Medicare and Medicaid
Studies from Stanford University yield new data on medicare and medicaid
Published in MD Week, November 30th, 2007
According to recent research from the United States, "Constipation is a multisymptorn disorder that frequently compromises quality of life and leads patients to seek medical advice. To evaluate the clinical and fiscal effects of constipation, we assessed health care resource use by patients with constipation enrolled in a large state Medicaid program We identified 105,130 patients older than age 18 who saw a physician at least once for constipation and were enrolled in the California Medicaid program (Medi-Cal)."
"We then studied health care resource use and costs (reimbursed by Medi-Cal) in 76,854 patients without supplementary insurance. The 15-month analysis period...
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Source: MD Week (2007-11-30)
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