The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Utilization of Preventive Health Care Services
SAGE Open, 2016 We examined how (a) health insurance coverage, and (b) familiarity with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s or ObamaCare mandate of cost-free access to preventive health services, affect the use of preventive services by residents of a
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E-cigarette and dual product use as an emerging health threat to the US military
Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2021 Introduction Cigarette and e-cigarette use are threats to the health and readiness of the US military. The study objective was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with e-cigarette, cigarette, and dual use among active duty service members (
Case H. Keltner +3 more
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Prevention of cardiovascular disease: why do we neglect the most potent intervention? [PDF]
, 2009 Despite a large volume of evidence supporting its cardioprotective properties and its other numerous established health benefits, physical activity is not a serious prescription option for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Stamatakis, E, Weiler, R
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Parents’ views on how health professionals should work with them now to get the best for their child in the future [PDF]
, 2012 Background Pregnancy and the first years of life are important times for future child well-being. Early identification of families and children who might be likely to experience poorer outcomes could enable health professionals and parents to work ...
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Getting the Coverage You Deserve: What to Do if You Are Charged a Co-Pay, Deductible, or Co-Insurance for a Preventive Service [PDF]
, 2014 The health care law requires new health plans to cover certain preventive services. This means that, as an increasing number of health plans come under the law's reach over the next few years, more and more people will have access to a wide range of ...
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Blinatumomab has been shown to be highly effective for patients with pediatric B‐ALL and has recently become standard of care therapy. Due to its past use in the clinical trial setting, there is limited information available about real‐world administration.
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BMC Health Services Research, 2017 Background This is the fifth in a series of papers reporting Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) in a local healthcare setting.
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Association between health insurance literacy and avoidance of health care services owing to cost [PDF]
, 2018 Importance: Navigating health insurance and health care choices requires considerable health insurance literacy. Although recommended preventive services are exempt from out-of-pocket costs under the Affordable Care Act, many people may remain unaware of
Goold, Susan D +5 more
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Does the operations of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana align with the goals of primary health care? Perspectives of key stakeholders in northern Ghana [PDF]
, 2016 In 2005, the World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged member states to aim at achieving affordable universal coverage and access to key promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health interventions ...
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the diagnostic yield and utility of universal paired tumor–normal multigene panel sequencing in newly diagnosed pediatric solid and central nervous system (CNS) tumor patients and to compare the detection of germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (PV/LPVs) against established clinical referral criteria for cancer ...
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