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Global Disparity Within the Management of Traumatic Abdominal Vascular Injuries: Analysis of a Global Dataset

open access: yesWorld Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Vascular injuries are common to trauma and carry a high risk to limb and life. Integrating specialist vascular care into existing trauma systems is essential; however, global data on this topic remains limited. This study describes global patterns of abdominal vascular trauma, through secondary analysis of the Global Outcomes After Laparotomy for ...
J. Amoako   +743 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Magnitude and Nature of Risk Selection in Employer-Sponsored Health Plans [PDF]

open access: yes
Most existing studies of risk selection in the employer-sponsored health insurance market are case studies of a single employer or of an employer coalition in a single market.
Sean Nicholson   +3 more
core  

Walking Through Housing History: Creative Histories Beyond the Classroom

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract How might walking be used to support a creative and historically informed approach to learning about public health, environmental health and housing and take students beyond the traditional confines of the classroom? In this article, we discuss the development and delivery of a North London walking tour close to a university campus.
Zoë Hendon, Jill Stewart
wiley   +1 more source

The impacts of New York's balance billing regulation on ground ambulance pricing

open access: yesHealth Services Research, Volume 60, Issue 2, April 2025.
Abstract Objective To examine the effects of New York's surprise billing regulations on price changes by emergency ground ambulance service providers. Study Design We exploited a natural experiment using a difference‐in‐differences design with randomization inference (RI) to examine the effects of New York state regulations on the prices of emergency ...
Wendy Y. Xu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distributional Effect of Insurer Competition on Premiums: Evidence From the Employer‐Sponsored Health Insurance Market

open access: yesThe RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study how insurer competition affects premiums for fully‐insured plans in the employer‐sponsored health insurance market. By utilizing quasi‐experimental variations induced by mergers among national insurers, we show that increased insurer concentration leads to higher premiums, but there exists substantial heterogeneity.
Haizhen Lin, Yaying Zhou
wiley   +1 more source

Adding stop loss provisions to an HMO administrative services package

open access: yes, 2000
This study involves finding a pricing model for a stop-loss provision for clients that utilize an Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Administrative Services Package (ASP).
Bautista, Ildemarc Cruz
core  

Beyond Anticoagulant Exposure: Determinants of Mortality After Gastrointestinal Bleeding Across DOAC, Warfarin and Non‐Anticoagulated Patients

open access: yesAlimentary Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Among 11,387 patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding, overlap‐weighted analyses (n = 10,044) found no statistically significant association between direct oral anticoagulant or warfarin use and 30‐day or 1‐year mortality. Haemodynamic shock was associated with 30‐day mortality, whereas age and Internal Medicine ward admission were associated with
Esther Forkosh   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Awareness and barriers to use of cancer support and information resources by HMO patients with breast, prostate, or colon cancer: Patient and provider perspectives

open access: yes, 2001
This study assessed patient awareness and use-as well as obstacles to use-of HMO- and community-based psychosocial support services designed for cancer patients.
Eakin, Elizabeth   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Tunable control of B. infantis abundance and gut metabolites by co-administration of human milk oligosaccharides

open access: yesGut Microbes
Precision engineering of the gut microbiome holds promise as an effective therapeutic approach for diseases associated with a disruption in this microbial community.
Abigail L. Reens   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Involvement of hepatic macrophages in the antifibrotic effect of IGF-I-overexpressing mesenchymal stromal cells

open access: yesStem Cell Research & Therapy, 2016
Background Cirrhosis is a major health problem worldwide and new therapies are needed. Hepatic macrophages (hMø) have a pivotal role in liver fibrosis, being able to act in both its promotion and its resolution.
Esteban Fiore   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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