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Factors contributing to educational differences in obesity among women: evidence from South Korea

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Obesity is more prevalent among less-educated women than highly-educated women around the world. However, little is known about the factors which cause this difference in obesity, and almost nothing is known about how the individual factors ...
Woojin Chung, Seungji Lim
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Smoking and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk in young men: the Korean Life Course Health Study

BMJ Open, 2019
ObjectiveTo examine the effect of smoking on risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in Korean young men and to examine whether serum total cholesterol levels could modify the effect of smoking on ASCVD.DesignA prospective cohort study ...
Yongho Jee, Sunmi Lee, Joung Hwan Back
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The effect of tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy on medical services used in association with otitis media based on Korean national sample cohort data

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2020
Background The effect of tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy (T&A) on otitis media has been investigated, but there have been no reports of the relationship between T&A and medical services used in association with otitis media.
Junhui Jeong, Jung Kyu Choi, Jae Sung Nam, Hyang Ae Shin, Jung Hyun Chang, Hyun Seung Choi   +5 more
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Adjusting for Confounders in Outcome Studies Using the Korea National Health Insurance Claim Database: A Review of Methods and Applications [PDF]

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Objectives: Adjusting for potential confounders is crucial for producing valuable evidence in outcome studies. Although numerous studies have been published using the Korea National Health Insurance Claim Database, no study has critically reviewed the ...
Seung Jin Han, Kyoung Hoon Kim
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The relationship between health insurance ownership and health service utilization, out-of-pocket expenses, and catastrophic health expenditure in the Special Region of Yogyakarta in 2023 [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Creating financial protection for the Indonesian people is one of the main functions of Universal Health Coverage. Implementing health insurance is expected to protect society from out-of-pocket expenditures. Catastrophic health expenditure can result in
Arviana Mestika Elok, Hafidz Firdaus, Setiyaningsih Hermawati   +2 more
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Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Rasheed A. Balogun   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The development of the Saudi Billing System supporting national health transformation: methods and justification

BMC Health Services Research
Background The Saudi health transformation program entails a comprehensive reform of all health system functions. One of the pillars of this reform is the health care financing transformation.
Husein Reka, Deniza Mazevska, Jim Pearse, Abdullah Al Maghrabi, Susan E. Young, Shabab Al Ghamdi   +5 more
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The Impact of IT Investments on Sales: Case of Iran Insurance Company [PDF]

International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics, 2017
The role of Information Technology (IT) in service organizations like banks and insurance offices is very important. These organizations are developing IT-based services because in this way they apply not only more economical methods comparing to ...
Farima Noravesh, Zohreh Pishbin
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Variations in the Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratios in Korea [PDF]

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2014
Objectives: The hospital standardized mortality ratio (HSMR) has been widely used because it allows for robust risk adjustment using administrative data and is important for improving the quality of patient care.
Eun-Jung Lee, Soo-Hee Hwang, Jung-A Lee, Yoon Kim   +3 more
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Advancing Stroke Clinical Trials Using Community Engagement and Implementation Science Approaches

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stroke clinical trials are essential for advancing stroke care but can face challenges with recruitment, retention, clinical relevance, and translation into real‐world practice. We propose that integrating community engagement and implementation science approaches into stroke trials can help address these needs.
Lesli E. Skolarus, Devin L. Brown, Bernadette Boden‐Albala   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source