RespiratoryAdultsHealth care costs2020AttributableInjuriesSevereDisabilityInfluenzaAffordable Care ActExpensesAdvancesAcuteIndirect costsVisitsHospitalsAbstractInfantsEstimatesPneumoniaBurden of Dise2022Urgent carePrenatalScreeningsIndividualsBarriersClinicalImpactsCriticalComplicationsPreventive careInjury or illnessPeopleFinancial burdenAdultUtilizationDiseaseState'sSpecialty careDementiaStudyBillsDecreaseProductivityEffectivelyCentresPremiumsGaps1,000ExpendituresMedicaidDisordersCalculationsCoverageInterventions
Respiratory8
- A spike in dogs with clinical signs of contagious respiratory illness, including vomiting, fever, lethargy and severe coughing, were reported this summer in Virginia, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wyoming. (vin.com)
- Click here to see state health leaders discussing respiratory illnesses in the state. (scdhec.gov)
- COLUMBIA, S.C.-The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA), Lexington Medical Center (LMC), McLeod Health, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), and Prisma Health are teaming up to caution residents to take actions now to reduce impacts of respiratory illnesses on our state's families and hospitals. (scdhec.gov)
- Such illnesses include respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza (flu) and COVID-19. (scdhec.gov)
- Whenever there is widespread activity of respiratory illnesses circulating in our communities as is currently occurring, it is possible to get sick with one or more of these illnesses. (scdhec.gov)
- People most at risk for severe illness and complications from these respiratory illnesses are infants, young children, older adults, pregnant people and those with chronic medical conditions. (scdhec.gov)
- Take these steps daily to reduce the impacts of respiratory illnesses on yourself, your loved ones and our state's hospitals, which are seeing a dramatic rise in the number of patients. (scdhec.gov)
- The fall and winter months tend to be the time when most people are sick with respiratory illnesses, like the cold, flu and COVID-19, though these can happen anytime of the year. (health.mil)
Adults5
- At the end of January and in early February, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force released two recommendations that primary care doctors screen all adults and adolescents (12 years of age and older) for depression. (nami.org)
- Dr. Matthew Stanford offers a compassionate look at mental illness, which affects one in five teens and adults in the United States. (focusonthefamily.com)
- Systematic immunization programs can be incorporated into routine care of high-risk adults. (cdc.gov)
- SUBJECTS: 1677 adults aged 25+, cared for at the health care centres, entered the study. (lu.se)
- Nearly 10 million adults have serious mental illness, and 20 million have a substance use disorder. (rwjf.org)
Health care costs18
- In contrast with the worker productivity costs described above, health care costs are measures of the direct medical expenses of providing employee health care and preventive health programs. (cdc.gov)
- Exercise improves both mental and physical health while reducing health care costs. (sciencedaily.com)
- In 2012, gastrointestinal diseases gave rise to health care costs of between EUR 29 to 45 million. (endopromag.com)
- 1 Advance care planning can increase the quality of life of dying patients, improve the experience of family members and decrease health care costs. (cmaj.ca)
- That is why it helps to learn how to take steps to limit your out-of-pocket health care costs. (medlineplus.gov)
- Opioid abusers generate, on average, annual direct health care costs 8.7 times higher than costs generated by nonabusers (5). (cdc.gov)
- Shawn Bishop, M.P.P., most recently served as senior policy advisor for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, advising ranking member Ron Wyden and the health team on bipartisan legislation to lower prescription drug prices under Medicare Parts B and D. She is the former vice president for the Controlling Health Care Costs and Advancing Medicare programs at the Commonwealth Fund. (commonwealthfund.org)
- Intermountain Healthcare involves city, county, and state government agencies and other community based organizations to come together to promote health, improve health care access, and decrease health care costs. (globenewswire.com)
- Salt Lake City, Utah, June 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new collaborative called the Utah Alliance for the Determinants of Health (the Alliance) has been formed to promote health, improve health care access, and decrease health care costs. (globenewswire.com)
- It also gave homeowners an asset they could use to help finance health care costs, or a move into a retirement village. (nzherald.co.nz)
- Our objective was to estimate the future direct health care costs due to diabetes for a 10-year period in Canada using national survey data, a validated diabetes risk prediction tool and individual-level attributable cost estimates. (canada.ca)
- Total health care costs attributable to diabetes during this period were $7.55 billion for females and $7.81 billion for males ($15.36 billion total). (canada.ca)
- A population intervention resulting in 5% body weight loss would save $2.03 billion in health care costs. (canada.ca)
- We predicted the number of new diabetes cases in Canada in those aged 20 years and above over the next 10 years (2011/12 to 2021/22) and linked this with actual individual-level health care costs of diabetes. (canada.ca)
- By 2022, 2.16 million new cases of diabetes are expected, corresponding to $15.36 billion in health care costs related to diabetes. (canada.ca)
- CDC estimates that in 2013, antibiotic resistance threats caused more that 2 million illnesses and 23,000 deaths in the United States, and that in 2011, those threats were responsible for an estimated 20 million dollars in excess health care costs, 8 million additional hospital days, and 35 million in societal costs. (cdc.gov)
- These chronic health conditions have been associated not only with increased risk for injuries, but also higher health-care costs, and greater absenteeism. (cdc.gov)
- Prior publications have described CSF program efforts to reduce hazardous exposures, disabling injuries, organic dust toxic syndrome, occupational health-care costs, and to increase positive occupational health behaviors. (cdc.gov)
20201
- Looking toward the future, the Canadian Diabetes Association has projected that the overall direct cost of diabetes will be $3.1 billion in 2020, based on 3.7 million prevalent cases predicted using a specially developed diabetes cost model Footnote 3 . (canada.ca)
Attributable7
- In one study, symptomatic illness attributable to influenza decreased from 12% to about 4% with the use of these measures. (medscape.com)
- We derived attributable costs due to diabetes from a propensity-matched case control study using the Ontario Diabetes Database and other administrative data. (canada.ca)
- We calculated total costs by applying the respective attributable costs to the incident cases, accounting for sex, year of diagnosis and annual disease-specific mortality rates. (canada.ca)
- Our future cost calculation method can provide decision makers and planners with an accessible and transparent tool to predict future expenditures attributable to the disease and the corresponding cost savings associated with interventions. (canada.ca)
- At the individual level, Goeree and colleagues have estimated that the attributable cost per incident case of diabetes in Ontario is approximately $2930 in the first year after diagnosis and $1240 in following years Footnote 4 . (canada.ca)
- Recently, Rosella and colleagues expanded upon this work to include a greater number of direct costs in the province, and found that the mean attributable cost during eight years of follow-up was $9731 for females and $10 315 for males Footnote 5 . (canada.ca)
- In 2019, dementia expenses cost world economies about $1.3 trillion, with about half of these costs attributable to care provided informally. (medscape.com)
Injuries7
- With more and more Americans finding themselves in low wage work due to the effects of the recession, two public health experts have produced a policy brief that examines the financial impact of work-related injuries and illnesses to that segment of the workforce. (ishn.com)
- Click here to read the brief, Mom's off Work 'Cause She Got Hurt: The Economic Impact of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses in the U.S.'s Growing Low-Wage Workforce . (ishn.com)
- For serious accidents, injuries and conditions that require immediate medical care. (sutterhealth.org)
- Study findings demonstrate the value of including indirect costs to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the financial burden of military injuries. (health.mil)
- In outpatient settings, initial visits for foot and toe injuries accounted for the highest costs: $49 million overall. (health.mil)
- 9-11 The purpose of this study was to develop a standardized methodology for estimating the direct and indirect medical costs of military injuries. (health.mil)
- A potential risk factor contributing to occupational injuries across all industries is acute or chronic co-morbidity (e.g., obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol), and related health issues that increase the risk for an occupational injury or illness. (cdc.gov)
Severe5
- Some policies may also pay out a smaller amount for less severe additional conditions and provide cover if your child suffers a critical illness, but you'll need to check this with your insurer. (lloydsbank.com)
- Her close experience with a family member living with a severe mental health condition compelled Campbell to write multiple books on the topics of mental illness, treatment and recovery within a family setting. (nami.org)
- People living with psychosis, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major depressive disorders and other delusional disorders, collectively termed 'severe mental illness' (SMI), are at increased risk of dying prematurely from cardiovascular disease (CVD). (racgp.org.au)
- Given our knowledge of what can only be referred to as a cardiovascular health crisis for people living with severe mental illness (SMI), we propose that the old problem of the 'elephant in the room' has reared its head. (racgp.org.au)
- Needs and solidarity- more of the healthcare resources should be allocated to those who have the greatest needs, the most severe illnesses and the poorest quality of life. (janusinfo.se)
Disability6
- The heavy economic burden of work -related injury/illness falls not only on employers and work ers' compensation systems, but increasingly on health care systems, health and disability insurance, social safety net programs, and work ers and their families. (cdc.gov)
- This flow diagram depicts various pathways leading to coverage gaps that may shift the burden of occupational injury/illness-related health care and disability costs ultimately to work ers, particularly the most socioeconomically vulnerable. (cdc.gov)
- For pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, at a projected price of US$ 5 per dose (the current advance market commitment price is expected to be US$ 3.50 per dose for countries eligible for support from the GAVI Alliance), it would cost US$ 100 per disability-adjusted life year averted. (who.int)
- Illness or disability can come without warning. (merrilledge.com)
- New resistance mechanisms are emerging and spreading globally, threatening our ability to treat common infectious diseases, resulting in prolonged illness, disability, and even death. (who.int)
- Women are disproportionately affected by both the social and economic costs from all types of dementia, both directly and indirectly, because they provide 70% of care hours for people living with dementia and experience more disability-adjusted life-years and mortality caused by it. (medscape.com)
Influenza3
- Schematic representation of the sequence of events that occurred each time symptoms consistent with influenza developed in a health care worker during the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo, Brazil, May-October, 2009. (cdc.gov)
- Antivirals for influenza-Like Illness? (ox.ac.uk)
- Vaccine may be administered when influenza-like illness is first identified. (cdc.gov)
Affordable Care Act2
- Before joining the Fund, she provided strategic consulting related to Medicare and the Affordable Care Act, including policy development and outreach to Congress and the administration. (commonwealthfund.org)
- Let's find your personalized Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plan. (uhc.com)
Expenses5
- These are savings accounts that allow you to set aside pre-tax money for health care expenses. (medlineplus.gov)
- If you become chronically ill, your policy would provide a benefit to help cover your care expenses. (securian.com)
- Remember, your expenses may be higher while you're recovering from an illness or injury. (sunlife.ca)
- And express critical illness insurance can help cover your expenses if you become seriously ill. (sunlife.ca)
- Personal health insurance can help lower your risk of being burdened by expenses for preventive care or medical bills from an illness. (sunlife.ca)
Advances2
- With advances in medicine, more people are surviving a serious illness. (lloydsbank.com)
- Most discussions of health care center on medical advances, cost, and the roles of insurers and government agencies. (intellectbooks.com)
Acute3
- The study estimates individual costs for illnesses caused by acute diarrhoea ranging from about EUR 30 to 4,800 depending on the severity of the illness. (endopromag.com)
- For example, during an acute stay in hospital, the plan may pertain to the goals of care for the current stay in addition to any care that may be required after discharge. (cmaj.ca)
- Comanagement has been investigated in acute care with surgical teams and in outpatient settings with primary care physicians and specialists. (annfammed.org)
Indirect costs4
- The economic costs, such as absences from work, as well as other indirect costs have not been taken into account yet," highlights Dr Daniel Mäusezahl, epidemiologist at the Swiss TPH. (endopromag.com)
- These cost estimates would rise further if we accounted for the indirect costs of incarceration, homelessness, and other adverse events due to mental and physical comorbid conditions and non-adherence [ 20 ]. (springer.com)
- RESULTS: The average annual direct and indirect costs. (lu.se)
- RESULTS: The average annual direct and indirect costs for an adult with DM were calculated to be 61 700 Swedish Kronor (SEK) or 2.5 times higher than earlier estimates. (lu.se)
Visits3
- Mental health is often overlooked in primary care visits. (nami.org)
- For the most part (an estimated 95%), the patients were either found not to have a chronic illness or they had a chronic illness but did not meet the criteria for high risk (ie, ≥3 emergency department visits, ≥2 hospitalizations, or ≥1 pediatric intensive care unit admission). (jamanetwork.com)
- 1 - 4 Therefore, policy makers are calling for new primary care delivery models to meet the increased demands for care, especially due to patients with multiple comorbidities requiring more complex primary care visits. (annfammed.org)
Hospitals3
- We are the go-to source for endoscopy nurses, technicians, and their colleagues in hospitals, ambulatory care centers, and free-standing endoscopy facilities in the United States and abroad. (endopromag.com)
- Care Provision and Cost Measurement: Dependent Elderly People at Home and in Geriatric Hospitals ( 1st ed. (cambridge.org)
- Antimicrobial resistance also increases the cost of health care with lengthier stays in hospitals and a need for more intensive care. (who.int)
Abstract1
Infants1
- Comprehensive follow-up care and life-threatening illnesses among high-risk infants: a randomized controlled trial. (jamanetwork.com)
Estimates5
- The study, recently published in the scientific journal Epidemiology & Infection , estimates the costs entailed until a patient is cured. (endopromag.com)
- These cost estimates are very conservative. (endopromag.com)
- Injury costs estimates inform Army injury prevention initiatives and prioritization efforts. (health.mil)
- The methodology developed for this analysis fills a critical gap in Army estimates of injury burden and provides the foundation for future expanded cost estimates. (health.mil)
- The finding that the majority of costs related to lower extremity fractures were due to estimated days of lost or limited duty and associated loss of productivity justifies the inclusion of indirect cost estimates as a part of overall injury cost calculations. (health.mil)
Pneumonia1
Burden of Dise4
- The cost-effectiveness of the Haemophilus influenzae type b and pneumococcal vaccines depends on the burden of disease and the price of vaccines in the country concerned. (who.int)
- Cost-effectiveness of case management also depends on the burden of disease and cost of care and treatment at health-care facilities in the country concerned. (who.int)
- This paper discusses an integrated approach to mental health studies on Financing of Illness (FoI) and health accounting, Cost of Illness (CoI) and Burden of Disease (BoD). (edu.au)
- When DM-related complications are included to identify the actual burden of disease to society, the cost of illness as a result of DM in Sweden is substantially higher than previously estimated. (lu.se)
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Urgent care6
- This will help you choose whether to call your provider, go to an urgent care clinic, or get emergency care. (medlineplus.gov)
- If you need care that cannot wait until the next day to see your provider, you need urgent care. (medlineplus.gov)
- Examples of urgent care include strep throat, bladder infection, or a dog bite. (medlineplus.gov)
- You will save both time and money if you use an urgent care center or see your provider rather than going to the emergency department. (medlineplus.gov)
- Plan ahead by knowing which urgent care center is near you. (medlineplus.gov)
- In the last week, we have averaged 100 positive cases per day in our Emergency Room, Urgent Cares and physician practices," said Donald Moore, MD, Urgent Care physician with Lexington Medical Center . (scdhec.gov)
Prenatal2
- Get prenatal care if you are pregnant. (medlineplus.gov)
- Prenatal care--utilization. (who.int)
Screenings2
- Should Depression Screenings be a Part of Primary Care? (nami.org)
- In this recommendation, the federal task force urges primary care doctors to perform screenings whether or not they have mental health services readily available. (nami.org)
Individuals5
- A new statement supporting increased coverage of exercise programming by health plans for individuals with mental illnesses has been released. (sciencedaily.com)
- The American College of Sports Medicine and the Society of Behavioral Medicine recently released a new statement supporting increased coverage of exercise programming by health plans for individuals with mental illnesses. (sciencedaily.com)
- Some patients, especially elderly individuals, may be too weak to care for themselves alone at home. (medscape.com)
- Research shows that stigma towards mental illness is especially high in minority communities, making it more difficult for individuals to talk about their concerns with family members and peers and discouraging them from seeking treatment. (nami.org)
- Primerica life insurance typically costs $20 to $50 per month for healthy individuals. (consumeraffairs.com)
Barriers3
- For many Americans suffering from a mental illness, there can be several barriers to appropriate care. (phrma.org)
- Barriers to care for children and youth with special health care needs: perceptions of Illinois pediatricians. (jamanetwork.com)
- Legal and organizational barriers, however, inhibit the ability of nurse practitioners to practice autonomously or with equal care management resources as primary care physicians. (annfammed.org)
Clinical2
- When it comes to treating mental illness, there's a clinical approach: getting a diagnosis, the right medication, and therapy. (wfdd.org)
- and clinical alignment/shared philosophy of care. (annfammed.org)
Impacts1
- Project goals: To understand impacts of COVID-19 on cancer care management (detection, diagnosis, treatment), pt-reported experience, and cancer care costs. (sutterhealth.org)
Critical10
- Critical illness cover pays out a cash lump sum if you are diagnosed with an illness covered by your policy before it ends. (lloydsbank.com)
- Body Cover is the name we use for our critical illness cover policy. (lloydsbank.com)
- Do I need critical illness cover? (lloydsbank.com)
- Critical illness cover normally includes a number of illnesses, including heart attacks, strokes and certain types of cancer. (lloydsbank.com)
- If you do suffer one of the critical illnesses covered in your policy, your insurer will pay out your cover amount as a tax-free lump sum. (lloydsbank.com)
- This video will take you through more detail on critical illness cover. (lloydsbank.com)
- Critical illness insurance can give you a one-time payment if you get sick with one of the illnesses covered under your policy. (sunlife.ca)
- You can Get a free critical illness insurance quote online . (sunlife.ca)
- Critical illnesses are occurring , and it is important for you to know your risks and take actions now to prevent getting severely sick. (scdhec.gov)
- A heady, cutting-edge intervention in a critical area of society, The Grey Zone of Health and Illness will have wide ramifications in the academy and beyond. (intellectbooks.com)
Complications1
- OBJECTIVE: To determine costs of illness for adult diabetes mellitus (DM), including complications caused by DM. (lu.se)
Preventive care1
- A US RCT found that a care management approach delivered by nurses in primary care improved preventive care and increased referrals to evidence-based services for cardiometabolic conditions in the intervention group. (racgp.org.au)
Injury or illness1
- An on-the-job injury or illness can quickly disrupt this paycheck-to-paycheck balancing act, and have an immediate effect on a family's spending with local retailers. (ishn.com)
People14
- Unfortunately, uh, there's a lot of stigma, uh, to mental illness, and that fact alone keeps many people from seeking treatment and getting medication or, uh, the support they need. (focusonthefamily.com)
- Every day he works with people whose lives have been shattered by mental illness, but he also sees many who are restored to health and leading productive lives. (focusonthefamily.com)
- This study examined resource utilization, cost of care, and balance of care relationships for people with dementia on the boundary of community and residential care in Ireland. (cambridge.org)
- A balance of care approach was used to examine how investment in personalized community care impacted on measured formal and informal costs, care relationships, and potential admission to long-stay care facilities for people with dementia over a three year period. (cambridge.org)
- 181 people with dementia on the boundary of community and residential care received additional personalized care supports to help them remain living at home in the community. (cambridge.org)
- The estimated average weekly cost of community care for these people, including usual formal care provision, new personalized supports, consumption, and housing, was €418 per week, less than half the cost of potential residential care. (cambridge.org)
- Most of these costs were due to reduced workplace productivity, crime, and the cost of treating people for health problems caused by excessive drinking. (cdc.gov)
- NMMHAM is inspired by Campbell's efforts to include people of all communities and backgrounds in the national conversation on mental illness and increase awareness of mental health issues that, without distinction, affect us all. (nami.org)
- People who smoke, have a poor health history and are older have higher life insurance costs. (consumeraffairs.com)
- Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions are available and can be used in primary care for CVD risk reduction in people with SMI. (racgp.org.au)
- Research has established that the reduced life expectancy for people living with SMI is not a direct result of mental illness or death by suicide, but it is largely due to preventable physical health conditions, particularly CVD. (racgp.org.au)
- 6 There is a need for detailed evaluation of current interventions that could reduce CVD risk, further adaptation of this knowledge for people with SMI and support for implementation within primary care. (racgp.org.au)
- The illness mainly affects older people and gets worse over time. (medscape.com)
- Human value - care must respect the equal value of all people. (janusinfo.se)
Financial burden4
- Coverage gaps and cost-shifting for work -related injury and illness: who bears the financial burden? (cdc.gov)
- We present a flow diagram illustrating mechanisms responsible for the financial burden of occupational injury/illness borne by social safety net programs and by work ers and their families, due to cost-shifting and gaps in work ers' compensation coverage. (cdc.gov)
- This flow diagram was developed to facilitate more detailed and comprehensive research into the financial burden imposed by work -related injury/illness, in order to focus policy efforts where improvement is most needed. (cdc.gov)
- Until now, the financial burden on the Swiss health care system had been completely unclear. (endopromag.com)
Adult1
- And I think… A lot of times we think about mental disorders or mental illness as more of an adult issue, but the reality is that 50% of chronic mental, uh, health conditions are in place by 14 years old. (focusonthefamily.com)
Utilization1
- MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Utilization of health care and care from relatives and the municipality, absence of short- and long-term sickness, cost of illness. (lu.se)
Disease3
- A screening is a way to assess a person for early signs of illness or disease. (nami.org)
- Based on the criteria established by WHO, both these vaccines would be considered to be highly cost-effective in settings where the disease burden is high. (who.int)
- Worldwide, the economic impact of mental illness for the period from 2010 through 2030, calculated 3 different ways, is estimated to be similar to that of cardiovascular disease (7). (cdc.gov)
State's1
- Our Scorecard ranks every state's health care system based on how well it provides high-quality, accessible, and equitable health care. (commonwealthfund.org)
Specialty care2
- The "medical neighborhood": integrating primary and specialty care for ambulatory patients. (jamanetwork.com)
- Virtual Plans 5 Convenient, low-premium plans with unlimited 24/7 access to $0 5 virtual primary, urgent and specialty care. (uhc.com)
Dementia3
- Creating Excellence in Dementia Care. (cambridge.org)
- A few weeks after her death, he was startled by a notice saying her estate owed a huge bill to Iowa's Medicaid program for her dementia care. (democraticunderground.com)
- Friends and family members also provide an average of 5 hours of supervision and care each day for their loved ones with dementia. (medscape.com)
Study8
- Study goal is to conduct an external evaluation of seven distinct palliative care projects, funded by the Stupski Foundation, which are being implemented at seven different healthcare organizations, including Sutter Health, across the SF Bay Area. (sutterhealth.org)
- Study will enhance understanding of cancer care management due to COVID-19. (sutterhealth.org)
- This study tests several hypotheses about the underlying causal structure of the inverse correlation between socioeconomic status (SES) and mental illness. (nih.gov)
- Illness associated with child day care: a study of incidence and cost. (cdc.gov)
- Risk adjustment systems may enable population stratification programmes to be developed and become instrumental in implementing new models of care.The objectives of this study are to evaluate the capability of ACG-PM, DCG-HCC and CRG-based models to predict healthcare costs and identify patients that will be high consumers and to analyse changes to predictive capacity when socio-economic variables are added. (nih.gov)
- Because nurse practitioners are increasingly managing patient care as independent clinicians, our study objective was to propose a model of nurse practitioner-physician comanagement. (annfammed.org)
- This study found that indirect medical costs (i.e., loss of return on personnel salary) cost the Army nearly 4 times the amount spent on direct medical care for soldiers' lower extremity fractures. (health.mil)
- Japan's high-cost illness insurance program: a study of its first three years, 1974-76. (cdc.gov)
Bills2
- That includes paying the mortgage, the car loan and any medical bills from your end-of-life care. (forbes.com)
- This can help you cope financially and meet the cost of bills, such as mortgage payments and day-to-day living costs. (lloydsbank.com)
Decrease2
- On adding previous cost data, differences between the three systems decrease appreciably. (nih.gov)
- Peer support can reduce hospitalization, improve health, and decrease the overall cost of care. (wfdd.org)
Productivity1
- The cost distribution was 28% for health care, 31% for the municipality and relatives and 41% lost productivity. (lu.se)
Effectively5
- By using recommendations for component needs across the continuum of care, community leaders can use CAST to prioritize resource allocation more effectively and efficiently. (cdc.gov)
- To effectively care for Americans with complex medical conditions, it is often best to simultaneously address medical treatment along with what are commonly called the social determinants of health. (globenewswire.com)
- For this suggestion to be implemented effectively, cooperation between pediatricians and other physicians providing care for families with high-risk persons must be encouraged. (cdc.gov)
- Specifically, more research is needed to understand what approaches communities can most readily and effectively adopt to address the impact of these untreated illnesses and diseases. (rwjf.org)
- With imminent staffing shortages in the health care profession and an increase in the volume of patients seeking primary care services, patient loads are increasing rapidly, thus making it difficult for a single primary care professional to manage all patient care needs effectively and efficiently. (annfammed.org)
Centres1
- SETTING: Eight health care centres of six primary care districts in Southern Sweden. (lu.se)
Premiums2
- If you pick a plan with higher premiums, more of your health costs will be covered. (medlineplus.gov)
- Even if an Iowan used few health services, the government can bill their estate for what Medicaid spent on premiums for coverage from private insurers known as managed-care organizations. (democraticunderground.com)
Gaps2
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- A direct cremation can cost less than $1,000, while a full-service funeral in some areas costs more than $10,000. (forbes.com)
Expenditures1
- In 2006, an estimated $57.8 billion was spent in the United States on care for mental illness, which is similar to expenditures on cancer care (6). (cdc.gov)
Medicaid3
- The letter gets right to the point: Iowa's Medicaid program had spent $226,611.35 for Ruhl's health care, and the government was entitled to recoup that money from her estate, including nearly any assets she owned or had a share in. (democraticunderground.com)
- Iowa uses a private contractor to recoup money spent on Medicaid coverage for any participant who was 55 or older or was a resident of a long-term care facility when they died. (democraticunderground.com)
- The care picks up where Medicaid and other insurance stops, offering help to patients outside of the hospital. (wfdd.org)
Disorders1
- Cities and counties are responding by designing, funding, and launching local initiatives to alleviate the human and economic devastation of untreated illnesses and disorders in their communities. (rwjf.org)
Calculations1
- CONCLUSIONS: Calculations for the cost of illness of DM are underestimated if comorbidity caused by DM is not considered. (lu.se)
Coverage4
- Asking for help can be frightening or embarrassing, and at times, cost and coverage can be a major hurdle. (phrma.org)
- For costs and complete details of coverage please contact your financial professional. (securian.com)
- For costs and complete details of the coverage, review your plan documents, call or write your insurance agent or the company, whichever is applicable. (uhc.com)
- A Primerica life insurance policy with a lower coverage amount costs less. (consumeraffairs.com)
Interventions2
- Community needs assessments and health rankings provide descriptions of local behavioral health needs but do not provide public health practitioners and policy makers with guidelines on the number of programs, health care practitioners, or interventions needed in the local substance abuse care system. (cdc.gov)
- The assessment can inform resource allocation across the continuum of care to more equitably and efficiently distribute interventions and care. (cdc.gov)