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Financial incentives for return of service in underserved areas: a systematic review [PDF]

Of the 42 reviewed studies 33 investigated financial-incentive programs in the US. The remaining studies evaluated programs in Japan (five studies), Canada (two), New Zealand (one) and South Africa (one). The programs started between 1930 and 1998.
David E. Bloom, Till Barnighausen
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Neuroinvasive Onchocerca lupi Infection in a Ten-Year-Old Girl

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2022
The nematode Onchocerca lupi is an emerging human pathogen. Though its life cycle is not well studied, it likely infects humans after a bite from a black fly vector, which in turn acquires infective microfilariae from an infected canid.
Dorothy Bowers Wu, Brandon Ko, Gloria Lopez Hernandez, James Botros, Heather Spader, Sarah Sapp, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, Christopher D. Paddock, Paul T. Cantey, Walter Dehority   +9 more
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Realizing Health Reform's Potential: How the Affordable Care Act Will Strengthen Primary Care and Benefit Patients, Providers, and Payers [PDF]

, 2011
Examines issues in primary care and outlines the 2010 healthcare reform law's provisions to strengthen it, including temporary hikes in Medicare and Medicaid payments and support for innovations in care delivery and primary care workforce ...
Georgette Lawlor, Melinda Abrams, Rachel Nuzum, Stephanie Mika   +3 more
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A rare mental foramen variation and the role of cone‐beam computed tomography in preventing nerve injury: A case report

Clinical Advances in Periodontics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The interforaminal space is frequently used for dental implant placement due to its strategic location between the bilateral mental foramina. However, neurosensory disturbances following surgical intervention near the mental foramen (MF) can occur in up to 43% of cases.
Magdalena Orlowska, Hend Abulatifa, Muhammad H. A. Saleh, Hom‐Lay Wang   +3 more
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A Comparison of Two Regional Campus Systems and their Impact on Addressing Health Care Needs of the Underserved

Journal of Regional Medical Campuses, 2018
A major impact of the late 1970s Carnegie Commission on Higher Education’s report titled Higher Education and the Nation’s Health was the funding and development of Area Health Education Centers (AHECs).1  AHECs were located in rural and medically ...
Sandeep Rahangdale
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Health Reform and Communities of Color: How Might It Affect Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities? [PDF]

, 2009
Examines provisions in the healthcare reform proposals that may reduce health disparities by expanding coverage and access to care for minorities, including Medicaid expansions, insurance exchange subsidies, and more funding for community health ...

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Genomic Insights Into Risperidone Treatment Outcomes in Children and Adolescents: Experience From a Psychiatric Hospital Serving Rural Youth

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Risperidone is a commonly used antipsychotic for treating psychiatric illness in children and adolescents. There is a large variability in risperidone response and discontinuation rates remain high. Pharmacogenomics offers the opportunity to improve risperidone outcomes, yet studies in pediatric populations are limited.
Jack W. Staples, Shayna R. Killam, Karen E. Brown, Rachel Dalton, Elizabeth Sather, Qiang Chen, Joshua Loveland, Corbin Schwanke, Abdallah F. Elias, Kristin L. Bigos, Erica L. Woodahl   +10 more
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Facilitating telemedicine project sustainability in medically underserved areas: a healthcare provider participant perspective [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2016
Very few telemedicine projects in medically underserved areas have been sustained over time. This research furthers understanding of telemedicine service sustainability by examining teleconsultation projects from the perspective of healthcare providers.
Paul, David L., McDaniel, Reuben R.
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A White Paper on Advancing Long‐Acting Therapeutics for Maternal and Pediatric Health by Bridging Gaps in Clinical Research, Access and Regulation

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
As use cases for long‐acting therapeutics expand across clinical indications, there is a critical need to ensure the inclusion of women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, infants and children—populations with a historical gap in the availability of interventions already approved for use in adults.
Moherndran Archary, Robert Bies, Osei Boateng, Rachel Daley, Pierre Gashema, Mili Karina, Emily Njuguna, Sharon Nachman, Nathaniel Nkrumah, Carolyne Odula, Andrew Owen, Ethel D. Weld, Prajith Venkatasubramanian, Adeniyi Olagunju, on behalf of the Community of Practice for Long‐acting Therapeutics for Maternal and Paediatric Health, Rana Abutaima, Dorothy Akongo, Abdulnaser Alsharaa, Moherndran Archary, Shakir Atoyebi, Benoit Bestgen, Robert Bies, Osei Boateng, Andrew Butler, Edmund Capparelli, Rachel Daley, Layla Davies, Joelle Dountio, Henry Enzama, Pierre Gashema, Katila George, Dan Hawcutt, Rene Holm, Patrick Gad Iradukunda, Elodie Jambert, Mili Karina, Linda Lewis, Grace Miheso, Sebastien Morin, Andrew Morrison, Sharon Nachman, Shadia Nakalema, Emily Njunga, Nathaniel Nkrumah, Carolyne Odula‐Obonyo, Brenda Okware, Adeniyi Olagunju, Andrew Owen, Martina Penazzato, Natella Rakhmanina, Mphako Brighton Ratlabyana, Rachel Scott, Kimberly Struble, Andre‐Marie Tchouatieu, Catherine Unsworth, Prajith Venkatasubramanian, Catriona Waitt, Ethel Weld, Janine Winterbottom, Leena Zino   +59 more
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Designing financial-incentive programmes for return of medical service in underserved areas of sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

In many countries in sub-Saharan Africa health worker shortages are one of the main constraints in achieving population health goals. Financial-incentive programmes for return of service, whereby participants receive payments in return for a commitment ...
David E. Bloom, Till Bärnighausen
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