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Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Priorities for the Obama Administration [PDF]
Presents results of a survey of experts on priorities in healthcare reform and related economic stimulus for the Barack Obama administration, including new regulations, employer financing of coverage, and an insurance exchange with a public ...
Karen Davis +3 more
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Examining inequities in incidence of catastrophic health expenditures on different healthcare services and health facilities in Nigeria. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: There is limited evidence about levels of socio-economic and other differences in catastrophic health spending in Nigeria and in many sub-Saharan African countries.
Hanson, Kara +2 more
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ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee +9 more
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The Health Insurance Provisions of the 2009 Congressional Health Reform Bills: Implications for Coverage, Affordability, and Costs [PDF]
Analyzes the House and Senate healthcare reform bills for the number of people likely to gain coverage and the implications for federal financing, families' insurance premium and out-of-pocket costs, employers, and the potential for price ...
Jennifer L. Nicholson +4 more
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Distributive justice in American healthcare: institutions, power, and the equitable care of patients. [PDF]
The authors argue that the American healthcare system has developed in a fashion that permits and may support ongoing, widespread inequities based on poverty, race, gender, and ethnicity. Institutional structures also contribute to this problem. Analysis
Pololi, Linda, Putsch, Robert W
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Defining Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Perspectives From Oncology and Palliative Care Teams
ABSTRACT Background Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is associated with improved symptom management, quality of life, and healthcare utilization for children with cancer. Despite this, variation persists in how PPC is understood, operationalized, and integrated within pediatric oncology programs. In particular, ambiguity surrounding
Leeat Granek +13 more
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Healthcare Financing in Saudi Arabia: Recent Trend and Future Challenges
This paper provides an overview of the present healthcare financing system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and identify critical issues and challenges that need to be addressed in achieving healthcare system financing goals envisioned under the ...
Mohammad Faleh Alharbi +1 more
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Health System Reform: The Value and Price of Innovation [PDF]
Explores the role of innovation in healthcare by reviewing the literature on international, federal, state, and local examples of system change; barriers to change; the contributions of research, academia, and industry; and the financing of ...
Samuel O. Thier
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ABSTRACT Background Blinatumomab is a bispecific T‐cell engager approved for the treatment of pediatric B‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL). Outpatient home infusion reduces hospitalization burden and optimizes resource utilization, but is logistically challenging.
Angela Parra del Riego +10 more
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Over the past three decades, there has been an unprecedented growth in development assistance for health through different financing models, ranging from donations to results-based approaches, to improve health in low- and middle-income countries.
Rand Mushasha, Charbel El Bcheraoui
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