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Hourly wages of physicians within medical fees based on the Korean relative value unit system [PDF]

The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2020
Background/Aims It is difficult to reach a social agreement on the appropriate level of compensation for professionals. This study was performed to examine the physician fee embedded in the relative value unit (RVU) system in comparison with the Korean ...
Hyun Ah Kim, Sung Hoon Jung, In Young Park, Seong Hun Kang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges of Decentralized, Farmer-Led and Fee-For-Service Extension

Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2010
Agricultural extension services are crucial for the rapid spread of research results to farmers and for transmitting information about farmers’ needs, circumstances, and problems to researchers.
M G Maiangwa, B Adeniji, A A Hassan, T D Bidoli, S Isiaku, A Bayero   +5 more
doaj   +4 more sources

The impact of introducing multidisciplinary care assessments on access to rheumatology care in British Columbia: an interrupted time series analysis

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background In 2011 the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Health introduced a new fee-for-service billing code that allowed “Multidisciplinary Care Assessment” (MCA). This change has the potential to change access to and quality of care for patients. This
Ross Duncan, Lucy Cheng, Michael R. Law, Kam Shojania, Mary A. De Vera, Mark Harrison   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health services utilization and associated factors among fee waiver beneficiaries’ in Dessie city administration, Northeast Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study design

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background The fee waiver system is one of the components of the 2004 health care financing reform in Ethiopia. It is a system for granting access to health services to those who are unable to pay.
Nigusie Tadesse, Amsalu Feleke, Muluken Genetu Chanie, Kidist Adamu, Asnakew Molla Mekonen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

General practitioners’ type of remuneration and antibiotic prescriptions. An analysis of patient switches using nationwide registry data

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Background General practitioners (GPs) play a crucial gatekeeping role in limiting inappropriate antibiotic use. Studies have found that activity-based remuneration of GPs, such as fee-for-service (FFS), is associated with increased antibiotic ...
Kristian Bandlien Kraft, Eivor Hovde Hoff, Yana Zykova, Sigurd Høye, Arnstein Mykletun, Kristian Amundsen Østby   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health Literacy, Self‐Efficacy and Knowledge of Sickle Cell Disease Among Caregivers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder in which abnormal haemoglobin leads to severe anaemia, painful crises and organ failure. Caregivers’ health literacy (HL) – their ability to assess, understand and apply information, and interact with healthcare professionals – is crucial for managing children with SCD, yet ...
Melanie Bruinooge, Maite E. Houwing, Rowena L. Grohssteiner, Ferdows Atiq, Sonja A. M. C. Teuben, Mirjam P. Fransen, Marjon H. Cnossen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pricing for Refund Service Fee of High-Speed Railway: An Optimization Approach with Uncertain Demand

Complexity, 2023
Compared to single ticket purchase behavior, the impact of ticket cancellation behavior on revenue is full of complexity. Due to the cancelled tickets will be resold with uncertain demand, ticket cancellation behaviors and ticket purchase behaviors are ...
Yu Wang, Jiafa Zhu, Hongye Wang, Xiaoyan Lv   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association Between Capitated Payments and Preventive Care Among U.S. Adults

AJPM Focus, 2023
Introduction: There is increasing interest in using capitation rather than fee for service to promote primary care and population health. The goal of this study was to examine the association between practice reimbursement mix (majority fee for service ...
Anna M. Morenz, MD, Lingmei Zhou, MS, Edwin S. Wong, PhD, MA, Joshua M. Liao, MD, MSc   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survival in Western Kenya: Reduction in Early Deaths and Treatment Abandonment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An earlier study on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya reported a low event‐free survival (EFS), excess treatment abandonment, and high induction mortality.
Gilbert Olbara, George Bogonko, Festus Njuguna, Sandra Langat, Martha Kipngetich, Dennis Njenga, Gertjan Johannes Kaspers, Terry Allen Vik   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nephrogenic Rests/Nephroblastomatosis in Patients With Unilateral Wilms Tumor Are Not Associated With an Increased Risk of Relapse: An Analysis of Patients Treated on the SIOP‐WT‐2001 Protocol in the SIOP‐UK‐CCLG and SIOP‐GPOH Studies (2001–2022)

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Nephrogenic rests (NRs) and nephroblastomatosis (NBM) are precursor lesions for development of Wilms tumor (WT). Their association with the risk of relapse has not been properly assessed, partly due to misunderstanding of their diagnostic criteria and terminology.
Gordan M. Vujanić, Rhoikos Furtwängler, Tanzina Chowdhury, Christian Vokuhl, Jenny Wegert, Norbert Graf   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source