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Does Government subsidy for costs of medical and pharmaceutical services result in higher service utilization by older widowed women in Australia?

BMC Health Services Research, 2012
Background In Australia, Medicare, the national health insurance system which includes the Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), provides partial coverage for most medical services and pharmaceuticals.
Tooth Leigh R, Hockey Richard, Treloar Susan, McClintock Christine, Dobson Annette   +4 more
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Applying an Ethical Lens to the Treatment of People With Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The practice of neurology requires an understanding of clinical ethics for decision‐making. In multiple sclerosis (MS) care, there are a wide range of ethical considerations that may arise. These involve shared decision‐making around selection of a disease‐modifying therapy (DMT), risks and benefits of well‐studied medications in comparison to
Methma Udawatta, Farrah J. Mateen
wiley   +1 more source

Catastrophic expenditures and impoverishment due to out-of-pocket health payments in Kosovo

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2018
Background The current health system reforms in Kosovo aim to improve health status through universal health coverage. Risk pooling and ensuring access to necessary care without financial hardship are envisaged through compulsory health insurance.
Fatime Arenliu Qosaj, Guenter Froeschl, Merita Berisha, Bashkim Bellaqa, Rolf Holle   +4 more
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Clinical Outcomes of Patients Within the Rheumatoid Arthritis Care Pathway Cohort at a Tertiary Care Integrated Delivery Network: A Comparison to Usual Care

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to compare clinical outcomes between patients in the Allegheny Health Network rheumatoid arthritis (RA) care pathway and patients receiving usual care. Methods The care pathway initiative implements guideline‐based best practice alongside multidisciplinary team‐based care.
Tarun Sharma, Tyson S. Barrett, Teigan Dwyer, Nancy Campbell, Jessica Heintzinger, Ellen Kraemer, Adam Dore, Susan Manzi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Outcome-based reimbursement in Central-Eastern Europe and Middle-East

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
Outcome-based reimbursement models can effectively reduce the financial risk to health care payers in cases when there is important uncertainty or heterogeneity regarding the clinical value of health technologies.
Ildikó Ádám, Marcelien Callenbach, Bertalan Németh, Rick A. Vreman, Rick A. Vreman, Cecilia Tollin, Johan Pontén, Dalia Dawoud, Dalia Dawoud, Jamie Elvidge, Nick Crabb, Sahar Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn-Khosrovani, Anke Pisters-van Roy, Áron Vincziczki, Emad Almomani, Maja Vajagic, Z. Gulsen Oner, Mirna Matni, Jurij Fürst, Rabia Kahveci, Wim G. Goettsch, Wim G. Goettsch, Zoltán Kaló, Zoltán Kaló   +23 more
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Temporal Trends in and Associations With Nonsteroidal Anti‐inflammatory Drug Prescription in Adult and Pediatric Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Recent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatment guidelines have recommended against nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drug (NSAID) use despite prevalent musculoskeletal symptoms and opioid overuse in this population. Given the discordance between changing national guidelines and potential clinical utility, we sought to assess national temporal
Adam S. Mayer, Rui Xiao, Andrew Grossman, Meenakshi Bewtra, Michael D. George, Pamela F. Weiss   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pharmaceutical Care Within Community Pharmacies: Tools Availability and Pharmacists’ Views, Wad-Medani, Sudan

Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice, 2023
Ismaeil Eldooma,1,2 Maha Maatoug,2 Mirghani Yousif2 1National Health Insurance Fund. Planning, Research, and Information, Gezira State, Sudan; 2Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacy Practice Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Gezira, Wad Medani ...
Eldooma I, Maatoug M, Yousif M
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An Analysis of Current Healthcare Proposals: Obama and McCain [PDF]

, 2008
The healthcare system of the U.S. is broken. The next opportunity for overwhelming healthcare system reform will be when the next president takes office.
Terrell, Dan
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Impact of Positive Lifestyle Behaviors on Direct Health Care Cost Savings for Low Back Pain

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aimed to investigate the relationship between a previously purpose‐developed lifestyle behavior scale and health care cost savings related to low back pain (LBP). Methods This longitudinal study used data from the Australian Twin Back (AUTBACK) study. LBP and lifestyle behavior measures were collected at baseline. Physical activity
Ye Tian, Katharine E. Roberts, Michelle Hall, Paula R. Beckenkamp, Angelo Sabag, Karoline Moe, Ana Paula Carvalho‐e‐Silva, Emily J. Callander, Paulo H. Ferreira   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Outcomes of Pharmacist-Led Pharmaceutical Care Interventions Within Community Pharmacies: Narrative Review

Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice, 2023
Ismaeil Eldooma,1,2 Maha Maatoug,2 Mirghani Yousif2 1Department of Planning, Research, and Information; National Health Insurance Fund, Wad-Medani, Sudan; 2Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, University of Gezira, Wad-Medani ...
Eldooma I, Maatoug M, Yousif M
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