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The Impact of Health Reform on Health System Spending [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Examines the 2010 healthcare reform law's impact on national health expenditures, through new coverage, savings in public programs, insurance exchanges, and health system modernization; the federal budget; Medicare; and premiums for private ...
David M. Cutler   +2 more
core  

​Did a Non‐Medical Biosimilar Switching Policy Cause an Increase in Non‐Biologic/Biosimilar Health Care Resource Utilization or Cost in Patients With Inflammatory Arthritis?

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a series of policies that mandated switching patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) from an originator biologic to a biosimilar in British Columbia, Canada, on health care resource use and cost.
HaoHung Dang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydroxychloroquine Associated With Lower Glomerular Filtration Rate Decline in Lupus Nephritis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) protects kidney function in lupus nephritis (LN) by preventing flares, yet some cohort studies show no significant benefit in kidney function with HCQ. Clarifying these conflicting findings by showing early and long‐term benefits of HCQ on kidney function preservation is critical.
Shivani Garg   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health insurance: Principles, models and the Nigerian National Health Insurance Scheme

open access: yesInternational Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2011
Introduction: The Nigerian National Health Insurance scheme (NHIS) is planned to attract more resources to the health care sector and improve the level of access and utilization of healthcare services.
O E Onwujekwe   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between familial aggregation of chronic kidney disease and its incidence and progression

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
This study aimed to examine the association between familial aggregation of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and risk of CKD development and its progression.
Jae Young Kim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does the operations of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana align with the goals of primary health care? Perspectives of key stakeholders in northern Ghana [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In 2005, the World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged member states to aim at achieving affordable universal coverage and access to key promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health interventions ...
Akazili, James   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Economic Burden of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize the economic impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on households, health systems, and society in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Methods Electronic databases such as PubMed, Web of Science, and CINAHL were searched using keywords related to RA and cost of illness.
Tadesse Gebrye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy on medical services used in association with otitis media based on Korean national sample cohort data

open access: yesCost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2020
Background The effect of tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy (T&A) on otitis media has been investigated, but there have been no reports of the relationship between T&A and medical services used in association with otitis media.
Junhui Jeong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of living in the same region as one’s workplace on the total fertility rate of working women in Korea [PDF]

open access: yesEpidemiology and Health, 2019
OBJECTIVES The lowest-low fertility status of Korea has continued for the past 17 years despite governmental efforts to encourage childbirth. As the number of working women has increased, their residence patterns have changed; however, the impact of this
Yeon-Yong Kim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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