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Costs, Commitment and Locality: A Comparison of For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Health Plans

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2004
Following on the heels of the first national study demonstrating differences in the community benefits provided by not-for-profit and for-profit health maintenance organizations (HMOs) (Schlesinger, Mitchell, and Gray 2003), this study of the New York ...

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Are the Benefits of Value-Based Insurance Design Conclusive?

Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy, 2019
Questions about the clinical significance of improvements to medication adherence resulting from value-based insurance design (VBID) policies persist in the literature.
J. Farley
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Vertical Restraints Among Hospitals, Physicians and Health Insurers that Raise Rivals’ Costs

American Journal of Law & Medicine, 1988
Two recent district court opinions consider whether affiliations among hospitals, doctors and health insurers — through contract or ownership — violate the antitrust laws. This Article applies a raising rivals’ costs framework to the facts of those cases in order to assess whether the practices at issue were unreasonable.
openaire   +3 more sources

Dielectric Elastomer Actuators as Safe and Effective Tools for Mechanostimulation of Human Cells

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Replicating physiological forces is crucial for realistic cell models. Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) offer a soft alternative, though their high voltages raised toxicity concerns. We demonstrate that DEA stimulation causes no cell damage, cell death or cell‐cycle disruption, while activating mechanosensitive responses.
Simon Holzer, Chaimae Bahou, Noe Syfrig, Katia Monastyrskaya, Yoan Civet, Ali Hashemi Gheinani, Yves Perriard   +6 more
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Camels as a Climate‐Resilient Linchpin for Sustainable Development in Global Drylands

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Camels represent a significant, yet underutilized, asset for advancing integrated sustainable development in the world's expanding drylands. Previous reviews have examined camels' physiology, milk composition, or pastoral systems in isolation; this review examines their potential as a climate‐resilient linchpin for food systems by synthesizing
Ayana Angassa, Minyahel Tilahun, Solomon G. Tesfamichael   +2 more
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From Estimation to Discrimination: Algorithmic Bias, Predictive Uncertainty, and Anti‐Discrimination Law

The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
Machine learning (ML) systems, increasingly deployed in high‐stakes decision‐making, inherently produce uncertain outputs that can lead to unlawful discrimination. This article provides the first legal analysis of how predictive uncertainty in ML systems interacts with UK anti‐discrimination law under the Equality Act 2010.
Holli Sargeant
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Health Insurance Incentives to Enhance Patient Engagement

North Carolina Medical Journal, 2015
“If patient engagement were a drug, it would be the blockbuster drug of the century and malpractice not to use it.” [1] The ongoing shift from paternalistic approaches to those more respectful of patient autonomy has not magically made patients more ...
Brian J. Caveney
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Oral Health Care Services, Barriers and Enablers to Maintaining Good Oral Health in Motor Neurone Disease: A Scoping Review

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives The objective of this scoping review was to map existing literature on oral health and related care in individuals with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Specifically, the review aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to maintaining oral hygiene, summarise available clinical guidelines and patient‐facing resources, and examine how ...
Mariam A. Khokhar, Lucy A. O'Malley, Anne‐Marie Glenny, Xiaohui Chen   +3 more
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European Society of Contact Dermatitis Guideline for Diagnostic Patch Testing—Recommendations on Best Practice (Update 2026)

Contact Dermatitis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present guideline updates the initial ESCD patch testing guideline, summarizing all aspects of patch testing for the diagnosis of contact allergy in patients suspected of suffering, or having been suffering, from allergic contact dermatitis or other delayed‐type hypersensitivity skin and mucosal conditions. Sections with brief descriptions
Wolfgang Uter, Olivier Aerts, Tove Agner, Richard Brans, Magnus Bruze, Alicia Cannavó, Marie‐Noёlle Crépy, Ana M. Giménez‐Arnau, Margarida Gonçalo, An Goossens, Swen M. John, Carola Lidén, Suzana Ljubojević Hadžavdić, Vera Mahler, Mihaly Matura, Esen Özkaya, Maria Pesonen, Nadia Raison‐Peyron, Thomas Rustemeyer, Radoslaw Spiewak, Luca Stingeni, Ian R. White, S. Mark Wilkinson, Jeanne Duus Johansen   +23 more
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Do Banks Learn From Natural Disasters? Evidence From the U.S. Financial Sector

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether U.S. banks learn from natural disasters. We explore several potential channels of adjustment and find that exposed banks primarily respond by adopting precautionary capital measures. This behaviour is evident both in the long run, when assessing divergent trends in the evolution of equity over time, and in the short
Dennis Dreusch, Gunnar Niemann, Peter Reichling   +2 more
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