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Population-Based Estimates for the Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in the United States by Race, Ethnicity, Age, Sex, and Geographic Region

JAMA Neurology, 2023
This cohort study analyzes data from representative private, military, and public health insurance data sets to calculate the national prevalence of multiple sclerosis among Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic White individuals in the United ...
Michael Hittle, W. Culpepper, A. Langer-Gould, R. Marrie, G. Cutter, W. Kaye, L. Wagner, B. Topol, N. LaRocca, Lorene M. Nelson, M. Wallin   +10 more
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Compact of Free Association Migrants and Health Insurance Policies: Barriers and Solutions to Improve Health Equity

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2019
This commentary outlines the health insurance disparities of Compact of Free Association (COFA) migrants living in the United States. Compact of Free Association migrants are citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of ...
Pearl A. McElfish PhD, Rachel S. Purvis PhD, Sheldon Riklon MD, Seiji Yamada MD   +3 more
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The feasibility analysis of integrating community-based health insurance schemes into the national health insurance scheme in Uganda.

PLoS ONE, 2023
BackgroundUganda has a draft National Health Insurance Bill for the establishment of a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The proposed health insurance scheme is to pool resources, where the rich will subsidize the treatment of the poor, the ...
Prossy Kiddu Namyalo, Boniface Mutatina, Sarah Byakika, Aliyi Walimbwa, Rose Kato, Robert K Basaza   +5 more
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The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare coverage and access in racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States

Geospatial Health, 2023
This study described spatiotemporal changes in health insurance coverage, healthcare access, and reasons for non-insurance among racial/ethnic minority populations in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic using four national survey datasets ...
Lauren Freelander, David S. Rickless, Corey Anderson, Frank Curriero, Sarah Rockhill, Amir Mirsajedin, Caleb J. Colón, Jasmine Lusane, Alexander Vigo-Valentín, David Wong   +9 more
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Diabetes risk among US adults with different socioeconomic status and behavioral lifestyles: evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Background Diabetes disproportionately affects minorities and those with low socioeconomic status (SES) in the United States, and differences in behavioral lifestyles are largely responsible for the unequal distribution of diabetes among different groups.
Ce Liu, Li He, Yuanfei Li, A. Yang, Kai Zhang, B. Luo   +5 more
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Prevalence and prescribing patterns of oral corticosteroids in the United States, Taiwan, and Denmark, 2009–2018

Clinical and Translational Science, 2023
Oral corticosteroids (OCS) are commonly prescribed for acute, self‐limited conditions, despite studies demonstrating toxicity. Studies evaluating longitudinal OCS prescribing in the general population are scarce and do not compare use across countries ...
Beth I. Wallace, Hui‐Ju Tsai, Paul Lin, Kristian Aasbjerg, Ann Chen Wu, Yi‐Fen Tsai, Christian Torp‐Pedersen, Akbar K. Waljee, Tsung‐Chieh Yao   +8 more
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Disease burden of prostate cancer from 2014 to 2019 in the United States: estimation from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 and Medical Expenditure Panel Survey [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2023
OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the disease burden of prostate cancer (PC) and assess key influencing factors associated with the disease expenditures of PC in the United States.
Shen Lin, Dong Lin, Yiyuan Li, Lixian Zhong, Wei Zhou, Yajing Wu, Chen Xie, Shaohong Luo, Xiaoting Huang, Xiongwei Xu, Xiuhua Weng   +10 more
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Up-to-Date Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Test Use in the United States, 2021

Preventing Chronic Disease, 2023
Introduction We examined national estimates of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test use and compared them with Healthy People 2030 national targets. Test use in 2021 was compared with prepandemic estimates.
S. Sabatino, Trevor D. Thompson, Mary C. White, Maria A. Villarroel, J. Shapiro, Jennifer M. Croswell, L. Richardson   +6 more
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Challenges facing the United States of America in implementing universal coverage

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2014
In 2010, immediately before the United States of America (USA) implemented key features of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 18% of its residents younger than 65 years lacked health insurance.
Thomas Rice, Lynn Y Unruh, Pauline Rosenau, Andrew J Barnes, Richard B Saltman, Ewout van Ginneken   +5 more
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High out‑of‑pocket spending and financial hardship at the end of life among cancer survivors and their families

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2023
Cancer is one of the most expensive medical conditions to treat worldwide, affecting national and local spending, as well as household budgets for patients and their families.
Jingxuan Zhao, K. Robin Yabroff
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