Delays in Coccidioidomycosis Diagnosis and Relationship to Healthcare Utilization, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Delays in Coccidioidomycosis Diagnosis and Relationship to Healthcare Utilization, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

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 health...

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Main Authors: Rachel Ginn, Ralph Mohty, KeriLyn Bollmann, Jessica Goodsell, Guillermo Mendez, Barrie Bradley, John N. Galgiani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
population health
coccidioidomycosis
healthcare utilization
diagnosis
medical costs
fungi
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/9/19-0019_article

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