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Equity of health care financing in South Korea: 1990–2016

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background The National Health Insurance in Korea has been in operation for more than 30 years since having achieved universal health coverage in 1989 and has gone through several policy reforms.
Tae-Jin Lee, Inuk Hwang, Hea-Lim Kim
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Safety and Efficacy of GLP‐1 Receptor Agonists in Adults With Epilepsy, Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Managing obesity in patients with epilepsy is complicated by the weight‐gaining properties of essential antiseizure medications (ASMs) such as valproate and pregabalin. We evaluated the safety and efficacy of initiating glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists (GLP‐1 RAs) in this population.
Hyoshin Son, Inyoung Hwang, Sang Won Lee, Yun Kim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decomposing health inequality with population-based surveys: a case study in Rwanda

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Background Ensuring equal access to care and providing financial risk protection are at the center of the global health agenda. While Rwanda has made impressive progress in improving health outcomes, inequalities in medical care utilization and household
Kai Liu, Chunling Lu
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Anticoagulation Treatment Response Among Phenotypic ESUS Clusters: Evidence From CASPR

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate treatment effect heterogeneity across phenotypic clusters of patients with cryptogenic embolic stroke using causal inference methods. Methods From a retrospective, multicenter cohort of patients with cryptogenic embolic stroke, we estimated the treatment effect of anticoagulation versus antiplatelet therapy in patients ...
Elena Badillo Goicoechea, Patrick Ellsworth, James E. Siegler, James R. Brorson, Christina M. Lineback, Frank G. Conyers, Deborah Kerrigan, Kelsey Eklund, Shadi Yaghi, Farid Khasiyev, Emiliya Melkumova, Collin J. Culbertson, Marissa D'Souza, Dinesh V. Jillella, Patrick Glover, Hassan Aboul‐Nour, Fadi Nahab, Mahan Shahrivari, Simona Nedelcu, David S. Liebeskind, Matthew M. Smith, Aaron Rothstein, Anna Bowman, Alicia Zha, Narendra Kala, Ahmad Abu Qdais, Sami Al Kasab, Mudassir Farooqui, Diana Rojas‐Soto, Yasmin Aziz, Franziska Herpich, Jean‐Philippe Daniel, Sean L. Thompson, Vivek Patel, Thanh N. Nguyen, Siddharth Sehgal, Wenzheng Yu, Wayneho Kam, Russel Van Coevering, Oana M. Dumitrascu, Muhammad Alvi, Balaji Krishnaiah, Setareh Salehi Omran, Guillermo Linares, Eesha Singh, Hamid Ali, Mary Penckofer, Jesse M. Thon, Shani Mannion, Dalia Chahien, Lucia Chen, Fawad Talat, Mehdi Abbasi, Richa Sharma   +53 more
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Implementing a sustainable health insurance system in Cambodia: a study protocol for developing and validating an efficient household income-level assessment model for equitable premium collection

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background As elsewhere in low- and middle-income countries, due to limited fiscal resources, universal health coverage (UHC) remains a challenge in Cambodia.
Haruyo Nakamura, Floriano Amimo, Siyan Yi, Sovannary Tuot, Tomoya Yoshida, Makoto Tobe, Shuhei Nomura   +6 more
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Glucagon‐Like Peptide‐1 Receptor Agonists in Multiple Sclerosis: A Topical Narrative Review

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The glucagon‐like peptide‐1 (GLP‐1) receptor agonists (RAs) are a relatively new class of drugs that were initially approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to improve glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and, subsequently, weight reduction in patients with obesity.
Audrey Y. Chang, Farrah J. Mateen
wiley   +1 more source

Contribution of insurance companies to the development of the world health supermarket

Innovative Marketing, 2014
У статті досліджено вплив глобалізації на світову сферу охорони здоров’я. Проаналізовано передумови появи та сутність медичного туризму. Визначено потенційні можливості інтеграції України у світовий медико-туристичний простір.
Kozmenko, O., Lysenko, V.
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Cracking the Code: Which Ocular Symptoms Predict Dry Eye Signs? Insights From a Large International Sicca Registry

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The study aimed to identify symptom‐based predictors of dry eye disease (DED) signs in the Sjögren's International Collaborative Clinical Alliance (SICCA) cohort. Methods We performed a retrospective analysis examining 16 ocular symptoms (most graded 0–4) and artificial tear (AT) use (graded 0–3) as predictors of DED signs (abnormal ocular ...
Pragnya R. Donthineni, Chloe Shields, Rohit Muralidhar, Shreya Bhatt, Alan Baer, Robert Fox, Sara S. McCoy, Anat Galor   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Has the Health Insurance Coverage of Scaling Contributed Positively to Periodontal Health in Korea? [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the health insurance coverage of dental scaling (introduced in 2013) using the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs parameter among Korean adults aged 20 years or older. We used the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from before and after 2013 to analyze the ...
openaire   +2 more sources

The Health Insurance Authority annual report 2007 [PDF]

, 2008
Annual Report & Accounts for The Health Insurance Authority ...
The Health Insurance Authority
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