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The Non‐Professional Virtues of the Hospice Volunteer

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Volunteers have long played a significant role in hospice care. Much of the care volunteers provide consists of weekly hour‐long in‐home visits. Home‐visiting hospice volunteers are not professionals, nor are they strangers or intimates. Hospice volunteers will not typically face moral dilemmas, nor be called upon to make dramatic decisions ...
Michael B. Gill
wiley   +1 more source

Less Restrictive Medicaid Policies for Direct‐Acting Antiviral Access Are Associated With Greater Declines in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Deaths

Cancer Medicine
Background In the United States (US), chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the leading cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Direct‐acting antivirals (DAAs) cure HCV and reduce HCC risk, but Medicaid DAA coverage varies across states.
Gabriel V. Lupu, Bhagyashree Behera, A. Sidney Barritt IV, Sasha Deutsch‐Link, Jane Giang, Ellen W. Green, Oren K. Fix, Neil D. Shah, Hersh Shroff, Andrew M. Moon   +9 more
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State Medicaid Programs: A Trifocal Examination of the Controversy Surrounding Expansion [PDF]

, 2014
The conversation regarding Medicaid expansion is ever-changing as states grapple with whether to expand their existing programs. Through this now-optional piece of legislation, state governments can choose to extend healthcare coverage via the federal ...
Daly, Meredith
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The Current Status of Infant Oral Health Instruction Within Predoctoral Dental Education

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A pediatric dental home is a patient–provider relationship that establishes compassionate, comprehensive care that is continually accessible. For more than two decades, professional organizations have recommended children establish a dental home by their first birthday. In 2024, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) Council on Pre‐
Beau D. Meyer, Priyanshi Ritwik, Jean Star, Timothy Followell, Mikhail Jones, Leola Royston, Brenda Bohaty, Martina Majstorovic, Adriana Modesto Gomes Da Silva, Katherine Chin, James R. Boynton, Chelsea Fosse   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medicaid 1915(c) home and community-based services waivers across the states. [PDF]

, 2000
This article provides State-level data on the Medicaid 1915(c) home and community-based services (HCBS) waivers program. Medicaid 1915(c) waiver participants were 32 percent of the Medicaid participants in institutional care in 1997.
Harrington, C, LeBlanc, AJ, Tonner, MC
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A Racial Impact Analysis of SB 30: Medicaid Expansion [PDF]

, 2014
Virginia is the second worst state in providing Medicaid to its citizens. The focus of this report is to provide a racial equity impact analysis of Senate Bill (SB) 30, the Senate legislative vehicle for the appropriations of the budget submitted by the ...
Davis, Cindy, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Irving, Robert, Pope, Kimberly, Reid, Monica   +4 more
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Poverty Simulations: Are the Learning Outcomes Consistently and Uniformly Positive?

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Research indicates significant improvement in average attitudes toward those in poverty following poverty simulations, but little research addresses whether students benefit uniformly. This study measured variability in poverty attitude change following poverty simulations and tested whether poverty attitudes are associated with ...
Michelle R. McQuistan, Lance Brendan Young, Chandler Pendleton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medicaid & Work: Keeping your Medicaid While You Work [PDF]

, 2009
The purpose of this guide is to educate New Yorkers with disabilities who receive SSI about how they can go to work and keep their ...
Golden, Thomas P, Lopez-Soto, Edwin J.
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Workforce Representation and Service in Shortage Areas: Outcomes of a HBCU College of Dentistry, Class 2004–2023

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose This study examines Howard University College of Dentistry's (HUCD) contributions to dental education, focusing on its role in strengthening workforce representation, expanding access to care in dental health professional shortage areas (DHPSAs) and medically underserved areas (MUAs), and addressing persistent oral health disparities ...
Marzia Mustamand, Minxuan Lan, Esther Childers, Cheryl Fryer, Kingsley Kanjin, Emma Ta‐Zhou, Najah Abduh, Whittley Deleveaux, Raheem Pierre, Gail Cherry‐Peppers, Reginald Salter, Deborah Nixon‐Willis, Tanya Greenfield, Dexter Woods, Andrea Jackson, Xinbin Gu   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community‐Based Postdoctoral Dentistry Program in Special Care Dentistry: Development and Implementation

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction There is a growing, national need for properly trained dentists to provide special care dentistry to a transitioning, aging, and medically complex population. This study describes the implementation and initial impact of a novel academic‐community intervention designed to rapidly address this critical gap in provider training and ...
Dan Burch, Marvellous A. Akinlotan, Oluyomi Oloruntoba, Prerana Gurudath, Carol Dean, Katherine Miller Nimmons, Nina Ray, Jayne Reuben   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source