Effects of health insurance on patient demand for physician services [PDF]
Health Economics Review, 2020 Background In recent years, policymakers have sought to reduce health disparities between the insured and uninsured through a federal health insurance expansion policy; however, disparities continue to persist among the insured population.
Jerome Dugan
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Social health insurance and professional ethics in Romania: between legal framework and medical integrity [PDF]
Frontiers in Health ServicesBackgroundRomania's social health insurance system is based on the Bismarck model and aims to provide universal healthcare access through compulsory contributions.
Roxana Elena Mirică +3 more
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Regional disparities in insurance-covered cognitive behavioural therapy in Japan: a nationwide cross-sectional study using National Database Open Data, 2015–2023 [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjectives Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is recommended as a first-line treatment for depression and anxiety disorders, but its utilisation under Japan’s national health insurance remains poorly understood.
Takayuki Fujii, Yuji Nogami, Taiga Seo
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Barriers to Care for Total Joint Arthroplasty Patients With Medicaid Insurance: A Survey Study of the Surgeon Perspective [PDF]
Arthroplasty TodayBackground: The purpose of this study was to assess the demographic characteristics of orthopaedic surgeons in Louisiana taking care of patients with Medicaid insurance and to assess any perceived barriers to care, with a focus on total joint ...
Christopher Bloise, MD +5 more
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The agenda-setting process for urban family physician program within Iran’s health insurance [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground and objective Since 2005, health policymakers in Iran have focused on the rural family physician plan to minimize unnecessary specialist referrals and enhance both efficiency and equitable access to services.
Amirhossein Fatahpour +2 more
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Health Reform Observer - Observatoire des Réformes de Santé, 2014 On 8 December 2011, Québec’s Minister of Health and Social Services amended the province’s Pharmacy Act by introducing Bill 41 to expand pharmacists’ role in patient care.
Renée Carter, Amélie Quesnel-Vallée
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Patient-perceived value of Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services: a series of focus groups [PDF]
INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy, 2012 Objective: To determine the patient-perceived value of MTM services and non-financial barriers preventing patients with insurance coverage from receiving MTM services. Design: Focus groups.
Amanda Brummel, PharmD +3 more
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Hourly wages of physicians within medical fees based on the Korean relative value unit system [PDF]
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2020 Background/Aims It is difficult to reach a social agreement on the appropriate level of compensation for professionals. This study was performed to examine the physician fee embedded in the relative value unit (RVU) system in comparison with the Korean ...
Hyun Ah Kim +3 more
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Revista de Saúde Pública, 2015 OBJECTIVE To evaluate the individual and contextual determinants of the use of health care services in the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo. METHODS Data from the Sao Paulo Megacity study – the Brazilian version of the World Mental Health Survey ...
Alexandre Dias Porto Chiavegatto Filho +5 more
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Physician Awareness of Enhanced Prenatal Services for Medicaid-Insured Pregnant Women [PDF]
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 2014 Medicaid enhanced prenatal service (EPS) programs, including care coordination, were developed to improve birth outcomes for low-income pregnant women. In Michigan, less than a third of eligible pregnant women are enrolled in services. Physician or medical clinics provide referrals to community-based EPS.The objective of this study was to examine ...
Jennifer E, Raffo +4 more
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