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Health Care Sciences & Services
Charlie M. Wray, Lenny Lopez, Meena Khare, Salomeh Keyhani
Summary: Cost-related access barriers, medical debt, and dissatisfaction with care are common among privately insured individuals, particularly those with poor health status.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kai Hong, Holly A. Hill, Yuping Tsai, Megan C. Lindley, Fangjun Zhou
Summary: This study compares the estimates of childhood vaccination coverage in the U.S. using different data sources. The results suggest that the National Immunization Survey-Child, MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters, and Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set data may provide comparable coverage for certain vaccines and populations of interest.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Emily A. Groene, Faye L. Norby, Anne A. Eaton, Susan M. Mason, Eva A. Enns, Shalini Kulasingam, David M. Vock
Summary: Gonorrhea diagnosis is associated with pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, and tubal factor infertility in women, and this association has not changed in recent years.
JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH
(2023)
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Surgery
Sue J. Fu, Katherine Arnow, Amber Trickey, David A. Spain, Arden Morris, Lisa Knowlton
Summary: Privately insured trauma patients face substantial out-of-pocket costs at the time of their injuries, and high-deductible health plans are associated with increased financial vulnerability after trauma.
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Benjamin B. Albright, Ling Chen, Laura J. Havrilesky, Haley A. Moss, Jason D. Wright
Summary: Out-of-network billing is a common issue for privately insured patients undergoing hysterectomy, with facility claims often resulting in higher payments than professional claims.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Chloe E. Hill, Evan L. Reynolds, James F. Burke, Mousumi Banerjee, Kevin A. Kerber, Brandon Magliocco, Gregory J. Esper, Lesli E. Skolarus, Brian C. Callaghan
Summary: The out-of-pocket costs for neurology patients' evaluation and management services and diagnostic testing are increasing over time, with significant variations in costs among patients and tests. Enrolment in high deductible health plans is associated with higher out-of-pocket costs for certain diagnostic services.
Article
Health Policy & Services
Grace Ryan, Sato Ashida, Paul A. Gilbert, Aaron Scherer, Mary E. Charlton, Amanda Kahl, Natoshia Askelson
Summary: This study quantified missed opportunities for HPV vaccination among adolescents aged 11 to 13 in Iowa and found that more than half of adolescents failed to initiate vaccination by age 13. The majority of missed opportunities occurred prior to initiation, with urban adolescents and males having more missed opportunities compared to their rural and female counterparts. Providers need to use known strategies to reduce missed opportunities and utilize all adolescent visits to ensure vaccination is completed by age 13.
JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Maranna Yoder, Michel Boudreaux
Summary: The DelCAN program in Delaware has successfully increased the proportion of women using long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) under employer sponsored insurance.
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Sidra N. Bonner, Jyothi R. Thumma, Justin B. Dimick, Kyle H. Sheetz
Summary: This cohort study examines the increasing utilization of robotic surgery in Medicare beneficiaries and privately insured patients undergoing general surgical procedures.
Article
Oncology
Lina Jansen, Daniel Boakye, Elizabeth Alwers, Prudence R. Carr, Christoph Reissfelder, Martin Schneider, Uwe M. Martens, Jenny Chang-Claude, Michael Hoffmeister, Hermann Brenner
Summary: In a study of colorectal cancer patients in Germany, there were major differences in uptake of targeted therapy between patients with private health insurance (PHI) and those with statutory health insurance (SHI), but no differences in patient survival after adjusting for relevant sociodemographic, clinical, and tumor characteristics. Although patients with PHI had a longer overall survival, the survival advantages were largely explained by differences in sociodemographic factors. Survival advantages of PHI were not significant in patients with stage IV disease and were limited to the early years after diagnosis. Further studies are needed to investigate factors associated with the uptake of therapeutic innovations and their impact on patient survival by health insurance type.
JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK
(2021)
Article
Orthopedics
Kevin Y. Wang, Krishna V. Suresh, Andrew Harris, Majd Marrache, Varun Puvanesarajah, Joseph Levy, Amit Jain
Summary: The study revealed a decreasing trend in out-of-network billing by orthopaedic surgeons for TKA, THA, ACDF, and PLF procedures between 2010 and 2018, with out-of-network payments consistently higher than in-network payments.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
(2021)
Article
Orthopedics
Kevin Y. Wang, Krishna Suresh, Andrew Harris, Majd Marrache, Varun Puvanesarajah, Joseph Levy, Amit Jain
Summary: The study found that out-of-network billing by orthopaedic surgeons for procedures like total hip arthroplasty and anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion is uncommon and decreasing. Additionally, out-of-network payments were significantly higher than in-network payments for these procedures.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Gianna Rodriguez, Maryam Berri, Paul Lin, Neil Kamdar, Elham Mahmoudi, Mark D. Peterson
Summary: Individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCIs) have a significantly higher incidence of common musculoskeletal morbidities and risk compared to those without SCIs. Efforts are needed to develop improved clinical screening algorithms and early interventions to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal disease onset/progression in this higher risk population.
Editorial Material
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Kao-Ping Chua, A. Mark Fendrick, Rena M. Conti, Michelle H. Moniz
Summary: The study reveals that privately insured families bear a significant financial burden for delivery and newborn hospitalizations, primarily in the form of deductibles and coinsurance. The cost increases with cesarean deliveries and neonatal intensive care.
OBSTETRICAL & GYNECOLOGICAL SURVEY
(2022)
Article
Immunology
Kunal Saxena, Baanie Sawhney, Soham Yande, Niranjan Kathe, Sagnik Chatterjee
Summary: In 2019, the US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended shared clinical decision making for HPV vaccination in adults aged 27-45. This study analyzed the incidence and burden of conization, a treatment for HPV-related precancerous states, among commercially insured women aged 18-45. The study found that conization incidence was lowest in women aged 18-26 and highest in women aged 31-35, with significant healthcare costs associated with the procedure. These results highlight the potential healthcare benefit of HPV vaccination in young and middle-aged women.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Alexander Rossi, Kristin Berger, Honglei Chen, Douglas Leslie, Richard B. Mailman, Xuemei Huang
MOVEMENT DISORDERS
(2018)
Article
Orthopedics
Nicholas A. Bonazza, Brittany Homcha, Guodong Liu, Douglas L. Leslie, Aman Dhawan
ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY
(2018)
Article
Health Policy & Services
Ajay Manhapra, Edeanya Agbese, Douglas L. Leslie, Robert A. Rosenheck
PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
(2018)
Article
Surgery
Megan Litz, Andrea Rigby, Ann M. Rogers, Douglas L. Leslie, Christopher S. Hollenbeak
SURGERY FOR OBESITY AND RELATED DISEASES
(2018)
Article
Substance Abuse
Bradley D. Stein, Andrew W. Dick, Mark Sorbero, Adam J. Gordon, Rachel M. Burns, Douglas L. Leslie, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Lisa C. Lindley, Austin C. Cohrs, Jessica Keim-Malpass, Douglas L. Leslie
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
(2019)
Article
Pediatrics
Guodong Liu, Lan Kong, Douglas L. Leslie, Tammy E. Corr
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2019)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Marie Boltz, Ashley Kuzmik, Barbara Resnick, Rebecca Trotta, Jacqueline Mogle, Rhonda Belue, Douglas Leslie, James E. Galvin
Editorial Material
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Sarah C. M. Roberts, Ushma D. Upadhyay, Guodong Liu, Jennifer L. Kerns, Djibril Ba, Nancy Beam, Douglas L. Leslie
OBSTETRICAL & GYNECOLOGICAL SURVEY
(2018)
Article
Rheumatology
Avery Kundrick, Joslyn Kirby, Djibril Ba, Douglas Leslie, Nancy Olsen, Galen Foulke
SEMINARS IN ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM
(2019)
Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Ji Hyae Lee, Djibril Ba, Guodong Liu, Douglas Leslie, Brad E. Zacharia, Neerav Goyal
JAMA OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD & NECK SURGERY
(2019)
Article
Education, Special
Li Wang, Junyi Ma, Ruchita Dholakia, Callie Howells, Yun Lu, Chen Chen, Runze Li, Michael Murray, Douglas Leslie
RESEARCH IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
(2019)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Alan W. Reynolds, Guodong Liu, Paul T. Kocis, Jenna N. Skowronski, Douglas L. Leslie, Edward J. Fox
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
(2018)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ashley H. Snyder, Carol S. Weisman, Guodong Liu, Douglas Leslie, Cynthia H. Chuang
WOMENS HEALTH ISSUES
(2018)
Article
Family Studies
Austin C. Cohrs, Edeanya Agbese, Douglas L. Leslie, Kent P. Hymel
JOURNAL OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES
(2018)