Sentences with phrase «a hospitalization rate»

«This flu season continues to be extremely challenging and intense, with very high levels of office visits for flu and hospitalization rates, all indications that flu activity is high and likely to continue for several more weeks,» Schuchat said.

That hospitalization rate is far higher than usual, the agency added.

Studies indicate that breastfed infants have fewer ear and respiratory tract infections, diarrheal illnesses, and atopic skin disorders.2, 3 Increased mother — infant bonding and an overall decrease in the infant morbidity and hospitalization rates have also been reported.4 Mothers benefit by faster return to prepregnancy weights.5

Association of a postnatal parent education program for abusive head trauma with subsequent pediatric abusive head trauma hospitalization rates.

The Research Institute is coordinating a statewide program to identify and train doctors and other health professionals in 16 counties and tribal areas in the state where high death and hospitalization rates from opioid abuse have occurred.

Halstead insists the increased hospitalization rate is due to ADE — which Sanofi Pasteur disputes — and says the vaccine should not be given to people who test negative for dengue antibodies.

«But we are more likely to improve access to care and reduce preventable hospitalization rates if we focus on offering residents insurance plans that minimize cost barriers and are widely accepted by doctors.»

Hospitalization rates for a dozen «ambulatory care sensitive conditions» — conditions such as a urinary tract infection, diabetes, or high blood pressure, which are treatable with good access to a primary care physician — would have been expected to decline in Massachusetts if access to outpatient care had increased significantly after the state reform.

Hospitalization rate and deaths also continued to climb.

There is no significant increase in the frequency of post-natal mortality, birth defects and hospitalization rate among the children of male cancer survivors compared to the general population.

In the general population, the hospitalization rate for nonfatal TBI is 60.6 per 100,000; however, in the 65 - and - older population, the rate more than doubles to 155.9 per 100,000.

The study compared hospitalization rates among more than 38,000 residents of 823 nursing homes in 38 states during the 2013 - 14 flu season based on Medicare claims data.

Within one year, 49 percent of the tobacco users with PAD in the study were hospitalized, a hospitalization rate 35 percent higher than nonusers.

Reasoning that severe side effects would eventually cause military personnel to end up in a hospital bed, Paul Sato of the Naval Health Research Center in San Diego and his colleagues studied hospitalization rates among almost 150,000 people who had received at least one shot, and some 1.4 million who hadn't yet rolled up their sleeves.

In the end, the hospitalization rate for respiratory illnesses among high - dose patients was 3.4 percent compared to 3.8 percent among standard - dose patients over the six months after vaccination.

However, the authors caution that more study is needed to determine how specific, individual toxicants or combinations may increase hospitalization rates.

«Our findings confirm the utmost importance of co-contribution of pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines in reduction of burden of severe diarrhea and respiratory diseases reduction, especially during winter, the season with peak hospitalization rates of young children,» said principal investigator, Ron Dagan, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases at the Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Israel.

«Hydraulic fracturing linked to increases in hospitalization rates in the Marcellus Shale: Pennsylvania residents in counties with high well density more likely to be admitted for suite of ailments.»

Obermeyer and colleagues assessed hospitalization rates, intensive care admissions, and invasive procedures, but additional measures must have evidence of their ability to discriminate the quality of care and must be responsive to change, easy to understand, and actionable.

Meanwhile, researchers found that hospitalization rates at for - profit hospices were higher regardless of preferred practice implementation — suggesting that it is the organization of the hospice itself in terms of ownership that likely drive policies and decisions regarding hospitalization.

However, even with nearly double the number of people completing advance directives — which may specify preferences for surrogate decision makers and life - support treatment — there was little difference in hospitalization rates or deaths in the hospital, says the study that appears in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Other projects include an analysis of regional variations of cancer treatment in Texas, a study of the effect of smoking bans on hospitalization rates, and a study of whether shared savings programs for physicians can reduce overall patient health care expenditures.

«Record number of older adults completing living wills, trend had little impact on hospitalization rates.»

«We found that while there's an upward trend in creating these documents, it didn't have much bearing at all on hospitalization rates over the decade.

Hospitalization rates for suicidal thoughts and actions more than doubled between 2008 and 2015.

Hospitalization rates increased from 2008 to 2015 across all age groups, with the highest increases among 15 - to 17 - year - olds, followed by 12 - to 14 - year - olds.

WHO and subsequently IPCC risk values are based on quantitative empirical climate - disease studies, e.g, for diarrheal diseases, for every 1 °C rise in temperature, children's hospitalization rates increase by 8 % (Checkley et al. 2000).

Lung cancer and asthma hospitalization rates for children and adults are higher for the Duwamish Valley compared to King County as a whole, with asthma rates 67 percent higher for children and 60 percent higher for adults due to air pollutants released with the burning of fossil fuels.

The hospitalization rates for fall - related TBIs were similar for men and women, at about 146 and 158 per 100,000, respectively

With daily hospitalization rates ranging from $ 1500 per day to $ 3500 per day, it is a good idea to purchase proper medical coverage when your family or friends are planning to visit Canada.

Poor air quality has been identified as a primary contributor to chronic diseases, hospitalization rates, and even premature death.

The highest hospitalization rates were among adults older than 50 and children younger than 5.

Without medical coverage, daily hospitalization rates could range from $ 1500 per day to $ 3500 per day.

Our nursing staff has helped DCI achieve the lowest mortality and hospitalization rates among large dialysis providers for the past 13 years in a row.

Analyses compared hospitalization rates before and after implementation of the model and comparative cost savings were estimated.

Research findings show that the hospitalization rate for Juniper residents is 50 percent lower than a similarly frail Medicare population.

PointRight will provide its proprietary PointRight ® Pro 30 ® Adjusted Rehospitalization Rate and PointRight ® Pro Long Stay ™ Adjusted Hospitalization Rate at the property level via the NIC MAP ® Data Service later in 2018.

Not exact matches

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg made history by passing an indoor smoking ban for bars and restaurants in the city which has been credited with slashing hospitalization and heart attack rates.

The study, which was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found lower rates of confirmed abuse cases, child out — of — home placements, and hospitalizations and emergency room visits for child injuries in counties where parenting support was implemented.

While (formula company) studies show faster growth with fortifiers, studies also show far greater intestinal infections and inflammatory disorders (NEC), respiratory infections, longer hospitalizations, lower IQ's and lower survival rates when any non-human products are used, making the size thing rather a moot point.

«Our observations suggest routinely removing pacifiers may negatively impact exclusive breastfeeding rates during the birth hospitalization,» said Dr. Carrie Phillipi, who is also a pediatrician with Oregon Health & Science University.»

«The Community Health Status Report shows Dutchess County making continued improvement in driving down the rates of death and hospitalization from chronic diseases, including heart disease, the nation's number one killer,» said DBCH Commissioner Henry M. Kurban, MD, MBA, MPH, FACPM.

After flu shot regulations upped Connecticut kids» vaccination rate, their hospitalization risk went down.

In addition, amputees using conventional artificial legs experience falls that lead to hospitalization at a higher rate than elderly living in institutions.

Even babies born just a few weeks early have higher rates of hospitalization and illness than full - term infants.

«Our results indicate that this simple intervention could be an effective and scalable approach to use the design of electronic health records to increase the rate of flu vaccinations, which are estimated to prevent millions of flu cases and tens of thousands of related hospitalizations every year,» said study lead author Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA, MS, an assistant professor of Medicine and Health Care Management in Penn's Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School, a staff physician at the Crescenz VA Medical Center, and director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit, whose work is supported by the Penn Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics.

However, significant and clinically important reduction in rates for hospitalization, complications and surgeries were observed in practices assigned to early combined immunosuppression up to 24 months.

In addition to having a higher rate of freedom from atrial fibrillation, participants who underwent catheter ablation also had lower rates of hospitalization and mortality during the two - year follow up.

Prior to the Massachusetts reform, black and Hispanic residents had significantly higher rates of preventable hospitalizations than white residents.

Nor did the reform reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the rate of such hospitalizations.