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Perceived Impacts and Predictors of Cannabis Products used by Rheumatology Patients in Alberta: A Multivariable Analysis of Cross‐sectional Survey Data

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective This study aimed to characterize cannabis product choices (cannabinoid content and formulation) among rheumatology patients, and their associations with patient factors, patient reported perceived side effects and positive impacts. Methods An online survey (delivered from March to November 2022) was distributed by Alberta Health Services to ...
Susan Zhang, Samuel A.J. Lowe, Frank Sun, Allyson Jones, Tarek Turk, Joanne Olson, Pauline Paul, Shelby Yamamoto, Linda Kolewaski, Elaine Yacyshyn, Cheryl A. Sadowski   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

How to get your procedures authorized and win your appeals: Lessons learned by a prior authorization medical director

JVS-Vascular Insights
Prior authorization (also known as preauthorization, precertification, or prior approval) is used by health insurance companies to determine whether they will cover a specific medical service, procedure, or medication before it is provided. However, this
Russell H. Samson, MD, DFSVS, FACS
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Basic knowledge for counseling patients undergoing risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy [PDF]

Obstetrics & Gynecology Science
Significant progress has been made in the molecular diagnosis of cancer. It provides personalized medicine, including cancer diagnosis, prognosis, targeted therapy, and risk detection.
Jihye Kim, Chel Hun Choi
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Quality Advantage? Provider Quality and Networks in Medicare Advantage

Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 2020
Medicare Advantage plans have grown significantly over the past decade and the potential for their future growth seems unabated. Astonishingly, however, we know little about how Medicare beneficiaries access services, particularly whether those services ...
Simon F. Haeder
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All-Payer Claims Databases: State Initiatives to Improve Health Care Transparency [PDF]

, 2010
Examines states' efforts to support transparency and reform by developing claims databases with comprehensive information on disease incidence, utilization patterns, costs, and health outcomes.
Denise Love, Patrick Miller, William Custer   +2 more
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Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Short‐Term Functional Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Individuals with SLE can accumulate functional status (FS) impairment. We evaluated the association between neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, as measured by the area deprivation index (ADI), and FS in a national SLE sample. Methods Data were derived from RISE, a national electronic health record‐based registry.
Baljeet Rai, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Jing Li, Eric Roberts, Patricia Katz, Laura Plantinga, Gabriela Schmajuk, Jinoos Yazdany   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic hepatitis C virus infection is associated with the development of rheumatoid arthritis: a nationwide population-based study in taiwan. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The association between chronic hepatitis virus infection and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains debatable. This nationwide population-based cohort study assessed the risk of RA among patients with a chronic infection of hepatitis B and/or C virus.We used
Fu-Hsiung Su, Chien-Sheng Wu, Fung-Chang Sung, Shih-Ni Chang, Chien-Tien Su, Ying-Hua Shieh, Chih-Ching Yeh   +6 more
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Oregon: Round 1 - State-Level Field Network Study of the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act [PDF]

, 2014
This report is part of a series of 21 state and regional studies examining the rollout of the ACA. The national network ---- with 36 states and 61 researchers ---- is led by the Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy research arm of the ...
Billie Sandberg, Jill Jamison Rissi
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Real‐world trends in prenatal antirheumatic drug utilization in Ontario, Canada: A cross‐sectional time‐series analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives This study aimed to describe real‐world trends in preconception and prenatal use of antirheumatic drugs among pregnant individuals with rheumatic diseases in Ontario, Canada. Methods We conducted a time‐series analysis using repeated cross‐sectional data to examine annual patterns of disease‐modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) use among ...
Shenthuraan Tharmarajah, Swaleh Hussain, Sara J.T. Guilcher, Lisa M. McCarthy, Dharini Mahendira, Howard Berger, Mina Tadrous   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Timing of Pediatric Breast Reduction and Insurance Coverage: Single-institution Retrospective Study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Background:. Although long-term benefits of reduction mammaplasty have been proven, the appropriate age for adolescent reduction mammaplasty has been highly debated due to possible need for revision surgery.
Ariel E. Figueroa, MD, Alice Yau, MD, Marina A. Lentskevich, MD, Kareem Termanini, MD, Arun K. Gosain, MD   +4 more
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