Medicaid enrollment at late stages may partly explain poor outcomes for cancer
...aid after diagnosis. These individuals were likely uninsured prior to diagnosis and as such had been on the mar...st cancer patients have similarly poor outcomes to uninsured patients. However, there is little research to explain the surprising lack of survival differences b...End AIDS drug waiting lists, HIV care providers tell policymakers
...ms designed to fill in gaps in health coverage for uninsured or underinsured people with HIV/AIDS. Ryan White programs provide aid ranging from social and support services like legal services, child care, and housing assistance to access to antiretroviral medications through the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. ...States find alternate routes to health coverage
...r, a combination of surging costs, enrollment, and uninsured has created a "perfect storm" that has driven many Medicaid leaders to rethink the way their programs are structured and how they operate. Going forward, how Medicaid evolves will impact states' ability to maintain or expand coverage. States pur...Illness and medical bills cause half of all bankruptcies
...: "We need to rethink health reform. Covering the uninsured isn't enough. We must also upgrade and guarantee continuous coverage for those who have insurance."...More efficient ways of managing patient flow may benefit Los Angeles County/USC hospital
...mplex patient discharges, because the patients are uninsured and they don't have a lot of options for care when they leave," she said. "A systems approach to the problem is really like a new way of thinking about things." For instance, there might be a better way to coordinate interdepartmental scheduling of p...ER patients with substance abuse treatment need incur higher health care costs
...met need were younger, more likely to be male, and uninsured or enrolled in TennCare, Tennessee's Medicaid-waiver managed-care program. The study was a cross-sectional survey conducted in seven Tennessee hospitals between June 1996 and January 1997....Moving admitted ER patients into inpatient beds faster could significantly increase hospital revenue
...d Its Relationship to ED Volume) "With 44 million uninsured Americans, hospital emergency departments provide a great deal of uncompensated care as the nation's health care safety net," said Judd E. Hollander, MD, with the University of Pennsylvania and one of the study authors. "With the constant pressure to...Report on health insurance coverage of Iowa children shows gaps
...cates that nearly 90,000 children in the state are uninsured at some point in the year. Some programs, however,...rcent of the families reported their children were uninsured at some point in the prior 12 months. Combined, these figures indicate 12 percent of Iowa children (...Appendix rupture in children associated with race and health insurance status
... of ruptured appendixes than white children, as do uninsured or Medicaid-insured children, compared to children covered by private insurance, according to a study in the October 27 issue of JAMA. The rate of "negative appendectomy" (appendix removal without appendicitis) declines at hospitals that perform mor...Scientific forum addresses menstrual cycle as vital sign
...that aims to improve access to health services for uninsured women and develop a model of healthcare delivery that will improve women's health overall. The organization was founded by Dr. Lawrence Nelson, research gynecologist, and a dedicated group of professionals, who feel that there is a need for increase...July/August 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ents of low socioeconomic status and those who are uninsured or insured by Medicaid are more likely to have poor cancer outcomes, possibly in part to lower use of screening tests. While other successful interventions to increase cancer screening have relied on technology, personnel and resources that may not ...Female & black legislators more likely than others to prioritize children's health
...state programs who are at greatest risk if they're uninsured or programs aren't in place to prevent disease or injury."...Will the insured sacrifice to help cover the uninsured? New study suggests yes
...o get together and talk about how coverage for the uninsured might affect them personally and society as a whol...ninsured. The majority of them chose to cover only uninsured children. When groups of eight to 15 players got together to design community-wide health plans, tho...First proof that cutting Rx drugs due to cost harms health
...medications because of cost were more likely to be uninsured or to have health insurance that didn't cover prescription drugs. They were also younger, less educated, and more likely to be female or non-white. About the same proportion of the two groups of patients started out with a history of heart disease, d...Poor kids' health insurance situation changes often, affecting their medical care, study finds
...ealth System's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. "The uninsured in America are not a homogenous group, but a rathe...d group, with some children and families remaining uninsured for a long time and others becoming uninsured more recently, or finding a new source of insurance af...Clerks control healthcare access for uninsured patients, study finds
...o requirement for healthcare providers to care for uninsured patients seeking routine medical attention, frontl...on), policies were ambiguous about what to do when uninsured patients cannot afford required prepayments. As a consequence, low-level personnel who are not train...National study: Health care access for poor children improves, but gap in care for uninsured grows
...ely insured children, but they are better off than uninsured children," said lead author Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh,... Child Health Policy. "In fact, the proportion of uninsured children who made at least one office visit (to a physician or other health care practitioner) dropp...Racial, economic gaps in kids' eye care seen in four new studies
...he January issue of Optometry and Vision Sciences, uninsured black and Hispanic children had far lower odds of ...r contact lenses. When race was added to the mix, uninsured non-black/non-Hispanic children were just as likely to have corrective lenses as children of any rac...Diabetes patients skip medications to save money
... in a year are waived. Although many Medicaid and uninsured patients in the study were eligible for low-cost or free prescription drug programs, more of them reported cost-related medication problems than their VA counterparts. The researchers concluded that many of these patients may not be aware of assistan...Teaching hospital physicians report trouble obtaining specialty services for the uninsured
...ten considered key providers of health services to uninsured and underinsured patients. However, a recent surv...have difficulty accessing specialty care for their uninsured patients. The study from the Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) ap...