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Rising Unemployment, Medicaid and the Uninsured [PDF]

, 2009
Estimates the impact of different levels of unemployment on healthcare coverage and state costs for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) and the uninsured.
John Holahan, Bowen Garrett
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Physician Quality and Health Care for the Poor and Uninsured [PDF]

Many studies have documented adverse health outcomes for uninsured patients in U.S. hospitals. These poor outcomes have been attributed to their health status and limited access to healthcare. A measure of treatment that remains unexplored is the quality
Lara Bryant, Sharmila Vishwasrao
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Factors Associated With Receipt of Adjuvant Radiation in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Journal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neoadjuvant radiotherapy (RT) has been the standard of care for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) for over two decades. Adjuvant RT use in LARC represents a deviation from standard care and warrants further investigation. Objectives To identify factors associated with adjuvant RT utilization.
Maryam Sherwani, Danish Ali, Hanjoo Lee, Alexander T. Hawkins, Aimal Khan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Not all healthcare inequities in diabetes are equal: a comparison of two medically underserved cohorts

BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
Introduction Diabetes disparities exist based on socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity. The aim of this study is to compare two cohorts with diabetes from California and Florida to better elucidate how health outcomes are stratified within ...
David M Maahs, Ashby F Walker, Michael J Haller, Korey K Hood, Matthew J Gurka, Stephanie L Filipp, Jessie J Wong, Marina Basina, Rayhan Lal, Ananta Addala, Melanie Hechavarria, William T Donahoo, Lauren E Figg, Dessi P Zaharieva, Keilecia G Malden, Sarah C Westen, Angelina V Bernier, Paul Duncan   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Legislatively Excluded, Medically Uninsured and Structurally Violated: The Social Organization of HIV Healthcare for African, Caribbean and Black Immigrants with Precarious Immigration Status in Toronto, Canada. [PDF]

Qual Health Res, 2022
Odhiambo AJ, Forman L, Nelson LE, O'Campo P, Grace D.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Uninsured Spells of the Poor: Prevalence and Duration [PDF]

The number of persons in the United States without health insurance, particularly those lacking private health insurance, is increasing. Although there is a large body of research documenting the insurance status of people in poverty at a point in time ...
T. D. McBride
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Prevention of major depression in complex medically ill patients: preliminary results from a randomized, controlled trial [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Depression is highly prevalent in patients with physical illness and is associated with a diminished quality of life and poorer medical outcomes.
Stiefel, F.C., de Jonge, Peter; id_orcid, Dorogi, Yves, Hadj, Fatima Bel, Boffa, Daria, Boffa, D., So, A., Dorogi, Y., So, Alexander, de Jonge, P., Stiefel, Friedrich, Zdrojewski, Catherine, Zdrojewski, C., Stiefel, F., de Jonge, Peter, Ruiz, Juan, Ruiz, J., Hadj, F.B.   +17 more
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Multimodal Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) With Vascular Involvement: What Is the Impact of Radiation on Perioperative Outcomes, Local Control, and Survival?

Journal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Neoadjuvant chemoradiation for PDAC with vascular invasion remains understudied. The aim of this study is to compare neoadjuvant chemotherapy with chemoradiation (NAC + CRT) versus neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) for PDAC with vascular involvement.
Dhruv J. Patel, Lauren M. Janczewski, Joseph H. Cotler, George Molina, Brett L. Ecker, David Bentrem, Shishir K. Maithel, Mohamed E. Abazeed, John P. Hayes, Bryan Palis, Amanda B. Francescatti, Ronald J. Weigel, Judy Boughey, Lesly Dossett, Akhil Chawla   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rural Life Census Data Center Newsletter: South Dakota’s Medically Uninsured [PDF]

, 2010
The status of our nation’s healthcare system has received a considerable amount of attention, particularly over the past two years. One of the most commonly cited areas of concern among stakeholders, such as the Kaiser Foundation, is the number of ...
Cummings, Jake
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Preoperative expectations and 2‐year outcomes after primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose A growing emphasis on patient‐centered care, paired with a steady rise in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions (ACLRs), has led to greater interest in identifying predictors of patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) after ACLR. Patient expectations are one factor previously identified as potentially impacting post‐operative PROs in ...
Prateek Swamykumar, Michael A. McCurdy, Dominic J. Ventimiglia, Matthew T. Chrencik, Cameron C. Lingenfelter, Joseph M. Blommer, Natalie L. Leong, Sean J. Meredith, R. Frank Henn III, Jonathan D. Packer   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source