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How Can Medicare Lead Delivery System Reform? [PDF]

, 2009
Explores options and design issues for reforming the fee-for-service payment system to encourage better, more efficient health care through greater accountability for specific populations and totality of care.
Francis J. Crosson, Laura Tollen, Nancy Taylor, Rashell Young, Stuart Guterman   +4 more
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Collaborating with transnational families: Learning from the experiences of family caretakers, educators, psychologists, and spiritual leaders in Honduras

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript centers on the experiences of caretakers of minors in Honduran transnational families (TNFs) in which one or both parents emigrated, and of the schoolteachers, professional psychologists, and spiritual leaders working with these families.
Marco Gemignani, Yolanda Hernández‐Albújar, Nerea Larrinaga‐Bidegain   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of a New Case-Based Payment System on Quality of Care: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis in China

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
Xinyu Zhang,1,2 Mengcen Qian,1,3 Jiaqi Yan,1 Ruixin Wang,1 Dawei Lyu,1,4 Xiaohua Ying,1,3 Shenglan Tang2,5,6 1School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 2Global Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University ...
Zhang X, Qian M, Yan J, Wang R, Lyu D, Ying X, Tang S   +6 more
doaj  

Infrastructure in South Africa: Who is to finance and who is to pay? [PDF]

Against the backdrop of shifting views on the role of government in the provision of infrastructure, this paper distinguishes between the payment for and financing of the South African Government’s infrastructure investment programme.
Estian Calitz, Johan Fourie
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Does How Much and How You Pay Matter? Evidence from the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System [PDF]

We use the implementation of a new prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) to investigate the effect of changes in marginal and average reimbursement on costs. The results show that the IRF PPS led to a significant
Jose J. Escarce, Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, Neeraj Sood   +2 more
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Analysis of HHS Final Rules on Reinsurance, Risk Corridors and Risk Adjustment [PDF]

, 2012
Summarizes final rules for states and health insurance plans for minimizing adverse selection under federal healthcare reform and highlights changes from proposed rules.
James Woolman, Julie Peper, Patrick Holland, Ross Winkelman, Syed Mehmud   +4 more
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The 9th International RASopathies Symposium

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The RASopathies are a group of congenital disorders with overlapping clinical manifestations that are caused by pathogenic germline or early somatic variants that result in the hyperactivation of the RAS/mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway.
Pau Castel, Lisa Schoyer, Beth Stronach, Raya Bogdanova, Anton M. Bennett, Jaishri Blakeley, Miriam Bornhorst, Tammy Bowers, Saskia M. Brachmann, Emma Burkitt‐Wright, Kathryn Chatfield, Alessandro De Luca, Khalil El‐Chammas, Abdul Elkadri, John E. Fortunato, Bruce D. Gelb, Anne Goriely, Karen Gripp, Kassidy Grover, Lindsay Homan, Kenneth A. Kern, Maija Kiuru, Charles (Chuck) Lawson, Yong‐Seok Lee, Frank McCormick, Gina Ney, Cristina Nuevo‐Tapioles, Sara Pardej, Elizabeth I. Pierpont, Julia Plank, Nancy Ratner, Katherine A. Rauen, J. Elliott Robinson, Les Rogers, Sarah E. Sheppard, Keir Shiels, David Stevenson, Dagmar Tiemens, Matthew Traylor, K. Nicole Weaver, Marielle Yohe, Tamar Green   +41 more
wiley   +1 more source

Denial of Inpatient Genetic Testing: A Study on Outpatient Yield and Outcomes

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Genetic conditions suspected in children often require genetic testing for accurate diagnoses, but testing remains costly. Case management teams review genetic test requests to improve access for patients while reducing the financial burden for medical institutions.
Cindy Y. Canales, Kathleen Shields, Meagan Choates, Paul Hillman, Laura Farach, Theresa Wittman, Kathryn Leal   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing Differences in Rural Hospital Efficiency: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach [PDF]

This study analyzes difference in efficiency among the U.S. rural hospitals using a two-stage, semi-parametric approach. Data Envelopment Analysis is used in the first stage to calculate cost, technical and allocative efficiencies of Critical Access ...
Barnes, James N., Fannin, James Matthew, Nedelea, I. Cristian   +2 more
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Expanding the Evaluation of Skeletal Anomalies in Patients With KBG Syndrome: Recommendations for Clinical Practice

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT KBG syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant neurodevelopmental disorder caused by ANKRD11 haploinsufficiency and is characterized by short stature, distinctive facial features, intellectual disability or developmental delay, congenital anomalies and skeletal anomalies.
Marit van der Leij, Emilie de Groot, Eleonora Orlandini, Willemijn M. Klein, Charlotte W. Ockeloen, Joyce M. Geelen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source