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Reimbursement Design and Procedure‐Level Gross Profit of Robot‐Assisted Gastrectomy in a Publicly Financed Health System: Evidence From Japan

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Publicly financed healthcare systems must balance technological innovation with fiscal constraints. Reimbursement mechanisms influence institutional decisions regarding the adoption of high‐cost surgical technologies. This study evaluated whether current reimbursement designs adequately reflect procedure‐level gross surgical profit of robot ...
Yoshimasa Akashi, Koichi Ogawa, Yohei Owada, Tsuyoshi Enomoto, Kinji Furuya, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Osamu Shimomura, Yoshihiro Miyazaki, Tatsuya Oda   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health Benefit Utilization and Out-of-Pocket Expenses in Outpatient Care and Hospitalizations: Baseline Surveys of Three Primary Care Sites in the Philippines. [PDF]

Acta Med Philipp
Dans LF, Marfori JRA, De Mesa RYH, Galingana CLT, Fabian NMC, Rey MP, Sanchez JT, Catabui JT, Sundiang NB, Paterno RPP, Co EEA, Tan-Lim CSC, Dans AAML.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hypervision Proton Surgery: The Future Direction of Proton Therapy

iNew Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Proton beams provide unique physical advantages characterized by a low entrance dose, negligible exit dose, and a sharp Bragg peak, which enable superior sparing of normal tissues and support safe dose escalation for improved tumor control. However, conventional photon‐based fractionation remains widely used in proton therapy, where prolonged ...
Li Li, Shuanghu Yuan
wiley   +1 more source

Current strategies to enhance the target efficiency of advanced multifunctional ultrasound contrast agents in ischemic diseases

Interdisciplinary Medicine, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract outlines a novel multifunctional ultrasound contrast agent for the diagnosis and treatment of ischemic diseases, along with innovative strategies to enhance its targeting efficiency. Abstract Ischemic diseases, such as myocardial infarction, stroke, and peripheral ischemia, are leading causes of death and disability worldwide ...
Yangyang Zhou, Jing Lin, Yu Chen, Jiaqi Zhao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cancer impact on lower-income patients in Malaysian public healthcare: An exploration of out-of-pocket expenses, productivity loss, and financial coping strategies. [PDF]

PLoS One
Aminuddin F, Raman S, Bahari MS, Zaimi NA, Mohd Nor Sham Kunusagaran MSJ, Zainuddin NA, Mostapha M, Ping TY, Mohd Hassan NZA.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hospitalization Expenditures and Out-Of-Pocket Expenses in Patients With Stroke in Northeast China, 2015-2017: A Pooled Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Front Pharmacol, 2020
Ma Z, Deng G, Meng Z, Wu H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Deliberate Practice Supervision to Enhance the Effectiveness of Behavioral Activation for Depression: A Case Study

Journal of Clinical Psychology, Volume 81, Issue 6, Page 526-537, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Deliberate Practice (DP) is a model of behavioral skill acquisition structured by several key tasks. The past decade has shown a consistent growth in interest in this form of learning for psychotherapy skills, with promising research suggesting DP training is superior to traditional learning methods of psychotherapy. This paper presents a case
Dan Sacks
wiley   +1 more source

Out-of-pocket expenses and healthcare service utilisation among maintenance haemodialysis patients: A study at a tertiary care hospital in Udupi, Karnataka. [PDF]

J Educ Health Promot
Ramesan AK, D'Souza B, Sekaran VC.
europepmc   +1 more source

Reduced Food Availability Amplifies Behavioral Depression and Impairs Locomotor Performance After Immune Challenge in Xenopus laevis

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, EarlyView.
Food restricition amplifies the reduction in voluntary locomotion after immune challenge in Xenopus laevis, ilustrating the energetic trade‐off between immunity and performance. ABSTRACT Mounting an immune response and locomotor activity are energetically costly processes that can generate trade‐offs affecting energy allocation, muscle performance, and
Thaysa G. Oliveira, Laurie Araspin, Laura Camila C. Olarte, Carlos A. Navas, Anthony Herrel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Humanism in the Age of Hyperreality: A Speculative Critique of AI Therapybots and the Neoliberal Commodification of Human Beings

The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the future place of humanistic counseling, assuming the successful mass deployment of artificial intelligence therapy chatbots (AITCs). We systematically identify the limitations of AITCs through the lens of Jean Baudrillard's view on simulacra and hyperreality and identify five collective psychosocial consequences of ...
Brett. D. Wilkinson, Andrew M. Brown
wiley   +1 more source