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Hospitals' Care of Uninsured Patients during the 1990s: The Relation of Teaching Status and Managed Care to Changes in Market Share and Market Concentration

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2003
Competitive forces in health care make it difficult for hospitals to shift the costs of caring for poor and uninsured patients onto paying patients.
Joel S. Weissman, Darrell J. Gaskin, James Reuter   +2 more
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B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné, Jill Hanley, Élise Bourgeois‐Guérin, Pénélope Boudreault   +3 more
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Awareness and use of a community health worker program among racial/ethnic minority adults in Philadelphia: Results from a cross‐sectional community health survey

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Community health workers (CHW) programs are effective at reducing hospitalizations, improving mental health, and supporting health‐promoting behaviors. Research suggests awareness and use of CHW services remain uneven across communities nationally.
Stephen Bonett, Carmen Alvarez, José Bauermeister, Ashley Clemmons, Hyunmin Yu, Andy S. L. Tan, Terri H. Lipman, Karen Glanz, Antonia M. Villarruel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oportuna Vacuna: A Prospective Study of Vaccine Confidence and Vaccine Uptake in a Low-Income, Spanish-Speaking Rhode Island Population in the Post-Pandemic Era

Vaccines
Background: Clínica Esperanza/Hope Clinic (CEHC), a free clinic for low-income, uninsured, Spanish-speaking patients, located in Providence, RI, piloted an intervention to improve vaccination rates.
Julia Testa, Morgan Leonard, Chilsea J. Wang, Jaqueline Medrano, Sharon Farrar, Anne Searls De Groot   +5 more
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The effect of North Carolina free clinics on hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions among the uninsured

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Free clinics are volunteer based organizations that provide health care services to low-income individuals for free or minimal cost. Communities served by a free clinic can provide ambulatory care services for uninsured individuals, reducing ...
Jenny Hutchison, Michael E. Thompson, Jennifer Troyer, Christine Elnitsky, Maren J. Coffman, M. Lori Thomas   +5 more
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Nontobacco Nicotine Dependence Is Associated With Perioperative Complications and Repeat Surgery After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Purpose To compare perioperative complications and revision surgery rates between following primary rotator cuff repair among patients with nontobacco nicotine dependence (NTND), no nicotine dependence, and traditional tobacco‐related nicotine dependence.
Samuel A. Florentino, Alexander N. Berk, Logan M. Good, Jeremy M. Adelstein, Robert J. Wetzel, George Ochenjele, Joshua K. Napora   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of Psychiatric Comorbidities on Postoperative Outcomes Following Pediatric Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction

Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Purpose To compare postoperative complications, rehabilitation outcomes, and health care utilization in children undergoing primary medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction for patellofemoral instability with and without a pre‐existing mental illness. Methods The TriNetX U.S.
Haad A. Arif, Pearce Lane, Shamar T. Elliott, Amit Momaya, Kevin A. Williams   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating the uninsured cancer rate: Unraveling the indelible link between insurance, age, and the accessibility of cancer treatment

Preventive Oncology & Epidemiology
Introduction: Patients without insurance often wait until their symptoms become severe before seeking treatment. While done to avoid the cost of preventative care, this decision leads to uninsured patients presenting with more advanced diseases ...
Hannah-Kaye Carter, John Keighley, Sam Pepper, Isuru Ratnayake, Lynn Chollet Hinton, Karla Van Goethem, Hope Krebill, Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam   +7 more
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Effect of Health Insurance on Hepatitis C Sustained Virologic Response Rates to Sofosbuvir-Based Treatment Regimens in a South Florida Community Hospital

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2019
The high cost of direct-acting antiviral–based regimens raises concerns about the outcome of treatment in uninsured patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
Paula Eckardt MD, FACP, AAHIVS, Jianli Niu MD, PhD, Angela Savage RN, Tara Griffin APRN, Elizabeth Sherman PharmD, AAHIVP   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source