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Volume 25, Number 9—September 2019
Dispatch

Delays in Coccidioidomycosis Diagnosis and Relationship to Healthcare Utilization, Phoenix, Arizona, USA1

Rachel GinnComments to Author , Ralph Mohty, KeriLyn Bollmann, Jessica Goodsell, Guillermo Mendez, Barrie Bradley, and John N. GalgianiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Banner Health Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona, USA (R. Ginn, J. Goodsell, G. Mendez, B. Bradley); University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix, Phoenix (R. Mohty, K. Bollmann, J.N. Galgiani); Banner University Medical Center–Phoenix, Phoenix (K.L. Bollmann, J.N. Galgiani); University of Arizona College of Medicine—Tucson, Tucson, Arizona, USA (J.N. Galgiani)

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Table

Median charges by monthly range of diagnostic delays before and after the date of coccidioidomycosis diagnosis for cohort of patients in Phoenix, Arizona, USA*

Time from presentation to diagnosis, mo No. patients Before diagnosis
After diagnosis
Combined
Median Total Median Total Median Total
<1 55 $373 $30,081 $637 $239,681 $749 $269,762
1–3 37 $791 $217,662 $2,707 $436,233 $2,492 $653,895
4–6
27
$915
$338,810

$1,199
$710,911

$2,680
$1,049,720
No recorded symptoms
20
NA
NA

$4,172
$854,597

$4,172
$854,597
Overall 139 $637 $586,553 $875 $2,241,422 $1,231 $2,827,974

*NA, not applicable.

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Preliminary results from this study were presented in part at the 62nd Annual Coccidioidomycosis Study Group Meeting, April 14, 2018, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

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