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Maternity Care and Consumer-Driven Health Plans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Compares out-of-pocket costs of maternity care under consumer-driven health plans (CDHP) to a traditional health insurance plan. Explores related factors including prenatal care coverage and unpredictability of costs for delivery and hospital ...
Alina Salganicoff   +3 more
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Technology adoption in health care: International barriers and opportunities to telemedicine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Although telemedicine and telehealth are seen as discrete entities by some authors, both The Cochrane Library (2010) and the WHO (2009) acknowledge that definitions overlap.
Carter, Bernie
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Improved Outcomes for Older Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Neuroblastoma in the Post‐Immunotherapy Era: An Updated Report From the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We describe clinical and biologic characteristics of neuroblastoma in older children, adolescents, and young adults (OCAYA); describe survival outcomes in the post‐immunotherapy era; and identify if there is an age cut‐off that best discriminates outcomes.
Rebecca J. Deyell   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Outcomes for hospitalized patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treated with antifibrotic medications

open access: yesBMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2021
Background Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is a chronic, progressive interstitial lung disease for which there is no cure. However, lung function decline, hospitalizations, and mortality may be reduced with the use of the antifibrotic medications ...
Bryan T. Kelly   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hospital quality reporting in the pandemic era: to what extent did hospitals’ COVID-19 census burdens impact 30-day mortality among non-COVID Medicare beneficiaries?

open access: yesBMJ Open Quality, 2023
Objectives Highly visible hospital quality reporting stakeholders in the USA such as the US News & World Report (USNWR) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) play an important health systems role via their transparent public ...
Sean C Dowdy, Benjamin D Pollock
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of Health Care Costs and Total Baclofen Use Associated With Targeted Drug Delivery for Spasticity [PDF]

open access: green, 2023
Vishal Venkatraman   +6 more
openalex   +1 more source

Integrating the experience: Principles for digital transformation across the patient journey

open access: yesDigital Health, 2022
As medical science advances and the population ages, the prevalence of chronic conditions has also grown. The traditional model of care, with its focus on acute and episodic issues within the office visit, is not designed to meaningfully address long ...
Marnie de Mooij   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Marshfield Clinic: Health Information Technology Paves the Way for Population Health Management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Highlights Fund-defined attributes of an ideal care delivery system and best practices, including an internal electronic health record, primary care teams, physician quality metrics and mentors, and standardized care processes for chronic care ...
Douglas McCarthy, Kimberly Mueller
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Characterizing Parental Concerns About Lasting Impacts of Treatment in Children With B‐Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background B‐acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and while most children in high‐resource settings are cured, therapy carries risks for long‐term toxicities. Understanding parents’ concerns about these late effects is essential to guide anticipatory support and inform evolving therapeutic approaches ...
Kellee N. Parker   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Avoiding admissions : the most cost effective delivery of acute care to residents of aged-care facilities in the Hutt Valley : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Business Studies in Management at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The highest annual costs of health care occur in the last one to two years of life. The most expensive part of health care provision during this period is aged-residential care.
Turner, Nicola Nell
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