BACKGROUND The United States has a high proportion of people without health insurance (15%) and a low proportion of people without employment (5%), resulting in millions who lack insurance but have some ability to pay. We tested whether hospitals charge similar prices for well-specified elective services to individuals paying out-of-pocket for medical care. METHODS We surveyed the 2 largest g...

Dr. J. L. Hendley, Civil Medical Officer, Balasore, is allowed furlough for one year, under Article 371 of the Civil Service Regulations, with effect from the 13th April 1S96, or any subsequent date on which he may avail himself of it. The services of Surgeon-Lieutenant L. Rogers, M.B., F.R.C.S., Indian Medical Service (Bengal), are placed temporarily at the disposal of the Chief Commissioner o...

based on the {s+, i-} pathway, the concentration of surfactant and surface charge density of silanolate groups control the phase transition from lamellar, to hexagonal through cubic form. the high surface charge density of silanolate groups was observed for the lamellar phase. with decrease of molar concentration of surfactant on the gel, the yield of reaction decreases and the stability of mes...

• Regardless, there is a wide disparity in costs between services delivered by independent providers— and those delivered by hospitalaffiliated facilities. For example, an independent clinical lab would charge $33 for a Complete Blood Count—vs. a hospital-affiliated lab’s charge of $45; $53 for a Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP), which includes 14 basic chemistry tests consisting of glucose,...

BACKGROUND The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has increased rates of public and private health insurance in the United States. Increasing coverage could raise hospital revenue and reduce the need to shift costs to insured patients. The consequences of ACA on hospital revenues could be examined if payments were known for most hospitals in the United States. Actual payment data are considered confiden...

BACKGROUND Antimicrobial resistance is an increasing problem. OBJECTIVE To examine the clinical and economic impact of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. METHODS In-hospital mortality, secondary bacteremia, length of stay, and hospital charges were examined in a cohort of 489 inpatients with positive clinical cultures for P aeruginosa. One hundred forty-four had a resistant ba...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE This study compares hospital costs and clinical outcomes for conventional laparoscopic, single-port, and mini-laparoscopic cholecystectomy from US hospitals. METHODS Eligible patients were aged ≥18 years and undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy with records in the Premier Hospital Database from 2009 through the second quarter of 2010. Patients were categorized into...

OBJECTIVES To describe total and average hospital charges associated with infectious disease (ID) hospitalizations and specific ID categories and to estimate ID hospitalization rates in adults aged 65 and older in the United States from 1998 through 2004. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of hospital discharge data obtained from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample for 1998 through 2004. SETTING Uni...

in this paper, the effect of cationic and anionic ion sizes on the charge storage capability of graphene nanosheets is investigated. the electrochemical properties of the produced electrode are studied using cyclic voltammetry (cv) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (eis) techniques in 3m nacl, naoh, and koh electrolytes. scanning electron microscopy (sem) is used to characterize the mi...