Seasonal variations of prescriptions for the major syndrome types and manifestations of upper respiratory tract infection in tradition Chinese medicine

Yeh, Yuh Hsiang; Chou, Yiing Jenq; Huang, Nicole; Pu, Christy; Chou, Pesus

doi:10.1016/j.ctim.2016.10.008

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“…Some diseases are influenced by the season (Chew, Doraisingham, Ling, Kumarasinghe, & Lee, 1998;Paynter, Ware, Sly, Weinstein, & Williams, 2015). Respiratory diseases are the most common human diseases worldwide (Ferkol & Schraufnagel, 2014) and these diseases were mostly common in spring (Yeh, Chou, Huang, Pu, & Chou, 2016). Consistent with literature, the highest total diagnostic cost belonged to spring in our study.…”

Section: Seasonssupporting

confidence: 89%

Diagnostic costs: a research in a family medicine outpatient clinic

Şahin¹,

Esen²,

Öztürk³

2022

Acta Sci. Health Sci.

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The aim of this study is to evaluate the direct diagnostic costs for disease groups and other variables (such as gender, age, seasons) that are related to the direct diagnostic costs based on a 3-year data. The population of the study consisted of 31,401 patients who applied to family medicine outpatient clinic in Turkey between January 1st, 2016 and December 31st, 2018. With this study, we determined in which disease groups of the family medicine outpatient clinic were most frequently admitted. Then, total and average diagnostic costs for these disease groups were calculated. Three-year data gave us the opportunity to examine the trend in diagnostic costs. Based on this, we demonstrated which diseases' total and average diagnostic costs increased or decreased during 3 years. Moreover, we examined how diagnostic costs showed a trend in both Turkish liras and USA dollars’ rate for 3 years. Finally, we analysed whether the diagnostic costs differed according to variables such as age, gender and season. There has been relatively little analysis on the diagnostic costs in the previous literature. Therefore, we expect to contribute to both theorists and healthcare managers for diagnostic costs with this study.

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Section: Seasonssupporting

confidence: 89%

Diagnostic costs: a research in a family medicine outpatient clinic

Şahin¹,

Esen²,

Öztürk³

2022

Acta Sci. Health Sci.

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“…This is mainly attributed to the decrement in the incidence of upper respiratory tract infections. [ 15 16 ] Another possible factor is that many city residents travel abroad during the summer vacation, especially in July and August. The increased number of children with acute asthma presenting to the ED and subsequently the increased number of admission during March of that year is likely to be due by the unusual occurrence of several thunderstorms during that month in 2011.…”

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Admission predictability of children with acute asthma

2018

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OBJECTIVES:We aimed to evaluate the seasonal variations of acute asthma presentation in children and the utility of the pediatric asthma score (PAS) and its components in early admission prediction.METHODS:As part of a randomized controlled trial addressing the clinical efficacy of budesonide nebulization in the treatment of acute asthma in children, the PAS was measured at baseline, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th h from the start of medications. Decision of admission was taken at or beyond the 2nd h.RESULTS:Out of a total 906 emergency department (ED) visits with moderate-to-severe acute asthma, 157 children were admitted. June to September had the lowest number of visits. The admission-to-discharge ratio varied throughout the year. During the ED stay, between baseline and 3rd h, admission predictability of the total score improved progressively with a small difference between the 2nd and 3rd h. The total score remained the strongest predictor of admission at every time point compared to its individual components. The drop of PAS from baseline to the 2nd h was not a good predictor of admission. Oxygen saturation (OS) and respiratory rate (RR) had relatively higher predictability than other components.CONCLUSIONS:Decision of admission could be made to many children with moderate-to-severe acute asthma at the 2nd h of ED stay based on their total PAS. OS and RR should be part of any scoring system to evaluate acute asthma in children.

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“…Empirical TCM theories emphasized the relationship and interactions between the human body and the environment [29]. Interestingly, climate variations might lead to the incidence of different disease tendencies and different behaviors of TCM usage [30,31]. Hence, we were curious about the association between seasonal variations of delivery times of PPD patients and how it is related to TCM use.…”

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Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Patients Diagnosed with Postpartum Depression: A Nationwide Population‐Based Study

Lin

Liao

et al. 2020

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Postpartum depression (PPD) is one of most common postnatal complications, affecting approximately 10%–15% of women after childbirth annually. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been gaining popularity as the choice of treatment for PPD in Taiwan. Hence, our aim was to analyze the utilization of TCM among PPD patients in Taiwan. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a random sample of one million beneficiaries selected from the Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database. We identified patients with PPD who had received either TCM treatment or non-TCM treatment from the database during 2000–2012. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify the factors associated with the use of TCM. A total of 653 patients with PPD were enrolled. The majority of patients with PPD were 26–30 years old, lived in a highly urbanized area of Taipei, had a monthly income <20,000 NT$, and were private enterprise employees. Around 52.7% of PPD patients had the motivation to seek TCM services. Younger women, who resided in central and southern Taiwan and who had used TCM one year before PPD diagnosis, were more likely to use TCM services. PPD patients who underwent TCM treatment had a lower overall medical expenditure than non-TCM users. Most TCM users chose simple Chinese herbal medicine. The coexisting factors that made PPD patients to seek TCM services were respiratory or oral infections. We demonstrated the characteristics of those that seek TCM for PPD, which may provide useful insights to health care providers towards resource allocation.

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Seasonal variations of prescriptions for the major syndrome types and manifestations of upper respiratory tract infection in tradition Chinese medicine

Cited by 5 publications

References 17 publications

Diagnostic costs: a research in a family medicine outpatient clinic

Diagnostic costs: a research in a family medicine outpatient clinic

Admission predictability of children with acute asthma

Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Patients Diagnosed with Postpartum Depression: A Nationwide Population‐Based Study

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