Discharge Abstract Database and National Ambulatory Care Reporting System database. All acute care hospitalization discharge abstracts with either congestive heart failure (ICD-10 code I50.0) recorded as the most responsible diagnosis (MRDx) or contributing diagnosis amongst patients aged ≥ 18 were included in the study. Abstracts with a CHF MRDx were categorized in the CHF group. The remaining...

BACKGROUND Patients with heart failure (HF) are reportedly at high risk for 'all-cause' re-hospitalization. A biomarker for HF, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), enables to simply detect patients with possible HF (pHF). We examined the hospitalization and medical cost of Japanese patients detected by an elevated serum NT-proBNP, and also evaluated the effects of institutiona...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of immunoprophylaxis against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections with palivizumab based on actual cost and observed incidence rates in various pediatric risk groups. DESIGN Decision tree analysis comparing children with various combinations of the following indications: chronic lung disease, congenital heart disease, or prematurity (≤32 w...

BACKGROUND Zhongshan City of Guangdong Province (China) is a key provincial and national level area for dengue fever prevention and control. The aim of this study is to analyze how the direct hospitalization costs and the length of stay of dengue hospitalization cases vary according to associated factors such as the demographics, virus types and hospital accreditation. METHOD This study is ba...

It remains unclear whether the benefits of early surgical timing are significant in neurologically complete spinal cord injury (SCI). We wanted to compare the effects of early and late surgical timing on non-neurological outcomes in persons with traumatic complete SCI. All cases of traumatic complete SCI referred to a single institution between 2000 and 2011 were retrospectively reviewed. The o...

OBJECTIVE To compare therapy for prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism and costs related to hospitalization of patients undergoing total knee and hip replacement within the context of the Brazilian health system. METHODS A retrospective study of patients undergoing arthroplasty in 2010 in a public hospital and two private hospitals in the state of São Paulo, conducted by means of medical reco...

background among all pediatric cancers acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) is highly prevalent, butthe overall cost of all management is not well-known, there is a need to assess the berlin-frankfurt-munster (bfm) protocol commonly used in all management in iran. so, the aim of this study was to estimate direct and indirect costs of all treatment among children based on the all-bfm protocol from...

schizophrenia is one of the most severe psychiatric disorders and 25% of the patients need long term hospitalization. they have somatic illness that may be ignored and lead to death. considering the lack of information regarding the causes of death in schizophrenic patients, the aim of this study was to determine the main causes of death in the long term hospitalized schizophrenic patients in s...

OBJECTIVE To perform an analysis of healthcare resource utilization with intensive insulin therapy, which has recently been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality rates of mechanically ventilated critically ill patients in a surgical intensive care unit. DESIGN A post hoc cost analysis. SETTING Surgical intensive care unit. PATIENTS Patients were 1548 mechanically ventilated patients adm...