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Relationships among commercial practices and author conflicts of interest in biomedical publishing.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Recently, concerns have been raised over the potential impacts of commercial relationships on editorial practices in biomedical publishing. Specifically, it has been suggested that certain commercial relationships may make editors more open to publishing
S Scott Graham, Zoltan P Majdik, Dave Clark, Molly M Kessler, Tristin Brynn Hooker   +4 more
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REFORMING THE DELIVERY OF PUBLIC DENTAL SERVICES IN IRELAND: POTENTIAL COST IMPLICATIONS. ESRI RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 80 APRIL 2019 [PDF]

, 2019
This report details the results of an analysis of the potential cost implications of proposed changes to aspects of the model of delivery of publicly-financed dental services in Ireland, as set out in the new National Oral Health Policy (Department of ...
Nolan, Anne
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Outcomes after angiography with sodium bicarbonate and acetylcysteine [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Intravenous sodium bicarbonate and oral acetylcysteine are widely used to prevent acute kidney injury and associated adverse outcomes after angiography without definitive evidence of their efficacy.
,, Androsenko, Maria, Bhatt, Deepak L., Brophy, Mary, Cass, Alan, Chertow, Glenn M., Conner, Todd A., Ferguson, Ryan, Gallagher, Martin, Garcia, Santiago, Jneid, Hani, Kaufman, James, McFalls, Edward O., Myles, John, Palevsky, Paul M., Parikh, Chirag R., Shunk, Kendrick, Thwin, Soe-Soe, Weisbord, Steven D., Wu, Hongsheng   +19 more
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Time-study research on maxillofacial prosthetic treatment

Japanese Dental Science Review
Unreasonable medical fees can cause problems such as increased medical costs, greater medical disparities, decreased medical standards, and physician shortages.
Mai Murase, Haruka Fujita, Meiko Oki, Fumi Yoshioka, Yuichiro Nishiyama, Tetsuo Ohyama, Chihaya Matsumoto, Satomi Usui, Yuji Sato, Tadashi Sado, Hidekazu Takahashi, Keiichi Sasaki, Miwa Matsuyama, Yuka Sumita   +13 more
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User fees in private non-for-profit hospitals in Uganda: a survey and intervention for equity

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2005
Background In developing countries, user fees may represent an important source of revenues for private-non-for-profit hospitals, but they may also affect access, use and equity.
Maciocco Gavino, Macaluso Anna, Kweyatulira Annet, Cattaneo Adriano, Asio Salome, Amone Joseph, Mukokoma Maurice, Ronfani Luca, Santini Stefano   +8 more
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Cost-sharing in the Greek Health Centres: The Administrative Personnel Aspects [PDF]

, 2013
Cost-sharing was introduced in Greece to supplement the state finance and social insurance funds and make patients cost-conscious. A questionnaire was distributed to 193 administrative personnel (response rate 96 per cent).
Chondrocoukis, G. P., Stokou, E. G., Vozikis, A.   +2 more
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Australian general practice registrars’ billing patterns: a cross-sectional analysis from the Registrars Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) study

BMC Health Services Research
Background In Australia, a government insurance scheme (Medicare) pays set rebates for a range of distinct general practitioner (GP) services. GPs may ‘bulk-bill’ and accept the Medicare rebate fee directly, or ‘privately-bill’ by charging the patient a ...
Katie Fisher, Amanda Tapley, Anna Ralston, Andrew Davey, Elizabeth Holliday, Jason Dizon, Susan Wearne, Alison Fielding, Mieke van Driel, Neil Spike, Lisa Clarke, Parker Magin   +11 more
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Path analysis of factors influencing length of stay and hospitalisation expenses for oral cancer patients in tertiary hospitals in southeastern China: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open
Aims To investigate the associations between influencing factors with length of stay (LOS) and hospitalisation expenses in oral cancer (OC) patients, and to explore the potential pathways through which these factors influence hospitalisation expenses ...
Jing Wang, Chen Chen, Xiaoying Hu, Yi Fan, Yaping Wang, Yu Qiu, Qiujiao Yang, Mingming Xu, Yanfeng Weng, Yanni Li, Lisong Lin, Fa Chen, Baochang He, Fengqiong Liu   +13 more
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Copyright Charges: A Library's Approach to Reducing its Copyright Fees [PDF]

, 2018
Medical Sciences Library (MSL) at Texas A&M University offers ILL services to its affiliates free of charge. Like many other libraries, ILL staff first try to borrow from free libraries to keep the borrowing fees as low as possible.
Halling, T. Derek, Tajallipour, Paria
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Factors contributing to hospitalization expenditures for patients with COPD in Yunnan Province, China: a path analysis

BMC Health Services Research
Objective To understand the hospitalization expenditures and the composition of hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Yunnan Province from 2016 to 2022 and to identify the factors that influence them.
Aihan Wen, Jinliang Meng, Guohong Luo, Geyi Wen, Wenlong Cui, Songyuan Tang, Yunhui Zhang   +6 more
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