COVID, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5(4), P. 56 - 56
Published: April 16, 2025
Background: Healthcare total spending accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding broad high- and low-cost healthcare utilization while system is under stress can help identify strategies gaps to improve future quality of care reducing high-cost maximizing care. Methods: This was a population-based cross-sectional study with 56,141 individuals in U.S. using 2020–2021 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data sources. We applied Poisson regression approach test differences among patients with/without cancer/COVID-19 outcomes, including emergency department (ED) visits, inpatient discharge, nights stay, outpatient home provider days. Results: Outpatient visits were affected by both cancer diagnoses (86% 109% higher for and/or COVID-19, p < 0.001). had statistically significant increases care, (1) ED (151% 245% higher, 0.001), (2) number (94% 170%, 0.001, (3) stay (259% 268% There no home-based when compared without COVID-19. Conclusions: Improving adopting innovative are critical reduce strengthen pandemic preparedness.
Language: Английский