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Current Status and Future Perspectives of Robotic Surgery for Esophagogastric Cancer in Asia

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Robotic‐assisted surgery (RAS) has moved from an experimental adjunct to an increasingly established component of gastrointestinal (GI) oncological practice in parts of Asia, a region that carries a disproportionately high burden of gastric and esophageal cancer. Asian surgeons have been among the earliest and most prolific contributors to the
Jia Jun Ang, Jimmy Bok Yan So
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Outpatient reimbursement policies for cancer treatment in China: a comparative and longitudinal analysis

BMC Health Services Research
Background Cancer poses a huge health and economic burden globally, with China being no exception. While China’s basic medical insurance (BMI) program has expanded outpatient coverage for chronic diseases, including cancer, there is a lack of national ...
Haoqi Wei, Jinwei Zhang, Xingchen Liu, Xingyu Liu, Xiaoyong Liu, Shuchen Hu, Kaining Yan, Caijun Yang   +7 more
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Comparison of Nationwide Volumes for Five Major Gastrointestinal Surgical Procedures in Japan: Implications From Publicly Available NCD and NDB Open Data

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim In Japan, the National Clinical Database (NCD), a clinician‐reported registry, and the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan Open Data (NDB Open Data), an administrative claims database, are both widely used as nationwide surgical databases, but their consistency in capturing national surgical ...
Atomu Kiriyama, Masakazu Fujii, Toshimichi Asano, Satoshi Hirano   +3 more
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Premium subsidy designs and crowding out of insurance demand

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is an important instrument to protect farmers against extreme weather events. Many countries provide subsidies for crop insurance products to make insurance more affordable for farmers. The Federal Crop Insurance Program in the United States and major European crop insurance programs such as in Spain, Italy, and France focus on ...
Tim Philippi
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Health Insurance Payment for Telehealth Services: Scoping Review and Narrative Synthesis

Journal of Medical Internet Research
BackgroundAs telehealth services have demonstrated significant advantages in providing qualified and accessible care, health insurance payments for telehealth services have been issued by various countries.
Qingqing Li, Feng Cheng, Huatang Zeng, Junfang Xu   +3 more
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Improvement in Patient‐Reported Outcomes, High Rate of Return to Sport, and Secondary Surgery Rate Ranging From 0% to 9.8% After Hip Arthroscopy in Dancers and Athletes in Flexibility Sports: A Systematic Review

Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Purpose To systematically review and report patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs), rates of return to sport, and secondary surgeries in dancers and flexibility sport athletes who underwent hip arthroscopy. Methods Using the 2020 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses criteria, a systematic review was performed with a ...
David R. Maldonado, Andrew R. Schab, Benjamin G. Domb   +2 more
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A survey in causes and rates of under reimbursement bills imposed on admitted patient\'s under social security insurance in medical teaching hospitals in Yazd province in 2008

بیمارستان, 2011
Background: The hospitals are the most significant providers of health care services. According to more health funds spending by hospitals, economic management in hospitals is necessary.
Roohollah Askari, Hamid Reza Dehghan, Mohammad Amin Bahrami, Fatemeh Keshmiri   +3 more
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Healthcare workers´ experiences and perceptions of the provision of health insurance benefits to the elderly in rural Tanzania: an explorative qualitative study

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Healthcare workers play an important part in the delivery of health insurance benefits, and their role in ensuring service quality and availability, access, and good management practice for insured clients is crucial.
Paul Joseph Amani, Miguel San Sebastian, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Angwara Denis Kiwara, Isabel Goicolea   +4 more
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Coverage Generosity of Novel Antirheumatic Drugs in Medicare Advantage and Stand‐Alone Part D Plans

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective We examine coverage of self‐administered disease‐modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in Medicare Part D. Methods Using 2022–2026 Part D formulary data, we assessed coverage of the following DMARD classes that treat relapsed rheumatoid arthritis (RA): tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, T cell costimulatory modulator, interleukin‐6 (IL ...
Youngmin Kwon, Robert W. Corty, Stacie B. Dusetzina   +2 more
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Improving the performance of social health insurance system through increasing outpatient expenditure reimbursement ratio: a quasi-experimental evaluation study from rural China

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Background China has set up a universal coverage social health insurance system since the 2009 healthcare reform. Due to the inadequate funds, the social health insurance system reimbursed the inpatient expenditures with much higher ratio than outpatient
Yudong Miao, Jianqin Gu, Liang Zhang, Ruibo He, Sandeep Sandeep, Jian Wu   +5 more
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