title: Healthcare Data Analytics for Parkinson's Disease Patients: A Study of Hospital Cost and Utilization in the United States.
abstract: Parkinson's Disease (PD), a prevalent problem, especially for the aged populations, is a progressive but non-fatal nervous system disorder. PD patients have special motor as well as non-motor symptoms over time. There are several limitations in the study of PD such as unavailability of data, proper diagnosis and treatment methods. These limitations significantly reduce the quality of PD patient life quality, either directly or indirectly. PD also imposes great financial burdens to PD patients and their family. This project aims to analyze the most common reasons for PD patient hospitalization, review complications that occur during inpatient stays, and measure the costs associated with PD patient characteristics. Using the HCUP NIS data, comprehensive data analysis has been performed. The results are customized visualized using Tableau and other software systems. The preliminary findings sheds light into how to improve the life quality of PD patients.
authors.affiliation: School of Informatics and Computing, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Sunanda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.affiliation: School of Informatics and Computing, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Department of Computer and Information Technology, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Huanmei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: School of Informatics and Computing, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Josette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005260:Female; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000191:economics*; D011788:Quality of Life; D014481:United States
keywords: Data Analytics; HCUP NIS database; Hospitalization utilization and cost; Parkinson’s disease; Tableau