Beta blockers usage low despite insurance
...g health plans and networks, providing health-care coverage to more 100 million Americans. "While many studies have shown improvements in doctors' frequency of prescribing beta blockers at discharge after heart attacks, very few studies have looked at the long-term adherence to the drug," said Judith Kramer, ...MCOs shortchange minority Medicaid patients
...ent health insurance program that provides medical coverage to certain individuals and families with low income and resources. For their study, the researchers used a national database that included responses from 49,327 adults in 14 states, or 44 percent of the Medicaid population from 1999 to 2000. The ...Women's group seeking nominations for annual media awards
...t is more important than ever to ensure that media coverage of medical research findings is both accurate and appropriately represented. The Society for Women's Health Research has worked with many journalists over the years to provide information to millions of readers, viewers and listeners. We want to hon...Report finds inactivated influenza virus vaccines effective in children
...ed to make people aware of the dangers. News media coverage has spurred some parents to bring their children in for vaccinations, said Dr. Ruben. Public health campaigns would also make a difference in getting more children vaccinated against the flu, according to Dr. Neuzil. "In this country, we should have ...Laser method identifies, counts toxic molecules
...e processes, such as catalytic reactions. Absolute coverage measurements are useful in surface science, providing key information about surface reactions or structures for many applications, such as improving solar cell efficiency....Diabetes patients skip medications to save money
... of poorer health status. While prescription drug coverage may seem expensive, a good plan may save Medicare ...le to them. The study authors suggest the VA drug coverage policy may provide a model for other government prescription drug coverage programs. "Access to the...Study shows sponsors moving non-sedating antihistamines to a third tier realized greatest savings
...t plans should not cover OTC loratadine unless the coverage is provided simply as a benefit to their members without consideration of the lost savings," reported Tom Delate, PhD, director of research for Express Scripts and principal investigator for the study. In another finding, increases in the rate of s...Few disabled kids with psychosocial problems receive mental healthcare
...d differences by age, race/ethnicity and insurance coverage that suggest inequalities nationwide in access to treatment, underidentification of need and substantial variability in the mental health treatment for children with disabilities. According to Whitney P. Witt, assistant professor of medicine and res...Call for increase in flu vaccination among young children
...gh-risk children because their rate of vaccination coverage is still much lower than it should be. Second, the immunisation of infants aged 6-23 months and their close contacts should be encouraged as much as possible because of the substantially increased risk of influenza-related hospitalisations. Third, ch...Jan/Feb 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...sociated with significantly decreased immunization coverage for the 4:3:1 childhood vaccination series. According to data from the National Immunization Survey, following the policy change, vaccination rates fell from 80 percent in 1996 to 73 percent in 2001, among the lowest in the nation. Although the res...Beta blockers cost effective to society for heart failure treatment
...itional funding for outpatient management, such as coverage of clinical pharmacist services, could remove financial barriers to improving prescribing patterns," he added. Joining Califf in the study were Duke colleagues Patricia Cowper, Ph.D., Elizabeth DeLong, Ph.D., David Whellan, M.D., and Nancy Allen L...Pediatricians and parents key to improving quality of children's health care
... have been forceful advocates for better insurance coverage for children, they've been less active in the policy debate over quality of care. Their voices need be stronger at both the state and national levels," said Dr. Simpson, a USF professor of pediatrics and chief of the Division of Child Health Outcome...Use of rubella vaccine is growing worldwide, but more work remains
...ded to the childhood immunization schedule only if coverage for at least 80% of all children can be sustained on a long-term basis. If fewer children are vaccinated, that can pose risks to unvaccinated women who are now of childbearing age and also to other unvaccinated females in the future as they reach chi...Population surveys - A new 'gold standard' for estimating true incidence of HIV/AIDS?
... HIV-1 prevalence and associated trends. Since the coverage of health programmes for prevention of mother-to-child transmission, antiretroviral treatment, and testing and counselling for HIV-1 is increasing, future HIV-1 estimates will have to be assessed from an even greater number of data sources, all with ...Forest mapping from space supports Kyoto Protocol
...strating at a large scale full or partial national coverage information services supporting the national reporting under the Kyoto Protocol for five European countries: Italy, Switzerland, Finland, Norway and the Netherlands. The first results of this project for selected test sites within the five countrie...Envisat images delivered to Antarctic eclipse spotters
...nvisat will then acquire further ASAR samples, and coverage of MERIS and AATSR for offline delivery and later evaluation using the measurements performed onboard." And you can follow the rest of their trip out of the ice via the internet....IU Medical School, Merck take shot at vaccinating Kenyan kids
...e to enhance our ability to vaccinate and increase coverage against the eight diseases covered by the extended program on immunizations in Kenya," says Dr. Esamai. "This in the long term translates into reduced infant morbidity and mortality due to these diseases." Among those diseases are tuberculosis, diph...ACPM recommends reproductive health care benefits for adolescents
...nsmitted diseases. SCHIP provides health insurance coverage to millions of uninsured children and adolescents ...ifetime." ACPM also recommends that states provide coverage for family planning services and counseling--including pregnancy option counseling, distribution of ...Among elderly, depression more prevalent in Hispanics and blacks
...income or wealth; lack of private health insurance coverage or employment was associated with a greater frequ... said. "Our finding that lack of health insurance coverage is strongly associated with frequency of major depression particularly implicates the need for healt...Comprehensive gene profiles hold promise for improving outcome of pediatric leukemia
...density gene chips, which provided nearly complete coverage of the human genome. As a result, almost 60 percent of the ALL genes identified in the present study are new. Pediatric ALL is one of the great success stories of modern cancer therapies, with overall event-free survival rates approaching 80 percent...