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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Health plans."”.
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If You Build a Plan, Will They Join? Examining Small Business Employer Attitudes Towards Association Health Plans (H.R. 525, S. 1955)
The results suggest that business response will not be homogeneous, signaling the need for further research, such as a price sensitivity analysis to have a better understanding of firm and employee reactions to costs, a key concern for all firms in the current study.
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Development and Comparative Predictive Validity of an Outpatient Medication Exposure Measure for Risk Adjustment Using Retrospective Claims Data
… payments to Medicare Part C and Part D plans. Studies have identified prescription measures that predict future expenditures; however, many are easily manipulable by health plans or practitioners, thus limiting their utility as risk-adjusters. The addition of a non-manipulable …
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Multi-stakeholder study of the Malaysian mental health policy implementation within urban populations
Global studies investigating scaling-up of mental health services have highlighted mental health policy development and implementation as a priority area, especially in low- and middle-income countries. This research aimed to investigate Malaysia’s National Mental Health Policy (NMHP) development …
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Examining health insurance literacy for employer-based health insurance education.
Many employees report being satisfied with the health plans offered by their employer; however, research shows that they do not understand the key terms and concepts needed to effectively choose and use a health plan. Health insurance terminology and concepts are complicated and require various …
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Determination of oral health knowledge, attitudes and behaviour among nursing staff in Lesotho
… dental services. The idea of using lay health workers within the community can contribute substantially to improved oral health. Thus, the adoption of a mir team approach in oral health plans is to be advocated. Due to the inadequate number of oral health personnel in Lesotho they need …
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Sex, Entrepreneurship, and Benefits: The Role of Small Business Owners in Promoting Gender Equity in the Workplace through Benefits Offerings
… (1) flextime/alternative work schedules, (2) health plans, (3) paid sick leave, and (4) paid vacation leave.
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Approaches to creating anonymous patient database
Health care providers, health plans and health care clearinghouses collect patient medical data derived from their normal operations every day. These patient data can greatly benefit the health care organization if data mining techniques are applied upon these data sets. However, individual …
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Modelos de Churn de clientes em plano de saúde
… customers with greater risk of unsubscribing in health plans. On this basis, the marketing managers become able to cener efforts on the retention of the most valuable customers, maximizing the results for the corporation and the satisfaction of the customers. Besides, intending to establish …
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Evaluation of learning transfer outcomes of a Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (Coss) training course
… targeting individuals who work in the safety and health field that coordinate corporate safety and health plans for their companies. This course consists of a five day, forty hour in-class course designed to build competencies in the field of safety with specific learning outcomes. This study …
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Integrating Health Literacy And Ethnogeriatric Training For Anesthesia Providers To Improve Perioperative Care Of The Geriatric Patient
<p>The healthcare system requires consumers to be active participants in their care by making decisions in conjunction with their provider; managing complex medication regimens and scheduling appropriate medical visits in a timely fashion. Health literacy for racial and ethnic minority elders, is …
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Three Essays on Health Care and Industrial Organization
United States health spending grew dramatically over the last several decades, reaching approximately 18% of Gross Domestic Product in 2015. Much of these rising costs can be attributed to consolidation of health care providers, the provision of generous insurance plans, and innovations in medical …
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Análise do setor de planos de saúde: um estudo de caso com operadoras do Rio de Janeiro
… study shows, based on the evaluation of the health plans regulation - which started after the approval of law 9656/98 in the second semester or 1998, analysis conducted from 1994 to 1998, before the regulation took place and after that, from 1999 to 2004. Based on the analysis of the …
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Transforming a Primary Care Practice into a Patient Centered Medical Home
… adoption of the PCMH model of care has lowered healthcare expenditure by 15-20% (Nielsen, Langner, Zema, Hacker, & Grundy, 2012). In an effort to reduce healthcare cost in the United States, private and public sectors have embraced the philosophy of PCMH by developing national programs and …
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The Determinants of Hospital Adoption and Expansion of Bariatric Procedures: A Resource Dependence Perspective
… have been viewed as the primary cause of rising health are expenditures by health policy researchers in the United States. Since the mid 1990s, with the prevalence of obesity among Americans, the utilization of bariatric surgery, a medical innovation, has increased rapidly among U.S. hospitals. …
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The regulation of irregular work in Japan : from collusion to conflict
… and promotion, and access to good pensions and health plans. Irregular workers-contract, dispatch and part time workers-can be fired easily, are paid less, and don't have access to fringe benefits. In Japan irregular work contracts have been progressively liberalized since the 1980s, and the …
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Evaluation of a Prescription Drug Pay-for-Performance Program: Impact on Prescribing Trends, Budget, and Patient Outcomes
Background Health plans have incentivized providers for patient care that follows evidence-based prescribing, including through pay-for-performance (P4P) programs. Research has suggested increased cost-sharing for prescription drugs is associated with lower adherence and higher utilization of other …
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A Secondary Analysis of County Health Statistics for the Galveston County of Texas Report
The health of Galveston County communities (as is common with many areas outside large urban cities) is not fully summarized in a single report; however, a descriptive analysis would benefit community partners such as the Research Education and Community Health coalition who are interested in …
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An Effectiveness Evaluation of Motivational Interviewing as an Addition to an Internet-Based Health Promotion Program for Vocational Rehabilitation Consumers
… preventable and/or manageable secondary health conditions such as weight problems, depression, and chronic pain (Jones & Bell, 2003; Seekins, Clay, & Ravesloot, 1994). Importantly, high rates of secondary conditions are correlated with low employment rates in Vocational Rehabilitation …
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An Effectiveness Evaluation of Motivational Interviewing as an Addition to an Internet-Based Health Promotion Program for Vocational Rehabilitation Consumers
… preventable and/or manageable secondary health conditions such as weight problems, depression, and chronic pain (Jones & Bell, 2003; Seekins, Clay, & Ravesloot, 1994). Importantly, high rates of secondary conditions are correlated with low employment rates in Vocational Rehabilitation …
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