Objectives To investigate the characteristics and healthcare utilisation of high-cost patients
and to compare high-cost patients across payers and countries. Design Systematic review …

Background: The post-acute burden of health care use after SARS-CoV-2 infection is
unknown. We sought to quantify the post-acute burden of health care use after SARS-CoV-2 …

Cancer inpatients commonly suffer from impairments that can prohibit safe discharge home
from the acute care inpatient medical service and thus require transfer to a postacute …

Objectives Economic constraints are a common explanation of why patients with low
socioeconomic status tend to experience less access to medical care. We tested whether the …

Abstract Background High utilizers (HUs) are a small group of patients who impose a
disproportionately high burden on the healthcare system due to their elevated resource use …

Background High-cost users (HCU) represent important targets for health policy
interventions. Sepsis is a life-threatening syndrome that is associated with high morbidity …

BACKGROUND: There is a lack of data in Canada on the longitudinal effects of adverse
events that occur in hospital, specifically in the period after discharge. Our objective was to …

Background Neonatal care for preterm babies is prolonged and expensive. Our aim was to
analyze and report costs associated with common preterm diagnoses during NICU stay …

Background Twenty years ago, a “Guardian Angel” or comprehensive digital health advisor
was proposed to empower patients to better manage their own health. This is now …

Background Musculoskeletal pain conditions incur high costs and produce significant
personal and public health consequences, including disability and opioid-related mortality …