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The Business Case for Population Health Management

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2019
American health care is shifting from a fixed-cost, fee-for-service payment model to value-based payment, in which providers including physicians and hospitals increasingly face incentives to reduce the total cost of care and meet specific quality benchmarks.
Jason H, Wasfy, Timothy G, Ferris
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Variability in Use of Health Services and Its Association with Self-Management Skills: A Population-Based Exploratory Analysis

, 2016
Self-management skills are helpful in making appropriate health-related decisions; however, improvements in self-management skills do not always translate into changes in health services utilization.
Ehrlich, Carolyn, Kendall, Elizabeth, Parekh, Sanjoti   +2 more
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The economic burden of type 2 diabetes on the public healthcare system in Kenya: a cost of illness study

BMC Health Services Research
Background The burden of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a growing public health concern. The availability of cost-of-illness data, particularly public healthcare costs for NCDs, is limited in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), yet such data evidence ...
Caroline H. Karugu, Charles Agyemang, Patrick Gueswendé Ilboudo, Micheal Kofi Boachie, Lilian Mburu, Milka Wanjohi, Richard E. Sanya, Aisha Moolla, Veronica Ojiambo, Petronell Kruger, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Gershim Asiki   +11 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping Healthcare Needs: A Systematic Review of Population Stratification Tools

Medical Sciences
Background and Aim: In 2021, healthcare expenditure in Italy represented 7.3% of the national gross domestic product, with approximately 80% attributed to the management of chronic diseases—an increasing burden associated with population aging ...
Giovanni Genovese, Caterina Elisabetta Rizzo, Antonio Nirta, Linda Bartucciotto, Roberto Venuto, Francesco Fedele, Raffaele Squeri, Cristina Genovese   +7 more
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

How to Monitor for Population Health Outcomes: Guidelines for developing a monitoring framework [PDF]

, 2007
Public Health Intelligence (PHI) is the epidemiology group of the Ministry of Health. PHI carries out the Ministry’s statutory responsibility to monitor the health of the New Zealand population by analysing population health outcomes and risks and ...
Wren, John
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Utilization of a multidisciplinary hospital-based approach to reduce readmission rates

SAGE Open Medicine
Background: Hospital readmissions remain a significant and pressing issue in our healthcare system. In 2010, the Affordable Care Act helped establish the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, which incentivized reducing readmission rates by ...
Barry Hahn, Trever Ball, Wassim Diab, Chris Choi, Hallie Bleau, Anne Flynn   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source