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Factors Associated With Receipt of Adjuvant Radiation in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Journal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neoadjuvant radiotherapy (RT) has been the standard of care for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) for over two decades. Adjuvant RT use in LARC represents a deviation from standard care and warrants further investigation. Objectives To identify factors associated with adjuvant RT utilization.
Maryam Sherwani, Danish Ali, Hanjoo Lee, Alexander T. Hawkins, Aimal Khan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Parents' Insurance Coverage on Access to Care for Low-Income Children

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2003
This study examines the effects of having an uninsured parent on access to health care for low-income children. Using data from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families, we find that having an uninsured parent decreases the likelihood that a child ...
Amy Davidoff, Lisa Dubay, Genevieve Kenney, Alshadye Yemane   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage on the Use of Medical Services [PDF]

Substantial uncertainty exists regarding the causal effect of health insurance on the utilization of care. Most studies cannot determine whether the large differences in healthcare utilization between the insured and the uninsured are due to insurance ...
Carlos Dobkin, Michael Anderson, Tal Gross   +2 more
core  

Multimodal Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) With Vascular Involvement: What Is the Impact of Radiation on Perioperative Outcomes, Local Control, and Survival?

Journal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Neoadjuvant chemoradiation for PDAC with vascular invasion remains understudied. The aim of this study is to compare neoadjuvant chemotherapy with chemoradiation (NAC + CRT) versus neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) for PDAC with vascular involvement.
Dhruv J. Patel, Lauren M. Janczewski, Joseph H. Cotler, George Molina, Brett L. Ecker, David Bentrem, Shishir K. Maithel, Mohamed E. Abazeed, John P. Hayes, Bryan Palis, Amanda B. Francescatti, Ronald J. Weigel, Judy Boughey, Lesly Dossett, Akhil Chawla   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Decline in the Uninsured in 2007: Why Did It Happen and Can It Last? [PDF]

, 2008
Examines 2004-07 trends in the number of non-elderly uninsured, the drop in 2007, employer and public coverage rates, and the causes of the rise in public coverage, most likely temporary.
John Holahan, Allison Cook
core   +2 more sources

Preoperative expectations and 2‐year outcomes after primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose A growing emphasis on patient‐centered care, paired with a steady rise in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions (ACLRs), has led to greater interest in identifying predictors of patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) after ACLR. Patient expectations are one factor previously identified as potentially impacting post‐operative PROs in ...
Prateek Swamykumar, Michael A. McCurdy, Dominic J. Ventimiglia, Matthew T. Chrencik, Cameron C. Lingenfelter, Joseph M. Blommer, Natalie L. Leong, Sean J. Meredith, R. Frank Henn III, Jonathan D. Packer   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors of Recurrent Croup: The Role of Social Determinants of Health and Otolaryngology Evaluation

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To evaluate the influence of patient comorbidities, social determinants of health (SDOH), and otolaryngology (OTO) referral timing on disease course and healthcare utilization among pediatric patients with recurrent croup. Study Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Large tertiary children's hospital. Methods Pediatric patients (
Wesley P. Allen, Katie Hansen, Freddy A. Espinoza, Brandon M. Hemeyer, Jb Eyring, Tanner Heaton, Brock Coleman, Jeremy Meier, Reema Padia   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

California's Uninsured: By the Numbers [PDF]

, 2013
California had the greatest number of uninsured residents of any state, 7 million, and the seventh largest percentage of uninsured residents under 65 in the united States.

core   +2 more sources

Mitigating Health Disparities Through Empathetic Policymaking During Times of Crisis

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic greatly exacerbated the existing disparities and inequities in health and healthcare among historically marginalized populations. Today, these impacts still echo. These persistent structured inequities erode the public's trust in government, lead to failure in public policies, and result in worse health consequences ...
Yali Pang, Brittany Keegan, Robyn D. McDougle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Funding, Facilities, and the Face of Homelessness: Heterogeneous Impacts of Federal Grants on Sheltered and Unsheltered Counts

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the causal impact of federal homeless‐assistance grants on reported homelessness and shelter capacity across 370 Continuums of Care in 2019. We exploit cross‐sectional variation in pre‐1940 housing shares, used in Community Development Block Grant formula allocations, as an instrument for combined CoC and Emergency ...
Luke Maddock, Anita Alves Pena
wiley   +1 more source