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Study data from G.C. Nguyen et al provide new insights into health insurance
June 15th, 2009
"Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients may be at increased risk for having no health insurance. Our objectives were to assess the prevalence of hospitalized IBD patients without insurance in the US and to characterize predictive factors," researchers in Toronto, Canada report. "We identified IBD admissions in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (1999-2005) and a 1% sample of general medical patients. We used population estimates from the US Census Bureau to calculate hospitalization rates, and logistic regression to determine predictors of being uninsured. Although uninsured IBD patients were less likely to be hospitalized than those privately insured (incidence rate...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2009-06-15)
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