Effectiveness of a Patient Support Program in Supporting Access to Therapy for Solid Tumor Malignancies by Lindsay Parker, Alissa Shaul, Brian Murphy, Zeba M. Khan

“…Patients were primarily insured by Medicare (38.5%) or commercial plans (37.3%), or were uninsured (16.6%). …”
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The Facts About Applying: Health Care Coverage and the Affordable Care Act by Meg McAlpine, Martie Gillen

“…However, those who do not have coverage will have the chance to shop for health insurance starting October 1 using the new Health Insurance Marketplace. …”
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The Facts About Applying: Health Care Coverage and the Affordable Care Act by Meg McAlpine, Martie Gillen

“…However, those who do not have coverage will have the chance to shop for health insurance starting October 1 using the new Health Insurance Marketplace. …”
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Oculomotor Nerve Palsy due to an Odontogenic Abscess Originating from the Mandibular Third Molar by Hee-Keun Park, Moon-Key Kim, Sang-Hoon Kang

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Author Correction: Tramadol use and incident dementia in older adults with musculoskeletal pain: a population-based retrospective cohort study by Si Nae Oh, Hye Jun Kim, Jae Yong Shim, Kyuwoong Kim, Seogsong Jeong, Sun Jae Park, Sang Hyun Lee, Joong Won Ha, Sang Min Park

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Overuse of medical imaging and effects of payer-provider integration: quasi-experimental evidence from Finland by Konsta Lavaste

“…I explore whether medical imaging is overused when privately owned clinics in Finland treat patients with voluntary private health insurance (VPHI). Methods I employ administrative insurance claims data from a major Finnish insurance company, covering 2016–2019, and exploit two market entries of clinics owned by the company in 2017. …”
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Consumer perspectives on the national electronic health record and barriers to its adoption in Germany: does health policy require a change in communication? by Saskia Kröner, Björn Schreiweis, Veronika Strotbaum, Lea Christine Brandl, Monika Pobiruchin, Martin Wiesner

“…Abstract Background The national health record (ePA) was introduced January 1st, 2021 in Germany and is available to every person insured under statutory health insurance. This study investigated the acceptance and expectations of the national health record in Germany, focusing on consumer perspectives, expectations, barriers, information needs, and communication aspects. …”
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Uncovering antidepressant prescription patterns: a three-year analysis of outpatient trends by Hossein Karami, Reza Mehrizi, Mohammad Effatpanah, Azamsadat Rivandi, Rajabali Daroudi, Nezam Armand, Leila Ghamkhar

“…Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted using prescription data from the Iranian Health Insurance Organization (IHIO) between March 2021 and March 2024. …”
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We Are on the Verge of Breakthrough Cures for Type 1 Diabetes, but Who Are the 2 Million Americans Who Have It? by Rebecca Smith, Samara Eisenberg, Aaron Turner-Phifer, Jacqueline LeGrand, Sarah Pincus, Yousra Omer, Fei Wang, Bruce Pyenson

“…Our work supports future policy and research efforts with 2024, 2029, and 2033 projections of demographics and insurance coverage for people with T1DM.…”
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Creating National Weights for a Patient-level Longitudinal Database by Onur Baser, Li Wang, Jon Maguire

“…MEPS is a data source representing health insurance coverage cost and utilization, and comprises several large-scale surveys of families, individuals, employers, and health care providers. …”
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Modeling Spatial Riding Characteristics of Bike-Sharing Users Using Hotspot Areas-Based Association Rule Mining by Chao Sun, Jian Lu

“…As for characteristics of riding destination, the combinations between landscapes and financial insurance facilities, between landscapes and companies/enterprises, and between companies/enterprises and financial insurance facilities are more likely to be visited simultaneously. …”
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SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA by Rabi’u Isah Moh’d, Mathew Ekundayo Rotimi

“…It recommends further that governments at all levels should provide health insurance for all. …”
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Fintech Penetration, Financial Literacy, and Financial Decision-Making: Empirical Analysis Based on Tar by Yi Li, Zhengwang Li, Fan Su, Qiteng Wang, Qian Wang

“…Subjective and objective financial literacy have negative direct effects on insurance market participation. Subjective financial literacy plays an incomplete mediating effect in the impact of objective financial literacy on financial market and insurance market participation. …”
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Prioritizing implementation solutions for the urban family physician policy in Iran: a multi-criteria decision-making study by Lida Shams, Mohammadreza Mobinizadeh, Taha Nasiri, Fatemeh Mohammadi

“…Conclusion The findings of the study provide remedies for the problems of the Iranian Urban Family Physician Programme at the executive level and in priority order, from the standpoint of the insurance organisations. Making crucial decisions entails handling matters relating to funding, administration, personnel, architecture, ethos, remuneration, IT systems, oversight, insurance organization output, and execution.…”
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Are there social gradients in the occurrence of lung cancer and in the survival of lung cancer patients? Findings from an observational study using German claims data of Lower Saxo... by Siegfried Geyer, Sebastian Schröder, Johannes Beller, Heiko Golpon

“…Analyses on social gradients were performed for employed and retired insured, but only for employed insured information on occupation and on income were available, for retired women and men only income was available. …”
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High Prevalence of Prediabetes and Associated Risk Factors in Urban Areas of Pontianak, Indonesia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Indah Budiastutik, Martha I. Kartasurya, Hertanto W. Subagio, Bagoes Widjanarko

“…Subjects were predominantly above 40 years, female, had low income, low education level, and had health insurance. About a third of the subjects had a history of hypertension, gout, and high cholesterol level, respectively. …”
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Impact of the abolition of copayments on the GP-centred coordination of care in Bavaria, Germany: analysis of routinely collected claims data by Werner Maier, Antonius Schneider, Lars Schwettmann, Ewan Donnachie, Martin Tauscher, Roman Gerlach, Klaus Linde, Michaela Olm

“…Furthermore, we studied how the number of ambulatory emergency cases and apparent ‘doctor shopping’ changed after the abolition.Design A retrospective routine data analysis of the Bavarian Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, comparing the years 2011 and 2012 (with copayment), with the period from 2013 to 2016 (without copayment). …”
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Plasticizer exposure in Germany from 1988 to 2022: Human biomonitoring data of 20 plasticizers from the German Environmental Specimen Bank by Monika Kasper-Sonnenberg, Claudia Pälmke, Sonja Wrobel, Thomas Brüning, Aline Murawski, Petra Apel, Till Weber, Marike Kolossa-Gehring, Holger M. Koch

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Cancer mortality and sectors of employment: a cohort study in Italy by Stefania Massari, Lisa Bauleo, Claudio Gariazzo, Paola Michelozzi, Luca Dei Bardi, Nicolas Zengarini, Sara Maio, Massimo Stafoggia, Marina Davoli, Giovanni Viegi, Giulia Cesaroni, Alessandro Marinaccio, on behalf of the BIGEPI Collaborative Group

“…Methods We used a cohort from the Rome Longitudinal Study (ROL) and linked it with the National Social Insurance Agency (INPS) database to obtain working histories. …”
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Policy effects of reduced pension contribution rate on innovation input--Empirical evidence from Zhejiang and Shandong provinces. by Zimian He, Jianwei Xu

“…Reducing pension insurance rates is an important measure for lowering the burden on enterprises. …”
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