Simon Ferguson Atongu, Gifty Apiung Aninanya, Natasha Howard
Factors associated with initial AstraZeneca vaccine knowledge, attitudes, and uptake among hospital nurses: A cross-sectional study in Ghana's Upper East region
PLOS global public health
blood marrow transplantation bmt survivors carry high burden morbidity yet health care utilization vulnerable population remains understudied patterns predictors various domains health care utilization longterm bmt survivors evaluated study participants drawn bone marrow transplant survivor study bmtss patients transplanted 1974 2014 one three transplant centers survived 2 years bmt aged 18 years time study included bmtss survey served source data health care utilization sociodemographics chronic health conditions domains health care utilization 2 years preceding study participation included routine checkups bmtrelated visits transplantcancer center visits emergency room er visits hospitalizations high health care utilization 7 physician visits 2 years study clinical characteristics therapeutic exposures abstracted medical records cohort 3342 bmt survivors 52 allogeneic prevalence health care utilization declined time since bmt allogeneic autologous bmt survivors among survived 20 years 4953 undergone routine checkups 3738 reported bmtrelated visits 2829 reported transplantcancer center visits presence severelifethreatening conditions chronic graftvshost disease increased odds health care utilization across domains lower education lack insurance hispanic ethnicity associated lower prevalence routine checkups andor transplantcancer center visits lower income increased odds er visits reduced odds hospitalizations high health care utilization study identified vulnerable populations longterm bmt survivors would benefit specialized riskbased anticipatory care reduce high health care utilization er visits hospitalizations