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Charting the path to the implementation of universal health coverage policy in Nigeria through the lens of Delphi methodology

BMC Health Services Research
Background Expanding access to equitable health insurance is an important lever towards the overall strategy for achieving universal health coverage. In Nigeria, health insurance coverage is low with a renewed government action on increasing access to ...
Jibril M. Bashar, Sulaiman Hadiza, Ozoilo J. Ugochi, Lawal S. Muhammad, Adeoye Olufemi, Ukoh Eberechi, Yakubu Agada-Amade, Alhassan Yusuf, Abdulhamid H. Abdullahi, Hassan S. Musa, Ahmad A. Ibrahim, Kalu-Umeh Nnennaya, Jennifer Anyanti, Dayyabu Yusuf, Kenneth Okoineme, Jennifer Adebambo, Samuel O. Ikani, Dennis Aizobu, Musa Abubakar, Babandi S. Zaharaddeen, Lawal Aminu, Yusuf H. Wada   +21 more
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Diagnostic Use of Testing for Novel Murine Autoantibodies for Sjögren Disease in the Rheumatology Outpatient Setting

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The goal was to assess the diagnostic performance of three novel autoantibodies (NA) for Sjögren disease (SjD) by comparing NA prevalence in patients with SjD, other autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs), nonspecific chronic sialadenitis (CS), and controls.
Chadwick R. Johr, Michael D. George, Vatinee Y. Bunya, Nora Sandorfi, Mina Massaro‐Giordano, Frederick B. Vivino   +5 more
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Community-based health insurance beneficiaries’ satisfaction with health service provision and its predictors at outpatient department of public health facilities in Ethiopia: findings from a cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research
Background Ethiopia’s Community-based health insurance (CBHI) is currently providing financial protection to more than 54 million beneficiaries (64% of the target population).
Teklu Debebe, Adamu Wondimtekahu, Bereket Habte, Kidist Dereje, Alemayehu Bedassa, Wudalew Meselu Tesfaye, Hilina Faye, Dereje Mengistu, Yamerot Andualem, Tesfaye Worku, Geremew Tesgera, Tigist Yoseph, Frehiwot Abebe, Muluken Argaw, Adamtachew Beyene, Mekonnen Ararso, Fikru Teshome, Wodaje Gietaneh   +17 more
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Temporal Trends and Short‐ and Long‐Term Mortality of People With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We investigated whether a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects the quality of inpatient acute myocardial infarction (AMI) care and long‐term mortality post‐AMI. Methods We analyzed data from 784,091 adults, 6,047 with a diagnosis of RA, from England and Wales hospitalized with AMI between 2005 and 2019 from the Myocardial Ischaemia ...
Megan Butler, Nicholas Weight, Muhammad Rashid, Rodrigo Bagur, Purvi Parwani, Samantha Hider, Edward Roddy, Robert Butler, Mamas A. Mamas   +8 more
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Evaluation of a Novel Electric Health Record Sidecar Application to Display Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Outcomes During Clinic Visits: Results of a Stepped‐Wedge Cluster Randomized Pragmatic Trial

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We developed a novel electronic health record sidecar application to visualize key rheumatoid arthritis (RA) outcomes, including disease activity, physical function, and pain, via a patient‐facing graphical interface designed for use during outpatient visits (“RA PRO dashboard”).
Gabriela Schmajuk, Jing Li, Cathy Nasrallah, Cherish Wilson, Alicia Hamblin, Christine Hariz, Cammie Young, Stephen Shiboski, Emma Kersey, Mary Nakamura, Judith F. Ashouri, Mehrdad Matloubian, Andrew J. Gross, Jennifer Barton, Beth Berrean, Jonathan Prugh, Jinoos Yazdany   +16 more
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Development and validation of a prognostic model for early triage of patients diagnosed with COVID-19

Scientific Reports, 2021
We developed a tool to guide decision-making for early triage of COVID-19 patients based on a predicted prognosis, using a Korean national cohort of 5,596 patients, and validated the developed tool with an external cohort of 445 patients treated in a ...
Chansik An, Hyun Cheol Oh, Jung Hyun Chang, Seung-Jin Oh, Jung Mo Lee, Chang Hoon Han, Seong Woo Kim   +6 more
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Insuring health or insuring wealth? An experimental evaluation of health insurance in rural Cambodia [PDF]

Journal of Development Economics, 2016
Abstract We randomize the insurance premium for the SKY micro-health insurance program in rural Cambodia, allowing us to estimate the causal effects of health insurance on economic, health care utilization, and health outcomes. SKY insurance has its greatest impact on economic outcomes.
Levine, David, Polimeni, Rachel, Ramage, Ian   +2 more
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Addressing Economic Insecurities Can Improve Patient‐Reported Outcomes in Lupus

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Economic insecurities, such as food, housing, transportation, and financial challenges, are modifiable risk factors and influence patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We examined the following: (1) associations between economic insecurities and PROs, and (2) the impact of screening and addressing economic ...
Jay Patel, Tripti Singh, Meredith Ingersoll, Shelby Gomez, Amanda Weber, Sarah E. Panzer, Sancia Ferguson, Christie M. Bartels, Shivani Garg   +8 more
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The characteristic large‐scale annual analysis by gender and age in heart failure patients: cohort for 10 years in Korea

ESC Heart Failure, 2023
Aims The prevalence and incidence rate of heart failure (HF) continues to increase along with the aging of the population and the increase of ischaemic heart disease. The morbidity and mortality of HF are also on the rise in the industrialized countries;
Kyeong‐Hyeon Chun, Haeyong Pak, Hyeongsoo Kim, Ji‐Yong Jang, Hancheol Lee, Jong‐Kwan Park, Seungjin Oh, Se‐Jung Yoon   +7 more
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Use of a Molecular Signature Response Classifier to Inform Treatment Selection Improves Clinical Disease Activity Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Initiating a Biologic or Targeted Synthetic Disease‐Modifying Antirheumatic Drug

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We assessed the effectiveness of PrismRA to improve clinical outcomes among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) initiating treatment with a biologic or targeted synthetic disease‐modifying antirheumatic drug (b/tsDMARD). Methods PrismRA incorporated 19 gene expression features and four clinical features to assess a patient's likelihood of
Fenglong Xie, Timothy Beukelman, Nicholas P. McCormick, Jeffrey R. Curtis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source