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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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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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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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National travel distances for emergency care

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Most emergency department (ED) patients arrive by their own transport and, for various reasons, may not choose the nearest ED. How far patients travel for ED treatment may reflect both patients’ access to care and severity of illness.
Anagha Tolpadi, Marc N. Elliott, Daniel Waxman, Kirsten Becker, Elizabeth Flow-Delwiche, William G. Lehrman, Debra Stark, Layla Parast   +7 more
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The Efficiency of Medicare [PDF]

, 2001
Technological advances in health care have been shown to yield large average health benefits for the U.S. elderly population. However, less is known about the marginal or incremental benefits of health care spending. We use geographical variations in health care spending to measure the marginal value of greater health care intensity among the elderly ...
Jonathan Skinner, Elliott Fisher, John E. Wennberg   +2 more
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The Response to Medicare [PDF]

Public Health Reports (1896-1970), 1968
I MPLEMENTATION of title XVIII of Public Law 89-97 (Medicare) presented a unique opportunity to study several facets of social cha,nge because Medicare is a large-scale innovation in the philosophy and method olf payment for health and medical care services for the aged.
Jack Sigler, Eugene A. Friedmann, Douglas Marshall, Rodney M. Coe, Henry P. Brehm   +4 more
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Spectrum of histomorphological diagnosis in cystoscopic bladder biopsies

Journal of Pathology of Nepal, 2017
Background:  Urinary bladder lesions are the main source of significant clinical symptoms which are more disabling than lethal. Bladder tumors constitute one of the most common urological pathology.
R Thapa, M Lakhey, AD Bhatta
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FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PREVALENCE OF MALARIA AMONG CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS ATTENDING HEALTH CARE AT ST ELIZABETH MAGALE HEALTH CENTER IV, NAMISINDWA DISTRICT. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Introduction:  Malaria remains a major public health problem associated with slow economic development and it accounts for 27.7% of deaths among children under the age of five in Uganda (MOH, NMCP 2014 - 2020). The study, therefore, seeks to determine
Jude Moya, Lydia Anywar
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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES TOWARDS MANAGEMENT OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE AMONG CARETAKERS OF SICKLERS AT PAEDIATRIC WARD IN MBALE RRH. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Introduction: Purpose of the study: The study aims at assessing the knowledge, attitude, and practices towards the management of sickle cell disease among caretakers of sicklers at the pediatric ward in Mbale Regional Referral Hospital. Methods: A cross-
Deborah Namajja , Henry Kasujja
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A Medicare primer [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2009
Medicare is a massive and essential safety healthcare net for the elderly in the United States. It covers 45 million people in 2009 (almost one-sixth of the population) and projected to cover an increasing number of aged beneficiaries with a decreasing number of workers paying into the system.
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