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Burden of gallstone disease in the United States population: Prepandemic rates and trends

open access: yesWorld Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
BACKGROUND Gallstone disease is one of the most common digestive disorders in the United States and leads to significant morbidity, mortality, and health care utilization.
A. Unalp-arida, C. Ruhl
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Vital Signs: Colorectal Cancer Screening Test Use — United States, 2018

open access: yesMMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2020
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States of cancers that affect both men and women. Despite strong evidence that screening for CRC reduces incidence and mortality, CRC screening prevalence is ...
D. Joseph   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An Examination of the Rising Costs of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the United States: What Has Caused This Increase and What Can Be Done to Remedy the Problem? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Employers provide the most common source of health insurance coverage among the nonelderly population in the United States. Health care costs have a direct correlation to the cost of employer-sponsored health insurance.
Manchester, Sara
core   +1 more source

The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

National Health Insurance Revisited [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper explains why one in seven Americans has no health insurance, and compares the casualty and the social insurance models of health insurance. The paper discusses the relationship among national health insurance (NHI) , the cost of care, and the ...
Victor R. Fuchs
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Mental Health And The Role Of The States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Researchers from the State Health Care Spending Project -- a collaboration between The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation -- sought to better understand the country's mental health challenges and, in particular ...
Meredith Klein   +3 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role and uptake of private health insurance in different health care systems: are there lessons for developing countries?

open access: yesClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2013
Isaac AO Odeyemi,1 John Nixon21Senior Director and Head of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Astellas Pharma UK Ltd, Chertsey, UK; 2Teaching Associate in Health Economics, Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, York ...
Odeyemi IA, Nixon J
doaj  

HIV Testing among Outpatients with Medicaid and Commercial Insurance.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
ObjectiveTo assess HIV testing and factors associated with receipt of testing among persons with Medicaid and commercial insurance during 2012.MethodsOutpatient and laboratory claims were analyzed from two databases: all Medicaid claims from six states ...
Patricia M Dietz   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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