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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 +3 more
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Emerging Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations: The Role of Managed Care [PDF]
, 2012 Examines the Medicaid payment and care delivery systems in states working to develop accountable care organizations within Medicaid, how ACOs may be structured to fit into them, and how Medicaid ACOs differ from those in Medicare and the private ...
Sarah M. Kuszczak
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Financial Distress and Its Determinants in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective To quantify the degree of financial distress and identify its determinants in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) given the frequent prolonged use of expensive disease‐modifying therapies. Methods We identified adults enrolled in the FORWARD databank with either RA or noninflammatory musculoskeletal disease (NIMSKD) completing the ...
Amber Brown Keebler +5 more
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Upcoding in medicare: where does it matter most?
Health Economics ReviewUpcoding in Medicare has been a topic of interest to economists and policy makers for nearly 40 years. While upcoding is generally understood as “billing for services at higher level of complexity than the service actually pro- vided or documented,” it ...
Keith A. Joiner +2 more
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Spiritual Leaders and End-of-Life Ethics Consultations
Voices in Bioethics, 2014 There are a number of barriers that patients and families encounter when facing difficult diagnoses and the prospect of life’s end. For those with strong faith practices, the lack of a supportive spiritual leader’s presence during end-of-life ethics ...
Fred Romain
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Medicare, Medicaid and the Deficit Debate [PDF]
, 2012 Examines 2000-10 Medicare and Medicaid expenditures; projections for 2011-20 from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Congressional Budget Office; contributing factors, including enrollment growth; and proposals for curbing ...
John Holahan, Stacey McMorrow
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Sex Differences in Medication Discontinuation in Axial Spondyloarthritis
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective We examined sex differences in medication discontinuation among patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) initiating tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi), interleukin‐17 inhibitors (IL‐17i), or JAK inhibitors (JAKi). Methods Using data from the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry (2003–2025), we assessed ...
Rachael Stovall +9 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective We developed a novel electronic health record sidecar application to visualize key rheumatoid arthritis (RA) outcomes, including disease activity, physical function, and pain, via a patient‐facing graphical interface designed for use during outpatient visits (“RA PRO dashboard”).
Gabriela Schmajuk +16 more
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Bending the Curve: Options for Achieving Savings and Improving Value in Health Spending [PDF]
, 2007 Analyzes the potential of fifteen federal health policy options to lower spending over the next ten years and yield higher value on investments in health ...
Anne K. Gauthier +6 more
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Addressing Economic Insecurities Can Improve Patient‐Reported Outcomes in Lupus
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Economic insecurities, such as food, housing, transportation, and financial challenges, are modifiable risk factors and influence patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We examined the following: (1) associations between economic insecurities and PROs, and (2) the impact of screening and addressing economic ...
Jay Patel +8 more
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