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Palliative care for the people without medical insurance in Germany: an empirical ethical approach [PDF]

BMC Medicine
Background People without medical insurance often lack access to medical care, increasing their risk of chronic diseases and reducing life expectancy. This disparity likely extends to end-of-life care, when patients are especially vulnerable.
Matthias Zimmer, Antonia Sahm
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A Plan-Do-Study-Act Approach to the Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Patient Navigation Program to Reduce Breast Cancer Screening Disparities in Un- and Under-Insured, Racially and Ethnically Diverse Urban Women

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Introduction: For the over 28 million Americans without health insurance, there is a great need to develop programs that help meet the health needs of the uninsured population.Materials and Methods: We applied the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) quality ...
Carmen E. Guerra, Carmen E. Guerra, Carmen E. Guerra, Emily Verderame, Andrea Nicholson, LiYea Wan, Ari D. Brooks, Ari D. Brooks   +7 more
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Structural Inequities and Barriers to Accessing Kidney Healthcare Services in the United States: A Focus on Uninsured and Undocumented Children and Young Adults

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
The population of children living in poverty and lacking healthcare insurance has increased in the United States of America in the last decade. Several factors have been responsible for this trend including illegal immigration, socioeconomic deprivation,
Franca M. Iorember, Oluwatoyin F. Bamgbola   +1 more
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Association of health insurance coverage and probability of dying in an emergency department or hospital from a motor vehicle traffic injury

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2022
Objective Describe the association of health insurance coverage with the odds of mortality in an emergency department (ED) or hospital for adult victims of a motor vehicle crash.
Jim P. Stimpson, Alec W. Becker, Lindsay Shea, Fernando A. Wilson   +3 more
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Patient satisfaction and associated factors among insured and uninsured patients in Deder General Hospital, eastern Ethiopia: a facility-based comparative cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
BackgroundPatient satisfaction is a crucial measure of healthcare quality, as dissatisfied patients are more likely to miss appointments, disregard treatment plans, and leave hospitals, leading to poor treatment outcomes.
Giduma Shure, Mulugeta Gamachu, Mulugeta Gamachu, Habtamu Mitiku, Alemayehu Deressa, Addis Eyeberu, Fethia Mohammed, Hamdi Fekredin Zakaria, Galana Mamo Ayana, Abdi Birhanu, Adera Debella, Ibsa Mussa   +11 more
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Treatment quality and outcomes vary with hospital burden of uninsured and Medicaid patients with cancer in early non–small cell lung cancerCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open, 2022
Objectives: Safety-net hospitals deliver a significant level of care to uninsured patients, Medicaid-enrolled patients, and other vulnerable patients.
Zaid Muslim, MD, Syed S. Razi, MD, Kostantinos Poulikidis, MD, M. Jawad Latif, MD, Joanna F. Weber, PhD, Cliff P. Connery, MD, Faiz Y. Bhora, MD   +6 more
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The Problem of the Uninsured [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012
Abstract The problem of the uninsured cannot be fully understood without considering the role of non-market alternatives to ‘market insurance’ called ‘self-insurance’ and ‘self-protection’ (SISP), including the public ‘health care safety-net’ system.
Isaac Ehrlich, Yong Yin
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Health disparities and underserved populations: a potential solution, medical school partnerships with free clinics to improve curriculum [PDF]

Medical Education Online, 2015
Health-care educators share the social responsibility to teach medical students about social determinants of health and health-care disparities and subsequently to encourage medical students to pursue residencies in primary care and medical practice in ...
Lynn M. VanderWielen, Allison A. Vanderbilt, Steven H. Crossman, Sallie D. Mayer, Alexander S. Enurah, Samuel S. Gordon, Melissa K. Bradner   +6 more
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Expanding access to COVID-19 testing, vaccination and treatment at a free clinic for uninsured Spanish-speaking adults in Providence, RI

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted uninsured and minority populations, contributing to and reinforcing long-lasting health inequities. Clínica Esperanza/Hope Clinic (CEHC), a free clinic serving uninsured individuals, is one ‘safety-net ...
Katherine Barry, Johanna A. Suskin, Julia Testa, Morgan Leonard, Anne S. De Groot   +4 more
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Responding to COVID-19: Implementing a Telemedicine Program at a Student-Run Free Clinic

Telemedicine Reports, 2021
Introduction: Telemedicine has enabled access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article describes the creation and implementation of a telemedicine clinic in a student-run free clinic (SRFC) serving uninsured patients in Tampa, FL.
Elizabeth Cook, Bianca Arboleda, Heather Stewart, Eliza Nguyen, Alexander Shahin, Lucy Guerra, Eduardo Gonzalez   +6 more
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