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Louisiana's Proposed Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Project: Estimating the Numbers of Uninsured and Projected Medicaid Costs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Analyzes the composition and medical costs of the uninsured in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, based on a detailed analysis of who the uninsured are in Louisiana, their current medical spending, and what their spending might be under ...
Jack Hadley, Stephen Zuckerman
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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Will Health Care Costs Bankrupt Aging Boomers? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Using the Urban Institute's dynamic microsimulation model, projects 2010-40 income, out-of-pocket medical expenses, and insurance premiums for Americans age 65 and older, excluding long-term care costs, assuming no changes in healthcare costs or ...
Corina Mommaerts, Richard W. Johnson
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A nationwide analysis of the treatment patterns, survival, and medical costs in Korean patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

open access: yesFrontiers in Oncology
BackgroundApproximately one-third of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) are refractory to treatment or experience relapse after initial therapy.
Jeong-Yeon Cho   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Metformin use and hospital attendance‐related resources utilization among diabetic patients with prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy: A population‐based cohort study

open access: yesCancer Medicine, 2023
Background Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), used increasingly in the treatment of prostate cancer (PCa), negatively influences glycemic control in diabetes and is associated with an increased risk of diabetes complications where hospitalization ...
Yan Hiu Athena Lee   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Public and the Health Care Delivery System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Analyzes survey results on Americans' views on the adoption of electronic medical records (EMR) and its effects on the quality of care, effectiveness, costs, and patient privacy; the efficiency of the system; the impact of rising costs; and other ...

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Health Technologies Assessment for Orphan Diseases. Example of Social and Economic Burden of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

open access: yesПедиатрическая фармакология, 2021
Background. Studies of the economic impact of disease on society or the social and economic burden, known as developmental disease cost analysis, are equivalent to public health epidemiological studies.
Aleksei S. Kolbin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Integrative Neuromuscular Training for Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often exhibit early deficits in muscle and movement competence, which can compromise long‐term health. Integrative neuromuscular training (INT), a multifaceted approach combining fundamental movement activities with strength exercises, may help address these deficits during ...
Anna Maria Markarian   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Delays in Coccidioidomycosis Diagnosis and Relationship to Healthcare Utilization, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
We developed an electronic records methodology to programmatically estimate the date of first appearance of coccidioidomycosis symptoms in patients. We compared the diagnostic delay with overall healthcare utilization charges.
Rachel Ginn   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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