Health Care Utilization
Socioeconomic disadvantages may explain disparities in health care utilization after TJA
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.
Patients with AKI treated with dialysis show higher health care utilization, costs
Patients with acute kidney injury treated with dialysis showed higher post-discharge health care utilization and costs compared with hospitalized control patients.
Early physical therapy for low back pain associated with less health care utilization
While rates varied from state to state, early initiation of physical therapy for acute low back pain was associated with less 30-day and 1-year health care utilization in the United States, according to published results.
Health care utilization improvements in urban minority youth tied to better asthma control
SAN FRANCISCO — In urban minority children with a high asthma burden, improvement in healthcare utilization rates was tied with better asthma control, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.
Obesity may not affect unplanned health care utilization, safety of therapy in IBD
SAN DIEGO — Obesity was not linked to hospitalization, surgery or serious infection among a subset of biologic-treated patients with inflammatory bowel disease, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022.
ED visits within 90 days of spine surgery linked with increased health care utilization
CHICAGO — There was significantly increased use of imaging, urgent care visits, added ED visits and cumulative opioid prescriptions after spine surgery among patients who had an ED visit within 90 days of surgery, study results showed.
Earlier anti-TNF reduces health care utilization in CD
Earlier administration of anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy reduced health care resource utilization in patients with Crohn’s disease but not in patients with ulcerative colitis, according to research.
Health care resource use greater among patients with asthma, comorbidities
PHOENIX — Chronic rhinosinusitis and bronchiectasis as comorbidities in patients with asthma was associated with higher health care use, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.
Mobile stroke units cost-effective, especially in patients with no baseline disability
Mobile stroke units were found to be cost-effective for tissue plasminogen activator-eligible patients, especially for those with no baseline disability, a speaker reported.
Diabetes education lowers health care costs, improves health care utilization
Diabetes self-management education and support interventions might help reduce health care costs and improve utilization, but evidence varies across studies, according to findings from a systematic review.