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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Studies on the societal burden of patients with biopsy-confirmed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are sparse. This study examined this question, comparing NAFLD with matched reference groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Nationwide Danish healthcare registers were used to include all patients (≥18 years) diagnosed with biopsy-verified NAFLD (1997-2021). Patients were classified as having simple steatosis or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with or without cirrhosis, and all matched with liver-disease free reference groups. Healthcare costs and labour market outcomes were compared from 5 years before to 11 years after diagnosis. Patients were followed for 25 years to analyse risk of disability insurance and death. RESULTS: 3,712 patients with biopsy-verified NASH (n = 1,030), simple steatosis (n = 1,540) or cirrhosis (n = 1,142) were identified. The average total costs in the year leading up to diagnosis was 4.1-fold higher for NASH patients than the reference group (EUR 6,318), 6.2-fold higher for cirrhosis patients and 3.1-fold higher for simple steatosis patients. In NASH, outpatient hospital contacts were responsible for 49 % of the excess costs (EUR 3,121). NASH patients had statistically significantly lower income than their reference group as early as five years before diagnosis until nine years after diagnosis, and markedly higher risk of becoming disability insurance recipients (HR: 4.37; 95 % CI: 3.17-6.02) and of death (HR: 2.42; 95 % CI: 1.80-3.25). CONCLUSIONS: NASH, simple steatosis and cirrhosis are all associated with substantial costs for the individual and the society with excess healthcare costs and poorer labour market outcomes.
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Costo de Enfermedad , Costos de la Atención en Salud , Enfermedad del Hígado Graso no Alcohólico , Sistema de Registros , Humanos , Enfermedad del Hígado Graso no Alcohólico/economía , Enfermedad del Hígado Graso no Alcohólico/mortalidad , Enfermedad del Hígado Graso no Alcohólico/epidemiología , Dinamarca/epidemiología , Femenino , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Adulto , Biopsia/economía , Cirrosis Hepática/economía , Cirrosis Hepática/mortalidad , Cirrosis Hepática/epidemiología , Anciano , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Seguro por Discapacidad/estadística & datos numéricosRESUMEN
OBJETIVO: Determinar el costo de subsidio por incapacidad temporal para el trabajo en pacientes con retinopatía diabética. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Diseño de costo en expediente de pacientes con retinopatía diabética e incapacidad temporal para el trabajo. Se estudiaron 201 expedientes registrados en el servicio de salud en el trabajo. El costo total de la incapacidad incluyó salario nominal, días de incapacidad hasta la invalidez, y porcentaje pagado del salario nominal. RESULTADOS: El sueldo promedio pagado por día es 5.64. El promedio de días de incapacidad expedida por trabajador fue 129.52 (IC 95%; 114.81-144.23). El costo total promedio de incapacidad pagada por trabajador desde que presenta complicaciones oftalmológicas con repercusión laboral hasta que se expida el trámite por invalidez es 959.41 (IC 95%; 658.46-1,233.35). CONCLUSIÓN: La incapacidad temporal por retinopatía diabética consume recursos
OBJECTIVE: To determine the cost of temporary disability allowance for work in patients with diabetic retinopathy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Cost design on file of patients with diabetic retinopathy and temporary incapacity for work. 201 files registered in the occupational health service were studied. The total cost of disability included nominal salary, days of disability, and the percentage paid of the salary. RESULTS: The average daily wage paid is 5.64. The average number of days of disability issued per worker was 129.52 (95% CI; 114.81- 144.23). The average total cost of disability paid per worker from the moment he presents ophthalmological complications with labor repercussions until the disability process is issued is 959.41 (IC 95%; 658.46-1,233.35). CONCLUSION: Temporary disability due to diabetic retinopathy consumes institutional resources that must be considered in budget planning
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Humanos , Masculino , Femenino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Retinopatía Diabética/economía , Ausencia por Enfermedad/economía , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Seguro por Discapacidad/estadística & datos numéricosRESUMEN
There are a number of physical restrictions that develop in the course of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). While loss of speech and motor control may be partially compensated by the support of assistive devices, swallowing difficulty and respiratory insufficiency require medical interventions (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, noninvasive, and invasive ventilation). Based on the data collected within the NEEDSinALS study, we found major differences in personal satisfaction with the financing, healthcare provision, medical infrastructure, and regulations of German and Polish ALS patients, despite minor differences in economic burden caused by the disease. In order to explain this phenomenon, we thoroughly reviewed the legal basis, structure and organization of the healthcare systems in Germany and Poland to determine the range of obstacles in the everyday lives of patients and their caregivers that are attempting to attain an assistive device or care after the start of medical interventions.
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Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/epidemiología , Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/terapia , Atención a la Salud/tendencias , Seguro de Salud/tendencias , Satisfacción del Paciente , Dispositivos de Autoayuda/tendencias , Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/economía , Cuidadores/economía , Cuidadores/tendencias , Atención a la Salud/economía , Gastrostomía/economía , Gastrostomía/tendencias , Alemania/epidemiología , Personal de Salud/economía , Personal de Salud/tendencias , Servicios de Atención de Salud a Domicilio/economía , Servicios de Atención de Salud a Domicilio/tendencias , Humanos , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Seguro por Discapacidad/tendencias , Seguro de Salud/economía , Satisfacción del Paciente/economía , Polonia/epidemiología , Dispositivos de Autoayuda/economíaRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: In this study, the authors assessed the long-term impact of the Mental Health Treatment Study (MHTS), a randomized controlled trial testing the effects of providing 2 years of employment services based on the evidence-based individualized placement and support model to Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) recipients with serious mental illness. Treatment recipients also received systematic medication management, supplemental health care supports, and short-term relief from medical continuing disability review by the Social Security Administration (SSA). METHODS: MHTS site data for 2,160 participants were linked to SSA administrative data from 2011 to 2015, 1 to 5 years after the original study concluded. Univariate and multivariate models were used to assess the MHTS effects on employment, earnings, and disability benefit suspension-termination up to 7 years after services ended. RESULTS: The analyses showed that the treatment group was more likely than the control group to work, and average earnings among the treatment group increased more over time than earnings among the control group. Disability benefit suspension/termination did not differ between groups. CONCLUSIONS: Providing the demonstration's package of services and support to SSDI beneficiaries with psychiatric disabilities for up to 2 years may have a long-term impact on employment and earnings. Under the SSDI program as currently structured, however, even after receiving 2 years of evidence-based supported employment and high-quality mental health services, SSDI beneficiaries with psychiatric conditions are unlikely to achieve economic independence within 5 years.
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Personas con Discapacidad , Empleos Subvencionados/organización & administración , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Trastornos Mentales/economía , Trastornos Mentales/terapia , Adulto , Empleos Subvencionados/economía , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Estado de Salud , Humanos , Renta , Masculino , Salud Mental , Persona de Mediana Edad , Análisis de Regresión , Factores de Tiempo , Estados Unidos , United States Social Security AdministrationRESUMEN
Aim: To estimate direct and indirect costs of surgical treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) from a self-insured employer's perspective. Methods: Employer-sponsored insurance claims data were analyzed to estimate costs owing to absence and short-term disability 1 year following global endometrial ablation (GEA), outpatient hysterectomy (OPH) and inpatient hysterectomy (IPH). Results: Costs for women who had GEA are substantially less than costs for women who had either OPH or IPH, with the difference ranging from approximately $7700 to approximately $10,000 for direct costs and approximately $4200 to approximately $4600 for indirect costs. Women who had GEA missed 21.8-24.0 fewer works days. Conclusion: Study results suggest lower healthcare costs associated with GEA versus OPH or IPH from a self-insured employer perspective.
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Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Ginecológicos/economía , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Ginecológicos/métodos , Planes de Asistencia Médica para Empleados/economía , Gastos en Salud/estadística & datos numéricos , Hemorragia Uterina/cirugía , Adulto , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Ambulatorios/economía , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Ambulatorios/estadística & datos numéricos , Técnicas de Ablación Endometrial/economía , Femenino , Planes de Asistencia Médica para Empleados/organización & administración , Servicios de Salud/economía , Servicios de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos , Humanos , Histerectomía/economía , Pacientes Internos/estadística & datos numéricos , Revisión de Utilización de Seguros , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Seguro por Discapacidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Factores SocioeconómicosRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate obesity-related costs and body mass index (BMI) as a cost predictor among privately insured employees by industry. METHODS: Individuals with/without obesity were identified using the Optum Health Reporting and Insights employer claims database (January, 2010 to March, 2017). Direct/indirect costs were reported per-patient-per-year (PPPY). Multivariate models were used to estimate the association between obesity and high costs (more than or equal to 80th percentile) by industry. RESULTS: Overall (Nâ=â86,221), direct and absenteeism/disability cost differences between class I obesity (BMI 30.0 to 34.9) and reference were $1,775 and $617 PPPY, respectively (Pâ<â0.05). Among employees with obesity (BMI more than or equal to 30), highest total costs were observed in the government/education/religious services, food/entertainment services, and technology industries. Class I obesity increased the odds of high costs (more than or equal to 80th percentile) within each industry (odds ratios vs referenceâ=â1.09-5.17). CONCLUSIONS: Obesity (BMI more than or equal to 30) was associated with high costs among employees of major US industries.
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Absentismo , Índice de Masa Corporal , Costos de la Atención en Salud/estadística & datos numéricos , Industrias/estadística & datos numéricos , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Obesidad/economía , Reclamos Administrativos en el Cuidado de la Salud , Adolescente , Adulto , Femenino , Hospitalización/economía , Humanos , Seguro de Salud , Estudios Longitudinales , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Presentismo/economía , Estudios Retrospectivos , Estados Unidos , Indemnización para Trabajadores/economía , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
Taiwanese Labor, Government Employee, and Farmer Insurance programs provide 5 to 6 months of salary to enrollees who undergo hysterectomies or oophorectomies before their 45th birthday. These programs create incentives for more and earlier treatments, referred to as inducement and timing effects. Using National Health Insurance data between 1997 and 2011, we estimate these effects on surgery hazards by difference-in-difference and bunching-smoothing polynomial methods. For Government Employee and Labor Insurance, inducement is 11-12% of all hysterectomies, and timing 20% of inducement. For oophorectomies, both effects are insignificant. Enrollees' behaviors are consistent with rational choices. Each surgery qualifies an enrollee for the same benefit, but oophorectomy has more adverse health consequences than hysterectomy. Induced hysterectomies increase benefit payments and surgical costs, at about the cost of a mammogram and 5 pap smears per enrollee.
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Histerectomía/economía , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Adulto , Factores de Edad , Femenino , Humanos , Histerectomía/estadística & datos numéricos , Seguro/economía , Seguro por Discapacidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Pacientes no Asegurados/estadística & datos numéricos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Modelos Econométricos , Programas Nacionales de Salud/economía , Programas Nacionales de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos , Ovariectomía/economía , Ovariectomía/estadística & datos numéricos , Medición de Riesgo , TaiwánAsunto(s)
Personas con Discapacidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Renta/estadística & datos numéricos , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Pobreza/estadística & datos numéricos , Seguridad Social/economía , Adulto , Determinación de la Elegibilidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Femenino , Estado de Salud , Humanos , Seguro por Discapacidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Masculino , Seguridad Social/estadística & datos numéricos , Factores Socioeconómicos , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
This article evaluates the effectiveness of hiring subsidies targeted to people with disabilities. By exploiting the timing of implementation among different Spanish regions of a subsidy scheme implemented in Spain during the period 1990-2014, we employed a difference-in-differences approach to estimate the impact of the scheme on the probability of disability insurance (DI) beneficiaries of transiting to employment and on the propensity of individuals of entering the DI program. Our results show that the introduction of the subsidy scheme is in general ineffective at incentivizing transitions to employment, and in some cases it is associated with an increased propensity of transiting to DI. Furthermore, we show that an employment protection component incorporated into the subsidy scheme, consisting in the obligation for the employer to maintain the subsidized worker in employment, is associated with less transitions to permanent employment, more transitions to temporary employment and more transitions to DI, suggesting that these type of employment protection measures can have undesired effects for people with disabilities.
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Personas con Discapacidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Empleo/economía , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Ocupaciones , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , EspañaRESUMEN
Purpose During 2009â2013 a pilot project was carried out in Zurich which aimed to increase the income of disability insurance (DI) benefit recipients in order to reduce their entitlement to DI benefits. The project consisted of placement coaching carried out by a private company that specialized in this field. It was exceptional with respect to three aspects: firstly, it did not include any formal training and/or medical aid; secondly, the coaches did not have the possibility of providing additional financial incentives or sanctioning lack of effort; and thirdly due to performance bonuses, the company not only had incentives to bring the participants into (higher paid) work, but also to keep them there for 52 weeks. This paper estimates the medium-run effects of the pilot project and assesses the net benefit from the Swiss social security system. Methods Different propensity score matching estimators are applied to administrative longitudinal data in order to construct suitable control groups. Results The estimates indicate a reduction in DI benefits and an increase in income even in the medium-run. A simple cost-benefit analysis suggests that the pilot project was a profitable investment for the social security system. Conclusion Given a healthy labor market, it seems possible to enhance the employment prospects of disabled persons with a relatively inexpensive intervention, which does not include any explicit investments in human capital.
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Personas con Discapacidad/rehabilitación , Empleo/estadística & datos numéricos , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Tutoría/organización & administración , Adulto , Estudios de Casos y Controles , Análisis Costo-Beneficio , Empleo/métodos , Femenino , Humanos , Seguro por Discapacidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Proyectos Piloto , Puntaje de Propensión , Seguridad Social/economía , Suiza , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
Transaction costs pose significant barriers to participation in public programs. We analyze how Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) application behavior was affected by iClaim, a 2009 innovation that streamlined the online application process. We use a difference-in-differences design to compare application rates before and after 2009 across counties with varying degrees of access to high-speed internet. We estimate that counties with internet connectivity one standard-deviation above the mean experienced a 1.6 percent increase in SSDI applications, and a 2.8 percent increase in appeals after the reform. We estimate that the increase in applications due to iClaim can explain 15 percent of the overall increase in applications between 2008 and 2011. Higher exposure to the online application led to a slightly larger increase in SSDI awards, meaning there was a small but significant increase in the overall award rate. Application rates increased the most in rural areas, while appeals and awards had more significant increases in urban areas. These results suggest that the online application reduced transaction costs to applicants, and the lower costs improved the overall targeting efficiency of the application process.
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Determinación de la Elegibilidad/economía , Determinación de la Elegibilidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Seguro por Discapacidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Acceso a Internet/economía , Acceso a Internet/estadística & datos numéricos , Seguridad Social/economía , Humanos , Población Rural , Seguridad Social/estadística & datos numéricos , Estados Unidos , Población UrbanaRESUMEN
OBJECTIVES:: Concerns raised about the appropriateness of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Australia for people with mental illness have not been given full weight due to a perceived lack of available evidence. In the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), one of the pilot sites of the Scheme, mental health care providers across all relevant sectors who were interviewed for a local Atlas of Mental Health Care described the impact of the scheme on their service provision. METHODS:: All mental health care providers from every sector in the ACT were contacted. The participation rate was 92%. We used the Description and Evaluation of Services and Directories for Long Term Care to assess all service provision at the local level. RESULTS:: Around one-third of services interviewed lacked funding stability for longer than 12 months. Nine of the 12 services who commented on the impact of the NDIS expressed deep concern over problems in planning and other issues. CONCLUSIONS:: The transition to NDIS has had a major impact on ACT service providers. The ACT was a best-case scenario as it was one of the NDIS pilot sites.
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Personal de Salud/organización & administración , Seguro por Discapacidad/organización & administración , Trastornos Mentales/rehabilitación , Servicios de Salud Mental/organización & administración , Enfermos Mentales , Programas Nacionales de Salud/organización & administración , Territorio de la Capital Australiana , Personal de Salud/economía , Humanos , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Servicios de Salud Mental/economía , Programas Nacionales de Salud/economíaRESUMEN
This paper examines whether Dutch disability insurance reforms have helped or hindered employment opportunities of workers that are facing unanticipated shocks to their health. An important component of the reforms was to make employers responsible for paying sickness benefits and to strengthen their sickness monitoring obligations. This may stimulate preventive and reintegration activities by firms. Using administrative data on hospitalizations, we conclude that both financial incentives and monitoring obligations have substantially lowered DI receipt and increased the employment of workers after a health shock.
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Enfermedad Catastrófica/economía , Empleo/estadística & datos numéricos , Renta/estadística & datos numéricos , Seguro por Discapacidad/organización & administración , Adulto , Factores de Edad , Enfermedad Catastrófica/epidemiología , Femenino , Humanos , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Seguro por Discapacidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Países Bajos/epidemiología , Factores Sexuales , Factores de TiempoRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: The use of novel drug agents in the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM) has been associated with improved therapeutic outcomes and survival; however, MM continues to pose a significant economic burden on patients and health care systems. Evaluating economic implications of therapies can provide key points of distinctions between available treatment options. Patients with MM may experience productivity loss, including lost days from work or inability to work due to MM symptoms or to undergoing treatment. Although direct costs of illness have been well described in the literature, indirect costs associated with MM are understudied. OBJECTIVE: To compare the extent of disability benefit use and resultant workplace productivity loss among U.S. adult patients with newly diagnosed MM who received oral versus injectable MM therapy. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using the Truven Health Analytics MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters, Medicare Supplemental Coordination of Benefits, and Health and Productivity Management databases (2008-2015). Workplace absenteeism, as measured by disability benefit use, was evaluated 1 year before and 1 year after first MM diagnosis. Patients receiving only oral chemotherapy were compared with those who received injectable therapy. Absenteeism days and associated costs were compared among study groups using multivariable zero-inflated Poisson regression. RESULTS: The final study cohort included 299 patients with newly diagnosed MM, of whom 73 received oral therapy only and 226 received injectable therapy. Treatment type was a significant predictor of disability benefit use. Patients who received injectable therapy missed an average of 110 work days in the 1 year after diagnosis, compared with 87 for patients receiving only oral therapy (difference of 23 days, 95% CI = 19-26, P < 0.001). Treatment type was also a significant predictor of costs associated with lost productivity. Patients who received injectable therapy experienced productivity loss valued at $18,315, compared with patients who only received oral drug therapy ($14,429). The difference between these estimates was statistically significant ($3,886, 95% CI = $3,540-$4,231, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Patients newly diagnosed with MM face significant losses in productivity. Patients receiving injectable MM therapy use significantly more disability benefits and incur higher productivity costs, compared with those receiving oral MM therapy. Further studies elucidating the nature of the differences between injectable and noninjectable chemotherapy users are needed. DISCLOSURES: This study was funded by Millennium Pharmaceuticals, a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. Yong and Noga are employees of Millennium Pharmaceuticals. Merola reports personal fees from Millennium Pharmaceuticals during the time of this study.
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Absentismo , Antineoplásicos/administración & dosificación , Costo de Enfermedad , Eficiencia , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Mieloma Múltiple/tratamiento farmacológico , Mieloma Múltiple/economía , Ausencia por Enfermedad/economía , Administración Oral , Adolescente , Adulto , Bases de Datos Factuales , Evaluación de la Discapacidad , Femenino , Humanos , Inyecciones , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Mieloma Múltiple/diagnóstico , Estudios Retrospectivos , Factores de Tiempo , Resultado del Tratamiento , Estados Unidos , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
Medical care represents an important component of workers' compensation benefits with the potential to improve health and post-injury labor outcomes, but little is known about the relationship between medical care spending and the labor outcomes of injured workers. We exploit the 2003--2004 California workers' compensation reforms which reduced medical spending disproportionately for workers incurring low back injuries. We link administrative claims data to earnings records for injured workers and their uninjured coworkers. We find that workers with low back injuries experienced a 7.6 percent post-reform decline in medical care, and an 8.1 percent drop in post-injury earnings relative to other injured workers.
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Reforma de la Atención de Salud/economía , Gastos en Salud/estadística & datos numéricos , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Indemnización para Trabajadores/economía , Indemnización para Trabajadores/estadística & datos numéricos , Traumatismos de la Espalda/economía , California , Predicción , Gastos en Salud/tendencias , Humanos , Seguro por Discapacidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Seguro por Discapacidad/tendencias , Indemnización para Trabajadores/tendenciasRESUMEN
We study whether the experience rating of employers' disability insurance premiums affects the inflow to disability benefits in Finland. To identify the causal effect of experience rating, we exploit kinks in the rule that specifies the degree of experience rating as a function of firm size. Using comprehensive matched employer-employee panel data, we estimate the effects of experience rating on the inflow to sickness and disability benefits. We find that experience rating has little or no effect on either of these outcomes.
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Personas con Discapacidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Planes de Asistencia Médica para Empleados , Seguro por Discapacidad , Ausencia por Enfermedad/estadística & datos numéricos , Adulto , Empleo/economía , Empleo/estadística & datos numéricos , Femenino , Finlandia , Planes de Asistencia Médica para Empleados/economía , Planes de Asistencia Médica para Empleados/organización & administración , Planes de Asistencia Médica para Empleados/estadística & datos numéricos , Humanos , Seguro/economía , Seguro/estadística & datos numéricos , Cobertura del Seguro/economía , Cobertura del Seguro/organización & administración , Cobertura del Seguro/estadística & datos numéricos , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Seguro por Discapacidad/organización & administración , Seguro por Discapacidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Masculino , Modelos Estadísticos , Medición de Riesgo , Ausencia por Enfermedad/economíaRESUMEN
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Crohn's disease may affect the ability to work and lead to permanent disability. We aimed to investigate work loss in prevalent patients. METHODS: We identified patients with Crohn's disease and general population comparators matched by sex, birth year, healthcare region and education. We assessed days of sick leave and disability pension retrieved from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency and estimated the absolute and relative risk of receiving disability pension [minimum 25% work impairment]. RESULTS: In 2014, the 20638 Crohn's disease patients [median age 44 years] had more than twice as many mean lost workdays [disability pension: 44; sick leave: 19] as the 102038 comparators [disability pension: 20; sick leave: 8], mean difference 35 days [95% confidence interval 33-37]. However, the majority had no lost workdays [68% of patients and 85% of comparators]. The proportion of patients receiving disability pension was 15% (6.5% in the comparators, risk ratio 2.34 [2.25-2.43]) and was higher in all subgroups, especially in female patients [28% vs 13% in the comparators], in those with ≤9 years of education [41% vs 23%] and in ages 60-64 years [46% vs 25%]. The relative risk of disability pension within the patient cohort [adjusted for age, sex, region and education] was higher in patients with complicated disease behaviour, extraintestinal manifestations, need of surgery or treatment with biologics. The differences between patients and comparators remained when comparing other calendar years [2006-2013]. CONCLUSION: Work loss was found in approximately one-third of patients. The mean number of lost workdays was twice as high as in the comparators.
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Enfermedad de Crohn , Evaluación de la Discapacidad , Manejo de Atención al Paciente , Ausencia por Enfermedad , Adulto , Enfermedad de Crohn/diagnóstico , Enfermedad de Crohn/economía , Enfermedad de Crohn/epidemiología , Enfermedad de Crohn/terapia , Personas con Discapacidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Femenino , Humanos , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Seguro por Discapacidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Masculino , Manejo de Atención al Paciente/economía , Manejo de Atención al Paciente/métodos , Sistema de Registros/estadística & datos numéricos , Medición de Riesgo/métodos , Ausencia por Enfermedad/economía , Ausencia por Enfermedad/estadística & datos numéricos , Suecia/epidemiología , Rendimiento LaboralRESUMEN
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its regulation to provide for reimbursement of qualifying adoption expenses incurred by a veteran with a service-connected disability that results in the inability of the veteran to procreate without the use of fertility treatment. Under the Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act, VA may use funds appropriated or otherwise made available to VA for the "Medical Services" account to provide adoption reimbursement to these veterans. Under the law, reimbursement may be for the adoption-related expenses for an adoption that is finalized after the date of the enactment of this Act under the same terms as apply under the adoption reimbursement program of the Department of Defense (DoD), as authorized in DoD Instruction 1341.09, including the reimbursement limits and requirements set forth in such instruction. This rulemaking implements the new adoption reimbursement benefit for covered veterans.
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Adopción/legislación & jurisprudencia , Beneficios del Seguro/economía , Beneficios del Seguro/legislación & jurisprudencia , Seguro por Discapacidad/economía , Seguro por Discapacidad/legislación & jurisprudencia , Veteranos/legislación & jurisprudencia , Niño , Humanos , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
Preventable poor health outcomes for adults with intellectual disability in health settings have been known about for years. Subsequent analysis and the sorts of reasonable adjustments required in health and disability support settings to address these health gaps are well described, but have not really been embedded in practice in any significant way in either setting. As far as health is concerned, implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS, the Scheme) affords an opportunity to recognise individual needs of people with intellectual disability to provide reasonable and necessary functional support for access to mainstream health services, to build capacity of mainstream health providers to supply services and to increase individual capacity to access services. Together these strands have potential to transform health outcomes. Success of the Scheme, however, rests on as yet incompletely defined operational interaction between NDIS and mainstream health services and inherently involves the disability sector. This interaction is especially relevant for adults with intellectual disability, known high users of hospitals and for whom hospital outcomes are particularly poor and preventable. Keys to better hospital outcomes are first, the receiving of quality person-centred healthcare from physicians and hospitals taking into account significance of intellectual disability and second, formulation of organised quality functional supports during hospitalisation. Achieving these require sophisticated engagement between consumers, the National Disability Insurance Agency, Commonwealth, State and Territory government leaders, senior hospital and disability administrators, NDIS service providers and clinicians and involves cross fertilisation of values, sharing of operational policies and procedures, determination of boundaries of fiscal responsibility for functional supports in hospital.