This paper presents experience of using Vimpat in outpatient health care chain of Moscow. In the observational study were attended 49 patients with difficult for treatment focal forms of epilepsy (cryptogenic and symptomatic forms).
I. Yu. Artyomova +16 more
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Changes in respiratory diseases in Chongqing Health Center for women and children during COVID-19
By comparing the outpatient volume of paediatric patients and the outpatient volume of respiratory tract infections in Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children in China from 2017 to June 2020, the changes in the outpatient volume of paediatric ...
M.-D. Xu, X.-X. Xu, X.-M. Li
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Do subsidized health programs in Armenia increase utilization among the poor? [PDF]
This article analyzes the extent to which the Basic Benefit Package (BBP), a subsidized health program in Armenia, increases utilization and affordability of outpatient health care among the poor.
Diego Angel-Urdinola, Shweta Jain
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Proportion of Japanese outpatients filling prescriptions for long-term medication regimens
Kaori Kurata,1 Michi Onuki,2 Kazuki Yoshizumi,3 Eitaro Taniai,3 Akira Dobashi11Education and Research Institute of Information Science, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan; 2Insurance Pharmacy Division, Yakuju Co.
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Evidence-Informed Case Rates: A New Health Care Payment Model [PDF]
Suggests a new payment model whereby providers are paid a single, risk-adjusted payment across inpatient and outpatient settings to care for a patient diagnosed with a specific ...
Francois de Brantes, Joseph A. Camillus
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Effects of the increase in co-payments from 20 to 30 percent on the compliance rate of patients with hypertension or diabetes mellitus in the Employed Health Insurance System [PDF]
Objectives: How to contain medical expenditures is a universal problem. The Japanese government has increased patient co-payments to control it. The purpose of this study is to clarify whether the increase in co-payments to 30 percent prevented patients ...
Babazono, Akira +7 more
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Physicians' use of electronic prescribing system functionalities in outpatient clinics [PDF]
Objectives: This study investigates how physicians in Iran's Social Security Organization outpatient clinics utilize EPS functionalities to optimize the system and enhance patient care.Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Iran
Fatemeh Rangraz Jeddi +3 more
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Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder Not Participating in an RCT: Are They Different? [PDF]
Background: Despite the notion that randomized controlled trials are regarded as the gold standard in psychotherapy research, questions about their generalizability have been raised. This paper focuses on the differences between participants and eligible
Buchheim, Peter +5 more
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Dollars and Performance: Treating Alcohol Misuse in Maine [PDF]
If public funds are allocated efficiently, then an increase in funding should improve the performance of substance abuse treatment programs. In the data used in this paper, performance (measured as abstinence rates) and expenditures per patient are not ...
Machado, Matilde P.
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ObjectiveTo evaluate the diagnostic value of lung ultrasound (LUS) for childhood community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).MethodsA case-control study was conducted among pediatric outpatients with suspected CAP who underwent LUS examination. Baseline data such
Tingting Qin +8 more
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