The database, which captures care delivered by over 700,000 physicians and other health care providers within 5,200 hospitals, contains information on member demographics, and utilization, charges and allowed payments for covered services, including hospitalizations, outpatient procedures, physicians' office visits and outpatient prescriptions.
The performance improvement observed for the Au@TiO2 yolk-shell NPs is likely contributed by two synergistic factors, i.e. the incorporation of AuNPs and the unique hollow structure, which benefit the activity by simultaneously enhancing light utilization, charge separation and reaction site accessibility.
The Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) is a database of hospital inpatient admissions that dates back to 1988 and is used to identify, track, and analyze national trends in health care utilization, access, charges, quality, and outcomes.
Understanding the impact of these DPP-4 inhibitor treatment options on real-world utilization and charges may assist payers in managing these patients.
Resource utilization and charges (i.e., unadjudicated claims) associated with the patient's physician and hospital care were analyzed.
Resource utilization and charges were summarized in two patient age groups: 50 64 years and 65 years and older.
The objective of our study was to better understand healthcare utilization and charges before and after PTX among CKD patients on dialysis.
The purpose of the NIS is to specifically identify, track, and analyze national trends in healthcare utilization, access, charges, quality, and outcomes.
HbA1C levels and healthcare utilization and charges were compared among new-onset type 1 diabetic children based on clinical setting of initial type 1 diabetes education and care (i.e. inpatient or outpatient groups).
Additional analyses for 2011 included assessments of MS-related utilization and charges by service category (inpatient, outpatient emergency room, and DMD) and separate analyses of DMD monotherapy users by drug.
Healthcare utilization and charges associated with pertussis are substantial, suggesting the need for additional prevention and control strategies and a higher degree of clinical awareness on the part of health care providers.
