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Newest firstPurposeWe evaluated healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and costs in patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). MethodsPatients with newly diagnosed EGPA (2017-2021), [≥]12 months pre-diagnosis health plan enrollment, and [≥]1 inpatient or [≥]2 outpatient claims with an EGPA diagnosis were included. Follow-up was from EGPA diagnosis until disenrollment or database end. HCRU and health i…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic period, healthcare systems substantially reorganized their management of several diseases, including acute cardiovascular diseases (ACVD) such as heart failure, stroke, myocardial infarction, and pulmonary embolism. While previous studies have reported changes in hospitalization rates and clinical outcomes, the economic impact of the pandemic on healthcare expenditures for pa…
BackgroundScabies is one of the common infectious skin conditions globally, with a significantly high burden in hot and tropical countries, resource-poor settings, and areas with high population density. Rohingya refugee camps in Coxs Bazar are one of the most protracted refugee crises in the world, sheltering approximately 1,143,096 refugees in 33 overcrowded refugee camps. While most existing literature focuses…
BACKGROUNDAlzheimers disease and other dementias are progressive neurodegenerative disorders with profound impacts on cognitive function. There is a shortage of economic evidence relating to the impact Alzheimers disease on healthcare costs and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). METHODSWe employed two study designs to model the association between Alzheimers disease and healthcare costs and QALYs. We first estim…
Open article record in new tab ↗Knowledge of the impact of smoking on healthcare costs is important for establishing the external effects of smoking and for evaluating policies intended to modify this behavior. Conventional analysis of this association is difficult because of omitted variable bias, reverse causality, and measurement error. We approached these challenges using a Mendelian Randomization study design, in which genetic variants asso…
Open article record in new tab ↗Introduction Insomnia diagnosis has been associated with a significant clinical and economic burden on patients and healthcare systems. This study examined changes in healthcare resource use (HCRU) and costs in insomnia patients before and after initiation of suvorexant treatment. Methods This retrospective cohort study analyzed Optum Clinformatics Data Mart claims data (Jan 2010-Dec 2018). Patients with ≥ 2 insom…
Background Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) leads to increased length of stay (LOS), which leads to increased healthcare costs, and can cause financial burdens for hospitals. The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of substance use by pregnant women on a Colorado (CO) community hospital after state legalization of recreational cannabis. Methods Data were gathered retrospectively through the electron…
Open article record in new tab ↗BACKGROUND: Illicit drug use increases visits to the hospital. Research is limited on the costs of these healthcare visits by illicit drug. METHODS: Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration's emergency department and inpatient datasets from 2016 to 2018 were analyzed. Adults who used an illicit drug were included in the study population resulting in 709,658 observations. Cost-to-charge ratios were used to e…
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