scholarly journals Comparison of Medical Costs, Health Care Utilization, and Health Outcomes Between the Elderly with and Without Disabilities in Korea

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. A809 ◽  
Author(s):  
HJ Kim ◽  
S Lee ◽  
JH Kim ◽  
SH Ho ◽  
SJ Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Medical Costs ◽  
Care Utilization

Health Outcomes and Health Care Utilization Among Obstetric Deliveries With Concurrent CKD in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea L. Oliverio ◽  
Lindsay K. Admon ◽  
Laura H. Mariani ◽  
Tyler N.A. Winkelman ◽  
Vanessa K. Dalton
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
The United States ◽  
Care Utilization

Health and Situations

2017 ◽  
pp. 425-436
Author(s):  
Nicolas A. Brown ◽  
David M. Condon ◽  
Daniel K. Mroczek
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Personality Research ◽  
Important Health ◽  
Joint Study ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
Illness And Disease

Research has demonstrated that personality is consistently linked to important health outcomes such as longevity, health care utilization, and adherence to prescribed treatment of illness and disease. However, situational factors may amplify, block, or modify person-level characteristics that affect these outcomes. Therefore, the integration of situation and personality research may add predictive validity for important outcomes such as health behavior and health care utilization. This chapter discusses the importance of context in the joint study of personality and health. We introduce a roadmap for studying health and situations emphasizing the need for theoretical and measurement frameworks. Lastly, the chapter reviews relevant methodological considerations for studying health situations, including tools for assessing situations (e.g., experience sampling, wearable cameras), and recruiting from appropriate populations.

scholarly journals Determinants of Health Care Utilization among the Elderly Population in Jimma Town, Oromia Region, Southwest Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Terfa Yonas Biratu ◽  
Germossa Gugsa Nemera ◽  
Hailu Fikadu Balcha ◽  
Feyisa Garuma Tolu ◽  
Jeleta Fikru Tafese ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Southwest Ethiopia ◽  
Jimma Town

scholarly journals Evaluating the Impact of a Risk Assessment System With Tailored Interventions in Germany: Protocol for a Prospective Study With Matched Controls (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marten Pijl ◽  
Jorn op den Buijs ◽  
Andreas Landgraf
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Case Manager ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Risk Scores ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Hospital Transport ◽  
Care Costs

BACKGROUND With a worldwide increase in the elderly population, and an associated increase in health care utilization and costs, preventing avoidable emergency department visits and hospitalizations is becoming a global priority. A personal emergency response system (PERS), consisting of an alarm button and a means to establish a live connection to a response center, can help the elderly live at home longer independently. Individual risk assessment through predictive modeling can help indicate what PERS subscribers are at elevated risk of hospital transport so that early intervention becomes possible. OBJECTIVE The aim is to evaluate whether the combination of risk scores determined through predictive modeling and targeted interventions offered by a case manager can result in a reduction of hospital admissions and health care costs for a population of German PERS subscribers. The primary outcome of the study is the difference between the number of hospitalizations in the intervention and matched control groups. METHODS As part of the Sicher Zuhause program, an intervention group of 500 PERS subscribers will be tracked for 8 months. During this period, risk scores will be determined daily by a predictive model of hospital transport, and at-risk participants may receive phone calls from a case manager who assesses the health status of the participant and recommends interventions. The health care utilization of the intervention group will be compared to a group of matched controls, retrospectively drawn from a population of PERS subscribers who receive no interventions. RESULTS Differences in health care utilization and costs between the intervention group and the matched controls will be determined based on reimbursement records. In addition, qualitative data will be collected on the participants’ satisfaction with the Sicher Zuhause program and utilization of the interventions offered as part of the program. CONCLUSIONS The study evaluation will offer insight into whether a combination of predictive analytics and case manager-driven interventions can help in avoiding hospital admissions and health care costs for PERS subscribers in Germany living at home independently. In the future, this may lead to improved quality of life and reduced medical costs for the population of the study. CLINICALTRIAL Deutsches Register Klinischer Studien (DRKS), DRKS00017328; https://www.drks.de/drks_web/navigate.do?navigationId=trial.HTML&TRIAL_ID=DRKS00017328 INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT DERR1-10.2196/17584

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