Hall, Justin N Chartier, Lucas B
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Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing
While new offerings of virtual urgent care services from peer hospitals faltered after initial provincial pilot funding lapsed, our 3 regional academic health sciences centers decided to partner to enhance patient access, achieve efficiencies, and support long-term sustainability. Utilizing the Development Model for Integrated Care framework, we pr...
Damian, April Joy Oo, May
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Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing
This study examines how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is affecting utilization of medical and behavioral health services through school based health centers (SBHC s). We leveraged the electronic health records from one of the largest sponsors of SBHCs in the country, and tested differences in SBHC utilization with chi-square tests one yea...
Luo, Xuan Xu, Jian Guo Wang, ZhiYuan Wang, XiaoFang Zhu, QianYing Zhao, Juan Bian, Li
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Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is a common malignant tumor with a poor prognosis. The present study aimed to screen the key genes involved in LUAD development and prognosis. The transcriptome data for 515 LUAD and 347 normal samples were downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas and Genotype Tissue Expression databases. The weighted gene co-expression ne...
Mavridoglou, George Polyzos, Nikolaos
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Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing
The economic crisis in Greece, which began in 2010 and lasted for 10 years, highlighted the serious problems and challenges of the Greek Social Health Insurance system. The reforms that mainly took place during the crisis provided a temporary solution. They focused on establishing a new National Organization for Healthcare Services (named EOPYY) an...
Donato, António Augusto Pita, João Rui Batel-Marques, Francisco
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Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing
A rise in pharmaceutical expenses in Portugal led to the introduction of policy measures aimed at controlling outpatient public costs. This research examines and categorizes the most common pharmaceutical measures implemented during the Troika intervention, as well as comparing this period of time to prior ones. A hierarchical structure of descript...
Kim, Yanghee Kang, Minah
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Though it has passed over 30 years, Korea's community-based health insurance (CBHI) expansion can provide useful policy implications to developing countries with similar conditions, that is, lack of fiscal resources, health infrastructure, and medical resources to expand coverage to the informal sector. We summarized three groups of success factors...
Kim, Byongjin Lee, Euehun
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Fitness applications are becoming a tool for users who want to exercise and diet. This study examines what factors affect users' intention to use fitness applications and how they depend on users' health status. An online survey was conducted on 428 potential fitness application users from South Korea. For this study, the extended unified theory of...
Bilal, Mohammed Al-Matari, Ebrahim Khan, Sanam Ahmed Mareai Senan, Nabil Abbas, Ali Manzoor, Shahid
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Earlier research on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) mainly focused on fear and its psychological impact on frontline health workers. However, the uncertainty of COVID-19, job insecurity and its effects on non-frontline employees' perception of their well-being is rarely explored. This study aims to assess the relationship between subjective well-b...
Samarkandi, Osama A
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Physical inactivity is 1 of the most important cardiovascular risk factors causing higher morbidity and mortality rate worldwide. Thus, the promotion of physical activity (PA) is 1 of the fundamental pillars in the primary prevention of heart disease. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of Physical Activity among healthcare Student...
Mengistu, Dechasa Adare Gutema, Gebisa Dirirsa Demmu, Yohannes Mulugeta Alemu, Addisu Asefa, Yohanis Alemeshet
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Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing
Currently, work-related musculoskeletal disorders are a significant public health concern and are a leading cause of disability-adjusted life years and reduced quality of life worldwide. In developing countries, including Ethiopia, as a result of poor occupational health and safety practices and underreporting of the problems, work-related musculos...
