Researchers investigate the long-term effects of injury
Close to 60% of working adults who were hospitalized as a result of an injury had returned to their jobs after being discharged, according to a recent study in the
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.
However, more than half of the patients in the study s sample were in medical debt, and close to a quarter forwent additional care to save money. Compared to those who were not injured, patients were also more likely to experience food insecurity, physical disability, and difficulty affording and accessing health care.
The research team, which included several Michigan Medicine physicians, analyzed data from the 2008-2017 National Health Interview Surveys to investigate the long-term effects of injury.
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In the years 2015 and 2016, U.S. adults with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) used significantly more health services than their non-IBD counterparts, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
For the study, Emily P. Terlizzi, MPH, and colleagues compared healthcare usage for persons age 18 and older with and without IBD based on the 2015 and 2016 National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS). The results relied on self-reported data for a total of 66,610 sampled respondents.
Overall, adults with IBD were more likely to have visited any doctor or mental health provider in the past 12 months, and the condition was also associated with a higher prevalence of being prescribed medication.
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