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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st522/stat522.shtml
May 01, 2019 - This Statistical Brief examines trends in average and median total person level expenditures, average … Findings
Total and out-of-pocket person level expenditures (figures 1 and 2)
Among persons who obtained … Average total drug expenditures per person increased significantly from 2009 to 2016. … In 2009, the average total expenditures per person with any medication use were $1,497, including the … Total person level prescribed medicine expenditures for persons with prescribed medicine use, 2009 to
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37089/psn-pdf
July 31, 2008 - Health literacy and mortality among elderly persons. … Health literacy and mortality among elderly persons. Arch Intern
Med. 2007;167(14):1503-9. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-and-mortality-among-elderly-persons
This prospective cohort … study found increased mortality among elderly persons with poor health literacy,
even after adjusting … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-and-mortality-among-elderly-persons
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39787/psn-pdf
August 25, 2010 - National estimates of adverse events during
nonpsychiatric hospitalizations for persons with
schizophrenia … National estimates of adverse events during nonpsychiatric
hospitalizations for persons with schizophrenia … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-estimates-adverse-events-during-nonpsychiatric-hospitalizations-
persons … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-estimates-adverse-events-during-nonpsychiatric-hospitalizations-persons … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-estimates-adverse-events-during-nonpsychiatric-hospitalizations-persons
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/4RNVtFNUtF85_ErBy9cqC9
June 01, 2023 - B
Grade
Adults 64 years or younger, including pregnant and postpartum persons:
Screen for anxiety … This recommendation applies to adults (19 years or older), including pregnant and postpartum persons, … risk factors, signs, and symptoms of anxiety, listen to any patient concerns, and make sure that
persons … perinatal period when
deciding the best treatment for anxiety disorders for a pregnant or breastfeeding person … recommends screening for anxiety in adults 64 years or younger, including pregnant and
postpartum persons
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/screening-for-prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes
August 24, 2021 - younger than 60 years, in persons with a BMI of 35 or greater, in persons with a fasting plasma glucose … problems (<1% per group), and 1 study (the DPP) found higher rates of musculoskeletal symptoms per 100 person-years … in the intensive lifestyle intervention group than in the control group (24.1 vs 21.1 events per 100 person-years … prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are due to social factors and not biological ones, and incorporated person-first … language when referring to persons who have overweight or obesity.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45778/psn-pdf
April 26, 2017 - Long-term outcomes of medication intervention using the
screening tool of older persons potentially … Long-Term Outcomes of Medication Intervention Using the
Screening Tool of Older Persons Potentially … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/long-term-outcomes-medication-intervention-using-screening-tool-older-
persons-potentially … sustainability of orally communicated medication recommendations based
on the STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/long-term-outcomes-medication-intervention-using-screening-tool-older-persons-potentially
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/4GH3or2_-oQ7ChXfjCB2ux
March 02, 2020 - Of these persons who test positive for the anti-HCV antibody,
approximately 2.4 million have current … Persons with contin-
ued risk for HCV infection (eg, PWID) should be screened periodi-
cally. … Periodically screen persons with continued risk for HCV infection (eg, persons with past or current injection … There is limited evidence to determine how often to screen persons at increased risk. … All persons with risk factors (eg, persons
with HIV, prior recipients of blood transfusions, persons
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening
June 17, 2021 - For specificity outcome: Healthy persons with no history of TB exposure or risks. … Studies that combine children and adults or studies with both HIV-negative and HIV-positive persons ( … This includes persons with HIV, head and neck cancer, leukemia or lymphoma, silicosis, history of or … For specificity outcome: Persons with known history of TB or TB exposure, persons with HIV, and acutely … ill persons.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/folic-acid-for-the-prevention-of-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication
August 01, 2023 - who plan to or could become pregnant
The USPSTF recommends that all persons planning to or who could … A
Pathway to Benefit
To achieve benefit, persons planning to or who could become pregnant … This recommendation applies to all persons who are planning to or could become pregnant. … It does not apply to persons who have had a previous pregnancy affected by neural tube defects or who … year. 1 Many of these neural tube defects are caused by low folate levels in the body of the pregnant person
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st409/stat409.shtml
June 01, 2013 - Edward Miller, PhD
Highlights
In 2010, 37.2 percent of the 41.4 million elderly persons … than persons who did not have a diagnosis of hypertension (45.0 percent versus 25.8 percent). … Definitions
Age
Defined using the last available age for each sampled person. … Census region
Each MEPS sampled person was classified as living in one of the following four regions … Income
Each person in the survey sample was classified according to the total yearly income of his
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34059/psn-pdf
March 11, 2011 - Strategies for detecting adverse drug events among older
persons in the ambulatory setting. … Strategies for detecting adverse drug events among older persons in
the ambulatory setting. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-detecting-adverse-drug-events-among-older-persons-ambulatory- … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-detecting-adverse-drug-events-among-older-persons-ambulatory-setting … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-detecting-adverse-drug-events-among-older-persons-ambulatory-setting
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st396/stat396.shtml
January 01, 2013 - The mean total expense per person for those with some health care expenses in 2010 was $4,839 (figure … Among specific health care service categories, the mean expense per person with an expense ranged from … Medicare: Medicare is a federally financed health insurance plan for persons age 65 and older, persons … Mean expense per person with health care expenses, by type of service, 2010
All services (total … Median expense per person with health care expenses, by type of service, 2010
All services (total
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/rf29/rf29.shtml
March 01, 2009 - families,
two-person families and families with three or more persons. … families, two-person families and families with three or more persons. … and families with three or more persons. … compared to two-person families and families
with three or more persons. … of two-person
families and 12.9 percent of families with three or more persons
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/4NUuvS6nmzTdBgjBg3ELkE
January 01, 2020 - Behavioral Counseling to Promote a Healthy Lifestyle in Persons
With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Systematic … Purpose: To systematically review the benefits and harms of life-
style counseling interventions in persons … Data Synthesis: At 12 to 24 months, intensive lifestyle counseling
in persons selected for risk factors … Conclusion: Intensive diet and physical activity behavioral counsel-
ing in persons with risk factors … with impaired fasting glucose,
and 2 were done in persons with hypertension.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-c-screening-2013
June 15, 2013 - Evidence on how often screening should occur in these persons is lacking. … between high-risk sexual behaviors (multiple sex partners, unprotected sex, or sex with an HCV-infected person … percutaneous exposures, such as injection drug users and persons with hemophilia (60% to 90%); persons … Many persons with chronic HCV infection are unaware of their condition. … probably similar to that in persons at higher risk for infection.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/hepatitis-c-screening
December 21, 2017 - * Includes persons without known liver function test abnormalities. … Excludes persons living with HIV, transplant recipients, and patients with renal failure. † Defined … The evidence review will focus on screening in asymptomatic persons without known liver function test … with HCV infection being treated with antiviral therapy
Persons who are coinfected with the hepatitis … B virus or HIV, transplant patients, persons with renal failure
Interventions
Direct-acting
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/discharged-blindly
October 26, 2022 - The Commentary More than 1 million persons age 40 and older living in the United States are legally … Most persons who are blind have some usable vision that allows them to navigate their environments and … Once inside facilities, persons can have difficulties independently navigating spaces if signage is not … Many blind persons live alone, as did this patient, leading independent lives. … Such assessments are especially crucial for elderly persons, who have high rates of vision loss.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/low-dose-aspirin-use-for-the-prevention-of-morbidity-and-mortality-from-preeclampsia-preventive-medication
September 26, 2019 - Does aspirin reduce adverse maternal, perinatal, child, or combined health outcomes in pregnant persons … Does aspirin prevent preeclampsia in pregnant persons at increased risk for preeclampsia? … Category
Included
Excluded
Populations
KQs 1, 2 (Efficacy): Pregnant persons at increased … , fetuses, infants, and children
Nonhuman populations; nonpregnant persons; studies that only/exclusively … include persons seeking fertility treatment; and other selected nongeneralizable populations
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb77.pdf
July 01, 2009 - Introduction
Every person in the United States presenting to the emergency
department (ED), regardless … insured persons (367.0 ED visits per 1,000 persons). … Unit of analysis
The unit of analysis is the ED visit, not a person or patient. … This means that a person who visits the ED
multiple times in one year will be counted each time as a … The rates do not take into account multiple visits per person in the numerator.
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st491/stat491.shtml
July 01, 2016 - age 65 and older compared with persons under age 65 (3.8 versus 7.8 percent). … smaller 3.8 percent for persons age 65 and older. … Medicare : Medicare is a federally financed health insurance plan for persons age 65 and older, persons … receiving Social Security disability payments, and persons with end-stage renal disease. … This group includes persons who were enrolled in Medicare Advantage (Part C) and persons who had traditional