Background: Since 1973, in Finland, practically all children and adolescents have been and are treated in the Public Dental Service (PDS). Since 2002, due to decreasing edentulousness, the PDS has been obliged to provide access also for adults and elderly people needing care. Aim: The main aim of this study was to survey the use of dental services and numbers of dental visits among 0-17-year-ol...

Incidence rates of injury related to farm machinery were estimated for Athens County, Ohio, using data generated as part of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The study period was 1980 through 1985. The service area of the principal hospital in the county, which participates in NEISS, closely approximates the population of the c...

conclusions chronic hepatitis c-related liver diseases impose a substantial economic burden on patients, families and the society. the current study provides useful information on cost of treatment and work loss for different disease states, which can be further used in cost-effectiveness evaluations. results the total annual cost per patient for chronic hepatitis c, cirrhosis and hepatocellula...

OBJECTIVES Given increasing demand for emergency care, there is growing concern over the availability of emergency department (ED) and inpatient resources. Existing studies of ED bed supply are dated and often overlook hospital capacity beyond ED settings. We described recent statewide trends in the capacity of ED and inpatient hospital services from 2005 to 2014. DESIGN Retrospective analysi...

INTRODUCTION The U.S. opioid epidemic has highlighted the need to identify patients at risk of opioid abuse and overdose. We initiated a novel emergency department- (ED) based interventional protocol to transition our superuser patients from the ED to an outpatient chronic pain program. The objective was to evaluate the protocol's effect on superusers' annual ED visits. Secondary outcomes inclu...

OBJECTIVES This report describes ambulatory care visits for injuries to hospital emergency departments in the United States. Statistics are presented on selected patient, hospital, and visit characteristics. METHODS The data presented in this report were collected in the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) over a period of 4 years from 1992 through 1995. The NHAMCS is a ...