Health Care Utilization

Facility fees for three common colonoscopy procedures were approximately 55% higher at hospitals compared with ambulatory surgery centers in the same county and with the same insurer, researchers reported in JAMA Health Forum.

Published results showed patients who tested positive for COVID-19 within 30 days after total joint arthroplasty had increased risks for mortality, complications, reoperation and non-home discharge compared with those who tested negative.

Tezepelumab reduced health care utilization for asthma across all outcomes measured, as well as the severity of exacerbations that required hospitalizations, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

A Michigan statewide analysis found significant variations in surgical approaches for hysterectomies performed to treat pelvic organ prolapse, according to study data.

Higher continuity of care has consistently been linked to better patient outcomes, and health care systems should consider ways to better the practice, according to researchers.

LAS VEGAS — Results presented here showed preoperative health care events may place patients at a higher risk for facility discharge and readmission at 30- and 90-days after total hip arthroplasty.

Compared with outpatient hospitals, ASCs reduced total health care utilization and expenditures for ACL reconstruction in the United States from 2013 to 2017, according to published results.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Use of a smartphone-based care platform after partial or total knee arthroplasty had similar 1-year clinical outcomes as standard of care and less health care resource utilization.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Study results presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting demonstrated higher health care utilization up to 9 months after hospitalization for COVID-19 compared with before hospitalization.

Socioeconomic disadvantages may explain a proportion of disparities in health care utilization parameters after primary total joint arthroplasty that were previously assumed to be driven by race, according to published results.