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Dental practice satisfaction with preferred provider organizations [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2007
Background Despite their increasing share of the dental insurance market, little is known about dental practices' satisfaction with preferred provider organizations (PPOs).
Schilling Elizabeth A, Reisine Susan, Aseltine Robert H, Kennedy James   +3 more
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Findings From a Commercial ACO Patient Experience Survey

Journal of Patient Experience, 2021
Accountable care organizations (ACO) emerge each year aiming to improve care quality while controlling rising health care costs. This cross-sectional study examined whether ACO arrangements within a Preferred Provider Organization and a Health ...
Joanne M Graham PhD, David W Cowling PhD, Hui Zhang PhD   +2 more
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The Historical Context of the Emergence of Health Systems Science (HSS): Changes in the U.S. Healthcare System and Medical Education from the 1910s to the 2010s [PDF]

Uisahak, 2023
This study traces the historical process of the emergence of Health Systems Science (HSS) over one hundred years from the 1910s to the 2010s. HSS is a discipline introduced in American medical education as a “third pillar” in addition to basic medical ...
Hyejung Grace KONG
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Use of a mixed‐methods approach to develop a guidebook with messaging to encourage colorectal cancer screening among Black individuals 45 and older

Cancer Medicine, 2023
Introduction Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer‐related deaths in the United States and disproportionately impacts Black individuals.
Adjoa Anyane‐Yeboa, Michelle Aubertine, Aisha Parker, Kaitlin Sylvester, Caleb Levell, Emily Bell, Karen M. Emmons, Folasade P. May   +7 more
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation

Voices in Bioethics, 2023
Photo by 168502358© Designer491|Dreamstime.com ABSTRACT Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs) can protect the autonomy of those living with severe mental illness (SMI) and improve their treatment outcomes.
Nicholas Karasik
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Concerns and Needs of Patients With Head and Neck Cancer in the COVID-19 Era

OTO Open, 2021
Objective To evaluate the concerns and needs of patients and survivors of head and neck cancer (HNC) in the COVID-19 era. Study Design Prospective cross-sectional survey. Setting Contact lists of 5 North American HNC advocacy groups.
Flora Yan MD, Erika Rauscher, Amanda Hollinger MPA, Mary Ann Caputo, John Ready, Shaun A. Nguyen MD, Carole Fakhry MD, MPH, Cherie-Ann O. Nathan MD, Chris Leonardis, Danielle Yearout MS, Terry A. Day MD, Michael G. Moore MD   +11 more
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Providing Medical Information to Older Adults in a Web-Based Environment: Systematic Review

JMIR Aging, 2021
BackgroundCancer is a disease that predominantly affects older adults, and several organizations recommend the completion of a geriatric assessment to help with cancer treatment decision-making.
McLean, Bianca, Hossain, Nazia, Donison, Valentina, Gray, Mikaela, Durbano, Sara, Haase, Kristen, Alibhai, Shabbir Muhammad Husayn, Puts, Martine   +7 more
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Insurers' Competitive Strategy and Enrollment in Newly Offered Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs)

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2007
While early growth in preferred provider organizations (PPOs) coincided with growth of managed care generally, recent expansion has come primarily at the expense of other managed care plans.
Richard A. Hirth, Kyle L. Grazier, Michael E. Chernew, Edward N. Okeke   +3 more
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Managed Care Discounting: Evidence from the MarketScan Database

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2004
The paper examines price discounting by health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and preferred provider organizations (PPOs) in markets for hospital services.
Avi Dor, Siran M. Koroukian, Michael Grossman   +2 more
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The evidence gap on gendered impacts of performance-based financing among family physicians for chronic disease care: a systematic review reanalysis in contexts of single-payer universal coverage

Human Resources for Health, 2020
Background Although pay-for-performance (P4P) among primary care physicians for enhanced chronic disease management is increasingly common, the evidence base is fragmented in terms of socially equitable impacts in achieving the quadruple aim for ...
Neeru Gupta, Holly M. Ayles
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