Delays in Coccidioidomycosis Diagnosis and Relationship to Healthcare Utilization, Arizona, USA1.

Delays in Coccidioidomycosis Diagnosis and Relationship to Healthcare Utilization, Arizona, USA1.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 17;25(9):
Authors: Ginn R, Mohty R, Bollmann K, Goodsell J, Mendez G, Bradley B, Galgiani JN
Abstract
We developed an electronic records methodology to programmatically estimate the date of first appearance of coccidioidomycosis symptoms in patients. We compared the diagnostic delay with overall healthcare utilization charges. Many patients (46%) had delays in diagnosis of >1 month. Billed healthcare charges before diagnosis increased with length of delay.
PMID: 31228403 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - June 24, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ginn R, Mohty R, Bollmann K, Goodsell J, Mendez G, Bradley B, Galgiani JN Tags: Emerg Infect Dis Source Type: research