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Adherence and health care costs
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2014 Aurel O Iuga,1,2 Maura J McGuire3,4 1Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2Johns Hopkins University, 3Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, 4Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Abstract: Medication nonadherence is ...
Iuga AO, McGuire MJ
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Prediction of Health Care Costs by Dental Health Care Costs and Periodontal Status [PDF]
Applied Sciences, 2020 Reducing heath care costs is an important issue in Japan. The aim of this study was to analyze the contribution of oral health to health care costs and to predict health care costs by statistical modeling.
Yoshiaki Nomura +7 more
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Tax-Assisted Approaches for Helping Canadians Meet Out-of-Pocket Health-Care Costs [PDF]
The School of Public Policy Publications, 2016 Canadians are not saving for the inevitable costs of drugs and long-term care which they will have to pay for out of pocket in their old age, and these costs could potentially be financially devastating for them.
J.C. Herbert Emery
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Pain-related health care costs for long-term care residents
BMC Geriatrics, 2021 Background We tested for differences in direct health care costs among long-term care (LTC) residents age 65 and older with clinically significant pain (CSP) and with no pain or non-daily mild pain (NP/NDMP).
Harminder Guliani +3 more
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The Health Care Costs of Smoking [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 1997 Although smoking cessation is desirable from a public health perspective, its consequences with respect to health care costs are still debated. Smokers have more disease than nonsmokers, but nonsmokers live longer and can incur more health costs at advanced ages.
Barendregt, Jan J. +2 more
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Identifying Undercompensated Groups Defined By Multiple Attributes in Risk Adjustment [PDF]
BMJ Health & Care Informatics (2021), 2021 Risk adjustment in health care aims to redistribute payments to insurers based on costs. However, risk adjustment formulas are known to underestimate costs for some groups of patients. This undercompensation makes these groups unprofitable to insurers and creates incentives for insurers to discriminate.
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Health-care costing in the Netherlands [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2010 With the introduction of the DBC system in 2005, the funding of Dutch health care gradually began to change. The DBC system is replacing the current system of position-based budgeting (block grant) of providers and the lump-sum funding of medical specialists. In 2005, two segments were introduced for somatic health care.
R Meijer, H Rutgers
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Investments and costs of oral health care for Family Health Care
Revista de Saúde Pública, 2016 OBJECTIVE To estimate the investments to implement and operational costs of a type I Oral Health Care Team in the Family Health Care Strategy. METHODS This is an economic assessment study, for analyzing the investments and operational costs of an oral
Márcia Stefânia Ribeiro Macêdo +2 more
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Managing health insurance using blockchain technology [PDF]
Healthcare Technologies, Chap. 4, pp. 89-125, 2023 Health insurance plays a significant role in ensuring quality healthcare. In response to the escalating costs of the medical industry, the demand for health insurance is soaring. Additionally, those with health insurance are more likely to receive preventative care than those without health insurance.
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