OBJECTIVE End-of-life cancer care is costly. The current study explored whether advance directives or route of hospital admission reduced cancer patients' terminal hospitalization costs. METHODS This single-institution study focused on solid tumor patients who died on an inpatient oncology service in 2008 and 2009. Patients' total costs were compared based on advance directives and route of h...

BACKGROUND Hospitalization may be a particularly important time to promote smoking cessation, especially in the immediate post-discharge period. However, there are few studies to date that shed light on the most effective or cost-effective methods to provide post-discharge cessation treatment, especially among low-income populations and those with a heavy burden of mental illness and substance ...

switch group and 25.1 days in the late-switch group (þ68% compared with early switch group; P1⁄4 0.13). In the lateswitch group, renal toxicity resulted in an increased hospitalization duration (from 4 to 10 days) in 3 patients (vs. zero patients in the early switch group). In the early switch group, no patients were given dialysis vs. one patient that required two sessions in late-switch group...

BACKGROUND To investigate the impact of professional physician-coordinated intensive follow-up on long-term expenditures after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in unstable angina (UA) patients. METHODS In this study, there were 669 UA patients who underwent successful PCI and followed up for 3 years, then divided into the intensive follow-up group (N = 337), and the usual follow-up gr...

BACKGROUND Several clinical practice guidelines suggest using atypical over typical antipsychotics in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Nevertheless, cost-containment policy urged restricting usage of atypical antipsychotics and switching from atypical to typical antipsychotics. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate clinical and economic impacts of switching from atypical to typical ant...

BACKGROUND Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the second most common medical complication and a cause of excess length of hospital stay. Its incidence and economic burden are expected to increase as the population ages. We reviewed the recent literature to provide updated cost estimates on VTE management. METHODS Literature search strategies were performed in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Collaborati...

INTRODUCTION This epidemiological survey estimates the hospitalization burden related to Parkinson´s Disease in Spain. METHODS This observational retrospective survey was performed by reviewing data from the National Surveillance System for Hospital Data, which includes more than 98% of Spanish hospitals. All hospitalizations of patients with Parkinson´s disease that were reported from 1997-2...

aim : this study compared pr and nb in predicting hcv patient costs. the objective of this study was to predict the direct cost of the hcv patient in iran. background : hepatitis c virus (hcv) is a common and expensive infectious disease in iran. cost associated with hcv and its complications has not been well characterized. analysis of cost data is important in providing consistent information...

INTRODUCTION Rural residents are benefitting from the current New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) in China. Treatment of diseases has improved and the total cost of hospitalization has decreased significantly because of the application of NCMS. Most articles in this area have mainly focused on the policy of NCMS, but few studies have been relevant to the influence of NCMS on a specific diseas...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the cost of islet transplantation in type 1 diabetic patients with a functional renal graft in a multicenter network. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The study involved nine diabetic patients transplanted in the Swiss-French Groupe Rhône-Alpes, Rhin et Geneve pour la transplantation d'Ilots Langerhans (GRAGIL) consortium between March 1999 and June 2000. The direct medical c...