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Projections and Epidemiology of Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Medicare Patients to 2040-2060

JB & JS open access, 2023
Background: National projections of future joint arthroplasties are useful for understanding the changing burden of surgery and related outcomes on the health system. The aim of this study is to update the literature by producing Medicare projections for
I. Shichman, Mackenzie A. Roof, Neil Askew, L. Nherera, J. Rozell, T. Seyler, R. Schwarzkopf   +6 more
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FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE RECURRENCY OF DIARRHEAL DISEASES AMONG THE UNDER FIVES ADMITTED AT PEDIATRIC WARD OF MASINDI GENERAL HOSPITAL. A CROSS-SECTIONAL DESCRIPTIVE STUDY.

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Background. The study aimed to determine the individual factors, the health center factors, and the community factors affecting the recurrence of diarrheal diseases among the under-fives admitted at the pediatric ward of Masindi General Hospital ...
Benjamin Evans Muhumuza , Alexander Biryabarema   +1 more
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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPTAKE OF SAFE MALE MEDICAL CIRCUMCISION AMONG MALES AGED 18 TO 49 YEARS AT MASAKA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Introduction: Objectives: To determine the factors associated with the uptake of Safe Male Medical Circumcision among males aged 18-49 years at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital.
Gilbert Kabanda, Lydia Anywar
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Definitions, 2020
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (―BCBSA‖) – representing the 39 independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield ―Plans‖ that collectively provide health coverage for more than 99 million members, or one in three Americans – appreciates the opportunity ...
P. Borzi, D. Berwick, Emily S. McMahon
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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ADHERENCE TO ANTIHYPERTENSIVES AMONG HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS ATTENDING HYPERTENSIVE CLINIC OF MBALE REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL MBALE DISTRICT. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY .

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Background: Adherence to antihypertensive medication is a major challenge today, this study was meant to determine the factors associated with adherence to AHM.
MERCY ALIRO, Florence Namutebi
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Association of Race and Ethnicity and Medicare Program Type With Ambulatory Care Access and Quality Measures.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2021
Importance There are racial inequities in health care access and quality in the United States. It is unknown whether such differences for racial and ethnic minority beneficiaries differ between Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare or whether ...
K. Johnston, Gmerice Hammond, David J. Meyers, Karen E. Joynt Maddox   +3 more
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Rehospitalizations among patients in the Medicare fee-for-service program.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2009
Results Almost one fifth (19.6%) of the 11,855,702 Medicare beneficiaries who had been discharged from a hospital were rehospitalized within 30 days, and 34.0% were rehospitalized within 90 days; 67.1% of patients who had been discharged with medical ...
E. Rackow
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Sepsis Among Medicare Beneficiaries: 1. The Burdens of Sepsis, 2012–2018*

Critical Care Medicine, 2020
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Objectives: To provide contemporary estimates of the burdens (costs and mortality) associated with acute inpatient Medicare beneficiary admissions for sepsis. Design: Analysis of paid Medicare claims
T. Buchman, S. Simpson, K. Sciarretta, Kristen P. Finne, N. Sowers, Michael Collier, Saurabh Chavan, Ibijoke Oke, Meghan E. Pennini, Aathira Santhosh, Marie Wax, Robyn Woodbury, Steve Chu, Tyler G Merkeley, G. Disbrow, R. Bright, T. MaCurdy, J. Kelman   +17 more
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Updated Overview of the SEER-Medicare Data: Enhanced Content and Applications.

Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs, 2020
BACKGROUND The National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare-linked database was first created almost 30 years ago.
L. Enewold, H. Parsons, Lirong Zhao, D. Bott, D. Rivera, M. Barrett, B. Virnig, J. Warren   +7 more
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Behavioral Health and the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) Initiative: findings from the 2014 CPC behavioral health survey

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Incorporating behavioral health care into patient centered medical homes is critical for improving patient health and care quality while reducing costs.
Kara Zivin, Benjamin F. Miller, Bruce Finke, Asaf Bitton, Perry Payne, Edith C. Stowe, Ashok Reddy, Timothy J. Day, Pauline Lapin, Janel L. Jin, Laura L. Sessums   +10 more
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