We limited Medicare beneficiaries to those ages 65 and over, assuming that those who are under the age of 65 but receive Medicare benefits would have other medical conditions that could complicate estimation. Our treatment group consisted of hospitals located in the three MSAs randomized to the ...
There are also benefits to the breastfeeding mother, such as a reduced risk for breast cancer, ovarian cancer, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension [7]. The health effects from suboptimal breastfeeding rates contribute substantially to health care costs [8]. Although five in six U.S. mothers ...
For example, in the US, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) initiated policies to reduce the unnecessary use of antipsychotics in NHs [7], and a gradual decline has been noted since the initiative, with an average use of 14.5% of NH residents nationally [8]. In Canada, ...
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However, current evidence on the benefits of integrated care are mainly from high-income countries, which showed some evidence of improved quality of care, patient satisfaction and access to care, although effects on healthcare utilization and costs were more limited [2]. Positive effects on qualit...
A 15-minute buffer was allotted for in-hospital WB administration, leaving 45 min for the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)-to-hospital arrival interval using Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) urbanicity districts. Descriptive statistics were calculated and chi-square analyses were ...
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The potential inefficiencies of some robotic systems may prevent the full economic benefits of robotics from being fully realized. There are limited studies that have compared different robotic technologies [25,26,27]. However, since VRAS is a newer technology, these comparisons only include cursory...
patients, doctors, and pharmaceutical equipment suppliers. They face hurdles: mismatched values, institutional gaps, and weak governance inflate costs [23,24,25,26], necessitating cooperative strategies for value alignment, efficient resource integration, and shared benefits to amplify public value [27,...
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Nursing home data compendium 2015 edition. Baltimore: CMS; 2015. Google Scholar Dementia in long-term care. https://www.cihi.ca/en/dementia-in-canada/dementia-across-the-health-system/dementia-in-long-term-care. Accessed 7 Sept 2020. Bartfay...