Search results for "Health Care Costs"
Nurse-led care transitions program for rural veterans didn't decrease overall costs
While the change in overall 30-day health care costs after hospitalization did not differ between participants and controls, program enrollees had a significantly smaller increase in inpatient costs and a significantly larger increase in outpatient costs from before hospitalization to after.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/07/nurse-led-care-transitions-program-for-rural-veterans-didnt-decrease-overall-costs.htm
7 Sep 2022
Observation has highest utility, lowest cost of options for primary spontaneous pneumothorax
A review comparing strategies for primary spontaneous pneumothorax found that chest tube and aspiration were more likely to result in resolution of the condition without additional intervention, but patients who underwent observation instead had the shortest length of stay.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/24/observation-has-highest-utility-lowest-cost-of-options-for-primary-spontaneous-pneumothorax.htm
24 May 2023
Even the smallest steps can bring big changes
A physician offers tips on how hospitalists can make more use of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/free/even-the-smallest-steps-can-bring-big-changes.htm
7 Jun 2023
Death, rehospitalization risk high after first heart failure hospitalization, study finds
An industry-funded observational cohort study of patients who survived a first hospitalization for heart failure showed that rehospitalization in the following year was common and most frequently due to heart failure or chronic kidney disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/28/death-rehospitalization-risk-high-after-first-heart-failure-hospitalization-study-finds.htm
28 Jun 2023
Fewer health care resources needed after ablation for afib, study finds
In an observational analysis, patients with afib who underwent ablation had fewer hospitalizations and ED visits in the two years after the procedure versus the year before it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/20/fewer-health-care-resources-needed-after-ablation-for-afib-study-finds.htm
20 Sep 2023
The many faces of hospital medicine
International hospitalists share their common and unique experiences and challenges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/29/free/the-many-faces-of-hospital-medicine.htm
29 Nov 2023