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Predicting high health-cost users among people with cardiovascular disease using machine learning and nationwide linked social administrative datasets
ObjectivesTo optimise planning of public health services, the impact of high-cost users needs to be considered. However, most of the existing...
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High-cost users: drivers of inpatient healthcare expenditure concentration in urban China
BackgroundTotal healthcare expenditures are concentrated among a small number of patients. To date, studies on the concentration of health care...
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Characteristics and resource utilization of high-cost users in the intensive care unit: a population-based cohort study
BackgroundHealthcare expenditure within the intensive care unit (ICU) is costly. A cost reduction strategy may be to target patients accounting for a...
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Identifying patterns of clinical conditions among high-cost older adult health care users using claims data: a latent class approach
ObjectivesTo identify patterns of clinical conditions among high-cost older adults health care users and explore the associations between...
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High-Cost Users of Prescription Drugs: National Health Insurance Data from South Korea
ImportanceIn OECD countries, pharmaceutical spending reached around 800 billion USD in 2013, accounting for about 20% of total spending in the retail...
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Interventions to Improve Outcomes for High-Need, High-Cost Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
BackgroundChronic disease patients who are the greatest users of healthcare services are often referred to as high-need, high-cost (HNHC). Payers,...
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Non-Users and Limited Users of Cochlear Implants in Pediatric Patients: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study
To determine the prevalence of non-use and limited use of cochlear implants. To find out the reasons for the same. This study was carried out among...
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Characteristics and spending patterns of high-cost child patients: findings from Fujian in China
BackgroundThe health condition during childhood has been shown to influence an individual’s health and socioeconomic status in adulthood....
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Design and utilisation of a novel, high-fidelity, low-cost, hybrid-tissue simulation model to facilitate training in robot-assisted partial nephrectomy
Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) has rapidly evolved as the standard of care for appropriately selected renal tumours, offering key patient...
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HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Care in Belgium: A mixed-methods Study on PrEP Users’ Experiences and Service Delivery Preferences
In Belgium, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services are mainly provided through specialised HIV clinics. To optimise PrEP uptake and retention...
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Describing the characteristics and healthcare use of high-cost acute care users at the end of life: a pan-Canadian population-based study
BackgroundA minority of individuals use a large portion of health system resources, incurring considerable costs, especially in acute-care hospitals...
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Spanish translation and validation of the Music-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire (MuRQoL) in postlingually deaf cochlear implant users
PurposeThe aim of this study was to translate and validate the “Music-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire” into Spanish (sMuRQoL) and assess its...
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Differences in medical costs between TCM users and TCM nonusers in inpatients with thalassemia
BackgroundThalassemia has brought serious health threats and economic burdens to patients worldwide. There is no sovereign remedy for thalassemia,...
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NPAideS: a drug-checking study among 3-methylmethcathinone (3-MMC) users
Background3-methylmethcathinone (3-MMC) has been available on the European drug market for several years, but an increase in its availability seems...
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Results of Leveraging Pharmaceutical Patient Assistance Programs to Expand Access to High Cost Medications in a Student-Run Free Clinic
High costs make many medications inaccessible to patients in the United States. Uninsured and underinsured patients are disproportionately affected....
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Community perspectives on family planning service quality among users and non-users: a qualitative study from two cities in Burkina Faso
BackgroundMost studies that focus on quality of family planning (FP) services collect data from facilities. These studies miss the perspectives of...
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Hepatitis B virus infection among illegal drug users in Enugu State, Nigeria: prevalence, immune status, and related risk factors
IntroductionHepatitis B virus infection poses a global health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income African countries. Illicit drug use...
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Racism against healthcare users in inpatient care: a sco** review
BackgroundRacism in the healthcare system has become a burgeoning focus in health policy-making and research. Existing research has shown both...
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Exploring Factors Enabling Hearing Aid Usage: Perspectives of Hearing Aid Users and Audiologists
Background of the Research: Higher prevalence of hearing loss is reported among older adults. Hearing aids have been proven to be a viable option to...
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Online information-seeking behavior of Iranian web users on Google about Henoch–Schönlein purpura (HSP): an infodemiology study
Backgrounds: Previous studies have indicated that users’ health information-seeking behavior can serve as a reflection of current health issues...
