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Effects of Supplementary Private Health Insurance on Physician Visits in Korea

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2009
The coverage of social health insurance has remained limited, despite it being compulsory in Korea. Accordingly, Koreans have come to rely upon supplementary private health insurance (PHI) to cover their medical costs.
Sungwook Kang, Chang Hoon You, Young Dae Kwon, Eun-Hwan Oh   +3 more
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Design of a Model for Management of Referral System in the Iranian Urban Family Physician Program

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2020
Background: The purpose of this research was to identify the main dimensions of management of referral systems in family physician program and then introduce them to policymakers of the country primary health care.
Farshad TAVAKOLI, Amir Ashkan NASIRIPOUR, Leila RIAHI, Mahmoud MAHMOUDI   +3 more
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Access to and Payment for Office-Based Buprenorphine Treatment in Ohio

Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 2017
Importance: Office-based opiate agonist therapy has dramatically expanded access to medication-assisted treatment over the past decade but has also led to increased buprenorphine diversion.
Theodore V Parran, Joseph Z Muller, Elina Chernyak, Chris Adelman, Christina M Delos Reyes, Douglas Rowland, Mykola Kolganov   +6 more
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Using an integrated COC index and multilevel measurements to verify the care outcome of patients with multiple chronic conditions

BMC Health Services Research, 2012
Background The increasing prevalence of multiple chronic conditions has accentuated the importance of coordinating and integrating health care services.
Chan Chien-Lung, You Huey-Jen, Huang Hsin-Tsung, Ting Hsien-Wei   +3 more
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Designing Insurance to Promote Use of Childhood Obesity Prevention Services

Journal of Obesity, 2013
Childhood obesity is a recognized public health crisis. This paper reviews the lessons learned from a voluntary initiative to expand insurance coverage for childhood obesity prevention and treatment services in the United States.
Kimberly J. Rask, Julie A. Gazmararian, Susan S. Kohler, Jonathan N. Hawley, Jenny Bogard, Victoria A. Brown   +5 more
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Disparities in Service Quality Among Insured Adult Patients Seen in Physicians’ Offices [PDF]

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2010
To examine racial disparities in health care service quality.Secondary data analyses of visits by primary care service users in the Community Tracking Study household sample.Sixty communities across the United States.A total of 41,537 insured adult patients making sick visits to primary care physicians in 1996-1997, 1998-1999, 2000-2001, and 2003.Lag ...
Dan P, Ly, Sherry A, Glied
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Unmet health care needs among pregnant women during COVID‐19 pandemic and its determinants in Kurdistan province, Iran: A cross‐sectional study

Health Science Reports, 2022
Background and Aims The aim of this study was to assess unmet needs for health care and its determinants during COVID‐19 pandemic among pregnant women in Iran. Methods This cross‐sectional study was performed among pregnant women in Kurdistan province in
Abdorrahim Afkhamzadeh, Azad Shokri, Hossein Safari, Elham Nouri, Amjad Mohamadi Bolbanabad, Shina Amirihosseini, Bakhtiar Piroozi   +6 more
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Concentration of Physician Services Across Insurers and Effects on Quality

Medical Care, 2019
BackgroundA growing proportion of Medicare beneficiaries is covered by private insurers through Medicare Advantage, yet little is known about how these plans are structured in terms of relationships with physicians and implications for quality of care.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to assess whether greater physician concentration of services
Welch, W Pete, Sen, Aditi P, Bindman, Andrew B   +2 more
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Survival by Race and Ethnicity in Children and Adolescents/Young Adults With Relapsed/Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Pooled Analysis of Children's Oncology Group Trials

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Despite 5‐year survival rates of over 90% among children and adolescents/young adults (CAYAs) with classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), 15%–20% relapse after frontline therapy. Prior analysis of frontline Children's Oncology Group (COG) clinical trials demonstrated that, despite similar rates of relapse, non‐Hispanic Black (NHB) and ...
Mallorie B. Heneghan, Lindsay A. Renfro, Yue Wu, Katia M. Crisler, Erin Marcotte, Tanya Trippett, Terzah Horton, Bradford S. Hoppe, Frank G. Keller, Chris Forlenza, Cindy Schwartz, Kara M. Kelly, Peter D. Cole, Sharon M. Castellino, Justine M. Kahn   +14 more
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Access to In-Network Emergency Physicians and Emergency Departments Within Federally Qualified Health Plans in 2015

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2016
Introduction: Under regulations established by the Affordable Care Act, insurance plans must meet minimum standards in order to be sold through the federal Marketplace.
Stephen C. Dorner, MSc, Carlos A. Camargo, Jr., MD, DrPH, Jeremiah D. Schuur, MD, MHS, Ali S. Raja, MD, MBA   +3 more
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