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A Scoping Review of Certified Nurse‐Midwife and Certified Midwife Care in the United States: Assessing Outcomes Across Six Patient Care Domains

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Certified nurse‐midwife (CNM)/certified midwife (CM) care is associated with outcomes that are comparable or improved compared to physician care across multiple domains of health care quality, especially safety and effectiveness. CNM/CM care is consistently associated with lower rates of intrapartum interventions and improved birth ...
EMMA VIRGINIA CLARK   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sufficient and Efficient Spending on Primary Care Benefits National Health and Health Systems

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Primary care is undervalued and under‐funded in many countries despite different care and payment models. High‐quality, accessible primary care requires sustained and strategic investment. Team‐based care, sustainable and engaged workforce models, and technology that enhances rather than fragments care are priorities that are shared ...
ROBERT L. PHILLIPS   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Associations between Doximity internal medicine residency navigator reputation rank and publicly available metrics

open access: yesBMC Medical Education
Background The U.S. News & World Report has used the Doximity social networking site to determine rankings for 27 medical specialties, which influence medical students' choices.
Christopher R. Stephenson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Qualitative Study of Unplanned Hospital Readmissions: Patient Perspectives on Their Hospital to Home Transition

open access: yesNursing Reports
Background: Roughly 18% of all patients discharged from hospitals in the United States experience an unplanned hospital readmission (UHR) within 30 days of discharge. This can be life-threatening for patients and costs the U.S.
Dale Yeatts   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long‐Term Changes in Health Care Use and Outcomes Among Groups Maintaining Versus Losing Medicaid Upon Medicare Enrollment

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Our analysis indicated that permanent loss of Medicaid was associated with poorer health outcomes, higher mortality, greater out‐of‐pocket costs, and lower preventive health care use relative to those who kept Medicaid or had a temporary disruption.
MARYSSA PALLIS   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating geographical disparities: access to obstetric hospitals in maternity care deserts and across the United States

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Access to maternity care in the U.S. remains inequitable, impacting over two million women in maternity care “deserts." Living in these areas, exacerbated by hospital closures and workforce shortages, heightens the risks of pregnancy-related ...
Jazmin Fontenot   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Description, Articulation and Limitations in the Social Theory of Insurance

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There have been surprisingly few sustained efforts to explain or theorise the role insurance plays in society. Even the most theoretically inflected insurance scholarship, emanating from governmentality and Actor Network Theory scholarship, tends to be grounded in empirical cases, set in particular periods and places, and it is often ...
Liz McFall
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with post-stroke readmission: a systematic review and meta analysis

open access: yesScientific Reports
Readmissions following strokes are a significant concern due to their association with adverse outcomes. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regard hospital readmissions as a measure of suboptimal hospital care and have made reducing ...
Eddah Mauti   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Availability of behavioral health crisis care and associated changes in emergency department utilization

open access: yesHealth Services Research, Volume 60, Issue 2, April 2025.
Abstract Objective To determine whether availability of behavioral health crisis care services is associated with changes in emergency department (ED) utilization. Data Sources and Study Setting We used longitudinal panel data (2016–2021) on ED utilization from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's State ED Databases and a novel dataset on ...
Ashlyn Burns   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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