Insurance Coverage

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Health Insurance Tax Credit for Uninsured Workers 
  • A cost-benefit simulation model of coverage for bariatric surgery among full-time employees. 
  • ALS Multicenter Cohort Study of Oxidative Stress (ALS COSMOS): study methodology, recruitment, and baseline demographic and disease characteristics. 
  • Acute Surgical Decision-Making in Abdominal Trauma Is Not Altered by Race or Socioeconomic Status. 
  • Addressing barriers to optimal oral anticoagulation use and persistence among patients with atrial fibrillation: Proceedings, Washington, DC, December 3-4, 2012. 
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology guidance statement: the cost of cancer care. 
  • An ecological perspective on rural, low-income mothers' health. 
  • An economic framework for preventive care advice. 
  • Assessing the consequences of delisting publicly funded community-based physical therapy on self-reported health in Ontario, Canada: a prospective cohort study. 
  • Association Between Insurance Status and Hospital Length of Stay Following Trauma. 
  • Association of insurance status with inpatient treatment for coronary artery disease: findings from the Get With the Guidelines program. 
  • Association of vitamin D deficiency and age-related macular degeneration in medicare beneficiaries. 
  • Bariatric surgery barriers: a review using Andersen's Model of Health Services Use. 
  • Barriers to Hospice Care in Trauma Patients: The Disparities in End-of-Life Care. 
  • Barriers to cardiac transplantation in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: the Washington, DC, Dilated Cardiomyopathy Study. 
  • Battling the Chargemaster: A Simple Remedy to Balance Billing for Unavoidable Out-Of-Network Care 
  • Bending the curve through health reform implementation. 
  • Bladder Reconstruction Rates Differ among Centers Participating in National Spina Bifida Patient Registry. 
  • Bridging the gap between financial distress and available resources for patients with cancer: a qualitative study. 
  • Can rural health insurance improve equity in health care utilization? A comparison between China and Vietnam. 
  • Changes in Young Adult Primary Care Under the Affordable Care Act. 
  • Changes in insurance coverage for cancer patients receiving brachytherapy before and after enactment of the Affordable Care Act. 
  • Changes in state prescription contraceptive mandates for insurers: the effect on women's contraceptive use. 
  • Changing access to health services in urban China: implications for equity. 
  • Characteristics associated with glycemic control among family medicine patients with type 2 diabetes. 
  • Children's health insurance status and emergency department utilization in the United States. 
  • Commentary: The unknown benefit of complementary and alternative medicine. 
  • Communication factors in the follow-up of abnormal mammograms. 
  • Continental Divide? The attitudes of US and Canadian oncologists on the costs, cost-effectiveness, and health policies associated with new cancer drugs. 
  • Copay Assistance for Expensive Drugs: A Helping Hand That Raises Costs. 
  • Coverage with evidence development for Medicare beneficiaries: challenges and next steps. 
  • Current national health insurance coverage policies for breast and ovarian cancer prophylactic surgery. 
  • Decision on mandating coverage for ART must begin with accurate data. 
  • Dental visits to a North Carolina emergency department: a painful problem. 
  • Disparities in access to left ventricular assist device therapy. 
  • Disparities in preschool immunization coverage associated with maternal age. 
  • Disparities in the outcomes of lumbar spinal stenosis surgery based on insurance status. 
  • Disparities in the prevalence of comorbidities among US adults by state Medicaid expansion status. 
  • Disparity in reimbursement for tuberculosis care among different health insurance schemes: evidence from three counties in central China. 
  • Do insurance and race represent independent predictors of undergoing total shoulder arthroplasty? A secondary data analysis of 3529 patients. 
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): posttreatment follow-up care among Latina and non-Latina White women. 
  • Economic outcomes of breast cancer survivorship: CALGB study 79804. 
  • Effect of Regional Hospital Market Competition on Use Patterns of Free Flap Breast Reconstruction. 
  • Effect of insurance status on postacute care among working age stroke survivors. 
  • Effective coverage for hypertension treatment among middle-aged adults and the older population in China, 2011 to 2013: A nationwide longitudinal study. 
  • Effects of insurance status on children's access to specialty care: a systematic review of the literature. 
  • Effects of state reforms on health insurance coverage of adults. 
  • Eligibility and accessibility of magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) for the treatment of uterine leiomyomas. 
  • Emergency department revisits for patients with kidney stones in California. 
  • Emergency department use for eye care services and future directions in care. 
  • Employment, Insurance, and Financial Experiences of Patients with Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease in North America. 
  • Equity of access to outpatient care and hospitalization among older community residents in Brazil. 
  • Essentials of prescribing in the era of the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act. 
  • Evidence-based medicine and policy: the case of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator. 
  • Evolution of the surgeon-volume, patient-outcome relationship. 
  • Exploring the HIV continuum of care among young black MSM. 
  • Eye care in the United States: do we deliver to high-risk people who can benefit most from it? 
  • Factors Associated With Ambulation in Myelomeningocele: A Longitudinal Study From the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry. 
  • Factors associated with enrollment, satisfaction, and sustainability of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme program in six study areas in rural Beijing. 
  • Factors associated with transfer of hand injuries to a level 1 trauma center: a descriptive analysis of 1147 cases. 
  • Falling into the doughnut hole: drug spending among beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease under Medicare Part D plans. 
  • Financial Burden in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. 
  • Financial Toxicity of Cancer Care: It's Time to Intervene. 
  • Financial implications of coverage for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. 
  • For Third Enrollment Period, Marketplaces Expand Decision Support Tools To Assist Consumers. 
  • Genetic testing in nephrotic syndrome--challenges and opportunities. 
  • Going for Broke: A Longitudinal Study of Patient-Reported Financial Sacrifice in Cancer Care. 
  • Health Care Disparities in Cancer Patients Receiving Radiation: Changes in Insurance Status After Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act. 
  • Health Level Seven. '96 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. 
  • Health care insurance, financial concerns in accessing care, and delays to hospital presentation in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Health insurance and mammography: would a Medicare buy-in take us to universal screening? 
  • Health insurance and racial disparities in pulmonary hypertension outcomes. 
  • Health services use among Gulf War veterans and Gulf War era nondeployed veterans: a large population-based survey. 
  • Hearing and vision care for older adults: sensing a need to update Medicare policy. 
  • High Caesarean section rate in rural China: is it related to health insurance (New Co-operative Medical Scheme)? 
  • Hospital readmissions in decompensated cirrhotics: Factors pointing toward a prevention strategy. 
  • Hospital-based emergency department visits involving dental conditions: profile and predictors of poor outcomes and resource utilization. 
  • Hospitalisation among the elderly in urban China. 
  • How do states buy health insurance for their own employees? 
  • Impact of Insurance Status on Outcomes and Use of Rehabilitation Services in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Findings From Get With The Guidelines-Stroke. 
  • Impact of Medicare Part D on mental health treatment and outcomes for dual eligible beneficiaries with HIV. 
  • Impact of a prior authorization policy for montelukast on clinical outcomes for asthma and allergic rhinitis among children and adolescents in a state Medicaid program. 
  • Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. 
  • In support of equitable infertility health insurance. 
  • Insurance Coverage, Costs, and Barriers to Care for Outpatient Musculoskeletal Therapy and Rehabilitation Services. 
  • Insurance Status, Not Race, is Associated With Use of Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach for Rectal Cancer. 
  • Insurance and education predict long-term survival after orthotopic heart transplantation in the United States. 
  • Insurance coverage among women diagnosed with a gynecologic malignancy before and after implementation of the Affordable Care Act. 
  • Insurance coverage and care of patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Insurance coverage and incentives for weight loss among adults with metabolic syndrome. 
  • Insurance disparities in the outcomes of spinal cord stimulation surgery. 
  • Insurance reimbursement for risk-reducing mastectomy and oophorectomy in women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. 
  • Insurance status and outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage: findings from Get With The Guidelines-stroke. 
  • Insurance status and race affect treatment and outcome of traumatic brain injury. 
  • Insurance status and race represent independent predictors of undergoing laparoscopic surgery for appendicitis: secondary data analysis of 145,546 patients. 
  • Insurance status is associated with acuity of presentation and outcomes for thoracic aortic operations. 
  • Insurance status predicts acuity of thoracic aortic operations. 
  • Insurance status, stage of presentation, and survival among female patients with head and neck cancer. 
  • It's not the uninsured, stupid: two hurdles on the track to affordable healthcare coverage for all in North Carolina. 
  • It's time to have 'the talk': cost communication and patient-centered care. 
  • Life transitions and health insurance coverage of the near elderly. 
  • Local access to subspecialty care influences the chance of receiving a liver transplant. 
  • Longitudinal discharge trends and outcomes after hospitalization for mouth cellulitis and Ludwig angina. 
  • Low-income children's preventive services use: implications of parents' Medicaid status. 
  • Lying to insurance companies: the desire to deceive among physicians and the public. 
  • Mandated coverage for cancer-screening services: whose guidelines do states follow? 
  • Measuring the Health Benefits of the Affordable Care Act for Young Women. 
  • Medicaid Enrollment among Prison Inmates in a Non-expansion State: Exploring Predisposing, Enabling, and Need Factors Related to Enrollment Pre-incarceration and Post-Release. 
  • Medicare Enrollment Among Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease Receiving Dialysis in Outpatient Facilities Between 2005 and 2016. 
  • Medicare's demonstration of expanded coverage for chiropractic services: limitations of the demonstration and an alternative direct cost estimate. 
  • Obesity and managed care: a role for activism and advocacy? 
  • Obesity as a disease: has the AMA resolution had an impact on how physicians view obesity? 
  • Occurrence of cancer among people with mental health claims in an insured population. 
  • Opioid abuse/dependence among those hospitalized due to periapical abscess. 
  • Overcoming barriers to care for hepatitis C. 
  • Palliative care in the inner city. Patient religious affiliation, underinsurance, and symptom attitude. 
  • Pediatric Integrative Medicine. 
  • Pediatric mental health emergencies in the emergency medical services system. 
  • Perverse incentives in the Medicare prescription drug benefit. 
  • Practice profile. Community collaboration to improve care and reduce health disparities. 
  • Predictors of mortality, hospital utilization, and the role of race in outcomes in head and neck trauma. 
  • Preschool vision testing by health providers in the United States: findings from the 2006-2007 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. 
  • Prevalence and distribution of corrective lenses among school-age children. 
  • Private health insurance coverage and disability among older Americans. 
  • Private health insurance coverage for substance abuse and mental health services, 1995 to 1998. 
  • Race and Insurance Status as Predictors of Bicycle Trauma Outcome in Adults. 
  • Race, insurance status, and traumatic brain injury outcomes before and after enactment of the Affordable Care Act. 
  • Racial Disparities in the Administration of ECT in Texas, 1998-2013. 
  • Racial Variation in the Uptake of Oncotype DX Testing for Early-Stage Breast Cancer. 
  • Racial and ethnic disparities in care: the perspectives of cardiologists. 
  • Racial and socio-economic disparities in breast cancer hospitalization outcomes by insurance status. 
  • Racial variations in treatment and outcomes of black and white patients with high-risk non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: insights from CRUSADE (Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines?). 
  • Racial, Socioeconomic, and Gender Disparities in the Presentation, Treatment, and Outcomes of Adult Chiari I Malformations. 
  • Racial, ethnic, and insurance status disparities in use of posthospitalization care after trauma. 
  • Relationship of Affordable Care Act Implementation to Emergency Department Utilization Among Young Adults. 
  • Report of the Society for Vascular Surgery and the American Venous Forum on the July 20, 2016 meeting of the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee panel on lower extremity chronic venous disease. 
  • Response to Letter: Comment on "Insurance Status, Not Race Is Associated With Use of Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach for Rectal Cancer". 
  • Response: "Recognizing Implicit Bias, Not Proteomics, Is the Next Step in Mitigating Disparities in Surgical Care". 
  • Return on investment for bariatric surgery. 
  • Seeing Health Insurance and HealthCare.gov Through the Eyes of Young Adults. 
  • Should the patent system for new medicines be abolished? 
  • Socioeconomic Status Affects Outcomes After Severity-Stratified Traumatic Brain Injury. 
  • Socioeconomics affecting quality outcomes in Asian trauma patients within the United States. 
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia: patient and health professional perspectives on whether and how patents affect access to clinical genetic testing. 
  • State Insurance Mandates and Multiple Birth Rates After In Vitro Fertilization. 
  • Storm clouds over the public mental health safety net. 
  • Substance use, dependence, and service utilization among the US uninsured nonelderly population. 
  • Supplemental security income and social security disability insurance coverage among long-term childhood cancer survivors. 
  • Technologies for global health. 
  • The Affordable Care Act reduces emergency department use by young adults: evidence from three States. 
  • The Association Between Primary Source of Healthcare Coverage and Colorectal Cancer Screening Among US Veterans. 
  • The Impact of Race and Socioeconomic Status on Treatment and Outcomes of Blunt Splenic Injury. 
  • The Liberty of Free Riders: The Minimum Coverage Provision, Mill's 'Harm Principle,' and American Social Morality 
  • The Parity Paradigm: Can Legislation Help Reduce the Cost Burden of Oral Anticancer Medications? 
  • The contribution of sociodemographic, medical, and attitudinal factors to blood donation among the general public. 
  • The differential effect of compensation structures on the likelihood that firms accept new patients by insurance type. 
  • The effect of Medicaid status on weight loss, hospital length of stay, and 30-day readmission after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. 
  • The effect of heavy drinking on social security old-age and survivors insurance contributions and benefits. 
  • The effect of transfers between health care facilities on costs and length of stay for pediatric burn patients. 
  • The effects of race and criminal justice involvement on access to atypical antipsychotic medications among persons with schizophrenia. 
  • The fragility of the U.S. vaccine supply. 
  • The healthcare experiences of Koreans living in North Carolina: a mixed methods study. 
  • The impact of Blue Cross conversions on health spending and the uninsured. 
  • The impact of ancillary services on primary care use and outcomes for HIV/AIDS patients with public insurance coverage. 
  • The impact of health insurance status on the stage of cervical cancer diagnosis at a tertiary care center in Massachusetts. 
  • The impact of race and insurance type on the outcome of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. 
  • The incremental value of medical nutrition therapy in weight management. 
  • Therapy Caps and Variation in Cost of Outpatient Occupational Therapy by Provider, Insurance Status, and Geographic Region. 
  • Trends in Insurance Status Among Patients Diagnosed With Cancer Before and After Implementation of the Affordable Care Act. 
  • Trends in the utilization of high-volume hospitals by minority and underinsured surgical patients. 
  • Two steps forward, one step back: mycophenolate mofetil treatment for myasthenia gravis in the United States. 
  • Unmet need for therapy services, assistive devices, and related services: data from the national survey of children with special health care needs. 
  • Urban health insurance reform and coverage in China using data from National Health Services Surveys in 1998 and 2003. 
  • Urban-rural differences in excess mortality among high-poverty populations: evidence from the Harlem Household Survey and the Pitt County, North Carolina Study of African American Health. 
  • Utilization of acute care among patients with ESRD discharged home from skilled nursing facilities. 
  • Utilization of delivery care among rural women in China: does the health insurance make a difference? a cross-sectional study. 
  • Value-based insurance design: quality improvement but no cost savings. 
  • Variation in Adult Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes in the United States. 
  • What's new in transplantation. 
  • Who pays? Mandated insurance coverage for assisted reproductive technology. 
  • [Current concepts and trends in post-bariatric plastic surgery]. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Curtis, Lesley H., Professor in Population Health Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • Wu, Li-Tzy, Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine