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Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Priorities for the Obama Administration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
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]

open access: yes, 2012
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
core   +2 more sources

‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

The Health Insurance Provisions of the 2009 Congressional Health Reform Bills: Implications for Coverage, Affordability, and Costs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
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]

open access: yes, 2004
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
core   +2 more sources

Defining Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Perspectives From Oncology and Palliative Care Teams

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Healthcare Financing in Saudi Arabia: Recent Trend and Future Challenges

open access: yesOnline Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2022
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
doaj  

Health System Reform: The Value and Price of Innovation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
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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Blinatumomab Utilization in Pediatric B‐Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Experience From the Mountain West

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative effectiveness of financing models in development assistance for health and the role of results-based funding approaches: a scoping review

open access: yesGlobalization and Health, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

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