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Pursuing Affordability, Fairness, and Efficiency in the U.S. Commercial Health Insurance Market

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The high cost of health insurance and health care services in the US is affecting not only the uninsured and lower income households, but is beginning to reach into the middle class. Current health insurance benefit designs often fail to address two forms of market failure: poor consumer information and distorted prices.
Minjeong Kang, Bryan E. Dowd
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A Discharge Summary Prompt Reduces Postoperative Radiotherapy Delay in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Delays in postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) beyond 6 weeks are associated with worse outcomes in head and neck cancer (HNC). This study evaluated whether a discharge summary prompt could reduce PORT delay. Methods A retrospective review of patients from 2018 to 2023 was used as a pre‐intervention baseline.
Andreja Radevic, Niketna Vivek, Joaquin Austerlitz, Sindhura Sridhar, Whitney Jin, Robert Sinard, Sarah L. Rohde, Kyle Mannion, Alexander J. Langerman, Eben Rosenthal, Michael C. Topf   +10 more
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Medicare Part D: Time for Re‐Modernization?

Health Services Research, 2019
AbstractObjectiveTo understand the mechanisms that have held Part D beneficiary premiums stable despite increasing reinsurance subsidies.Data SourcesSecondary data on Part D plan bids, federal subsidies, and claims from 2007 through 2015.Study DesignComparisons of standardized, enrollment‐weighted average Part D plan bids and reinsurance bids with plan
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Predictors of Delayed and Omitted Postoperative Radiotherapy After Laryngectomy for pT4 Laryngeal Cancer

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) improves locoregional control and survival in high‐risk head and neck cancer, and guidelines recommend initiation within 42 days of surgery. Timeliness after laryngectomy for pathologic T4 (pT4) laryngeal cancer is poorly characterized.
George Ashji, Arun Rajan, Elias Dahl, Sudarshan Ramanan, Nishant Chadha, Yingzhi Wu, Richard J. Wong, Marc A. Cohen, Edward Christopher Dee, Nancy Y. Lee   +9 more
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Investigating socioeconomic deprivation and antibiotic prescribing among older medicare patients using an instrumental variable approach

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: Socioeconomic deprivation has been associated with antibiotic overprescription in the US; however, prior studies could not quantify a causal relationship due to endogeneity.
Mayar Al Mohajer, David Slusky, David Nix, Catia Nicodemo   +3 more
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Lymphoedema in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors: Healthcare Professionals' Perspectives

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Improvements in head and neck cancer (HNC) treatment have increased survival rates, resulting in survivors living with side effects, such as head and neck lymphoedema (HNL). We aimed to document healthcare professionals' perceptions of HNL, approaches to managing HNL, and integration of HNL management into routine practice in ...
Kadriye Yusra Sert, Purnima Sundaresan, Emma Charters, Rebecca Venchiarutti, Chindhu Shunmuga Sundaram, Melissa Thorne, Haryana M. Dhillon   +6 more
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Geriatric Regenerative Medicine: Mechanisms, Strategies, and Clinical Translation

iNew Medicine, EarlyView.
The pathological drivers of aging—stem cell exhaustion, cellular senescence with SASP, and aged extracellular matrix—are precisely targeted by three corresponding mechanism‐based strategies: stem cell therapies (rejuvenation, regeneration, and replacement), senolytic/senomorphic agents (D + Q, fisetin, vaccines, and CAR‐T), and senescence‐targeting ...
Qiang Li, Chaoyang Wang, Junci Chong, Zishu Liu, Boying Wang, Shiyu Liu, Xingcai Zhang, Hengrui Liu, Shuanglin Qin, ChuTse Wu, Beidong Chen, Zhigang Chang   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deniers and Compliers: Unpacking the Heterogeneous Effectiveness of U.S. Stay‐at‐Home Mandates During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Journal of Applied Econometrics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While existing work shows COVID‐19 stay‐at‐home (SAH) policies decreased mobility on average, we lack evidence regarding heterogeneity in policy effectiveness across US counties. To uncover potential heterogeneity, we implement a novel two‐stage approach.
James Sears, Sofia B. Villas‐Boas, Molly Sears, Carly Trachtman, Linlin Fan, Andrew W. Stevens   +5 more
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A Mixed‐Methods Analysis of Medicare‐Enrolled Mental Health Counselors’ Professional Characteristics and Experiences With Enrollment

Journal of Counseling &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT After becoming eligible to enroll as Medicare providers in 2024, over 60,000 mental health professionals enrolled in Medicare. We surveyed 384 Medicare‐enrolled mental health counselors licensed in 24 states and used a convergent‐parallel mixed‐methods design to examine their professional characteristics, the impact of Medicare participation ...
Matthew C. Fullen, Alexis J. Isaac, Jordan B. Westcott   +2 more
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A Phenomenological Study of Stakeholders' Experiences With Integrating Client Feedback in the Counseling Process

Journal of Counseling &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of stakeholders with accessing and integrating client feedback into counseling through a constructivist phenomenological approach. Participants included clients, counselors, and administrators from one outpatient counseling clinic at a not‐for‐profit hospital system.
Corrine R. Sackett, Ryan M. Cook, A. Stephen Lenz, Bailey J. Nevels   +3 more
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