Showing posts with label access to care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label access to care. Show all posts
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
paywalled: Confidence in receiving medical care when seriously ill: a seven-country comparison of the impact of cost barriers - Health Expectations
Confidence in receiving medical care when seriously ill: a seven-country comparison of the impact of cost barriers - Wendt - 2011 - Health Expectations
Abstract
Objective
This paper examines how negative experiences with the health-care
system create a lack of confidence in receiving medical care in seven
countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the
United Kingdom, and the United States.
Methods
The empirical analysis is based on data from the Commonwealth Fund
International Health Policy Survey 2007, with nationally representative
samples of adults aged 18 and over. For the analysis of the experience
of cost barriers and confidence in receiving medical care, we conducted
pairwise comparisons of group percentages as well as country-wise
multivariate logistic regression models.
Results
Individuals who have experienced cost barriers show a significantly
lower level of confidence in receiving safe and quality medical care
than those who have not. This effect is most pronounced in the United
States, where people who have foregone necessary treatment because of
costs are four times as likely to lack confidence as individuals without
the experience of cost barriers (adjusted odds ratio 4.00). In New
Zealand, Germany, and Canada, individuals with the experience of cost
barriers are twice as likely to report low confidence compared with
those without this experience (adjusted odds ratios of 1.95, 2.19 and
2.24, respectively). In the Netherlands and UK, cost barriers are only a
marginal phenomenon.
Conclusions
The fact that the experience of financial barriers considerably lowers
confidence indicates that financial incentives, such as private
co-payments, have a negative effect on overall public support and
therefore on the legitimacy of health-care systems.
Monday, May 07, 2012
Health News - Targeting ovarian cancer - Dr. Robert Bristow finds disparities in access to the top-quality care that boosts survival
Health News - Targeting ovarian cancer
Dr. Robert Bristow finds disparities in access to the top-quality care that boosts survival
Saturday, March 24, 2012
(U.S.) Patient Advocate Foundation Welcomes You! - PAF
Patient Advocate Foundation Welcomes You! - PAF
Our Mission:
to provide effective mediation and arbitration services to patients to remove obstacles to healthcare including medical debt crisis, insurance access issues and employment issues for patients with chronic, debilitating and life-threatening illnesses.
We assist patients with:
• Medical Debt Crisis
• Insurance Access Issues
• Job Retention Issues
Access
The Process is Simple. Patient Advocate Foundation's Patient
Services provides patients with arbitration, mediation and negotiation
to settle issues with access to care, medical debt, and job retention
related to their illness. Select one of the following to learn more
about how PAF Patient Services may assist you......Contact PAF :: 1-800-532-5274
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
abstract: Treating cervical cancer: Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act patients - access to care
Monday, March 07, 2011
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Global cancer research initiative (full access0
Note: full access is available/click on 'pdf' "For the majority of citizens worldwide, effective, nontoxic, culturally appropriate, and attainable care for cancer has not yet been defined."
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
abstract: Ovarian cancer: predictors of early-stage diagnosis
Conclusion
These findings suggest that, in addition to tumor biology, disparities in access to care may have a significant effect on the timely diagnosis of epithelial ovarian cancer
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