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The Affordable Care Act, Medicare Costs, and Retirement Security [PDF]

, 2015
Rising Medicare costs have been a major contributor to projected long-run budget deficits, and rising outof-pocket costs have become an increasing challenge to individuals' retirement security.
Alicia H. Munnell, Anqi Chen
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Agreement of Administrative Pharmacy Dispensing With Self‐Reported Use of Oral Prednisone in US Veterans With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Administrative claims are used to evaluate oral glucocorticoid use in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), despite limited evidence to support accuracy. We aimed to evaluate the performance of claims‐based algorithms for glucocorticoid use compared to self‐report in an RA population.
Beth I. Wallace, Bryant R. England, Joshua F. Baker, Michael D. George, Brian C. Sauer, Jorge Rojas, Punyasha Roul, Katherine D. Wysham, Hannah Brubeck, Isaac Smith, Liron Caplan, Paul A. Monach, Gail S. Kerr, Gary Kunkel, Tawnie Braaten, Ted R. Mikuls, Grant W. Cannon   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

NAFLD‐related hepatocellular carcinoma: The growing challenge

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Risk and protective factors for NAFLD‐related hepatocellular carcinoma Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common cause of cancer‐related mortality and morbidity worldwide. With the obesity pandemic, NAFLD‐related HCC is contributing to the burden of disease exponentially.
Pir Ahmad Shah, Rashmee Patil, Stephen A. Harrison   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preliminary Study on Effect of Chemical Composition Alteration on Elastic Recovery and Stress Recovery of Nitrile Gloves

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
Nitrile gloves are widely used in the medical and automobile field due to its superiority in hypo-allergic component and chemical resistance over natural latex gloves.
Tan Kai Yang, Phang Siew Wei, Phang Chee Kin, Lang Choh Jing, Pang Goh Ching, Ban Wong Chong, Ting Tee Tiam   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association of Mental Health Disorders With Health Care Spending in the Medicare Population

JAMA Network Open, 2020
Key Points Question What is the proportion and degree of total spending directly associated with mental health conditions compared with spending on other non–mental health conditions among Medicare patients with mental illness?
Jose F. Figueroa, J. Phelan, E. Orav, V. Patel, Ashish K. Jha   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Medicare Reform: Widespread Confusion, Uncertain Benefits [PDF]

, 2005
This report presents the data from CIR's 2004 survey of 600 Medicare recipients about their health care options, ability to access services, and choices about health care spending in the wake of Medicare reform.
Elizabeth Bax, Lise McKean, Louise Schoggen, Rebekah Levin   +3 more
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Where, how, and how much? A multicenter cohort study of the relationship between lupus decision aid modality, place of administration, interruption and viewing completeness and patient‐reported outcomes

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective We assessed whether shared decision‐making (SDM), and patient acceptability, feasibility, and overall satisfaction with a computerized patient decision aid (PtDA) for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), differs by PtDA setting, modality, and the viewing experience.
Jasvinder A. Singh, Mark Beasley, Larry R. Hearld, for the Implementing DEcision‐Aid for Lupus in clinics (IDEAL) Consortium   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enriching the American Heart Association COVID‐19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry Through Linkage With External Data Sources: Rationale and Design

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Background The AHA Registry (American Heart Association COVID‐19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry) captures detailed information on hospitalized patients with COVID‐19.
Andrew S. Oseran, Tianyu Sun, Rishi K. Wadhera, Issa J. Dahabreh, James A. de Lemos, Sandeep R. Das, Christine Rutan, Aarti H. Asnani, Robert W. Yeh, Dhruv S. Kazi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medicare Quality Measurement and Reporting Programs: Opportunities for Alliances Under Health Reform [PDF]

, 2011
Outlines provisions to expand Medicare quality measurement and reporting and opportunities for RWJF's Aligning Forces for Quality communities to work with providers in coordinating measures with Medicare, offer feedback, and focus on equity and cost ...
Chris Weiser, Jane Hyatt Thorpe
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