Search results for "National trends"
Hospital admissions and costs for potentially preventable conditions in adults, 2006
Hospital costs for potentially preventable hospitalizations were about one of every 10 dollars of total hospital expenditures in 2006.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/trends.htm
15 Oct 2009
Procalcitonin: Promise and pitfalls
Uptake of procalcitonin testing has been slow in U.S. hospitals, but experts say the biomarker could help with antibiotic stewardship efforts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/procalcitonin-promise-and-pitfalls.htm
15 Aug 2018
Hospitalists' awareness of inpatient charges for services and tests
Hospitalists are not very aware of the charges for various services they provide, or tests they order, according to recent data.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/10/trends.htm
15 Oct 2010
Cost, loss of insurance lead many to forgo needed medical care
Health insurance is a major factor when people balance health care with its cost.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/04/trends.htm
15 Apr 2009
Anti-smoking efforts graded state-by-state
The American Lung Association State of Tobacco Control 2008 report graded the 50 states and District of Columbia on their anti-smoking efforts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/03/trends.htm
15 Mar 2009
Steady increase in number of obese adults drove sharp rise in overweight population since 1980
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys showed substantial increases in overweight among adults since 1980, primarily reflecting an increase in the percentage of adults 20—74 years of age who are obese[PDF].
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/trends.htm
15 Dec 2008
Inpatient deaths cost nearly $20 billion; septicemia leading cause
One of every three people who died in the U.S. in 2007 was in the hospital for treatment at the time of death.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/trends.htm
15 Jan 2010
Treating PE in the ED
Outpatient treatment of pulmonary embolism on the rise.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/outpatient-pulmonary-embolism.htm
15 Aug 2015
Changes afoot at physician-owned specialty hospitals
When Oklahoma Heart Hospital opened in August 2002 in Oklahoma City, it didn't take long for nearby community hospital Baptist Medical Center to realize it needed to make some changes to offset the loss of patients. But new government and state regulations will mean changes in the specialty hospital workplace in the coming months and years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/cover-story.htm
15 Aug 2007
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November 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,. Rockville, MD. NATIONAL TRENDS.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/acph-201001-trends_t1.pdf
21 Dec 2009