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Parent-identified opportunities for improving asthma care for children insured by Medicaid following implementation of statewide Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations in Massachusetts

Frontiers in Allergy
BackgroundChildhood asthma is common and associated with extensive racial, ethnic and socioeconomic healthcare inequities and health disparities. Approximately 50% of children with asthma are insured by Medicaid in the U.S.
Sarah L. Goff, Charlotte F. Gilson, Sai S. Chilakapati, Joyce Mogaka, Berry L. Williams, Erin DeCou, Kimberley H. Geissler   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dual Eligibles: Medicaid Enrollment and Spending for Medicare Beneficiaries in 2007 [PDF]

, 2010
Provides an update on the share of total Medicaid enrollment and spending on those eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid through 2007, state-by-state estimates of Medicaid enrollment and expenditures for dual eligibles, and a breakdown of ...
David Rousseau, Emily Lawton, Jessica Langston, Jhamirah Howard, John Connolly, Lisa Clemans-Cope   +5 more
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The United States Leads the Globe in Venture Capital Funding for Orthopaedic Surgery

Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Purpose To characterize venture capital (VC) investments in orthopaedic surgery over the past 25 years to evaluate trends in global innovation. Methods All VC investments related to orthopaedic surgery between January 2000 and December 2024 were retrospectively evaluated using the PitchBook database (PitchBook Platform, PitchBook Data.
Mathangi Sridharan, Charlotte F. Wahle, Paul Walker, Luke Barry, Jonathan Yu, Frank Petrigliano, Lauren Wessel, Andrew R. Jensen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Taxpayers Funding Sex Change

Voices in Bioethics, 2014
When convicted murderer Robert Kosilek sued the commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections for refusing to provide major sex reassignment surgery to treat his severe gender identity disorder, Candace Ogonowski created the petition “Stop ...
Marilyn Eshikena
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Improving Access to Hepatitis C Treatment for Uninsured Patients in Southeast Georgia

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2020
Background: In this brief report, we discuss enhancing access to hepatitis C treatment for uninsured patients in Southeast Georgia. Methods: Through our screening program for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in a local safety net emergency department ...
Bonzo Reddick, MariAnna O'Ree
doaj   +1 more source

Late‐Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis and Air Pollution in the Multiethnic Cohort

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate the effects of ambient air pollution on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) incidence in a racially and ethnically diverse population. Methods This analysis included 42,152 California Multiethnic Cohort participants, aged ≥65 years (>70% African American and Latino adults) who were enrolled in the Fee For Service component of Medicare (2001–
Anna H. Wu, Chiuchen Tseng, Song‐Yi Park, Daniel O. Stram, Kami White, Jun Wu, Cheryl Vigen, Veronica W. Setiawan, Xian Yu, Steven Gazal, Christopher Haiman, Lynne Wilkens, Loïc Le Marchand, Iona Cheng, William Stohl   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Early Antimalarial Adherence on Future Acute Care Utilization and Cost Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Population‐Based Study

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective To assess the association between early antimalarial adherence and future acute care utilization and cost in a population‐based cohort of incident rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods All patients with incident RA/SLE and new antimalarial use in British Columbia, Canada, between January 1997 and March 2022
Md Rashedul Hoque, Diane Lacaille, J. Antonio Aviña‐Zubieta, Mary A. De Vera, Yi Qian, Lawrence McCandless, John M. Esdaile, Hui Xie   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disparities in health insurance coverage among children and young adults in Georgia and the U.S.

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2016
Background: In this brief report, I compare rates of health insurance coverage for children and young adults in Georgia and the United States. Methods: Utilizing data from the 2014 American Community Survey, I performed two-sample tests of weighted ...
Brandon Attell
doaj   +1 more source

Pneumococcal vaccination coverage among US adults enrolled in Medicaid and newly diagnosed with underlying medical conditions

Expert Review of Vaccines, 2023
Background Adults with chronic or immunocompromising conditions have an elevated risk of invasive pneumococcal disease, yet their pneumococcal vaccination rates remain low.
Junqing Liu, Kelly D. Johnson, Linda Shoener Dunham   +2 more
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Performance of the Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events Calculator in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective Evaluate performance of the Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events (PREVENT) calculator in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Patients with RA were matched up to 10 controls on age, sex, and enrollment year using National Veterans Health Administration, Medicare, and National Death Index data (2006–2020).
Tate M. Johnson, Halie Frideres, Punyasha Roul, Joshua F. Baker, Brian C. Sauer, Grant W. Cannon, Isaac D. Smith, Gary A. Kunkel, Beth I. Wallace, Thomas R. Porter, Kaveh R. Bookani, Amarnath R. Annapureddy, Ted R. Mikuls, Bryant R. England   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source