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Associations of acute medical care with the transfer and acceptance functions of hospitals in a region in Japan with limited medical resources.

PLoS ONE, 2023
BackgroundJapan's health care system may be providing inpatient care inefficiently with a low number of physicians per hospital bed and a long average length of stay (LOS). The present study examined associations of acute medical care with hospital-level
Takayuki Idaka, Hajime Iwasa, Seiji Yasumura   +2 more
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Differences in Fourth-Year Orthopaedic Away Rotation Opportunities and Fees Among Osteopathic and Allopathic Medical Students 1 Year After the Implementation of the Single Accreditation System

JBJS Open Access, 2022
Introduction:. Fourth-year away rotations are well recognized as an important modifiable variable that has been shown to increase a student’s opportunity to match into orthopaedic surgery.
Peter B. White, DO, MS, James P. Henry, DO, MHSA, Matthew J. Partan, DO, Kenneth Choy, DO, Caleb A. Hogge, MS, Gus Katsigiorgis, DO, Adam D. Bitterman, DO, Randy M. Cohn, MD   +7 more
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Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation (ABMS)on the influence of adjusting medical service fees on patients' choice of medical treatment

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background We explored the impact of medical service fee adjustments on the choice of medical treatment for hypertensive patients in Beijing. We hope to provide decision-making reference to promote the realization of hierarchical diagnosis and treatment ...
Danhui Li, Jia Yang, Jin Li, Ning Zhao, Wensheng Ju, Moning Guo   +5 more
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Impacts of the medical arms race on medical expenses: a public hospital-based study in Shenzhen, China, during 2009–2013

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2022
Background Has the medical arms race (MAR) increased healthcare expenditures? Existing literature has yet to draw a consistent conclusion. Hence, this study aims to reexamine the relationship between the MAR and medical expenses by the data from public ...
Paicheng Liu, Xue Gong, Qianhui Yao, Qiong Liu   +3 more
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The Impact of Inflation on the Medical and Hospital Money Transfers of the Neurosurgical Procedures of the Brazilian Unified Healthcare System from 2008 to 2017

Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2018
Introduction There are more than 1,500 hospital procedures included in the Brazilian Unified Healthcare System's (SUS, in the Portuguese acronym) table, which is the reference for service payment provided by establishments serving the public health ...
Marcelo José Silva de Magalhães, Graciella Lopes Araújo, Letícia Pinheiro de Almeida, Wanessa Santos Soares, Daniel Santos Martins, Guilherme Duraes Martins, Isadora Fonseca de Vasconcelos, Lara Cristina Lima Delgado, Henrique Nunes Pereira Oliva, Aline Almeida de Magalhães   +9 more
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Reducing abnormal expenses in national health insurance based on a control chart and decision tree-driven define, measure, analyze, improve and control process

Health Informatics Journal, 2023
This study examined the cost of medical insurance for “sepsis” treatment in Taiwan. We applied statistical tests, cost control charts, and C5.0 decision trees using the define, measure, analyze, improve and control (DMAIC) process to mine data on ...
Yen-Chang Chen, Shui-Chuan Chen, Ying-Sing Liu   +2 more
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Expanding Medical Surge Capacity to Counteract COVID-19: South Korea’s Medical Fee Adjustment Through the National Health Insurance System

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2022
Eunji Yun,1 Hey Jin Ko,2 Boryung Ahn,3 Hyejin Lee,4,5 Won Mo Jang,6,7,* Jin Yong Lee7,8,* 1Division of Pharmaceutical Policy Research, HIRA Research Institute, Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea;
Yun E, Ko HJ, Ahn B, Lee H, Jang WM, Lee JY   +5 more
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Choice of Healer: An important area of interest for general practitioners

South African Family Practice, 1985
No abstract available.
Emile Boonzaaier
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Online medical consultation in China: Evidence from obesity doctors

Digital Health, 2023
Objective Online medical consultation (OMC) is increasingly used in China, but there have been few in-depth studies of consultation arrangements and fee structures of online doctors in China.
Donglei Yu, Yaolin Hu, Jian Wang, Stephen Nicholas, Elizabeth Maitland   +4 more
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A Call to Action Against Rising Medical Student Tuition

University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine, 2019
There is growing concern among medical students regarding the unprecedented increases in medical school tuition fees, which has been far exceeding inflation.
Nawid Sayed, Craig Rodrigues, Victoria Reedman, Sydney McQueen   +3 more
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