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The Constitutionality of Mandates to Purchase Health Insurance [PDF]

, 2009
Health insurance mandates have been a component of many recent health care reform proposals. Because a federal requirement that individuals transfer money to a private party is unprecedented, a number of legal issues must be examined. This paper analyzes
Barber, Chemerinsky, Church, Epstein, Hoke, Kaye, Kondrates, Mark A. Hall, Merrill, Nowak, Penalver, Rosenthal, Rubenfeld, Scalia, Siegel, Stone, Sunstein, Sunstein   +17 more
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Social health insurance reexamined [PDF]

Health Economics, 2009
AbstractSocial health insurance (SHI) is enjoying something of a revival in parts of the developing world. Many countries that have in the past relied largely on tax finance (and out‐of‐pocket payments) have introduced SHI, or are thinking about doing so.
openaire   +3 more sources

Inpatient Food Insecurity and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hospitalization Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children with cancer and blood disorders are at risk for food insecurity (FI). We aimed to describe the association of inpatient food insecurity (IFI) and hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to the pediatric hematology oncology service. Of 325 caregivers screened for IFI, 60 (18.6%) screened positive.
Joanna M. Robles, Greg Russell, Leila H. DeWitt, Kimberly Montez, Callie L. Brown   +4 more
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Real-world effectiveness of long-acting injections for reducing recurrent hospitalizations in patients with schizophrenia

Annals of General Psychiatry, 2020
Background The comparative effectiveness of antipsychotic long-acting injections (LAIs) and oral medication is not clear due to various methodological problems.
Hye Ok Kim, Gi Hyeon Seo, Boung Chul Lee
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Rates of public health insurance coverage for children rise as rates of private coverage decline [PDF]

, 2011
This brief uses data from the 2008, 2009, and 2010 American Community Survey to document changes in rates of children’s health insurance, between private and public.
Bean, Jessica A., Staley, Michael J., Ulrich, Jessica D.   +2 more
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Re‐Awakening Public Attention to the Silent Pandemic of Cancer Among Older Adults in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global populations age, cancer is increasingly becoming a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Despite accounting for the majority of new cancer cases and deaths, older individuals remain underrepresented in cancer research, clinical guidelines, and health ...
Ibrahim Bidemi Abdullateef, Sunkanmi Folorunsho, Abdulazeez Opeyemi Abdulganiyu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and validation of a nomogram to predict pulmonary function and the presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a Korean population

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2021
Background Early suspicion followed by assessing lung function with spirometry could decrease the underdiagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in primary care.
Sang Chul Lee, Chansik An, Jongha Yoo, Sungho Park, Donggyo Shin, Chang Hoon Han   +5 more
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Assessing the per Capita Food Supply Trends of 38 OECD Countries between 2000 and 2019—A Joinpoint Regression Analysis

Life, 2023
Food supply has an impact on the prevalence of diet-related non-communicable diseases. We aimed to analyze the protein, fat (g/capita/day) and calorie (kcal/capita/day) supply from 2000 to 2019 as derived from the OECD Health Statistics database.
Tímea Csákvári, Diána Elmer, Noémi Németh, Márk Komáromy, Luca Fanni Kajos, Bettina Kovács, Imre Boncz   +6 more
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More Than 95 Percent of U.S. Children Had Health Insurance in 2015 [PDF]

, 2017
In this brief, author Michael Staley examines rates of children’s health insurance across the United States, by region and by place type, breaking down rates by private and public coverage. He reports that over 95 percent of all U.S.
Staley, Michael J.
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Tracking Motor Progression and Device‐Aided Therapy Eligibility in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To characterise the progression of motor symptoms and identify eligibility for device‐aided therapies in Parkinson's disease, using both the 5‐2‐1 criteria and a refined clinical definition, while examining differences across genetic subgroups.
David Ledingham, Sahana Sathyanarayana, Charlotte B. Stewart, Robyn Iredale, Victoria Foster, Debra Galley, Mark Baker, Nicola Pavese   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source