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Toward estimating the impact of changes in immigrants' insurance eligibility on hospital expenditures for uncompensated care

BMC Health Services Research, 2003
Background The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 gave states the option to withdraw Medicaid coverage of nonemergency care from most legal immigrants.
Curtis Lesley H, Sendersky Veronica, Timbie Justin W, Castel Liana D, Feather Keith A, Schulman Kevin A   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fiscal Shenanigans, Targeted Federal Health Care Funds, and Patient Mortality [PDF]

The federal government spends billions of dollars each year on programs designed to increase the resources available to hospitals that serve the poor. This paper explores the intended and unintended effects of such targeted funds.
Douglas Staiger, Katherine Baicker
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Obstacles and Challenges to Implementing Multi-departmental QI at a Large, Academic Training Center-Lessons Learned from a HCV Screening Program [PDF]

, 2017
Objectives: We aimed to double the HCV screening rate of ‘baby-boomers’ admitted to the medicine teaching service at Methodist Hospital over the course of 6 months and demonstrate improved linkage to care for HCV RNA+ individuals. Initial efforts were a
Arastu, MD, S., Fenkel, MD, Jonathan M, Javia, MD, Amy, Kasprowicz, MD, MPH, Eric M., Mammen, MD, MPH, Priya, Yalamanchili, MD, Silpa, Zale, MPH, Madalene   +6 more
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Hospitals as Insurers of Last Resort

, 2015
American hospitals are required to provide emergency medical care to the uninsured. We use previously confidential hospital financial data to study the resulting uncompensated care, medical care for which no payment is received.
Craig L. Garthwaite, Tal Gross, Matthew J. Notowidigdo   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comprehensive omics‐based classification system in adult patients with B‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The COMBAT classification system, developed through multi‐omics integration, stratifies adult patients with B‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia(B‐ALL) into three molecular subtypes with distinct surface antigen patterns, immune landscape, methylation patterns, biological pathways and prognosis.
Yang Song, Ting Liu, Qishan Hao, Qiuyun Fang, Xiaoyuan Gong, Yan Li, Zheng Tian, Hui Wei, Min Wang, Jianxiang Wang, Tao Cheng, Yingchang Mi   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adherence to Practice Guidelines in the Implementation of Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care in Referral Hospitals in Osun State, Nigeria

SAGE Open Nursing
Introduction While practice guidelines support clinical decision-making for optimal patient outcomes, there is often nonadherence to practice guidelines in implementing evidence-based interventions.
Abiola Olubusola Komolafe, Aanuoluwapo Omobolanle Olajubu, Omotade Adebimpe Ijarotimi, Oluwasayo Bolarinwa Ogunlade, Adekemi Eunice Olowokere, Omolola Oladunni Irinoye   +5 more
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THE ADDED VALUE OF STATE-OWNED HOSPITALSIN CONDUCTING CLINICAL TRIALS

Trakia Journal of Sciences
Objective: The object of the article is to review the clinical trials conducted in Bulgarian state-owned hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019-2022).
M. Nedelchev1, Y. Nedelcheva
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Circulating tumor DNA monitoring and blood tumor mutational burden in patients with metastatic solid tumors treated with atezolizumab

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
In patients treated with atezolizumab as a part of the MyPathway (NCT02091141) trial, pre‐treatment ctDNA tumor fraction at high levels was associated with poor outcomes (radiographic response, progression‐free survival, and overall survival) but better sensitivity for blood tumor mutational burden (bTMB).
Charles Swanton, Russell W. Madison, Candice Francheska B. Tambaoan, Funda Meric‐Bernstam, Christopher J. Sweeney, Razelle Kurzrock, Howard A. Burris III, David R. Spigel, Hanna Tukachinsky, Jason Hughes, Julia Malato, Bongin Yoo, Tania Szado, Cheryl Schwab, Lincoln W. Pasquina, Amaya Gasco, Katja Schulze, Claire F. Friedman   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Telehealth in US hospitals: State-level reimbursement policies no longer influence adoption rates. [PDF]

Int J Med Inform, 2021
Gaziel-Yablowitz M, Bates DW, Levine DM.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Great Medical Malpractice Hoax: NPDB Data Continue to Show Medical Liability System Produces Rational Outcomes [PDF]

, 2007
Despite claims by business and medical lobbying interests and the Bush administration, there is no medical malpractice lawsuit crisis in America, according to this report by Public Citizen.
Lara Chausow, Seth Oldmixon
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