BACKGROUND Expenses with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery and coronary angioplasty (CA) represented a significant cost to SUS. OBJECTIVE To analyze SUS expenses with CABG and CA and their performance in hospitals in the state of Rio de Janeiro (SRJ), from 1999 to 2008. METHODS The information came from paid HAA in hospitals with more than 100 revascularization procedures. Mort...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cost in healthcare is an increasing and justifiable concern that impacts decisions about the introduction of new devices such as the da Vinci(®) surgical robot. Because equipment expenses represent only a portion of overall medical costs, we set out to make more specific cost comparisons between open and robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS We perf...

Over half of the world’s population lives in cities and United Nations (UN) demographers project an increase of 2.5 billion more urban dwellers by 2050. Yet there is too little systematic comparative research on the practice of urban health policy and management (HPAM), particularly in the megacities of middle-income and developing nations. We make a case for creating a global database on citie...

wish to thank two anonymous referees for their comments on our manuscript of research-in-progress in PACIS 2013. 2 Examining a model of mobile healthcare technology acceptance by the elderly Extended abstract " Graying of the globe " is increasing exponentially worldwide due to the rising number of seniors and retirees in developed countries; accompany with this phenomenon is the expanding heal...

BACKGROUND The scaling up of antiviral treatment (ART) coverage in the past decade has increased access to care for numerous people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in low-resource settings. Out-of-pocket payments (OOPs) represent a barrier for healthcare access, adherence and ART effectiveness, and can be economically catastrophic for PLWHA and their family. We evaluated OOPs of PLWHA attending ou...

Upgradation of technologies for sustainable smart cities has led to rapid growth in Internet Things (IoT) applications, including e-healthcare services wherein devices collect patient data and deliver it remotely the servers real-time. Despite its enormous benefits, IoT healthcare not received much attention primarily due risk unauthorized access confidential medical information enabled by vuln...

Hospital readmissions are expensive and reflect the inadequacies in healthcare system. In the United States alone, treatment of readmitted diabetic patients exceeds 250 million dollars per year. Early identification of patients facing a high risk of readmission can enable healthcare providers to to conduct additional investigations and possibly prevent future readmissions. This not only improve...

BACKGROUND Although many studies have analyzed health insurance worldwide, most focus on whole populations rather than specific vulnerable groups. There is a lack of studies that compare different schemes. This paper evaluates the impact of different types of social health insurance and other associated factors on healthcare utilization and costs among middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults. ...