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The Medicaid Buy-In for Working People With Disabilities: Individuals With Disabilities Can Earn Significant Wages and Qualify for This Important Health Care Benefit [PDF]
, 2009 This policy-to-practice brief provides an in-depth illustrated description of the Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS) work incentives. This brief reviews how the PASS can be used to promote a work goal; the criteria for approving a PASS; and how the ...
Lopez-Soto, Edwin J., Sheldon, James R.
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Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is a rare but devastating complication of acute myocardial infarction (MI), associated with high mortality despite advances in reperfusion therapy. However, contemporary data examining national trends in VSR outcomes and the evolving role of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in this population ...
Javier Fernandez +8 more
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Why Not the Best? Results From the National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011 [PDF]
, 2011 Assesses the U.S. healthcare system's average performance in 2007-09 as measured by forty-two indicators of health outcomes, quality, access, efficiency, and equity compared with the 2006 and 2008 scorecards and with domestic and international ...
Ashley-Kay Fryer +4 more
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Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) used an Active Postmarket Risk Identification and Analysis (ARIA) system to address a safety issue (serious infection) identified during clinical review of an application to market ustekinumab as a treatment for Crohn's disease (CD). FDA used an active‐comparator new‐user cohort design, data from six Sentinel
Joel L. Weissfeld +9 more
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On the Edge: Facing a Challenging and Uncertain Future [PDF]
, 2006 Introduces the Boston Elder Economic Security Standard as a tool to assess the real economic circumstances, needs, and resources of the low- and middle-income elderly in Boston, depending on their health, housing, marital status and other ...
Ellen A. Bruce +2 more
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Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.Despite known risks, opioids are widely used for chronic non‐cancer pain (CNCP). Clinical guidelines now recommend deprescribing, but factors predicting success are poorly understood. This systematic review aimed to identify clinician and patient factors associated with attaining successful opioid dose reduction or discontinuation in adults with CNCP ...
Alessandra C. Marcelo +8 more
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Pitching Private Medicare Plans: An Analysis of Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan Advertising [PDF]
, 2008 Analyzes television, print, and radio ads for private Medicare plans to assess what types of information insurers emphasize and de-emphasize, what populations they target, and which type of plan they promote in trying to influence beneficiaries ...
Gary Kreps +6 more
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International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This study explored the experiences of lower‐income adults in accessing and engaging with an adapted digital guided self‐help cognitive behavioral intervention for binge and/or purge‐type eating disorders. This study sought to inform future adaptation of evidence‐based eating disorder interventions to improve accessibility ...
Kimberly Yu +6 more
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An Analysis of Current Healthcare Proposals: Obama and McCain [PDF]
, 2008 The healthcare system of the U.S. is broken. The next opportunity for overwhelming healthcare system reform will be when the next president takes office.
Terrell, Dan
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