Payakachat N, Chandler JM, Chen YF, Kubisiak J, Lee A, Holdridge KC, Yaari R, Aisen P, Rafii MS, Sperling RA, A4 and LEARN Study Teams.   +12 more
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