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Providers often prescribe antibiotics during asthma-related ambulatory care visits
Pediatric SuperSite Sixteen percent of asthma-related office and emergency department visits from 1998 to 2007 resulted in the prescription of an antibiotic, despite the fact that these visits did not have an ICD-9 code that would justify the use of an antibiotic, … |
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Collaborative Community Program Improves Asthma Care
Internal Medicine News Digital Network SAN FRANCISCO – A collaborative, community-based program to improve care for publicly insured children has reduced emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and costs, thanks in large part to a strong focus on asthma care. Dr. Tom Peterson and his … |
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Doctor Patient Descrepancies In Asthma Care
About – News & Issues While more than 9 out of 10 of doctors stressed the importance of anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of asthma, less than 2 out of 10 of asthma patients reported anti-inflammatory medication use in the prior four weeks. … |
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Sri Lanka faces rising health care costs: World Bank
Lanka Business Online Feb 22, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka faces rising health care costs as the population ages with an increase in non-communicable diseases (NCD) like diabetes, heart disease, cancers and asthma, a recent World Bank study said. "NCD's account for about 85 … * World Bank warns Sri Lanka of escalating health care costs if non … World Bank hails Sri Lanka |
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JAMA: Improved care coordination could lower pediatric readmission rates
CMIO Among the percentage of hospitalizations associated with an ambulatory care-sensitive condition (ACSC), asthma was the most common reason for admission, followed by pneumonia and seizures. The authors found that neuromuscular complex chronic conditions … Hospital Costs Outsized for 'Frequent Flier' Kids |
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The EPA Chimes in on the Health Care Debate
Shopfloor With reports that asthma is on the rise – especially among children – and causing millions of emergency room and hospital visits each year, as well as tens … |
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In Sierra Leone, Free Health Care for Asthma and Hypertension Patients
Awareness Times A beneficiary of the programme, Mrs. Mary Scott, who spoke to this reporter, revealed that she was diagnosed with asthma and stroke in 2002. … |
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Starfish could cure asthma, arthritis
Health Care N Diet Starfish may soon provide treatment for inflammatory conditions such as asthma and arthritis, say experts. The slimy substance that coats the spiny starfish … |
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Doctors ask heart, asthma patients to be take special care
Indian Express With the dip in temperature in the region, doctors have advised those suffering from heart problems, asthma and arthritis to take extra precautions, … |
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Health warning: Take extra care or suffer asthma
Hindustan Times “The fog is bad, as it carries a lot of suspended particulate matter which, if inhaled, can result in difficulty in breathing, blocked nose, asthma, … |
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