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Showing 1 to 20 of 174 for “"healthcare costs"”.
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Rising Healthcare Costs in the United States: Contributing Factors and Potential Solutions
United States healthcare costs have been spiraling out of control for the last few decades. With no universal healthcare system in effect, more than forty seven million Americans lack health insurance and cannot afford even the most basic care. This thesis addresses the factors contributing to the …
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The Unintended Consequences of the Adoption of Electronic Medical Record Systems on Healthcare Costs
In my dissertation, I study unintended consequences of the adoption of EMR systems. In my three essays, I examine how the adoption of EMR systems affects neighboring hospitals (spillover effects), can be used by hospitals to further its objectives in an unconventional manner (“upcoding” of patient …
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Multimorbidity in Diverse Populations: Stratified Analysis of Race/Ethnicity, Age, Obesity, and Healthcare Costs
… patterns. The relationship between healthcare costs and multimorbidity varied for each racial group and depended on the specific combination of chronic conditions, age, and obesity status. Third, it assessed the relationship between BMI and healthcare burden across race and …
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Attributable Healthcare Costs of Diabetes Complications in Alberta Adults: A Longitudinal Retrospective Cohort Analysis
… represent a major and growing burden on healthcare systems, particularly through increased healthcare utilization and costs. While previous studies have examined the overall economic burden of diabetes, there is limited Alberta-specific evidence quantifying the incremental costs …
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Employee wellness coaching as an interpersonal communication intervention: exploring intervention effects on healthcare costs, risks, and behaviors
<p>In order to address the rise in healthcare expenditures, employers are turning to wellness programs as a means to potentially curtail costs. One newly implemented program is wellness coaching, which takes a communicative and holistic approach to helping others make improvements to their health. …
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Participation in a health promotion programme and healthcare costs : cross-sectional research of the Discovery Vitality programme
To examine the association between 1) the levels of participation in an incentive based health promotion program (study1), 2) the level of engagement with the fitness related activities (Study2) and medical claims and hospital admission amongst adult members of a major health insurer.
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The impact of smoking on individual health expenditures: a case study of Namibia
… among the sub-populations least able to pay for healthcare services in LMICs. This, in turn, will perpetuate the vicious cycle of poverty and disease. The current study contributes to developing an understanding of the socioeconomic disparities in smoking in Namibia and their potential …
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Risk factors for non-communicable disease and healthcare expenditure in South African employees with private health insurance presenting for health risk appraisal
… these risk factors were associated with higher healthcare costs.
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Comparing Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs in HFPEF patients using SGLT2-inhibitor Combination Treatments: A Retrospective Claims Analysis
… therapy. However, real-world evidence comparing healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and costs between these combination therapies remains limited. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the Merative™ MarketScan® commercial and Medicare databases from 2019 to 2023 to compare …
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Nonemergency visits to the emergency room : revelations from the COVID era.
… pay. Many uninsured patients that cannot pay for healthcare treatments tend to use ERs for primary care. This contributes to excessive healthcare costs in the US, financial challenges for hospitals, and overcrowding with long wait times at ERs. This study evaluates all outpatient emergency room …
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Economic evaluations of antidepressant treatments: a national cohort study in Taiwan
… for depression for most people in contact with healthcare services and the last 20 years have seen dramatic changes in antidepressant prescription patterns. Initially, there was an increase in the use of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and subsequently, other novel …
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Improving pediatric influenza vaccination rates in the primary care setting
… improve community health, and reduce healthcare costs. Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement (QI) project was to reduce caregiver influenza vaccine hesitancy through provider education and the use of MI techniques with the MOTIVE-Flu (Motivational Interview Tool to Improve …
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Patient Falls in the Telemetry Unit of a Large Metropolitan Hospital
… and non-fatal falls resulted in $30.3 billion in healthcare costs. These costs increased in 2015 to $637.7 million for fatal falls and $31.3 billion for non-fatal falls (Burns, Stevens, & Lee, 2016).</p>
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Socio-Economic and Demographic Predictors of Mammography and Pap Smear Screening in US Women
… in education regarding cancer screening, healthcare costs are still on the rise and disagreement still exists between physicians who create guidelines and policy makers (Woloshin, 2000). This project examines cancer screening and examines socio-economic and demographic predictors for usage …
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Effectiveness of Interprofessional Collaboration with Pharmacists on Medication Adherence: A Systematic Review [paper]
Introduction: Medication adherence is a growing healthcare concern. Medication adherence can impact a patient’s health, affect their overall care and causes an increase in healthcare costs. Pharmacists are one of the easiest accessible members of the healthcare team and should be used to their full …
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DERMAI – A DEEP LEARNING-BASED WEB PLATFORM FOR DERMATOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS
… unnecessary specialist referrals, lowering healthcare costs, and enhancing patient experience. The platform represents a significant advancement in teledermatology, which is expected to resolve 70% of skin issues, while demonstrating artificial intelligence's potential in dermatological …
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An Evidence Based Curriculum On Early Recognition And Prevention Of Delirium In Hospitalized Elderly
… prevention programs may save lives and reduce healthcare costs.</p> <p>Problem: Hospitalized older adults have special needs that can be addressed using evidence-based clinical practice. However, hospital nurses may lack the competency to care for patients at risk of developing delirium and can …
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An analysis of medical futility dilemmas
… to a large number of the population, but with healthcare costs rising substantially, the time has come when these issues must be addressed; This thesis will include a short history of medical futility, the ethics of futility and how ethical principles are used in decision maKing Patient rights …
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Towards universal health coverage: Exploring healthcare-related financial risk protection for the informal sector in Kenya
… exposed to catastrophic and impoverishing healthcare costs. This study explored the nature of the informal sector in Kenya, the experience of members of the informal sector with the health system, their views on different prepayment mechanisms for health services and compares the resource …
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