Second, other than the direct medical cost for the current hospitalization, which was obtained from hospital financial data, all other outpatient and inpatient costs were self-reported and may be subject to recall error.
The information on resource utilization is shown in Tables 4. Half of the sample studied required hospitalization, which was in a general hospital in 71.8% of the cases.
Very low birth weight (VLBW) infants frequently experience hospital-acquired infection (HAI) during prolonged hospitalization, which significantly contributes to their mortality and morbidity.
The day hospital (DH) is a consolidated form of hospitalization which avoids the drawbacks of CH and has social, psychological, medical, and economic advantages.
His suit claims that the hospitalization, which lasted six days, was meant to shut him up.
Even with Social Security benefits, most could not afford the cost of hospitalization, which was rising rapidly during these years as a result of medical advances.
There was a lot of talk about hospitalization, which terrified me further: I believed that once I went into Payne Whitney I'd never return, and I didn't want to die slowly in a padded room.
Still others will not even start to cover doctors' visits unless they occur after a hospitalization — which, as Gary Claxton, a vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, points out, is basically a hospital-only policy.
It grew weary of Mr. Yar'Adua's continued hospitalization, which had left the nation — Africa's most populous and one of the main oil suppliers to the United States — with a vacuum at the top and festering local conflicts.
Advocates and some doctors who treat eating disorders say that hospitalization, which insurers typically cover, might stabilize a patient and restore weight but does not generally treat the underlying psychological issues.
"Ambulatory services should be given preference over hospitalization, which should be limited to severe cases".
