Human-associated microbial communities have adapted to environmental pressures. Doses
of antibiotics select for a community with increased antibiotic resistance, inflammation is …

Current progress in wearable and implanted health monitoring technologies has strong
potential to alter the future of healthcare services by enabling ubiquitous monitoring of …

In this research we explore the current state of chronic diseases in the United States, using
data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and applying visualization and …

Importance Hospitalizations are costly and may lead to adverse events; hospital-at-home
interventions could be a substitute for in-hospital stays, particularly for patients with chronic …

In recent years, there has been significant interest in developing system dynamics
simulation models to analyze complex healthcare problems. However, there is a lack of …

Under the Affordable Care Act of 2010, a variety of transitional care programs and services
have been established to improve quality and reduce costs. These programs help …

OBJECTIVE:(1) To determine chronic illness costs for large cohort of primary care
patients,(2) to develop prospective model predicting total costs over one year, using …

Introduction Inflammation is believed to be a contributing factor to many chronic diseases.
The influence of vitamin D deficiency on inflammation is being explored but studies have not …

Importance Preventable hospitalizations are common among older adults for reasons that
are not well understood. Objective To determine whether Medicare patients with ambulatory …

Background: The number of people living with multiple chronic conditions is increasing, but
we know little about the impact of multimorbidity on life expectancy. Objective: We analyze …