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Other title: Report from the Health Care Access Improvement Panel

, 2015
application/pdf"2004 Senate Substitute for HB 2912 and House Substitute for SB 12 established the Health Care Access Improvement Program, which uses an annual assessment on inpatient services provided by hospitals to improve and expand health care ...
Health Care Access Improvement Panel (Kan.).
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Web-Based and Telephone Surveys to Assess Public Perception Toward the National Health Insurance in Taiwan: A Comparison of Cost and Results

Interactive Journal of Medical Research, 2015
BackgroundNumerous studies have examined the impact of global budget payment systems of health insurance on patient access to medical care. In order to monitor the population’s accessibility to health services, a series of survey are often used to ...
Yang, Ming-Chin, Tan, Elise Chia-Hui
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Referral Patterns and Diagnostic Timeliness in Pediatric Cancer: A Hospital‐Based Study in Indonesia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Timely diagnosis and treatment are critical for improving survival among children with cancer. In low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), delays are common and may be influenced by fragmented referral pathways and diagnostic limitations.
Nur Melani Sari, Regina Hadi Putri, Fatimah Assyifa, Judith Spijkerman, Gertjan Johannes Kaspers, Susi Susanah   +5 more
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A Health Officer Survey of a Medical Care Program

American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1949
THE health officers of the 23 counties of Maryland were challenged more than three years ago to put into effect an extensive and quite novel addition to the plans and activities of their several health departments, a program of medical care for the indigent and medically indigent. They had followed with keen interest the origins of the movement and the
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Venetoclax‐Based Therapy as a Bridge to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Relapsed or Refractory Pediatric Acute Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Relapsed and/or refractory (R/R) pediatric acute leukemia carries a dismal prognosis, largely driven by chemoresistance to conventional salvage therapy. The BH3‐mimetic venetoclax, combined with chemotherapy or hypomethylating agents, has demonstrated efficacy in small clinical trials.
Katherine S. Colman, Deborah Meyran, Vajiranee Malalasekera, Heather Weerdenburg, Janine Campbell, Rachel Conyers, Stacie Wang, Hannah Walker, Seong Lin Khaw, Diane Hanna   +9 more
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Healthcare professionals' perceptions and management of obesity & knowledge of glucagon, GLP‐1, GIP receptor agonists, and dual agonists

Obesity Science & Practice
Background Anti‐obesity medications (AOMs) have historically had limited weight‐loss efficacy. However, newer glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonist (GLP‐1 RA)–based therapies seem to be more effective, including dual agonists of GLP‐1R and the ...
W. Timothy Garvey, Cathy D. Mahle, Trevor Bell, Robert F. Kushner   +3 more
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Short-form quality care questionnaire-palliative care has acceptable measurement properties in Brazilian cancer patients

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background Our objective was to perform the translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of the Quality Care Questionnaire-Palliative Care (QCQ-PC) into Brazilian Portuguese for cancer patients in palliative care.
Vinício dos Santos Barros, Daniela Bassi-Dibai, André Pontes-Silva, Laíla Silva Linhares Barros, Adriana Sousa Rêgo, Cid André Fidelis-de-Paula-Gomes, Almir Vieira Dibai-Filho   +6 more
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Economic evaluation of health care: a survey. [PDF]

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 1974
Economic appraisal of health care projects is not new. Indeed the instigator of this approach, Sir William Petty, the so-called father of political economy, was an Oxford medical don in the late 17th century. To an economist the aim of studies evaluating expenditure on health care is to throw light on the use of resources and to provide information ...
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Language, Culture, and Cancer: Qualitative Insights Into Communication Disparities Among Spanish‐Speaking Caregivers of Children With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Latino children are projected to make up nearly one‐third of United States (US) children by 2060, and many of their caregivers speak Spanish. Prior survey research has documented communication difficulties for Spanish‐speaking caregivers of children with cancer, but contemporary qualitative data are limited.
Jenny Ruiz, Alejandra Curbelo‐Paz, Sonia Morales, Elizabeth Contreras, Amy Houtrow, Scott H. Maurer, Judy C. Chang   +6 more
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Biphasic Clinical Course of Pediatric Cytomegalovirus‐Associated Immune Thrombocytopenia: Early Poor Treatment Response but Favorable Long‐Term Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a recognized trigger of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP); however, its incidence and impact on disease course in children remain controversial. Therefore, we aimed to characterize the clinical course of pediatric patients with CMV‐associated ITP.
Oded Gilad, Ohad Atia, Osama Tanous, Dafna Brik Simon, Michal Dvori, Miriam Cohen, Tracie A. Goldberg, Efraim Bilavsky, Joanne Yacobovich, Orna Steinberg‐Shemer   +9 more
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