Among hospitalizations for nonmaternal and nonneonatal conditions in 2012, more than one-fourth of stays and half of hospital costs involved stays that included operating room (OR) procedures.
■ The most common inpatient OR procedures in 2012 involved the musculoskeletal system: knee arthroplasty, laminectomy, hip replacement, and spinal fusion.
■ Between 2003 and 2012, the inpatient OR procedures with the greatest change in rate of occurrence overall were gastrectomy (+10.9 percent) and transurethral prostatectomy (TURP) (–10.4 percent).
■ Comparing age groups—Spine and joint procedures were common among all age groups except infants. Brachytherapy (internal radiation therapy) among adults aged 45–84 years had the greatest change in rate of any inpatient OR procedure in any age group, decreasing by about 26 percent annually between 2003 and 2012.
■ Comparing men and women—Musculoskeletal procedures were common among both men and women. The OR procedure with the greatest change in rate among men was brachytherapy (–30.2 percent) and among women was gastrectomy (+14.9 percent).
■ Comparing payer groups—Knee arthroplasty was the most common OR procedure for stays paid by Medicare and by private insurance. Cholecystect-omy was most common for stays paid by Medicaid and for uninsured stays.
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Connie Dello Buono is based in Sunnyvale California. Her first ebook is about women's health, Birthing Ways Healing Ways and her recent one is about cancer prevention, Curated Healing Ways. She had helped women have holistic childbirth as childbirth educator, founded Motherhealth, to serve seniors in the bay area with holistic caregivers and blogs at www.clubalthea.com with more than 10,000 health and finance related posts.
Connie trains her own caregivers, which are the favorites of most bay area seniors who are home bound and alone.
She is active in the rehab and nursing facilities, volunteering on music and movement for seniors.
She is a member of Lion's club and offered scholarships to students in the Philippines.
She is active at churchinsunnyvale.us and has Fridays Bible home study in Sunnyvale using the recovery version of the Bible , free at biblesforamerica.us
She loves dancing and teaching and her courses can be found at
https://teachclub.com/@thriveafter60
She is California Life Insurance licensed providing life insurance for older adults with health issues and helping women retire safely with income for life.
at menloassetca.com , she helps with 401k rollover.
3 Benefit plans
- Mortgage protection using term life insurance to pay for mortgage balance in event of death
- Final Expense plan using Single Issue Whole Life Insurance, with cash back, disability benefit and guaranteed in the presence of health issues
- Fixed Index Annuity retirement plan for safe, accessibility, less fees, less taxes, avoids probate as it goes directly to beneficiaries, rate of return with no downside market participation.
She brings compassion and understanding to the needs of her clients, bringing holistic approach in health and life insurance. Her goal is to free families from worries especially during covid with caregivers and life insurance in the presence of health issues, especially for women.
She can be reached at 408-854-1883 , motherhealth@gmail.com
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