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Risk factors associated with length of hospital stay and medical expenses in pulmonary abscess patients: retrospective study. [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Background Pulmonary abscess carries a high mortality and requires long-term managements. A better understanding of the risk factors associated with the prolonged hospital stay and high medical expenses in these patients can improve the management ...
Zhu T, Yang W, Lu W.
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The impact of public policy of family doctor contracting on medical expenses from the perspective of residents at community level in China. [PDF]

Front Psychol, 2022
Objective To analyze the impact of the contract of family doctors in community-level in Beijing on residents’ medical expenses, so as to explore the efficacy of family physician contract service to facilitate the hierarchical treatment system. This study
Li L, He X, Zhang C.
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Medical insurance payment schemes and patient medical expenses: a cross-sectional study of lung cancer patients in urban China. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res, 2023
Background As the main cause of cancer death, lung cancer imposes seriously health and economic burdens on individuals, families, and the health system. In China, there is no national study analyzing the hospitalization expenditures of different payment ...
Hu H, Zhao L, Yong Y, Nicholas S, Maitland E, Zhao W, Yan H, Ma Y, Shi X.   +8 more
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Air Pollution and Household Medical Expenses: Evidence From China. [PDF]

Front Public Health, 2021
By matching air quality index (AQI) data with the household data from China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), we identify the impact of air pollution on household medical expenses from a micro perspective.
Zhou L, Zhong Q, Yang J.
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Does Use of Solid Cooking Fuels Increase Family Medical Expenses in China? [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
China has tried to replace solid fuels with cleaner energy in households. The benefits of fuel switching need to be identified. This article shows that households using solid cooking fuels suffer heavier medical expenses than those using non-solid ...
Lin B, Wei K.
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Body Mass Index and Medical Expenses Covered by the National Health Insurance Service in Korean Adults [PDF]

Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome
Background : This study aimed to analyze the medical expenses covered by the Korean National Health Insurance Service (KNHIS) according to body mass index (BMI) in Korean adults. Methods : We included 1,170,464 adults (623,498 men and 546,966 women) aged
Youn Huh, Ga Eun Nam, Hye Soon Park
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The impact of carbon emissions trading scheme on residents’ medical expenses: a test based on multi-period difference-in-differences method [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Utilizing data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) from 2010 to 2022, this study employs a multi-period difference-in-differences approach to estimate the impact of Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) on residents’ medical expenses.
Yun Fei, Qianbing Xiao, Dongxiao Yang
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Value-Based Health Care: Long-Term Care Insurance for Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenses and Self-Rated Health. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Long-term care insurance (LTCI) is a significant approach in the effort to actively manage aging and the currently unmet need for aged care in China. Based on data from the 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2018 phases of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal
Ma G, Xu K.
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The influence of cross-regional medical treatment on total medical expenses, medical insurance payments, and out-of-pocket expenses of patients with malignant tumors in Chinese low-income areas

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2022
Background In recent years, due to the increasing number of cross-regional medical patients, countries around the world have issued a series of policies or regulations to reduce their out-of-pocket burden.
Bokai Zhang, Haixin Wang, Hongyu Zhang, Guomei Tian, Ting Zhang, Qi Shi, Jian Liu, Jinpeng Xu, Jingchu Liu, Qunhong Wu, Zheng Kang   +10 more
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Effects of Physical Activity on Medical Expenses among Individuals with Obesity in Korea: Insights from a Nationwide Study [PDF]

Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome
Background : Research on the relationship between physical activity and medical expenses among individuals with obesity has been sparse. This study investigates that association using nationwide data from Korea.
Ga Eun Nam, Youn Huh, Kyungdo Han, Kyu-Na Lee, Chung-Woo Lee, Wonsock Kim, Kye-Yeung Park, Hae-Jin Ko, Yoon Jeong Cho, Chong Hwa Kim, Seungjoon Oh   +10 more
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