Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Post-COVID-19 conditions tied to higher health care utilization

Health care utilization is increased in the six months following COVID-19 infection, but vaccination can lower the risk for long COVID symptoms, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in JAMA Network Open.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Urgent health care use up for adults with concomitant eczema, asthma

Adults with concomitant atopic dermatitis (AD) and asthma have an increased risk for urgent health care use, according to a study published online July 7 in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Annual costs estimated for wart treatment in the U.S. for 2015-2017

The estimated annual costs were $846 million for cutaneous warts for 2019 in the United States, and costs for anogenital warts were $127 million, according to a research letter published online April 27 in JAMA Dermatology.

Health

Hospitalizations for eating disorder increased during pandemic

Shortly after the pandemic began, Kelly Allison started hearing more and more professional chatter about a worrying increase in hospitalizations for eating disorders. "It was a big topic of conversation," says Allison, who ...

Medical economics

Health care disproportionately spent on white Americans

(HealthDay)—Differences in health care utilization across racial and ethnic groups explain the majority of inequities in U.S. health care spending, according to a study published in the Aug. 17 issue of the Journal of the ...

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