Sentence examples for utilization events from inspiring English sources
At the time the study began, obtaining 100% abstracts of FFS Medicare claims, to include all breast and colorectal cancer screening utilization events for five consecutive years, was financially feasible.
Using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes, pregnancy-related utilization events were excluded from the analysis.
We will use the health plan data to assess medical utilization events (e.g., office visits, surgeries, tests) and the pharmacy data to assess filled prescriptions.
Consistent with the low rate of respiratory adverse events is the stable incidence of healthcare utilization events (hospitalizations and emergency room visits for respiratory symptoms).
Although direct cost analyses were not part of the current study, the number of patient-reported resource utilization events was assessed.
We excluded Medicare beneficiaries who were members of a Medicare Managed Care plan since those individuals' utilization events are not captured in the standard Medicare fee for service claims systems.
While we did calculate the Charlton Comorbidity Index for each patient and incorporated it into our analyses, we do not have access to data regarding the acuity of conditions that prompted each utilization event.
Available data on health care utilization among persons with LEP is limited to data focusing on specific medical conditions such as asthma [ 10] and congestive heart failure [ 18] in elderly patients, readmission risks among general medical in-patients, [ 19] and specific utilizations events such as length of hospital stay and home health referrals following dismissal [ 20– 20].
As noted above, loss of Yin and Yang pathways and exaggerated or mismatched expression of pro-, anti-apoptoticotic mediators in immune-responsive tissues could favor growth promotion, enhanced glycolysis, and increased glucose utilization (Warburg effect), events that share features of fetus growth and also wound healing events.
Data about medication use, asthma exacerbation data, asthma-related healthcare utilization and events raising safety concerns will also be collected.
Using anonymised and de-identified study identification numbers, we will link our study sample with provincial administrative databases so as to facilitate extended follow-up of health care utilization, clinical events, and costs.
