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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"privately insured"”.
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The Influence of Patient-Reported Provider Availability Factors on Nonurgent Emergency Department Use
… of non‑elderly adults who were continuously privately insured (CPI) for at least a year before an emergency department visit that was determined to be nonurgent, and who reported having a regular source of care (RSC).</p> <p> <strong>Methods. </strong>Data were obtained from a …
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The Role of Social Support and Spiritual Care in Numbers of ED Visits
… Bureau in 2010, there are almost 50 million uninsured Americans. As the experience of being uninsured or underinsured becomes increasingly common, there is also an increased financial burden on hospitals across the country as their emergency departments (EDs) serve as a health care safety net. …
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Hospital readmission risk
… The study uses data from South Africa's privately insured demographic, provided by a private insurer. It includes a comprehensive array of patient information such as demographics, prescribed medications, medical procedures undergone, and historical hospital usage. Feature selection …
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Parental Perspectives on ChatGPT as an Oral Health Information Resource
… having a restorative visit (P<.001). Parents of privately insured children had greater ChatGPT experience (P=0.037) but felt less likely to use it for obtaining OH information (P=.018). Over 80% of participants rated ChatGPT responses as “very” or “somewhat” accurate/helpful. Conclusions: Parents …
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Three Essays in Health Economics
… the long run. Out-of-pocket spending trends of privately insured families with children was examined using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data from 2001 to 2009. Out-of-pocket spending for most children was not affected by the recession but spending for children with special needs …
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Contextual Factors and Reproductive Control in U.S. Women
… likelihood of consistent contraceptive use for privately insured women (aOR: 1.64; 95% CI: 1.08-2.50). Partial mandates were not associated with consistent contraceptive use. No association was observed among uninsured women (aOR: 0.77; 95%CI: 0.38-1.55). Conclusions: Comprehensive insurance …
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Family structure, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and child outcomes
… which are designed to provide coverage for uninsured children with family income too high to qualify for Medicaid but not high enough to secure private insurance, affect coverage, medical care utilization and child health outcomes. I find strong and consistent evidence that the number of …
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Congestive Heart Failure Hospital Admissions among Non-Elderly Medicaid and Uninsured Working-Age Adult Patients in South Carolina, 2008
… Admissions among Non-Elderly Medicaid and Uninsured Patients in South Carolina, 2008.</p> <p>Background: Despite significant advances in the quality of care in some areas, hospital admissions for heart failure (HF) continue to rise . Data for this study examined hospital discharge data for …
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Impact of Cost Sharing Levels on Adherence to Controller Drugs and Consequent Outcomes among Asthma Patients
… levels on the controller adherence among the privately insured asthma population with moderate persistent asthma. The study also analyzed the relationship between adherence and asthma related health services utilization outcomes. </p> <p>A retrospective analysis using the MarketScan …
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What does it mean to have private health insurance coverage?
… concerning the public since it serves to protect insured individuals from potential financial loss. This has been based on the theory of expected utility and the assumption that people generally prefer to lower risk uncertainty. In the early 1960s, Arrow argued that because of the risk avoidance …
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Three essays in economics
… and (ii) the amount that hospitals are paid for insured patients. These numbers differ because the former is a function only of the services provided and the hospital's "chargemaster'' prices, while the latter is the result of negotiation.</p> <p>We find that payments for privately insured …
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Essays on health insurance
<p>Uninsured individuals receive fewer health care services for at least three reasons: higher prices, responsibility for the entire bill, and potential provider reductions for concern of non-payment. This study isolates differences in service levels between insured and uninsured individuals that …
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Health Care Resource Utilization and Expenditures in Persons with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
… ADPKD. An observational database analysis of a privately insured population was conducted using information from a large administrative claims database. Individuals 18 years of age or older and enrolled in a tracked health plan anytime during the period from April 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012, …
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Essays on health and healthcare economics
… in the causal place effects for the publicly and privately insured patients, with a correlation of .39 across the two systems. These findings emphasize that insurance systems are affecting the forces that drive the causal component of geographic variation in utilization. In the second chapter, …