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Variation in the 11-year trajectories of medical care seeking behaviors in diabetes patients under a single payer system: persisting gaps to be filled [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Care-seeking behavior is widely acknowledged to have strong influences on health outcomes among individuals with chronic conditions including diabetes. Despite its dynamic nature, care seeking behavior are often considered as time invariant in
Tzu-Ho Tsai, Nicole Huang, I-Feng Lin, Yiing-Jenq Chou   +3 more
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Differences in the relationship between medication adherence and payer medical costs across three quality measures: results of a cohort study among medicare advantage beneficiaries [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Background There is considerable evidence that medication non-adherence is associated with higher healthcare costs. Payers and providers often target adherence quality measures for intervention, but the impact may depend on the medication.
Sujith Ramachandran, Irene Nsiah, Megha A. Parikh, Patrick J. Campbell, Taruja Karmakar, Heather Black, John P. Bentley   +6 more
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Preventable hospitalizations through ED: does the number of hospital beds matter under the global budget in a single-payer system in Taiwan? [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundTaiwan implemented global hospital budgeting with a floating-point value, which created a prisoner's dilemma. As a result, hospitals increased service volume, which caused the floating-point value to drop to less than one New Taiwan Dollar (NTD)
Hsueh-Fen Chen, Hsueh-Fen Chen, Hsueh-Fen Chen, Hui-Min Hsieh, Hui-Min Hsieh, Hui-Min Hsieh, Wei-Shan Chang   +6 more
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34. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Operative Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in a National Single-payer System [PDF]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2023
Trista M. Benitez, MPH, BA, Rachel C. Hooper, MD, Erika D. Sears, MD, MS   +2 more
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Foster Care Status as an Understudied Social Driver of Health Outcomes for Children Needing Cardiac Surgery [PDF]

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Children and youth in foster care (CYFC) are known to have greater health care needs than children not in foster care; however, little is known about the outcomes among those with heart disease.
Anna Martens, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Taylor Smith, Michael Laccavole, Jennifer M. Perez, Joanne Cox, Richard Antonelli, Snehal N. Shah, Jane W. Newburger, Katie Moynihan   +9 more
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Separated at Birth: The Politics of Pharmacare for All in Canada and Medicare for All in the United States; Comment on “Universal Pharmacare in Canada” [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2021
Policy decisions about healthcare coverage in Canada and the United States in the 1960s placed two virtually identical systems on different evolutionary paths in the physician and hospital sectors.
Carolyn Hughes Tuohy
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Single-Inhaler Triple Therapy in Primary Care Across Europe: Expert Panel Consensus on the Consequences of Payer-Driven Access Rules and Call to Action [PDF]

International Journal of COPD
Fabiano Di Marco,1 Orjola Shahaj,2 Arschang Valipour,3 Bertrand Legrand,4 Claudio Jommi,5 Claudio Micheletto,6 Claus Franz Vogelmeier,7 Daryl Freeman,8 Janwillem WH Kocks,9 Luis Alves,10 Myriam Calle Rubio,11 Rudi Peché,12 Susanna Palkonen Snr,13 Tonya ...
Di Marco F, Shahaj O, Valipour A, Legrand B, Jommi C, Micheletto C, Vogelmeier CF, Freeman D, Kocks JWH, Alves L, Rubio MC, Peché R, Palkonen Snr S, Winders T, Roche N   +14 more
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Pediatric peritoneal dialysis in Brazil: a discussion about sustainability. A document by the Brazilian Society of Nephrology, the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics, the Brazilian Association of Organ Transplantation, and the Brazilian Association of Dialysis and Transplant Centers [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Nephrology, 2022
Introdução: A diálise peritoneal (DP) é importante para a pediatria. Este estudo mostrou dados de centros brasileiros que utilizam DP pediátrica. Método: Estudo transversal, observacional, descritivo com questionário eletrônico.
Lilian Monteiro Pereira Palma, Maria Goretti Moreira Guimarães Penido, Nilzete Liberato Bresolin, Marcelo de Sousa Tavares, Lucimary Sylvestre, Olberes Vitor Braga de Andrade, Rejane de Paula Bernardes, Maria de Fátima Santos Bandeira, Clotilde Druck Garcia, Vera Hermina Kalika Koch, Vera Maria Santoro Belangero, Anelise Uhlmann, Emília Maria Dantas Soeiro, Arnauld Kaufman, Maria Cristina de Andrade, Roxana de Almeida Roque Fontes Silva, Viviani Calice-Silva, Marcos Alexandre Vieira, Osvaldo Vieira Merege Neto   +18 more
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Values-Based Foundation for a U.S. Single Payer Health System Model

Frontiers in Sociology, 2021
A universal, single payer model for the American health system aligns with and should emanate from commonly held values contained within the country’s foundational religious teachings, morals, ethics and democratic heritage.
Walter Markowitz, Renee McLeod-Sordjan
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Advocating for a single-payer healthcare system: What is the role of public health academics?

SSM: Qualitative Research in Health, 2022
Background: Historical accounts of healthcare movements have focused on grassroots organizations, as well as professional and labor-led organizations led by doctors and nurses; however, the role of public health professionals has been understudied. Given
Alexa B. D'Angelo, Erinn C. Bacchus, Emma K. Tsui   +2 more
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