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End of life procedures: The most frequent services in the final 12 weeks
Looking at the top 32 most provided services, Arcadia visualizes common costs of end-of-life care, from x-rays to CT scans.
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Hospital variation: Size, cost, outcomes, and experience as reported by CMS
In the interplay of cost, value, and outcomes, CMS data allows us to identify how the country’s largest hospitals balance between efficiency and care.
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Prescription drug movements: 5 years of popularity and cost shifts
Follow the price and popularity of several drugs, from Xeljanz to insulin, as they become mainstays (or lose traction) in the healthcare marketplace.
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Burgers and fries: 5,002 fast food outlets and the link to obesity
There’s a strong correlation between a city’s obesity rate and its number of fast food franchises, a public health quandary that requires more than data.
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Diabetes, depression and anxiety: Impact of mental health on patient engagement
Mental health and holistic clinical outcomes are undeniably linked. Patients with depression are least likely to keep the appointments they’ve booked.
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Burgers and fries, and data: a comparison of obesity rates in major U.S. cities
This data visualization isn’t actually about fast food—rather, it’s a look at how we can collect and present public health data in novel ways.
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The final year: Where and how we die
Where and how we end our lives is an important healthcare concern. Here, an artist visualizes cause of death alongside location, from hospice to home.
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Childhood growth charts: an analysis of 580,000 height/weight observations for 63,000 children
Measuring the height and weight of 63,000 children against WHO standards reveals that this sample weighs 8% more than the global average by 24 months old.
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What does your EHR look like? Visualizing the vastness and complexity of a typical EHR
A patient’s electronic health record is so dense it can surpass Wikipedia in size. This chart shows the relationships between data tables within one EHR.
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Co-occurrence of rendering providers: Density of patients seeing multiple providers in a service year
A look at how often patients see multiple providers per year, grouped by specialty. Patterns show allegiance to a primary care physician.
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Disease, diet and exercise: An analysis of the 48 contiguous states
Explore the CDC’s state data on nutrition and exercise, behavioral factors that appear to correlate with depression and diabetes.
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Cost and frequency of chronic disease: Singular conditions, dyads, and triads
More than one chronic condition leads to much steeper healthcare costs, data shows, especially for common conditions like kidney disease and depression.