scholarly journals POB1 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BMI AND HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES USING THE 2002 MEDICAL EXPENDITURE PANEL SURVEY

2006 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. A89-A90 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Valderrama ◽  
L Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ◽  
Health Care Expenditures ◽  
Medical Expenditure ◽  
Panel Survey

scholarly journals Estimated Health Care Utilization and Expenditures in Individuals With Heart Failure From the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Klein ◽  
Shangqing Jiang ◽  
Jacob R. Morey ◽  
Akila Pai ◽  
Donna M. Mancini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ◽  
Health Care Expenditures ◽  
Medical Expenditure ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Hospital Inpatient ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Medical Provider

Background: Heart failure (HF) constitutes a growing burden for public health and the US health care system. While the prevalence of HF is increasing, differences in health care utilization and expenditures within various sociodemographic groups remain poorly defined. Methods: We used the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to assess annual health care utilization and expenditures from 2012 to 2017. Health care utilization was based on the annual frequency of various health care encounters. Annual total and out-of-pocket expenditures were evaluated for hospital inpatient stays, emergency room visits, outpatient visits, office-based medical provider visits, prescribed medicines, dental visits, home health aid visits, and other medical expenses. We performed univariable and multivariable regression analysis based on patient characteristics including sociodemographic and comorbidity variables. Results: Our results showed that total health care expenditures among patients with HF were $21 177 (95% CI, $18 819–$24 736) per year as compared with $5652 (95% CI, $5469–$5837) in those without HF ( P <0.001). Total expenditures within the population with HF were primarily being driven by expenditures associated with inpatient hospitalizations. Increasing number of comorbid conditions was associated with significant increases in total health care expenditures. Older age, female sex, earlier study years, number of comorbidities, higher level of education, and increasing family income brackets independently raised out-of-pocket expenditures. Conclusions: Our findings of increased health care utilization and expenditures based on sex, age, increasing number of comorbidities, wealthier income status, and increased education attainment level may be used for efforts aimed at better distributing health care resources to improve health outcomes in HF.

Incremental health care services and expenditures associated with depression among individuals with cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE)

Lupus ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 1107-1115 ◽  
Author(s):  
M E Ogunsanya ◽  
S O Nduaguba ◽  
C M Brown
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Prescription Drugs ◽  
Lupus Erythematosus ◽  
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ◽  
Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus ◽  
Health Care Expenditures ◽  
Medical Expenditure ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Medication Costs ◽  
Cutaneous Lupus

Objectives The objective of this paper is to describe the annual direct medical expenditures for cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) patients, and to estimate the incremental health care expenditures and utilization associated with depression among adults with CLE, while controlling for covariates. Methods Using the 2014 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), we compared CLE patients with and without depression to determine differences in: (a) health care utilization—inpatient, outpatient, office-based and emergency room (ER) visits, and prescriptions filled; and (b) expenditures—total costs, inpatient, outpatient, office-based, ER, and prescription medication costs, and other costs using demography-adjusted and comorbidity-adjusted multivariate models (age, gender, race/ethnicity, marital status, education, perception of health status, poverty category, smoking status, and Charlson Comorbidity Index). Results The total direct medical expenditure associated with CLE is estimated at approximately $29.7 billion in 2014 US dollars. After adjusting for covariates, adults with CLE and depression had more hospital discharges (utilization ratio (UR) = 1.13, 95% confidence interval (CI) (1.00–1.28)), ER visits (UR = 1.17, 95% CI (1.09–1.37)), and prescribed medicines (UR = 2.15, 95% CI (1.51–3.05)) than those without depression. Adults with CLE and depression had significantly higher average annual total expenditure that those without depression ($19,854 vs. $9735). Conclusions High health care expenditures are significant for patients with CLE, especially among those with depression. Prescription drugs, inpatient visits, and ER visits contributed most to the total expenditures in CLE patients with depression. Early diagnosis and treatment of depression in CLE patients may reduce total health care expenditures and utilization in this population.

Comparison of Health Care Expenditures Among U.S. Older Adults With Pain Who Reported Frequent Exercise Versus Nonfrequent Exercise

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
David R. Axon ◽  
Jonathan Chien ◽  
Hanh Dinh
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Health Care Expenditure ◽  
Prescription Medication ◽  
Health Care Expenditures ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Medical Expenditure ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Nationally Representative

This cross-sectional study included a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults aged ≥50 years with self-reported pain in the past 4 weeks from the 2018 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Adjusted linear regression analyses accounted for the complex survey design and assessed differences in several types of annual health care expenditures between individuals who reported frequent exercise (≥30 min of moderate–vigorous intensity physical activity ≥5 times per week) and those who did not. Approximately 23,940,144 of 56,979,267 older U.S. adults with pain reported frequent exercise. In adjusted analyses, individuals who reported frequent exercise had 15% lower annual prescription medication expenditures compared with those who did not report frequent exercise (p = .007). There were no statistical differences between frequent exercise status for other health care expenditure types (p > .05). In conclusion, adjusted annual prescription medication expenditures were 15% lower among older U.S. adults with pain who reported frequent exercise versus those who did not.

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