Due to
the increasing hospitalization costs, the average claim amount for such diseases has also increased, with majority of customers claiming more than Rs 40,000.
According to the study results, risk factors for ODO include younger age, inpatient surgery and
increasing hospitalization duration, baseline depression, tobacco use, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Clinical trials showed
increased hospitalization from dengue in young children who received the shot, which is now licensed in at least 11 affected countries.
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.
However, the authors caution that more study is needed to determine how specific, individual toxicants or combinations may
increase hospitalization rates.
One study showed that among people with gallstone disease, a long overnight fast
increased hospitalization risk.
This condition is estimated to
increase hospitalization costs by 58.5 % for patients aged below 65 years and 34 % for patients aged at or above 65 years.»
Levels above and below this may have unintended health consequences, such as increased cardiovascular and all - cause mortality in patients with diabetes, and
increased hospitalizations and mortality in patients with congestive heart failure, according to the researchers.
Extreme heat and declining air quality are expected to increase risk associated with respiratory problems and heat stress, both of which pose increasing problems for human health, especially in urban areas, and can result in
increased hospitalizations and even premature death.
Not exact matches
These missed appointments can lead to poor health outcomes,
increased emergency department visits and
hospitalizations, and lost revenue for health systems — as much as $ 150 billion in the US every year, according to Health Management Technology.
In the asthma study, we found
increased odds among asthma patients of asthma
hospitalizations, emergency department visits and a medication used for mild asthma attacks with higher unconventional natural gas development activity, compared to those with lower activity.
Studies show that evacuating very old people from nursing homes poses its own dangers:
increasing the risk of
hospitalization and death.
«When I saw that there'd been a 265 percent
increase in
hospitalizations with kids who have food allergies, that was startling to me,» says O'Brien.
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
Research also clearly shows that exposure to smoke can cause ear infections and related hearing problems,
increased incidence of
hospitalization related to bronchitis or pneumonia, and
increased risk for SIDS.
This meta - analysis finds that formula feeding is associated with a 3.6-fold
increase in an infant's risk of respiratory
hospitalization when compared with a minimum of 4 months of exclusive breastfeeding.
Some studies have linked parental divorce to
increased mental health problems, substance use issues, and psychiatric
hospitalizations during adulthood.
This document is meant to inform parents of the most recent data regarding infant feeding and to
increase their knowledge on how to protect their newborns from hyperbilirubinemia, dehydration, hypernatremia, hypoglycemia and extended or repeat
hospitalizations due to complications from underfeeding.
«As flu diagnoses and
hospitalizations continue to
increase... this administration is doing everything in its power to protect New Yorkers from this especially durable strain of influenza,» Cuomo said in a statement.
«As flu diagnoses and
hospitalizations continue to
increase to epidemic proportions, this administration is doing everything in its power to protect New Yorkers from this especially durable strain of influenza,» Governor Cuomo said.
After adjusting their findings to account for differences in race and ethnicity, sex, age, poverty level, education and urban density of the children's neighborhoods, Keet and her team found that for each microgram / cubic meter
increase in coarse particulate matter, asthma diagnosis
increased by 0.6 percent, emergency room visits for asthma by 1.7 percent and
hospitalizations for asthma by 2.3 percent.
For each microgram / cubic meter
increase in coarse particulate matter, asthma diagnosis
increased by 1.3 percent, emergency room visits for asthma by 3.3 percent and
hospitalizations for asthma by 4.5 percent.
Looking at hospital admission data from 12 major cities, including Dublin, London, Barcelona, and Rome, they found that for every 1 degree Celsius (about 2 degrees Fahrenheit) of temperature
increase,
hospitalizations from respiratory and asthma - related illness rise by as much as 4.5 percent among the elderly.
Infants born very preterm often require lifesaving treatments and longer
hospitalizations at birth and are at
increased risk for additional
hospitalizations in the first year of life — and that is in the developed world.
«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.
Hospitalizations and costs for treating irregular heartbeats are escalating —
increasing the burden on the U.S. healthcare system, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation.
Data from the clinical trial did show that the combination therapy substantially decreased the number of pulmonary exacerbations and
hospitalizations, while also beneficially
increasing the weight of CF patients.
In - hospital deaths declined, but
hospitalizations increased by 23 percent, especially in people over age 65.
But after adjusting for inflation, the average cost of
hospitalization rose from $ 6,410 to $ 8,439 — a 24 percent
increase.
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.
Hospital use
increased among previously high uninsured groups — the number of
hospitalizations increased by 2.8 percent among blacks and by 4.5 percent among Hispanics.
Between 2000 and 2010, emergency room visits and
hospitalizations for head injuries
increased from 521 to 824 per 100,000 people annually.
The incidence of AKI - D in cardiac transplantation
hospitalizations increased from 1.63 percent to 2.33 percent in the study period while the incidence of AKI - D in liver transplant
hospitalizations increased from 1.32 percent to 2.65 percent.
Emergency and urgent
hospitalizations are associated with an
increased rate of cognitive decline in older adults, report researchers at Rush University Medical Center.
Obesity leaves individuals at
increased risk for flu - related complications, including
hospitalization and death.
Despite the
increased national focus on reducing hospital readmissions, Dharmarajan said it had not been clear whether hospitals with the lowest readmission rates have been especially good at reducing readmissions from specific diagnoses and time periods after
hospitalization, or have instead lowered readmissions more generally.
Every 5 - unit
increase in BMI beyond 30 kg / m ² was associated with higher
hospitalization costs: in 2010 U.S. dollars, approximately $ 250 to $ 300 for patients undergoing TKR and $ 600 to $ 650 for patients undergoing a revision joint replacement.
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.
They found that for every 1 - degree Celsius (about 2 degrees Fahrenheit) temperature
increase,
hospitalizations from respiratory - and asthma - related illnesses rose by 4.5 percent.
«
Increases in
hospitalizations may reflect both improved recognition of pulmonary hypertension as well as an
increase in treatment options.»
«Extreme heat, precipitation linked to more severe asthma requiring
hospitalization: Hospitalization risk increased 23 percent during summer months, with kids at even great
hospitalization:
Hospitalization risk increased 23 percent during summer months, with kids at even great
Hospitalization risk
increased 23 percent during summer months, with kids at even greater risk.»
Researchers observed a 23 %
increase in risk of asthma
hospitalizations when there was an extreme heat event during summer months.
Furthermore, when the authors examined the outcomes individually, the OSA risk factors were associated with
increased risk for all - cause mortality,
hospitalization for congestive heart failure, and stroke, but not for acute myocardial infarction.
Our study shows is that
increases in the number of extreme heat and extreme precipitation events, particularly during summer months, lead to more asthma
hospitalizations in Maryland.»
Similarly, extreme precipitation events during summer months
increased the risk of asthma
hospitalizations by 11 %.
Also, a study of hospital admissions in Wisconsin found that high air pollution emissions were associated with a 40 percent
increase in the rate of bowel disease
hospitalizations in 2002.
The only approved vaccine for dengue may actually
increase the incidence of dengue infections requiring
hospitalization rather than preventing the disease if health officials aren't careful about where they vaccinate, new public health research published Sept. 2 in Science suggests.
They found that while the vaccine can reduce illness and
hospitalization by 20 to 30 percent in places where there is high transmission of dengue, it may actually significantly
increase illness and
hospitalization if used in locations where there is lower transmission of the virus.
Dr Kristensen said: «We found that patients with new - onset IBD had a 37 %
increased risk of
hospitalization for heart failure during a mean follow - up of 6.4 years compared to the healthy population.
«Once patients develop acute kidney injury, their length of
hospitalization increases, they command many more resources and, most saddening, their risk of mortality
increases significantly.