Health Care Use, Costs, and Survival Trajectory of Home Mechanical Insufflation-Exsufflation: Health Database Case Control Study

CONCLUSIONS: Provision of publicly funded MI-E devices did not influence rates of ED visits or hospital admission but did shift health care utilization and costs from the acute care to community sector. Although increased community costs negated cost savings from physician billings, evidence suggests costs savings from reduced hospital days and fewer specialist visits. Risk of death was highest in individuals requiring multiple medical technologies.PMID:34670856 | DOI:10.4187/respcare.09263

Source: Respiratory Care - October 21, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Louise Rose Tom Fisher Regina Pizzuti Reshma Amin Ruth Croxford Craig M Dale Roger Goldstein Sherri Katz David Leasa Doug McKim Mika Nonoyama Anu Tandon Andrea Gershon Source Type: research