Utah Primary Care Spend Calculation Project
The Utah Department of Health, Office of Health Care Statistics (OHCS) produced this primary care spend report for the Utah Academy of Family Physicians (UAFP). In late 2020, the Office […]
Exploring the Cost of Cataract Surgery in Utah
By: Brantley Scott The Utah Department of Health, Office of Health Care Statistics (OHCS) produced this report at the request and under the direction of the Transparency Advisory Group (TAG). […]
Exploring the Cost of Colonoscopy in Utah
The Transparency Advisory Group selected colonoscopies as a procedure with high health care value for Utahns. This report identifies differences in costs between certain facilities as well as the variation that can exist within a health care provider.
DataByte: A Look at Emergency Department Visits for Migraine in Utah’s Urban, Rural, and Frontier Areas
Every 10 seconds, someone in the U.S. goes to the emergency room complaining of head pain, and approximately 1.2 million visits are for acute migraine attacks. In Utah, there has been a slight decrease in the number of people visiting the ED for a first-listed diagnosis of migraine over the past four years. The Utah ED visit rate per 100,000 population for first-listed diagnosis of migraine is highest in frontier areas (428.9), followed by rural (300.0) then urban (242.2) for 2016–2019.
DataByte: Flu Vaccination Trends
By Brantley Scott The United States has been gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic for most of 2020. In Utah, the number of cases and hospitalizations have increased markedly over the […]
Preliminary COVID-19 Healthcare Trends: A Snapshot from Utah’s All Payer Claims Database (UPDATED 2020-12-15)
The intent of these reports is to highlight emerging COVID-19 healthcare consumption trends using Utah’s All Payer Claims Database (APCD) and Healthcare Facility Database (HFD).
DataByte: Induced Delivery Trends in Utah
The results show an upward trend in the percentage of induced deliveries over the period of analysis (January 2016–June 2020). During the first quarter of 2016, about 32.6% of deliveries were induced. By the end of the second quarter of 2020, approximately 44.6% of deliveries were induced.
DataByte: Autism Awareness
By Brantley Scott April is Autism Awareness Month and the Office of Health Care Statistics at the Utah Department of Health, in partnership with the Disability and Health Program, decided […]
DataByte: Back Imaging by Place of Service
By Brantley Scott Introduction: When it comes to back imaging there are many options to choose from. A great question to ask, is if an MRI or CT scan is […]
DataByte: Colonoscopies by Place of Service
By Brantley Scott Introduction: One of most common shoppable medical procedures is colonoscopies. They are generally non-urgent with a variety of options for where these procedures can be performed. Depending […]
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