During the 1990s, as antimicrobial resistance increased among pneumococci, many organizations promoted appropriate antimicrobial use to combat resistance. We analyzed data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, an annual sample survey of visits to office-based physicians, and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, an annual sample survey of visits to hospital emergency...

OBJECTIVES In view of the sharp increase in the number of dentists in Spain, the aim of the present study was to analyse changes in the private dentist workload in Spain over the period 1987-97. METHODS Data were taken from censuses of the population and of dental practitioners, and from the Spanish National Health Interview Surveys. The percentage of people that had visited the dentist in th...

BACKGROUND The health care system in Oman is characterized by its rapid development and free medical services for all its nationals although traditional medicine still plays a major role in daily life. Epidemiological data on poisoning are scanty. OBJECTIVE To determine the annual rate of poisoning-related Accident & Emergency Department visits at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Oman and...

OBJECTIVE This report describes outpatient department visits in the United States in 1995. Statistics are presented on selected patient and visit characteristics. METHODS The data presented in this report were collected from the 1995 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). NHAMCS is part of the ambulatory care component of the National Health Care Survey, which measures hea...

Emergency room (ER) visits for accidental casualties, according to the International Classification of Deceases 10th Revision Chapters 19 and 20, include injury, poisoning, and external causes (IPEC). Annual distribution of 187,008 ER visits that took place between 2009 and 2011 in Beijing, China displayed regularity rather than random characteristics. The annual cycle from the Fourier series f...

BACKGROUND The effect of extreme heat on health has become a growing public health concern due to climate change. We aimed to examine the epidemiological patterns of hospital-based emergency department (ED) visits for heat stroke in the United States. FINDINGS We analyzed data from the 2009 and 2010 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample, the largest ED data system sponsored by the Agency for...

In 1993, an estimated 60 million Americans used alternative medical therapies in 1990 at an estimated cost of $13.7 billion. The estimated number of annual visits to providers of alternative medicine (425 million) exceeded the number of visits to all US primary care physicians (388 million); and more than 70% of the patients who acknowledged using alternative therapy never mentioned this inform...

Cost-effectiveness of everolimus+exemestane as compared to fulvestrant was assessed in terms of the incremental cost per life year (LY) gained, from a Portuguese National Health Service (NHS) perspective. Next to main therapeutic drug costs, other healthcare costs included costs for medical visits, complementary diagnostic procedures, surgery, inpatient visits, additional therapy and end-of-lif...

OBJECTIVES Using a large natural experiment among 39 employers, we examined the effect of adding financial incentives to workplace wellness programs. STUDY DESIGN The 39 study employers used the same national insurer to administer their wellness programs, allowing us to observe preventive and health-promoting behaviors before and after financial incentives were implemented. Fifteen treatment ...