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Gender Disparities in Anti-dementia Medication Use among Older Adults: Health Equity Considerations and Management of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
Objective: The prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) in women is higher than men. However, the knowledge of gender disparity in ADRD treatment is limited.
Z. Kevin Lu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yes, 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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Pharmaceutical Industry-Sponsored Meals and Physician Prescribing Patterns for Medicare Beneficiaries.

open access: yesJAMA Internal Medicine, 2016
IMPORTANCE The association between industry payments to physicians and prescribing rates of the brand-name medications that are being promoted is controversial.
C. DeJong   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ageism in Rheumatology: The Health Care Professional's Perspective

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Ageism (age‐based stereotypes, prejudice, or discrimination) is prevalent and linked to prolonged disability and reduced lifespan in older adults. Little is known about ageism within rheumatology. This study explores the health care professional's (HCP) perception of the care of older adults and how ageist attitudes or perspectives may impact
Aaron P. Smith   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cost of lifetime immunosuppression coverage for kidney transplant recipients. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
On January 1, 2000, Medicare extended the coverage of immunosuppression medications from 3 years to life for elderly and disabled kidney transplant recipients.
Page, Timothy F, Woodward, Robert
core   +1 more source

Screening for Social Determinants of Health in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Point‐of‐Care Feasibility Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Social determinants of health (SDoH) can impact outcomes but are not routinely screened for in US outpatient rheumatology clinics. This study determined the feasibility of routine point‐of‐care SDoH screening among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and associated barriers and facilitators at the physician, care team, and ...
S. Sam Lim   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesMATEC 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   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alzheimer's Disease and Oral-Systemic Health: Bidirectional Care Integration Improving Outcomes

open access: yesFrontiers in Oral Health, 2021
Dentistry is an effective healthcare field that can impact Alzheimer's disease through prevention and education. Every day dental providers use an arsenal of assessment protocols directly coinciding with modifiable Alzheimer's risk factors. An innovative
Anne O. Rice
doaj   +1 more source

Diabetes: It\u27s more than a little sugar [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital – Office to Advance Population Health Sponsored by Quality Insights of Pennsylvania: Under contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), protects Medicare patient rights and works collaboratively

core   +1 more source

Moneyball in Medicare

open access: yesJournal of Health Economics, 2018
US policymakers place high priority on tying Medicare payments to the value of care delivered. A critical part of this effort is the Hospital Value-based Purchasing Program (HVBP), which rewards or penalizes hospitals based on their quality and episode-based costs of care and incentivizes integration between hospitals and post-acute care providers ...
Edward C. Norton   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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