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Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic ICU survivors exhibit higher rates of physical impairment at discharge and increased healthcare utilization within one year, highlighting critical racial and ethnic disparities in post-ICU recovery.
This study highlights how timing of palliative radiotherapy in gynecologic cancers influences end-of-life care quality, with late radiation associated with less aggressive care and better supportive outcomes compared to radiation administer
Few US adults with alcohol or opioid use disorder reported addiction pharmacotherapy use in 2022-2023. Pharmacotherapy receipt was linked to increased healthcare utilization, underscoring the need for early outpatient intervention strategie
This study analyzes healthcare usage up to 12 months after COVID-19 infection, revealing prolonged increased utilization—especially among hospitalized patients—highlighting ongoing care needs for survivors.
Diabetes significantly increases inpatient admissions and ED visits across all ages, driven increasingly by nontraditional complications. Age-specific risks reveal shifting patterns in healthcare utilization that call for tailored clinical
This study examines the timing and frequency of emergency department visits among individuals who died by suicide. Research identifies frequent ED use as a high-risk indicator and suggests that the 30-day window following an emergency visit
A 5-year prospective study from the Teen-LABS cohort reveals that early post-operative complications are a primary driver of long-term healthcare utilization in adolescents following bariatric surgery, emphasizing the need for targeted long
A SEER–Medicare study of 315,089 older adults found that systemic anticancer therapy within 30 days of death—whether cytotoxic, targeted, immunotherapy, or combinations—was associated with substantially higher acute care use and lower hospi
