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High Healthcare Utilization Preceding Diagnosis with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Though early diagnosis improves long‐term outcomes, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) patients often experience prolonged, circuitous paths to diagnosis. To inform diagnostic improvement, we sought to characterize healthcare utilization in the year preceding diagnosis.
Anna Costello, Rui Xiao, Xuemei Zhang, Jahan Jazayeri, Irit R Rasooly, Pamela F Weiss   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is Healthy Competition Healthy? New Evidence of the Impact of Hospital Competition

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2002
Competition among hospitals is commonly regarded as inefficient due to the medical arms race phenomenon, but most evidence for this hypothesis predates the Medicare prospective payment system and preferred provider legislation.
Thomas L. Gift, Richard Arnould, Larry DeBrock   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating Patient‐Reported Quality Measures in SLE: Development of the American College of Rheumatology Implementation Guide

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective To support high‐quality, patient‐centered care for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) developed evidence‐based measures incorporating clinical and patient‐reported outcomes measures (PROMs). Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), we conducted semi‐structured interviews ...
Catherine Nasrallah, Cherish Wilson, Christine Hariz, Christie M Bartels, Shanthini Kasturi, Wambui Machua, Amy Bennett, Kate Chiseri, Allison Plitman, Starla Hairston Blanks, April Jorge, Patti Katz, Jinoos Yazdany, Shivani Garg   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Economic Implications of a Diagnosis-Related Groups Payment System in Iran’s Health System Transformation Plan

International Journal of Preventive Medicine
Background: The Health System Transformation Plan (HSTP) in Iran aimed to enhance universal health coverage through improved access and reduced out-of-pocket payments. However, rising healthcare expenditures have posed challenges.
Yousef Khadivi, Mohsen Nabi Meibodi, Fatemeh Saghafi, Reza Khadivi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Upcycling of Disposable Face Masks into Water‐Resistant and Flame Retardant Foams

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Disposable mask waste is upcycled into lightweight polypropylene‐based foams with tunable porosity and composite architectures reinforced by ear‐loop fibers. The sustainable solvent‐based process enables upcycling rates of 91% and solvent recovery of >90%.
Jingjing Pan, Erlantz Lizundia, Hao Jia, Lennart Bergström   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hospital Financing and the Development and Adoption of New Technologies [PDF]

We study the influence of different reimbursement systems, namely Prospective Payment System, Cost Based Reimbursement System and Mixed Reimbursement System on the development and adoption of different technologies with an endogenous supply of these ...
Marisa Miraldo
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Mapping the Cerebral Organoid Landscape: A Systematic Review of Preclinical 3D Models in Neuroscience

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Cerebral organoids are transforming brain research, yet the field remains fragmented. This comprehensive systematic review maps 738 studies published between 2014 and 2024 to uncover trends, gaps, and opportunities across neuroscience. Introducing OrganoidMap—an interactive, open‐access platform to explore and compare models—this work enables ...
Anna Wolfram, Vanessa Arnold, Maik Wolfram‐Schauerte, Anastassiya Moskalchuk, Caroline Trust, Marie Vontz, Mona Scheurenbrand, Vijayasarathy Sampath‐Kumar, Sogand Ahari, Carlos Romero‐Nieto, Lisa Sevenich   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Case-Mix System for Children and Youth With Developmental Disabilities

Health Services Insights, 2020
Limited funding across health and social service programs presents a challenge regarding how to best match resources to the needs of the population. There is increasing consensus that differences in individual characteristics and care needs should be ...
Shannon L Stewart, Angela Celebre, Michael J Head, Mary L James, Lynn Martin, Brant E Fries   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Competition under Prospective Payment on Hospital Costs among High and Low Cost Admissions: Evidence from California, 1983 - 1993 [PDF]

Competition and prospective payment systems have been widely used to attempt to control health care costs. Though much of the increase in medical costs over the past half-century has been concentrated among a few high-cost users of health care ...
David Meltzer, Jeanette Chung
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Groping for Autonomy: The Federal Government and American Hospitals [PDF]

, 1999
This article chronicles the slow but steady emergence of countervailing power in the hospital industry since mid-century. The transformation of American health care policymaking reflects the federal government\u27s growing fiscal obligations as the ...
Hackey, Robert B.
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