Publications by authors named "L T Adler"

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate and compare health outcomes and costs between home hospitalisation and traditional hospitalisation for three common diagnoses-cellulitis, urinary tract infection (UTI) and pneumonia.

Design: A retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Primary care, nationwide.

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Cities are complex socioecological systems, yet most urban ecology research does not include the influence of social processes on ecological outcomes. Much of the research that does address social processes focuses primarily on their effects on biotic community composition, with less attention paid to how social processes affect species interactions. Linking social processes to ecological outcomes is complicated by high spatial heterogeneity in cities and the potential for scale mismatch between social and ecological processes, and the indicators used to assess those processes.

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  • The No Surprises Act eliminates surprise billing and sets up an independent dispute resolution (IDR) process for conflicts between health plans and providers.
  • In a 2023 analysis of IDR data for emergency medicine visits, providers won 86% of disputes, with decisions averaging 2.7 times the qualifying payment amount (QPA).
  • The analysis revealed that disputes were largely influenced by a few dominant health plans and providers, leading to payments that may not accurately represent the emergency service market.
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Background: The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in several European countries involved collaboration between public health and Primary Health Care (PHC).

Objective: To highlight the role of PHC professionals in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, specifically in terms of vaccine administration, communication and contributing to vaccination population coverage.

Methods: A descriptive retrospective study of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign across 28 European countries was conducted, covering data from December 2020 to November 2021.

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Background: The traditional Harborview Risk Score uses 4 criteria to predict mortality after surgical repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs): preoperative minimum systolic blood pressure <70 mm Hg, creatinine >2.0 mg/dL, age >76 years and preoperative arterial pH < 7.2.

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