Introduction: Depression and anxiety are common among patients with migraine usually associated a humanistic financial burden. This study aims to examine the direct healthcare expenditures adults alone or comorbid and/or depression. Methods: was retrospective cross-sectional using 2012, 2014, 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data. Adult aged ≥22 years headache were included in study. The o...

The United States spends more for healthcare than any other country in the world. With the rising prevalence of both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) represents the leading chronic gastrointestinal disease with increasing healthcare expenditures in the US. IBD costs have shifted from inpatient to outpatient care since the introduction of biologic therapie...

opportunity to fundamentally change the way health benefits are structured, and to reframe the national debate on healthcare to focus on the value of health services—not on cost or quality alone. In a VBID benefit, cost sharing is still utilized, but a “clinically sensitive” approach is explicitly designed to mitigate the adverse health consequences of high out-of-pocket expenditures. By aligni...

This Executive Summary presents the results of an extensive economic report (Economic Report) commissioned by the American Hospital Association (AHA) and conducted by Margaret Guerin-Calvert and Economists Incorporated to: (1) evaluate empirical studies conducted on behalf of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) that examine factors that increase healthcare spending, and (2) asses...

The prevalence of obesity is increasing at an alarming rate and with it the occurrence of a number of comorbidities, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and certain types of cancer. Approximately one third of adults in the US population are currently classified as obese. Globally, 400 10 adults are classified as obese, a number that is expected to double by 2015. Conseque...

Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 14, No. 9, September 2008 1489 ties in Asia. CDAD is estimated to cost the healthcare system in the United States $3.2 billion annually (8). With longer hospitalization for persons after they test positive for CDT, as seen in our study, rising CDAD rates could increase hospital occupancy and result in excess healthcare expenditures. CDAD in ...

P olicies aimed at reducing inequalities in the healthcare domain in France tend to be focused on access to healthcare, either by extending Statutory Health Insurance coverage (Universal Health Insurance Coverage (CMU) known as "basic" coverage, and State Medical Aid (AME), or by extending complementary health insurance coverage (complementary CMU and financial assistance for the acquisition of...

Given the increasing prevalence of telomere research in healthcare field, this paper first analyzes how newfound discoveries domain link to aging, and then explores has found a correlation between shortening health complications particular age-related diseases. Afterwards, faced by elderly populations due diseases chronic conditions are discussed, including association increased out-of-pocket e...

OBJECTIVES As the Target Project of Tuscany Region is aimed to identify significant changes occurring during the time of the project compared to the previous years, we have analyzed antifracture drugs consumption in the years immediately preceding the start-up of the program. METHODS We have analyzed the regional administrative database to search for antifracture drugs delivered by the region...

During its 47-year existence, Medicaid has been the subject of countless analyses, articles, books, and studies, in view of its sheer size (federal expenditures standing at $190 billion in FY 2006),[1] its complexity (more than five dozen separate federal eligibility categories), and its importance in the American healthcare system. Medicaid funds nearly 40% of all births,[2] covers about one-t...