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ABSTRACT Background Disparities in thyroid cancer care are driven by demographic and socioeconomic factors such as insurance status, income, and access to specialized care. Methods Retrospective chart review. Demographic and clinical data from 281 adult patients who underwent thyroidectomy or hemithyroidectomy for papillary or follicular thyroid cancer
Breanna Dominguez +5 more
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Reducing Nursing Home Use Through Consumer-Directed Personal Care Services [PDF]
Highlights findings on how the Cash and Counseling program, which allows Medicaid enrollees with personal care services to hire their own care workers, affected nursing facility use and expenditures as well as personal care and Medicaid costs in ...
Deanna Lewis, Randall Brown, Stacy Dale
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ABSTRACT Background Patients with HPV+ oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) have worse outcomes with longer smoking history (≥ 10 pack‐years). This has been confirmed in trials of primary radiotherapy but not surgery, suggesting differential smoking impact by treatment received. We assessed smoking‐related outcomes at a single institution.
Michelle M. Kwan +17 more
wiley +1 more source
The Deficit Reduction Act's (DRA) Citizenship Documentation Requirements for Medicaid Through the Eyes of State Officials in December 2006 and January 2007 [PDF]
Based on interviews, summarizes how state officials expect the 2005 citizenship documentation requirement for Medicaid to affect efforts to simplify application processes and enrollment in Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance ...
Eileen Ellis, Lisa Duchon
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Using Discontinuous Eligibility Rules to Identify the Effects of the Federal Medicaid Expansions on Low Income Children [PDF]
This paper exploits the discrete nature of the eligibility criteria for two major federal expansions of Medicaid to measure the effects on Medicaid coverage, overall health insurance coverage, and the probability of visiting a doctor.
David Card, Lara D. Shore-Sheppard
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Rising Unemployment, Medicaid and the Uninsured [PDF]
Estimates the impact of different levels of unemployment on healthcare coverage and state costs for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) and the uninsured.
Bowen Garrett, John Holahan
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Prognostic Value of Perioperative Anemia in Neurosurgical‐Oncological Treatment of Spinal Metastases
High perioperative morbidity in patients undergoing surgery for spinal metastases highlights the need to identify modifiable risk factors, particularly the underexplored role of anemia. This study assessed associations between perioperative hemoglobin levels and complications, recurrence, and mortality in patients treated surgically for spinal ...
Marija Janjic +13 more
wiley +1 more source
Uninsured Veterans and Family Members: State and National Estimates of Expanded Medicaid Eligibility Under the ACA [PDF]
Analysis of the 2008-2010 American Community Survey indicates that 535,000 uninsured veterans and 174,000 uninsured spouses of veterans -- or 4 in 10 uninsured veterans and 1 in 4 uninsured spouses -- have incomes below 138 percent of poverty and could ...
Genevieve M. Kenney, Jennifer Haley
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Gout in pregnancy: Obstetric and neonatal outcomes
Abstract Objective The pregnancy, delivery, and neonatal outcomes of pregnancies complicated by gout have yet to be evaluated in a population‐based study. We sought to evaluate the obstetric and neonatal outcomes in pregnant patients with gout using a national population database.
Sam Amar +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Medicare, Medicaid and the Deficit Debate [PDF]
Examines 2000-10 Medicare and Medicaid expenditures; projections for 2011-20 from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Congressional Budget Office; contributing factors, including enrollment growth; and proposals for curbing ...
John Holahan, Stacey McMorrow
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