منابع مشابه
Initial Nonoperative Care Is Reasonable for Older Patients
Appropriate indications for rotator cuff repair are a fundamental treatment consideration for which there still remain substantial differences of opinion. Important issues include the short-term and long-term efficacy of treatment choices balanced with the risks of these decisions. It is only with well-performed, randomized controlled trials such as this one by Kukkonen et al. that better stand...
متن کاملRehospitalizations among Patients in the Medicare Fee-for-Service Program
Results Almost one fifth (19.6%) of the 11,855,702 Medicare beneficiaries who had been discharged from a hospital were rehospitalized within 30 days, and 34.0% were rehospitalized within 90 days; 68.9% of patients who had been discharged with medical conditions and 53.0% of those who had been discharged after surgical procedures were rehospitalized or died within the first year after discharge....
متن کاملUtilization of Modafinil in Oregon Fee-For-Service Patients
Modafinil (Provigil) is a medication used to promote wakefulness. Originally marketed in 1998, modafinil, a Schedule C-IV drug, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of excessive sleepiness (ES) associated with narcolepsy. In 2003, the FDA approved modafinil for the treatment of ES associated with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (only as an adjunct t...
متن کاملRehospitalizations among patients in the Medicare fee-for-service program.
BACKGROUND Reducing rates of rehospitalization has attracted attention from policymakers as a way to improve quality of care and reduce costs. However, we have limited information on the frequency and patterns of rehospitalization in the United States to aid in planning the necessary changes. METHODS We analyzed Medicare claims data from 2003-2004 to describe the patterns of rehospitalization...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: YAKUGAKU ZASSHI
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0031-6903,1347-5231
DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.129.247