3 - Add the chopped onion, and simmer approximately 1 - 2 minutes, until onion is translucent. 4 - Add the sofrito. 5 - Simmer until the sofrito starts to thicken-this could take up to 3 to 10 minutes, depending upon the heat of the stove, and whether your sofrito is at room temperature, or still slightly frozen.
Long-term home oxygen therapy is the only non-surgical therapy. proven to extend life of COPD patients. Home oxygen for COPD costs $1.8 billion a year or less than 1% of all. Medicare expenditures but 40% of all Medicare expenditures for. respiratory therapy and home medical equipment. One full year of home oxygen costs Medicare about the same as one day.
IVIG is an expensive therapy and ultimately, insurers and hospitals question the use of this drug for desensitization. Is it cost-effective? Data do exist in this regard Currently, a four dose course of IVIG for a 70 kg person at 2 g/kg would cost $25 000-$26 000.However, one must compare this to the cost of maintaining patients on dialysis, which is the only other option.In the IGO2 study, the calculated cost savings was ~$300 000/patient transplanted versus those who remained on dialysis for the 5 years of the study.owever, one must compare this to the cost of maintaining patients on dialysis, which is the only other option. In the IGO2 study, the calculated cost savings was ~$300 000/patient transplanted versus those who remained on dialysis for the 5 years of the study.