Abstract Background Reliable benchmarking in Lean healthcare requires widely relevant
and applicable domains for outcome metrics and careful attention to contextual levels …

This Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Brief presents statistics on
the cost of ED visits in the United States using the 2017 Nationwide Emergency Department …

Background: Cost-effectiveness analysis is an important tool for informing treatment
coverage and pricing decisions, yet no consensus exists about what threshold for the …

Importance Medical debt is an increasing concern in the US, yet there is limited
understanding of the amount and distribution of medical debt, and its association with health …

Background: Spending on cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular risk factors
(cardiovascular spending) accounts for a significant portion of overall US health care …

Importance Measuring health care spending by race and ethnicity is important for
understanding patterns in utilization and treatment. Objective To estimate, identify, and …

Despite some improvements in the oral health of populations globally, major problems
remain all over the planet, most notably among underprivileged communities of low-and …

Background A growing number of studies have investigated the effect of increasing
temperatures on morbidity and health service use. However, there is a lack of studies …

Social distancing and the shortage of healthcare professionals during the COVID-19
pandemic, the impact of population aging on the healthcare system, as well as the rapid …

Objective To determine the relationship between Medicare's site‐based outpatient billing
policy and hospital‐physician integration. Data sources National Medicare claims data from …