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The roles of health maintenance organizations in the implementation of a social health insurance scheme in Enugu, Southeast Nigeria: a mixed-method investigation [PDF]

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background In Nigeria, health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are the purchasers of health insurance with a social National Health Insurance Scheme for civil servants. However the roles of HMOs in implementation of social health insurance are not clear.
Eric Obikeze, Obinna Onwujekwe
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The impact of health maintenance organizations on improving cardiac surgery outcomes [PDF]

Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease
Background and objectives: California is one of a few states with mandatory reporting of mortality after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The Affordable Care Act restructured Medicaid, preferentially penalizing patients experiencing poverty ...
Kimberly L. Skidmore, Farrah E. Flattmann, Hayden Cagle, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D. Kaye   +4 more
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How health maintenance organizations prepared for the dental treatment reform for older adults in Israel [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background The oral health of older adults in Israel is still worse than in many developed countries. In 2019, a Universal Health Coverage reform of dental services for older adults was initiated in Israel to improve their access to dental services and ...
Lena Natapov, Ayelet Berg-Warman, Shai Sadeh, Shlomo Paul Zusman, Ile Kermel-Schiffman   +4 more
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Assessment of the medical equipment supply chain in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a qualitative methods study [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Background Efforts to improve health-related supply chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have typically focused on medicines and vaccines, while medical equipment has often been either overlooked or considered incidental.
Jonathan Niles, Marc Bosonkie, Paul-Samson Lusamba-Dikassa, Janna Wisniewski   +3 more
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Examining colorectal cancer screening uptake and health provider recommendations among underserved middle aged and older African Americans [PDF]

Health Promotion Perspectives, 2022
Background: The purpose of this study is to determine whether underserved middle-aged and older African Americans are receiving a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test (sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy) and if recommended by their provider. Additionally, we
Sharon Cobb, Tavonia Ekwegh, Edward Adinkrah, Hoorolnesa Ameli, Attallah Dillard, Lucy W. Kibe, Mohsen Bazargan   +6 more
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Hypertension care during the COVID‐19 pandemic in an integrated health care system

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2023
Retention in hypertension care, medication adherence, and blood pressure (BP) may have been affected by the COVID‐19 pandemic. In a retrospective cohort study of 64 766 individuals with treated hypertension from an integrated health care system, we ...
John F. Steiner, J. David Powers, Allen Malone, Jason Lyons, Kari Olson, Andrea R. Paolino, Claudia A. Steiner   +6 more
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Health Maintenance Organizations [PDF]

Scientific American, 1980
E W, Saward, S, Fleming
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Design and Operation of the Lombardy Parkinson's Disease Network

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common chronic neurological conditions leading to disability and social burden. According to the 2016 Italian National Plan on Chronic Diseases, regional health authorities are implementing ...
Alberto Albanese, Alessio Di Fonzo, Alessio Di Fonzo, Vincenza Fetoni, Angelo Franzini, Michele Gennuso, Graziella Molini, Claudio Pacchetti, Alberto Priori, Alberto Priori, Alberto Priori, Giulio Riboldazzi, Maria Antonietta Volonté, Daniela Calandrella   +13 more
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Supplementing Tuberculosis Surveillance with Automated Data from Health Maintenance Organizations

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1999
Data collected by health maintenance organizations (HMOs), which provide care for an increasing number of persons with tuberculosis (TB), may be used to complement traditional TB surveillance.
Deborah S. Yokoe, Girish S. Subramanyan, Edward Nardell, Sharon Sharnprapai, Eugene McCray, Richard Platt   +5 more
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Study on Equipment Health Management System Modelling Based on DoDAF

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2013
With the development of the technology of prognostics and health management (PHM) and the improvement of integrated diagnostic technology for equipment, the maintenance support strategy of ordnance equipment gradually evolves from traditional corrective ...
C. Wang, L. Ma, Q. Wu, F.C. Yuan
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