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Time-study research on maxillofacial prosthetic treatment

Japanese Dental Science Review
Unreasonable medical fees can cause problems such as increased medical costs, greater medical disparities, decreased medical standards, and physician shortages.
Mai Murase, Haruka Fujita, Meiko Oki, Fumi Yoshioka, Yuichiro Nishiyama, Tetsuo Ohyama, Chihaya Matsumoto, Satomi Usui, Yuji Sato, Tadashi Sado, Hidekazu Takahashi, Keiichi Sasaki, Miwa Matsuyama, Yuka Sumita   +13 more
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Value of MRI Outcomes for Preventive and Early‐Stage Trials in Spinocerebellar Ataxias 1 and 3

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the value of MRI outcomes as endpoints for preventive and early‐stage trials of two polyglutamine spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs). Methods A cohort of 100 participants (23 SCA1, 63 SCA3, median Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) score = 5, 42% preataxic, and 14 gene‐negative controls) was scanned at 3T up ...
Thiago J. R. Rezende, Emilien Petit, Young Woo Park, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, James M. Joers, Jonathan M. DuBois, H. Moore Arnold, Michal Povazan, Ipek Özdemir, Guita Banan, Romain Valabregue, Philipp Ehses, Jennifer Faber, Chiadi U. Onyike, Peter B. Barker, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Eva‐Maria Ratai, Sub H. Subramony, Thomas H. Mareci, Khalaf O. Bushara, Henry Paulson, Thomas Klockgether, Alexandra Durr, Tetsuo Ashizawa, Christophe Lenglet, Gülin Öz, READISCA Investigators   +26 more
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Medical Contingent Fees. [PDF]

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1903
Chicago, Aug. 26, 1903. To the Editor: —In the August 22 issue ofThe Journalof the American Medical Association is an account of a damage case recently tried in a Colorado court which furnishesThe Journalwith an item for editorial comment under the heading "Medical Contingent Fees." It was admitted by the physicians for the plaintiff that the fees ...
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Structure–Function Decoupling of the Sensorimotor and Default Mode Networks in Black Americans With MS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Multiple sclerosis (MS) exhibits racially disparate rates of disease progression. Black people with MS (B‐PwMS) experience a more severe disease course than non‐Hispanic White people with MS (NHW‐PwMS). Here we investigated structural and functional connectivity as well as structure–function decoupling in the ...
Emilio Cipriano, Giacomo Boffa, Maria Petracca, Marta Ponzano, Nicole Graziano, Claire Wigley, Claire Riley, Jonathan Howard, Pietro Bontempi, Sylvia Klineova, Fred Lublin, Matilde Inglese   +11 more
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Australian general practice registrars’ billing patterns: a cross-sectional analysis from the Registrars Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) study

BMC Health Services Research
Background In Australia, a government insurance scheme (Medicare) pays set rebates for a range of distinct general practitioner (GP) services. GPs may ‘bulk-bill’ and accept the Medicare rebate fee directly, or ‘privately-bill’ by charging the patient a ...
Katie Fisher, Amanda Tapley, Anna Ralston, Andrew Davey, Elizabeth Holliday, Jason Dizon, Susan Wearne, Alison Fielding, Mieke van Driel, Neil Spike, Lisa Clarke, Parker Magin   +11 more
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Path analysis of factors influencing length of stay and hospitalisation expenses for oral cancer patients in tertiary hospitals in southeastern China: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open
Aims To investigate the associations between influencing factors with length of stay (LOS) and hospitalisation expenses in oral cancer (OC) patients, and to explore the potential pathways through which these factors influence hospitalisation expenses ...
Jing Wang, Chen Chen, Xiaoying Hu, Yi Fan, Yaping Wang, Yu Qiu, Qiujiao Yang, Mingming Xu, Yanfeng Weng, Yanni Li, Lisong Lin, Fa Chen, Baochang He, Fengqiong Liu   +13 more
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Association between physician characteristics and payments from industry in 2015-2017: observational study. [PDF]

, 2019
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between physician characteristics and the value of industry payments. DESIGN:Observational study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:Using the 2015-2017 Open Payments reports of industry payments linked to the Physician ...
Blumenthal, Daniel M, Elashoff, David, Inoue, Kosuke, Tsugawa, Yusuke   +3 more
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Multidimensional Profiling of MRI‐Negative Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Uncovers Distinct Phenotypes

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Although hippocampal sclerosis (TLE‐HS) represents the most frequent cause of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), up to 30% of patients show no lesion on visual MRI inspection (TLE‐MRIneg). These cases pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges and are underrepresented in surgical series.
Alice Ballerini, Alessia Casarini, Niccolò Biagioli, Laura Mirandola, Daniela Ballotta, Paul Summers, Simona Scolastico, Laura Madrassi, Maurilio Genovese, Marcella Malagoli, Gaetano Cantalupo, Giada Giovannini, Matteo Pugnaghi, Niccolò Orlandi, Laura Tassi, Valeria Cuccarini, Domenico Aquino, Elena Tartara, Fulvia Palesi, Giuseppe Didato, Paolo Vitali, the 3TLE Study Group, Roberta Di Giacomo, Fabio Doniselli, Federica Mazzi, Carlo Andrea Galimberti, Claudia A. M. Gandini Wheeler‐Kingshott, Stefano Meletti, Anna Elisabetta Vaudano   +28 more
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Low Incidence of Relapses After Vaccination in Anti‐Aquaporin‐4 Antibody‐Positive NMOSD

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) may experience increased signs and symptoms of their underlying disease when vaccinated against meningococcal disease before receiving complement component 5 inhibitor therapies. This retrospective analysis indicated an overall low relapse incidence (mean [range], 3.3% [0.7%–10.6 ...
Sean J. Pittock, Jin Nakahara, Becky Parks, Kerstin Allen, Sami Fam   +4 more
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Factors contributing to hospitalization expenditures for patients with COPD in Yunnan Province, China: a path analysis

BMC Health Services Research
Objective To understand the hospitalization expenditures and the composition of hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Yunnan Province from 2016 to 2022 and to identify the factors that influence them.
Aihan Wen, Jinliang Meng, Guohong Luo, Geyi Wen, Wenlong Cui, Songyuan Tang, Yunhui Zhang   +6 more
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