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A Case Study of an Agency\u27s Three Family Preservation Contracts [PDF]

, 2002
This article presents a case study of a nonprofit child welfare agency that delivered family preservation services under three different purchase-of-service (POS) contracts.
Ezell, Mark
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Light Therapy Alleviates Addiction‐Related Symptoms and Reshapes Habenula and Midbrain Pathways

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study investigates light therapy for treating Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). Functional MRI (fMRI) data reveal that light therapy enhances brain connectivity, particularly between the habenula and the medial orbitofrontal cortex (mOFC). These changes are associated with reduced withdrawal symptoms and addiction severity, highlighting the ...
Jinhui Li, Huiyang Huang, Cunhao Hu, Xuan Zhang, Song Lin, Xiaodan Huang, Ti‐fei Yuan, Kwok‐Fai So, Lu Huang, Chaoran Ren, Qian Tao   +10 more
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Inter-jurisdictional cooperation on pharmaceutical product listing agreements: views from Canadian provinces

BMC Health Services Research, 2013
Background Confidential product listing agreements (PLAs) negotiated between pharmaceutical manufacturers and individual health care payers may contribute to unwanted price disparities, high administrative costs, and unequal bargaining power within and ...
Morgan Steven G, Thomson Paige A, Daw Jamie R, Friesen Melissa K   +3 more
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Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in the Era of Robotics: Evolution, Eclipse, or Equilibrium?

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Minimally invasive colorectal surgery has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past three decades. Laparoscopy, once viewed with skepticism, is now firmly established as a standard approach, supported by robust randomized trials demonstrating oncologic safety and improved recovery compared to open surgery.
Amanjeet Singh, Archit Gupta, Azhar Perwaiz, Adarsh Chaudhary   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

State Implementation of National Health Reform: Harnessing Federal Resources to Meet State Policy Goals [PDF]

, 2010
Discusses state options for maximizing coverage and access to care; reforming the health insurance market; holding insurers accountable for high-quality, affordable coverage; restructuring healthcare delivery and financing; and cutting budget ...
Stan Dorn
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Building an Intelligent Cardiovascular System Platform: Embedding Artificial Intelligence across All Facets of Cardiovascular Medicine

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This paper presents an integrated AI‐driven cardiovascular platform unifying multimodal data, predictive analytics, and real‐time monitoring. It demonstrates how artificial intelligence—from deep learning to federated learning—enables early diagnosis, precision treatment, and personalized rehabilitation across the full disease lifecycle, promoting a ...
Mowei Kong, Xingwei Zhao, Qiuting Li, Yang Yu, Chunxiang Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Payment models and the sustainability of community pharmacy practice: a qualitative interview study with community pharmacists

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
Background The sustainability of community pharmacies in the United States depends, in large part, on policies enacted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Kelly Ann Schmidtke, Terri Warholak
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A community‐driven approach to address substance use and create a Great Plains American Indian addiction and recovery research agenda

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger, Anna Kihlström, Brinda Sivaramakrishnan, Allison Kelliher, Frankie Kropp, Carmen Rosa, T. John Winhusen, Donald Warne, the CTN0129 participating Tribal communities   +8 more
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Development of a core evaluation framework of value-added medicines: report 2 on pharmaceutical policy perspectives

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2021
Background A core evaluation framework that captures the health care and societal benefits of value added medicines (VAMs, also often called repurposed medicines) was proposed in Report 1, aiming to reduce the heterogeneity in value assessment processes ...
Zoltán Kaló, Zsuzsanna Ida Petykó, Frank-Ulrich Fricke, Nikos Maniadakis, Tomáš Tesař, Kateřina Podrazilová, Jaime Espin, András Inotai   +7 more
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Satisfied or Reimbursed: An Innovative Index-Based Mechanism for the Environmental Protection of a Tourist Region [PDF]

Sustainability, 2020
This article describes and discusses an innovative index-based environmental protection mechanism involving both tourists and local firms of a given region. The public administration offers tourists (non-polluting firms) the possibility of being reimbursed if the environmental quality in the region turns out to be below (above) a given threshold level.
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