Delays in Coccidioidomycosis Diagnosis and Relationship to Healthcare Utilization, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Delays in Coccidioidomycosis Diagnosis and Relationship to Healthcare Utilization, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

We developed an electronic records methodology to programmatically estimate the date of first appearance of coccidioidomycosis symptoms in patients. We compared the diagnostic delay with overall healthcare utilization charges. Many patients (46%) had delays in diagnosis of >1 month. Billed health...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2019-09, Vol.25 (9), p.1742-1744
Hauptverfasser: Goodsell, Jessica, Mendez, Guillermo, Ginn, Rachel, Galgiani, John N, Bollmann, KeriLyn, Mohty, Ralph, Bradley, Barrie
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Coccidioidomycosis
diagnosis
Electronic records
fungi
healthcare utilization
Infection
Medical care utilization
medical costs
Medical schools
Mycoses
Pneumonia
population health
Resveratrol
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Zusammenfassung:We developed an electronic records methodology to programmatically estimate the date of first appearance of coccidioidomycosis symptoms in patients. We compared the diagnostic delay with overall healthcare utilization charges. Many patients (46%) had delays in diagnosis of >1 month. Billed healthcare charges before diagnosis increased with length of delay.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2509.190019