Role of oxygenation devices in alleviating the oxygen crisis in India.

There has been an unprecedented increase in global demand for medical oxygen equipment to solve the acute oxygen shortages caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection. The study aims to assess the value of improved access and use of Oxygen Concentrators (OCs) and cylinders during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. This evaluation is relevant to strengthening health systems in many resource-constrained Low- and Middle-Income Country (LMIC) settings.

The impact of psoriasis on health care costs and patient work loss.

Background: There are few comprehensive estimates of the cost of psoriasis in the United States.

Objective: We sought to quantify the incremental direct medical and indirect work loss costs associated with psoriasis.

Methods: A de-identified claims database from 31 self-insured employers during the period 1998 to 2005 was used.

Direct and indirect costs of pain therapy for osteoarthritis in an insured population in the United States.

Objective: To assess the health care utilization and cost of illness for osteoarthritis (OA) patients taking pain medications. Specifically, the goals were to estimate the direct health care and indirect costs of OA.

Methods: A claims database of privately insured patients was used to identify OA patients.

The direct and indirect cost burden of atopic dermatitis: an employer-payer perspective.

The goal of this study was to quantify the incremental direct medical and indirect work-loss costs associated with patients diagnosed with atopic dermatitis (AD). A de-identified administrative claims database was used comprising 5.1 million covered beneficiaries from 31 Fortune 500 self-insured employers between 1998 and 2005.

Anaemia and the risk of injurious falls in a community-dwelling elderly population.

Background: Anaemia in the elderly is associated with a number of health-related functional declines, such as frailty, disability and muscle weakness. These may contribute to falls which, in the elderly, result in serious injuries in perhaps 10% of cases.

Objective: To investigate whether anaemia increases the risk of injurious falls in an elderly population.

Medical costs of untreated anemia in elderly patients with predialysis chronic kidney disease.

The objective of this study was to quantify the incremental medical costs that are associated with untreated anemia among elderly patients with predialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD). An analysis of claims and laboratory data between January 1999 and February 2005 was conducted. Inclusion criteria were age >/=65 yr, two or more hemoglobin readings, one or more claims for CKD, and two or more GFR values of <60 ml/min per 1.