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A workshop on asthma management programs and centers in Brazil: reviewing and explaining concepts [PDF]
Objective: To report the results of a workshop regarding asthma management programs and centers (AMPCs) in Brazil, so that they can be used as a tool for the improvement and advancement of current and future AMPCs.
Rafael Stelmach +38 more
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Evaluation of and implications for a novel hepatitis C e-consult direct-to-treatment pilot program
A Hepatitis C (HCV) e-Consult Direct-To-Treatment (DTT) program managed by midlevel providers was developed at the Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) which provided remote referral and, in some, remote management of HCV.
Neaka Z. Mohtashemi +7 more
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Primary Care Physicians' Experience with Disease Management Programs [PDF]
To examine primary care physicians' perceptions of how disease management programs affect their practices, their relationships with their patients, and overall patient care.Cross-sectional mailed survey.The 13 largest urban counties in California.General internists, general pediatricians, and family physicians.Physicians' self-report of the effects of ...
A, Fernandez +4 more
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The role of culturally competent communication in reducing ethnic and racial healthcare disparities. [PDF]
Promoting culturally competent communication at the provider, care institution, health plan, and national levels is likely to contribute to success in reducing racial and ethnic disparities in the receipt of high quality care.
Lurie, Nicole, Taylor, Stephanie L
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BENEFITS OF A CLINICAL PATHWAY IN TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY
Objective: Demonstrate whether a multiprofessional Clinical Pathway Program in Total Knee Arthroplasty (CPPA) contributesto optimizing hospital care. Method: Retrospective study of medical data of care indicators in 310 patients divided into two groups:
Márcio de Castro Ferreira +5 more
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Can Managed Health Care Help Manage Health-Care-Associated Infections?
Managed-care organizations have a unique opportunity, still largely unrealized, to collaborate with health-care providers and epidemiologists to prevent health care-associated infections.
Richard Platt, Blake Caldwell
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A Profile of Medicaid Managed Care Programs in 2010: Findings From a 50-State Survey [PDF]
Examines types of Medicaid managed care organizations and contracts by state, including managed care organizations and primary care case management programs; issues for measuring, monitoring, and improving quality; and implications of health ...
Dyke Snipes +3 more
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Has Medicaid Managed Care Affected Beneficiary Access and Use?
This paper uses data from the 1997 National Survey of America's Families to examine the effects of the various forms of mandatory Medicaid managed care on access and use among beneficiaries not receiving Supplemental Security Income or Medicare benefits.
Stephen Zuckerman +2 more
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Background Previous studies have found that even limited prevention-related interventions can affect health behaviors such as substance use and risky sex.
Lemak Christy +2 more
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Overregulation of Health Care: Musings on Disruptive Innovation Theory [PDF]
Disruptive innovation theory provides one lens through which to describe how regulations may stifle innovation and increase costs. Basing their discussion on this theory, Curtis and Schulman consider some of the effects that regulatory controls may have ...
Dahlqvist Leinhard, Olof +6 more
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