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Investing in America's Health: 2012 [PDF]

, 2013
This annual report details the philanthropic activities of the Blue Cross Blue Shield ...

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The Implications of Insurance Status on Presentation, Surgical Management and Mortality among Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients in Indiana [PDF]

, 2018
Background The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program seeks to reduce health care disparities by providing uninsured and underinsured women access to screening mammograms.
Fisher, Carla S., Haggstrom, David A., Ludwig, Kandice K., Miller, Kathy D., Obeng-Gyasi, Samilia, Timsina, Lava   +5 more
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The role of veterans hospitals in Taiwan’s medically underserved areas

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Background: Notable healthcare disparities can be observed in medical services in remote, rural areas with those in urban areas, primarily because of specialist shortages, inadequate healthcare, and poor transportation. Globally, remote and rural areas face economic, health, and service challenges resulting in a shift toward ...
Ying-Mei, Wang, Hung-Wei, Shen, Tzeng-Ji, Chen, Feng-Yuan, Yang   +3 more
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Teaching community engagement for health professions students in underserved areas

Discover Education
Community engagement concepts incorporated into service-learning experiences help students in the health professions to connect classroom work with clinical practice and learn strategies and skills to improve community health.
Ivan Gomez, Virginia Fowkes, Iris Price
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The prevalence and burden of musculoskeletal disorders amongst Indigenous people in Pimicikamak, northern Manitoba, Canada: A community health survey

Preventive Medicine Reports
Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of spine symptoms and spine disability, self-care and care seeking behaviors in a random sample of Indigenous adults residing in Cross Lake, northern Manitoba, Canada.
André Bussières, Melissa Atkinson-Graham, Jennifer Ward, Muriel Scott, Jean Moss, Patricia Tavares, Deborah Kopansky-Giles, Jacqueline Ladwig, Cheryl Glazebrook, David A. Monias, Helga Hamilton, Donald Z. Mckay, Randall Smolinski, Scott Haldeman, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Steven Passmore   +15 more
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Analysis of emergency medical service areas of pediatric severe emergency patients and the appropriate number of pediatric emergency centers in the Republic of Korea [PDF]

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal
Purpose : Pediatric emergency patients have clinical characteristics that differ from adult patients, making the timely provision of emergency medical services crucial.
Han Na Lee, Young Jin Heo, Eul Hee Roh, Yu Kyung Kwon, Mi Ra Oh   +4 more
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Improving Health Care Access for Older Alaskans: What Are the Options? [PDF]

, 2010
This report focuses on the problem older Alaskans who rely on Medicare face getting access to primary care, and discusses some of the options policymakers are considering to resolve the problem.
Foster, Mark A., Frazier, Rosyland
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Feasibility of regional center telehealth visits utilizing a rural research network in people with Parkinson’s disease

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
Background: Impaired motor and cognitive function can make travel cumbersome for People with Parkinson’s disease (PwPD). Over 50% of PwPD cared for at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Movement Disorders Clinic reside over 30 miles ...
Tuhin Virmani, Lakshmi Pillai, Veronica Smith, Aliyah Glover, Derek Abrams, Phillip Farmer, Shorabuddin Syed, Horace J. Spencer, Aaron Kemp, Kendall Barron, Tammaria Murray, Brenda Morris, Bendi Bowers, Angela Ward, Terri Imus, Linda J. Larson-Prior, Mitesh Lotia, Fred Prior   +17 more
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Interprofessional Student Perceptions of Planning and Implementing a Student-led, Faculty-guided Rural Health Clinic

Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 2021
Purpose: To develop an interprofessional student-led, faculty-guided clinic in a rural, medically underserved area in Wisconsin through applying an existing innovative clinical education model.
Kathryn J Frie, Jennifer R Timm, Amy B Koehler   +2 more
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Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorders Among Psychiatric Inpatients in a Medically Underserved Area: An Intervention for Opioid Misuse. [PDF]

Public Health Rep, 2023
Buckner JD, Scherzer CR, Crapanzano KA, Morris PE.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source