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Poorly Controlled Asthma During Pregnancy Remains Common in the United States
ConclusionsPoorly controlled asthma is more frequent among publicly versus privately insured pregnancies in the United States. Dispensing of long-term controller medications during pregnancy remains low, even for symptomatic patients.
Source: The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice - June 28, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

Association Between Early-Childhood Antibiotic Exposure and Subsequent Asthma in the US Medicaid Population.
PMID: 31158472 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - May 30, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Fishman E, Crawford G, DeVries A, Hackell J, Haynes K, Helm M, Wall E, Agiro A Tags: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol Source Type: research

Association Between Early-Childhood Antibiotic Exposure and Subsequent Asthma in the US Medicaid Population
The prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma among US children was approximately 8% in 2016, but among poor children the prevalence was 12%.1 Among people with asthma, those with low income and those insured by Medicaid tend to have worse asthma control than those with higher incomes.2,3 The socioeconomic disparities in asthma risk warrant particular attention to modifiable risk factors for asthma in disadvantaged populations.4
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - May 30, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Ezra Fishman, Geoffrey Crawford, Andrea DeVries, Jesse Hackell, Kevin Haynes, Mark Helm, Eric Wall, Abiy Agiro Source Type: research

Asthma Prevalence Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children
ConclusionThere are large variations in the differences between the self-reported estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the general population and the in-contact estimates for the Medicaid-enrolled children, highlighting potential asthma misdiagnosis in the Medicaid population in many states. Small-area estimates point to areas of high prevalence, consistently throughout the south and southeast.
Source: The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice - April 6, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

The impact of race and insurance status on baseline histopathology profile in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis
ConclusionBlack and Medicaid patients demonstrated more severe disease by histopathology and SNOT ‐22 scores. These findings were no longer significant among Black patients after adjusting for insurance status, suggesting that the prevailing factor influencing worse disease may be access to care.
Source: International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology - February 12, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Hannah N. Kuhar, Ashwin Ganti, Michael Eggerstedt, Mahboobeh Mahdavinia, Paolo Gattuso, Ritu Ghai, Pete S. Batra, Bobby A. Tajudeen Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Trump Wants to End HIV Within 10 Years. Here ’s What That Would Take, According to Experts
About 1.1 million Americans currently live with HIV, and approximately 40,000 are infected each year, according to federal data. But in his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump promised to “eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years” — a plan that hinges on a multi-agency push for better diagnosis, treatment and prevention in at-risk communities, health officials said Wednesday. Trump introduced the plan during his annual address on Tuesday but offered few details. Health officials fleshed out the plan during a call with reporters on Wednesday. The initiative will be ove...
Source: TIME: Health - February 6, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthytime HIV/AIDS onetime Source Type: news

Factors Associated With Patient Nonattendance in Rhinology Clinics.
CONCLUSION: Patients younger than 50 years and patients with Medicaid as the primary insurance types are associated with risk of missing rhinology clinic appointments. As a subspecialty, delivery of timely care and clinical efficiency could be improved by interventions directed toward improving attendance among this population. PMID: 30693801 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy - January 29, 2019 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Hunter BN, Cardon B, Oakley GM, Sharma A, Crosby DL Tags: Am J Rhinol Allergy Source Type: research

What Are The Potential Complications of a Tracheostomy?
Discussion In the past, indications for tracheostomy were often because of infection, but today are more often due to need for chronic airway support and/or ventilation. Many more children and infants are having tracheostomies placed. Decannulation rates for these children are low due to concomitant complex chronic disease such as neurological, pulmonary and congenital heart diseases. Co-morbidies are common with 3-4 being average, and frequently also including chronic technology such as gastrostomy tubes or ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Approximately 8% of children do not survive the hospitalization where the tracheostomy ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - January 7, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Antibiotic Exposure and the Risk of Food Allergy: Evidence in the US Medicaid Pediatric Population
ConclusionCompared with antibiotic nonusers, children with antibiotic prescription had an increased risk of food allergy.
Source: The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice - December 21, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

Antibiotic Exposure and the Risk of Food Allergy: Evidence in the U.S. Medicaid Pediatric Population
ConclusionCompared to antibiotic non-users, children with antibiotic prescription had an increased risk of food allergy.
Source: The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice - November 21, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

Factors associated with the initiation of biologic drugs in medicaid patients with severe uncontrolled asthma
Severe Uncontrolled asthma is associated with high health care costs, yet guidance is lacking on how early to initiate biologic drugs. Few studies have examined the factors associated with the transition from nonbiologic drugs to biologics.
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - November 1, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: D. Bukstein Tags: P404 Source Type: research

Measuring indicators of quality care among medicaid-enrolled children with food allergy
This study uses claims data from 2012 to develop and measure indicators of quality care following outpatient and ED visits for FA.
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - November 1, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: L. Bilaver, J. Szkodon, J. Fierstein, S. Kohli, O. Negris, R. Gupta Tags: P318 Source Type: research

Prevalence and correlates of food allergy among medicaid-enrolled u.s. children
Previous research finds racial and socioeconomic disparities in the prevalence and economic impact of childhood food allergy (FA). The purpose of this study is to present a comprehensive baseline of the prevalence of FA among Medicaid-enrolled children in 2012 in the United States.
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - November 1, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: L. Bilaver, J. Szkodon, J. Fierstein, O. Negris, S. Kohli, R. Gupta Tags: P316 Source Type: research

-Asthma Prevalence Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children
ConclusionsThere are large variations in the differences between CDC self-reported estimates for the general population and the in-contact estimates for the Medicaid-enrolled children, highlighting potential asthma misdiagnosis in the Medicaid population in many states. Small area estimates point to areas of high prevalence, consistently throughout the south and southeast.
Source: The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice - October 17, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research