The Monthly Cycle of Hypoglycemia: An Observational Claims-based Study of Emergency Room Visits, Hospital Admissions, and Costs in a Commercially Insured Population

Medical Care

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 639-645

  Basu, Sanjay ^a,b   Berkowitz, Seth A ^b,c   Seligman, Hilary ^d,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency room visits; food insecurity; hospitalization; hypoglycemia; social determinants of health; type II diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INSURANCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRIVATE SECTOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85021350117     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000728     Document Type: Article

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