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A global review of the expansion of multinational healthcare companies [PDF]

, 2007
There are some common patterns of expansion among healthcare multinational companies throughout the world. Many are diversifying away from just delivering healthcare to providing health insurance and other financial ...
Lethbridge, Jane
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Price Indexes for Medical Care Goods and Services: An Overview of Measurement Issues [PDF]

We review in considerable detail the conceptual and measurement issues that underlie construction of medical care price indexes in the U.S., particularly the medical care consumer price indexes (MCPIs) and medical-related producer price indexes (MPPIs ...
David M. Cutler, Ernst R. Berndt, Joseph P. Newhouse, Richard G. Frank, Zvi Griliches   +4 more
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Optical Bench Evaluation of a Novel, Hydrophobic, Acrylic, One-Piece, Polyfocal Intraocular Lens with a “Zig-Zag” L-Loop Haptic Design

Vision
Purpose: The number of presbyopia-correcting (premium) intraocular lenses (IOLs) is growing steadily as the desire for spectacle independence after cataract surgery increases. The aim of this laboratory study was to evaluate a newly launched hydrophobic,
Andreas F. Borkenstein, Eva-Maria Borkenstein, Pooria Omidi, Achim Langenbucher   +3 more
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Global and Episodic Bundling: An Overview and Considerations for Medicaid [PDF]

, 2011
Examines implementation issues for two payment strategies under which a group of providers receives a single payment per patient for a predefined time period for a predefined set of services and which involve risk adjustment and quality ...
Gwyn Volk, James Pettersson
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Distributive Injustice(s) in American Health Care [PDF]

, 2006
Havighurst and Richman seek to show the nature--and to suggest the cumulative attitude--of the many regressive tendencies of the financing, regulatory and legal regime governing the private side of US health ...
Havighurst, Clark C., Richman, Barak D.
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Requirement for and optimisation of premium intraocular lenses [PDF]

Premium intraocular lenses (IOLs) aim to surgically correct astigmatism and presbyopia following cataract extraction, optimising vision and eliminating the need for cataract surgery in later years.
Bhogal, Gurpreet
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Premium intraocular lenses: an option or a need in modern cataract surgery?

, 2021
Yaumary Bauza Fortunato, Zucell Ana Veitía Rovirosa, Taimí Cárdenas Díaz, Marietta Gutiérrez Castillo, Yoriel Cuan Aguilar   +4 more
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Geometry of Modern Presbyopia-Correcting Intraocular Lenses and Changes in Haptic–Capsular Bag Behavior According to Compression and Different Well Diameters: A Bench Study Using Computed Tomography

Ophthalmology and Therapy
Introduction The geometry of an intraocular lens (IOL), the design of the haptics, and the optic–haptic junction play a role in initial and long-term visual outcome after cataract surgery.
Andreas F. Borkenstein, Eva-Maria Borkenstein   +1 more
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Social Entrepreneurship Business Models: Managing Innovation for Social and Economic Value Creation [PDF]

, 2014
A Nicholls, A Zeyen, BP Priddat, C Seelos, C Zott, D Bornstein, E Freeman, F Boons, F Wilson, G Hamel, J Barney, J Defourney, J Engel, J Mair, J Mair, J Schumpeter, J Weerawardena, J. Rockström, JD Thompson, JG Dees, KM Humberg, M Beckmann, M Goldrich, M. C. Jensen, ME Porter, PA Dacin, PJ Murphy, S Baron-Cohen   +27 more
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Why Have Health Expenditures as a Share fo GDP Risen So Much? [PDF]

Aggregate health expenditures as a share of GDP have risen in the United States from about 5 percent in 1960 to nearly 14 percent in recent years. Why? This paper explores a simple explanation based on technological progress.
Charles I. Jones
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