Search results for "Health Care Costs"
Invasive strategy superior to conservative strategy in elderly with NSTEMI or unstable angina, study finds
Patients were at least 80 years of age and were randomly assigned to early coronary angiography with immediate percutaneous coronary intervention assessment, coronary artery bypass grafting, and optimum medical treatment, or a conservative strategy of optimum medical treatment only.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/01/27/2.htm
27 Jan 2016
Fighting for equal renal care
This issue looks at race in clinical algorithms, dialysis for undocumented patients, and inpatient care for Native American patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Jan 2021
Procalcitonin testing saves two days of antibiotic use
Using procalcitonin testing to guide antibiotic therapy reduces health care costs without affecting clinical outcomes or length of stay, according to a new meta-analysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/20/4.htm
20 Jul 2011
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
New-onset heart failure patients not receiving CAD testing during or after hospitalization
The authors calculated that more than 325,000 new heart failure patients might undergo inadequate assessment every year, with potential consequences including underuse of guideline-directed therapies and unnecessary resource use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/07/27/1.htm
27 Jul 2016
Risk adjustment, costs of care
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/in-the-news.htm
15 Mar 2019
Models show state-wide coordination could prevent many resistant infections
Individual hospitals' efforts to fight carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae will be significantly less effective than a collaborative effort among a network of hospitals and nursing homes, according to a study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/12/2.htm
12 Aug 2015
POCUS catches on
Credentialing and training hospitalists to use handheld ultrasounds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/pocus-catches-on.htm
15 Aug 2017
PCMH model slowed growth in ED visits, but not hospitalizations
Patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) showed slower growth in expenditures for outpatient ED visits than non-PCMH practices, but the model wasn't associated with any decrease in hospitalizations, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/18/3.htm
18 Mar 2015
In the News
Central line infection rates, organizational characteristics of hospitalist groups, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/itn.htm
15 Jul 2011