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Idiosyncrasies of the 2010 Affordable Care Act from a Comparative Perspective
Angles, 2017 This article examines the particularities of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in a historical comparative perspective. Comparisons are made to highlight the specificities of the American welfare state and of health legislation in
Lea Stephan
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From Volume to Value: Transforming Health Care Payment and Delivery Systems to Improve Quality and Reduce Costs [PDF]
, 2008 Summarizes presentations on the changes in payment systems and organizational structures required to provide higher-quality health care, including episode-of-care payments for major acute episodes.
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A Systems Thinking Approach to Redesigning the Patient Experience to Reduce 30 Day Hospital Readmission [PDF]
, 2018 INTRODUCTION The cost of medical care is spiraling out of control, and one of the many reasons is lack of preventative care, poor communication to the patient and primary caregiver(s) both in an inpatient and outpatient setting.
DePrince, RN, BA, CCRN, SCRN, Maureen +6 more
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Applying an Ethical Lens to the Treatment of People With Multiple Sclerosis
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The practice of neurology requires an understanding of clinical ethics for decision‐making. In multiple sclerosis (MS) care, there are a wide range of ethical considerations that may arise. These involve shared decision‐making around selection of a disease‐modifying therapy (DMT), risks and benefits of well‐studied medications in comparison to
Methma Udawatta, Farrah J. Mateen
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Report From Focus Groups With Mainers About the Dirigo Health Plan [PDF]
, 2004 Measures the public's views and understanding of the Dirigo Health Reform Act, which was established to provide affordable health care for every Maine citizen and a new process for containing costs and improving healthcare ...
Eugene LeCouteur, Michael Perry
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a series of policies that mandated switching patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) from an originator biologic to a biosimilar in British Columbia, Canada, on health care resource use and cost.
HaoHung Dang +4 more
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Health Status, Health Care and Inequality: Canada vs. the U.S. [PDF]
Does Canada's publicly funded, single payer health care system deliver better health outcomes and distribute health resources more equitably than the multi-payer heavily private U.S. system?
Dave M. O'Neill, June E. O'Neill
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Building Medical Homes in State Medicaid and CHIP Programs [PDF]
, 2009 Presents strategies, best practices, and lessons learned from ten states' efforts to advance the medical home model of comprehensive and coordinated care in Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs in order to improve quality and contain ...
Mary Takach, Neva Kaye
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Australian evidence on lived and care experiences of chronic musculoskeletal shoulder pain (CMSP), irrespective of disorder classification or disease, is limited. However, such evidence is important for person‐centered care and informing local service pathways and care guidelines or standards.
Sonia Ranelli +8 more
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"Toward True Health Care Reform: More Care, Less Insurance" [PDF]
The United States has the most expensive health care system in the world, yet its system produces inferior outcomes relative to those in other countries.
L. Randall Wray, Marshall Auerback
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