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Restoring Health to Health Reform: Integrating Medicine and Public Health to Advance the Population\u27s Wellbeing [PDF]

, 2011
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a major achievement in improving access to health care services. However, evidence indicates that the nation could achieve greater improvements in health outcomes, at a lower cost, by shifting its focus ...
Gostin, Lawrence O., Hardcastle, Lorian E., Jacobson, Peter D., Record, Katherine L.   +3 more
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U.S. Physicians’ Views on Financing Options to Expand Health Insurance Coverage: A National Survey [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND Physician opinion can influence the prospects for health care reform, yet there are few recent data on physician views on reform proposals or access to medical care in the United States.
Danny McCormick, Steffie Woolhandler, Anjali Bose-Kolanu, Antonio Germann, David H. Bor, David U. Himmelstein, G Claxton, RJ Blendon, J Oberlander, C Schoen, GC Halvorson, LM Etheredge, DU Himmelstein, GD Schiff, WL Roper, JS Hacker, J Antos, A Scanlan, SR Simon, S Shearer, JM Albers, PS Millard, AD Malter, D McCormick, AE Carroll, RT Ackermann, DJ Palmisano, J Oberlander, Institute of Medicine, Institute of Medicine, RJ Blendon   +30 more
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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright, Morgan A. Paul, Selena Murcia Mendez, Emily Jones, Lucille Lokko, Chelsea Heneghan, Nicholas Purol, Morgan Arnold, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Sandi L. Pruitt, Joanne Wolfe, Kira Bona, Puja J. Umaretiya   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of different housing systems (single and group penning) on the health and welfare of commercial female rabbits

Animal, 2020
In recent decades, concern about rabbit welfare and sustainability has increased. The housing system is a very important factor for animal welfare. However, information about how different available housing types for female rabbits affect their health ...
S. Pérez-Fuentes, A. Muñoz-Silvestre, E. Moreno-Grua, E. Martínez-Paredes, D. Viana, L. Selva, A. Villagrá, C. Sanz-Tejero, J.J. Pascual, C. Cervera, J.M. Corpa   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why single-payer health systems spark endless debate [PDF]

BMJ, 2007
Whenever Americans lapse into their periodic “conversations” on health reform, a single-payer health system is proposed by some as the panacea and condemned by others as “socialised medicine.” Rarely are the pros and cons of single-payer systems fairly debated. In single-payer health systems, the entire population shares one health insurance carrier,
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Time's up. Descriptive epidemiology of multi-morbidity and time spent on health related activity by older Australians: a time use survey [PDF]

, 2015
Most Western health systems remain single illness orientated despite the growing prevalence of multi-morbidity. Identifying how much time people with multiple chronic conditions spend managing their health will help policy makers and health service ...
Banfield, Michelle, Bunton, Robin, Dugdale, Paul, Gillespie, James, Jones, Lesley, Jowsey, Tanisha, Kljakovic, Marjan, McRae, Ian S., Phillips, Rebecca, Valderas, Jose M., Yen, Laurann   +10 more
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors of Antibiotics Co-prescription with Antimalarials for Patients Presenting with Fever in Rural Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Successful implementation of malaria treatment policy depends on the prescription practices for patients with malaria. This paper describes prescription patterns and assesses factors associated with co-prescription of antibiotics and artemether ...
A Mannan, Alexander N Dodoo, ANO Dodoo, B Ahsan, BK Abuaku, BP Mmbando, Brown Kigahe, C Watsierah, CIR Chandler, CIR Chandler, D Zurovac, Dan Kajungu, EME Van Bijnen, F Font, F Font, H Reyburn, H Reyburn, H Riaz, I Masanja, I Tamuno, Ifakara, IM Masanja, Irene Masanja, JR Torvi, JU Okebe, K Bashrahil, K Shamshy, KA Oshikoya, LEG Mboera, Majige Selemani, Mbaraka Amuri, MI Masanja, ML McMorrow, ML Mcmorrow, Mustafa Njozi, Mwageni, N Nshakira, National Malaria Control Programe (NMCP) [Tanania], National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) [Tanzania], P Winskill, Rashid Khatib, Salim Abdula, TO Ogungbamigbe, VA Badar   +43 more
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Inpatient Food Insecurity and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hospitalization Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children with cancer and blood disorders are at risk for food insecurity (FI). We aimed to describe the association of inpatient food insecurity (IFI) and hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to the pediatric hematology oncology service. Of 325 caregivers screened for IFI, 60 (18.6%) screened positive.
Joanna M. Robles, Greg Russell, Leila H. DeWitt, Kimberly Montez, Callie L. Brown   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A homeopatia no SUS na perspectiva de estudantes da área da saúde

Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica
A homeopatia foi reconhecida como especialidade médica em 1980. Após a criação do SUS, alguns estados e municípios brasileiros começaram a oferecer atendimento homeopático aos usuários dos serviços públicos de saúde.
Gecioni Loch-Neckel, Françoise Carmignan, Maria Aparecida Crepaldi   +2 more
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