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Costs a Barrier to Asthma Care for Some Kids
WebMD THURSDAY, May 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) — High health insurance co-pays in the United States increase the odds that children with asthma will miss out on important doctor visits and preventive medications, a new survey finds. Parents with higher … Higher cost-sharing associated with delayed care for children's asthma |
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2 Minute Medicine |
Costs a Barrier to Asthma Care for Some Kids
HealthDay THURSDAY, May 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) — High health insurance co-pays in the United States increase the odds that children with asthma will miss out on important doctor visits and preventive medications, a new survey finds. Parents with higher … Higher cost-sharing associated with delayed care for children's asthma |
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Costs a barrier to asthma care for some kids
MyFoxAL THURSDAY, May 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) — High health insurance co-pays in the United States increase the odds that children with asthma will miss out on important doctor visits and preventive medications, a new survey finds. Parents with higher … |
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Low income, higher cost-sharing posed barriers to children's asthma care
Healio Low-income families who had higher cost-sharing health plans were more likely to delay or avoid care for children with asthma, when compared with families who had lower levels of cost sharing, according to recent study results. Researchers conducted a … Higher health insurance cost-sharing impacts asthma care for low-income kids |
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Children with Asthma Who Lack Primary Care Are at High Risk for Hospitalization
MarketWatch DALLAS, May 19, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood and one of the leading reasons for emergency room visits, yet severe attacks leading to hospitalization often are avoidable. According to experts at … Higher health insurance cost-sharing impacts asthma care for low-income kids Low income, higher cost-sharing posed barriers to children's asthma care |
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Higher health insurance cost-sharing impacts asthma care for low-income kids
Medical Xpress Parents in low-income families were less likely to delay asthma care for their children or avoid taking their children to see a doctor is they had lower vs. higher levels of health insurance cost-sharing. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act … |
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OU research points way to better care for asthma patients
Daily Ardmoreite Primary care providers play a critical role in helping ensure patients' asthma is well controlled. To that end, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute issued clinical practice guidelines for managing asthma. Though the guidelines have been out … |
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Ground-breaking research Centre set to revolutionise asthma care for 5.4m people
ECNmag.com The Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research has launched this month – the UK's first integrated Centre focused solely on improving the quality of life of people with asthma by finding better treatments and making them available faster than ever before … Queen Mary University of London launches ground-breaking asthma research … New asthma centre aims to cut development time for treatments Asthma UK research centre to be based in Edinburgh |
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Report calls for an end to complacency around asthma care
Medical Xpress This first confidential enquiry report from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Why Asthma Still Kills, published today, found nearly half (45%) of patients included in this study who died from asthma did not have any medical help during the final … Asthma deaths: patients 'dying needlessly' because of poor care, report warns Asthma killing people needlessly, says Royal College of Physicians Asthma death study exposes errors on a 'horrifying scale' |
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Asthma deaths: patients 'dying needlessly' because of poor care, report warns
The Independent The authors are now calling for an end to “complacency” around asthma care, after the report identified “major avoidable factors” in two thirds of asthma deaths, indicating more deaths could be preventable if these factors are addressed. In 2012, 1,242 … Asthma killing people needlessly, says Royal College of Physicians Asthma sufferers in the UK are 'dying needlessly each year because of poor … 800 asthma patients a year die needlessly: Half were given the wrong medication |
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