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How Human Services Programs and Their Clients Can Benefit From National Health Reform Legislation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Explains how information technology investments for Medicaid expansion also will enable state agencies to share information that expedites eligibility determination for other needs-based benefits, increases access to supports, and facilitates ...

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Adherence to Protocol Recommendations for Children With Wilms Tumour in Two Consecutive Studies in the United Kingdom and Ireland—Does Variation Matter?

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Wilms tumour (WT) has excellent event‐free and overall survival (OS). However, small differences exist between countries participating in the same international study. This led us to examine variation in adherence to protocol recommendations as a potential contributing factor.
Suzanne Tugnait   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determining participation eligibility for amusement attractions

open access: yesProcedia Manufacturing, 2015
<p>Amusement attraction participation eligibility requirements may be expressed in terms of age, height, weight, health condition, (dis)ability, and combinations of these, and potentially other criteria. Restrictive eligibility criteria can protect manufacturer and operator from liability for injury, since no guest could sustain injury without ...
openaire   +1 more source

Managing Medicaid Misclassification: Using Simulation Techniques to Identify Administrative Leverage Points in Policy Implementation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Poster Division: Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences: 3rd Place (The Ohio State University Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum)A fundamental challenge for state Medicaid programs is the ongoing task of implementing beneficiary enrollment according ...
Frazier, Lisa
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Sirolimus for Extracranial Arteriovenous Malformations: A Scoping Review of the Evidence in Syndromic and Non‐Syndromic Cases

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are rare, high‐flow, vascular anomalies that can occur either sporadically or as part of a genetic syndrome. AVMs can progress with serious morbidity and even mortality if left unchecked. Sirolimus is an mTOR inhibitor that is effective in low‐flow vascular malformations; however, its role in AVMs is unclear.
Will Swansson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determination of medical abortion eligibility by women and community health volunteers in Nepal: A toolkit evaluation.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
ObjectiveTo determine if pregnant, literate women and female community health volunteers (FCHVs) in Nepal can accurately determine a woman's eligibility for medical abortion (MA) using a toolkit, compared to comprehensive abortion care (CAC) trained ...
Kathryn Andersen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Eligibility Definition Used in the Social Security Administration’s Disability Programs Needs to be Changed [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
In its October 2003 report on the definition of disability used by the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) disability programs [i.e., Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for people with disabilities ...
Stapleton, David C.
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Evaluating the Utility of Paired Tumor and Germline Targeted DNA Sequencing for Pediatric Oncology Patients: A Single Institution Report

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the diagnostic yield and utility of universal paired tumor–normal multigene panel sequencing in newly diagnosed pediatric solid and central nervous system (CNS) tumor patients and to compare the detection of germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (PV/LPVs) against established clinical referral criteria for cancer ...
Natalie Waligorski   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Supplemental Security Income: Your Right to Appeal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Many people are denied SSI benefits when they first apply. Disability Determination Services reports that, nationally, 62% of the original applications are denied. Some of the initial denials are overturned through the appeals process.
Judith Moses, Marge Goldberg
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Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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