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Women's mental health and COVID-19: increased vulnerability and inequalities

open access: yesFrontiers in Global Women's Health
IntroductionThe impact of COVID-19 on mental health has become a relevant object of research. Studies have demonstrated that women have experienced greater mental health challenges, highlighting the importance of public health systems to address women's ...
Margareth Arilha   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Collection Assessment and the Library Liaison Program: A Practical Focus

open access: yesPennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice, 2015
In the fall of 2013, the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library (HHSL) undertook a collection assessment and development project to determine journal and monograph holdings across the Penn State University Libraries in subject areas related to ...
David Brennan
doaj   +1 more source

Legislative Malpractice: Misdiagnosing Patients' Rights [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The recent debate in Congress over patients' rights and the regulation of managed care has been predicated largely on a misunderstanding of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
Greg Scandlen
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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

open access: yesPediatric 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   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Actionable lessons for the US COVID vaccine program

open access: yesIsrael Journal of Health Policy Research, 2021
When attempting to provide lessons for other countries from the successful Israeli COVID-19 vaccine experience, it is important to distinguish between the modifiable and non-modifiable components identified in the article by Rosen, et al.
Gary L. Freed
doaj   +1 more source

Health Insurance Exchanges: Health Insurance “Navigators” and In-Person Assistance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, P.L. 111-148) allows certain individuals and small businesses to buy health insurance through state exchanges, beginning on October 1, 2013.
Kirchhoff, Suzanne M
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

open access: yesPediatric 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   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Do Health, Care Services Consumption and Lifestyle Factors Affect the Choice of Health Insurance Plans in Switzerland?

open access: yesRisks, 2020
In compulsory health insurance in Switzerland, policyholders can choose two main features, the level of deductible and the type of plan. Deductibles can be chosen among six levels, which range from CHF 300 to 2500.
Veronika Kalouguina, Joël Wagner
doaj   +1 more source

Reporting on Pathways to Health Insurance Coverage: California's Experience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The Affordable Care Act opened new and expanded pathways to public health insurance coverage. Since 2014, many states have broadened their eligibility criteria for Medicaid, and have introduced new access points for Medicaid enrollment. During this time,
Maggie Colby, Sarah Croake
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Inpatient Food Insecurity and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hospitalization Outcomes

open access: yesPediatric 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   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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