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Out-of-Pocket Costs and Diabetes Preventive Services [PDF]

Diabetes Care, 2003
OBJECTIVE—Despite the increased shifting of health care costs to consumers, little is known about the impact of financial barriers on health care utilization. This study investigated the effect of out-of-pocket expenditures on the utilization of recommended diabetes preventive services. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—This was a survey-based
Andrew J. Karter, Mark R. Stevens, William H. Herman, Susan Ettner, David G. Marrero, Monika M. Safford, Michael M. Engelgau, J. David Curb, Arleen F. Brown   +8 more
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Entropy‐Driven Design of Low‐Melting‐Point Alloys via Compositionally Complex Strategy

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Conventional low‐melting‐point alloys (LMPAs) are limited by a narrow compositional space and inherent property trade‐offs. This review presents an entropy‐driven design strategy that overcomes these limitations, ushering in a new class of low‐melting‐point compositionally complex alloys (LMCCAs).
Yinghui Shang, Jianxiang Zhao, Zhaoqi Chen, Hao Gong, Yinsen Yan, Junlei Tao, Yong Yang   +6 more
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Gallium Microalloying in Bi–Sn Solders: Interfacial Phase Formation, Wettability, and Long‐Term Shear Reliability Under Isothermal Aging

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Gallium microalloying redirects interfacial reactions in low‐temperature Bi–Sn solders from Cu–Sn toward Cu–Ga intermetallic formation. The resulting Cu–Ga layer suppresses intermetallic growth during thermal aging, alters fracture pathways, and improves interfacial stability.
Iva Králová, Markéta Klimtová, Mohd Faizul Mohd Sabri, Yew Hoong Wong, Petr Veselý, Martin Plaček, Karel Dušek   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Household Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Costs [PDF]

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2019
Adverse childhood experiences are associated with higher risk of common chronic mental and physical illnesses in adulthood, but little evidence exists on whether this influences medical costs or expenses. This study estimated increases in household medical expenses associated with adults' reported adverse childhood experience scores.Household out-of ...
Adam B. Schickedanz, José J. Escarce, Neal Halfon, Narayan Sastry, Paul J. Chung   +4 more
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Geographic variation in out‐of‐pocket costs for radiation oncology services

Medical Journal of Australia, 2023
AbstractObjectivesTo examine out‐of‐pocket costs incurred by patients for radiation oncology services and their variation by geographic location.DesignAnalysis of patient‐level Medical Benefits Schedule (MBS) claims data linked with data from the Sax Institute 45 and Up Study.Setting, participantsPeople who received Medicare‐subsidised radiation ...
Dan Liu, Serena Yu, Samuel BG Webster, Bahare Moradi, Philip Haywood, Jane Hall, Sanchia Aranda, Kees van Gool   +7 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the affordability of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cystic fibrosis medicines in a middle-income country

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023
Background A heavy financial burden is imposed on patients suffering from chronic diseases due to medicine out-of-pocket payments. Objectives This study focuses on assessing the affordability of medications used for chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs ...
Mahdieh Fathi, Najmeh Moradi, Nazila Yousefi, Farzad Peiravian, Nikta Shobeiri   +4 more
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Electrospun Wood‐Derived Biopolymers as Electrodes in Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electrospinning transforms wood‐derived cellulose and lignin into architecturally defined, binder‐free carbon electrodes with tuneable porosity and functionality. This review shows how fibre design enables decoupled charge and mass transport, enhancing performance across battery systems, while identifying key challenges in spinnability, scalability ...
Michael W. Thielke, Hattie R. Chisnall, Jesus Vazquez Chavez, Ana B. Jorge Sobrido   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the Effectiveness of the Health Services Relative Value Implementation on Out of Pocket Payment of Insured People Covered by the Health Insurance Organization in Selected Hospitals of Bushehr Province in 2014

Rāhburdhā-yi Mudīriyyat dar Niẓām-i Salāmat, 2018
Background: Most of the reforms that have taken place in world health systems are aimed at increasing the efficiency, quality, and control of costs.
Houshang Golzar, Saeid Tahmasebi, Morad Alizadeh   +2 more
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Functionalizing Micro‐to‐Mesoscopic Electrode Architectures for Regulating Electron Transfer Behaviors in Electrocatalysis

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A systematic review is conducted to assess the influence of electrode architecture across micro‐ to mesoscopic length scales on electron‐transfer pathways in electrocatalysis. We discuss the structure‐activity relationships in electrocatalytic applications, including resource recovery and environmental remediation, and provide cost‐effective, efficient
Manshu Zhao, Jiaojiao Zhang, Shideng Yuan, Xinmeng Yu, Keming Wan, Xiaoguang Duan, Zhining Wang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source