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The Impact of Integrated Care on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: Evidence from the Kansas Health Homes Medicaid Program [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

These individuals are often high utilizers of health care services, with some of the costliest services being hospital admissions and emergency department (ED) visits. A difference-in-differences (DID) approach was used to compare outcomes in two groups: Medicaid beneficiaries assigned to KHH and those who were not.

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Frailty Triples Odds of More Severe RSV Illness

Physician's Weekly

Data came from the three influenza seasons from 2012 to 2015. In addition, frailty was significantly associated with severe RSV outcomes , including more extended hospital stays and higher rates of ICU admission. Characteristics of Study Population The analysis included 365 patients aged 50 to older than 85.

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

While elucidating the underlying cause of the hypertensive emergency is important for a patients ongoing care, your role in the pediatric ED is to: 1) stabilize airway, breathing, circulation; 2) minimize worsening end-organ dysfunction by acutely lowering blood pressure; and, 3) start work up to evaluate cause (Patel 2012).

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RCT of Default Inpatient PC Consults: Kate Courtright & Scott Halpern

GeriPal

This week, we talk about the other major palliative care trial of default palliative care consults for hospitalized older adults with COPD, kidney disease, or dementia, published in the same issue of JAMA. So, Alex, imagine you’re a seriously-ill hospitalized patient and I’m your doctor, unluckily for you. Eric: Either.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 2: Non-pharmacologic management of agitated children

PEMBlog

This entails utilizing the least invasive non-pharmacologic means of assisting them, before moving to physical or chemical restraints. 2012 Jan;109(3):27-32. 2012 Feb;13(1):35-40. Patient that are agitated should always be treated with dignity and respect. Deaths due to physical restraint. Dtsch Arztebl Int. PMC3272587.

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The impact of gun violence and practical tips on firearm safety: A podcast

PEMBlog

Pediatrics November 2012; 130 (5): e1416–e1423. 2012-2481 Haasz, M., I’m Dr. Carney and I am a pediatric resident at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Melzer-Lange, Joseph O’Neil, Wendy J. Pomerantz, Elizabeth C. Powell, Seth J. Scholer, Gary A. Smith; Firearm-Related Injuries Affecting the Pediatric Population.

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As Federal Health Grants Shrink, Memory Cafes Help Dementia Patients and Their Caregivers

Physician's Weekly

” The monthly budget goes toward crafts, books, coffee, snacks, and some utilities for the two-hour meetings. It’s hospitality. She opened her first one in Appleton, Wisconsin, in 2012, just over a year after her transformative trip to the U.K. Local foundations provide grants that help cover those costs.