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Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna - 2018

We examine the impact of progressive and regressive abortion legislation on women's health and survival in Mexico …. Following a 2007 reform in the Federal District of Mexico which decriminalised and subsidised early-term elective abortion …, multiple other Mexican states increased sanctions on illegal abortion. We observe that the original progressive policy resulted …

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COVID-19 surgical abortion restriction did not reduce visits to abortion clinics

Andersen, Martin; Bryan, Sylvia; Slusky, David - 2020

collected street addresses of abortion clinics and linked them to SafeGraph's data on counts of visitors. We found a 32 percent …

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A simple recipe : the effect of a prenatal nutrition program on child health at birth

Haeck, Catherine; Lefebvre, Pierre - 2016 - Revised version

We study the impact of a Canadian prenatal nutrition program on child health at birth. The objective of the "oeuf-lait-orange" (eggs-milk-oranges) (OLO) program is to reduce the incidence of prematurity and low birth weight by providing a specific food basket and nutritional guidance to pregnant...

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Healthcare Reform and Disease Management in Italy: Promoting the Effectiveness and Appropriateness of Health Service Use

Grilli, Roberto; Donatini, Andrea; Taroni, Francesco - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 9 (2001) 8, pp. 441-449

The 1999 reform of the Italian healthcare system has softened the effects of the 1992 shift to market mechanisms and competition within healthcare by promoting cooperation and partnerships among providers and Local Health Units (LHUs). In addition, it has facilitated the completion of...

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Optimizing the Delivery of Effective Diabetes Care: An English Perspective

Mohiddin, Abdu; Gulliford, Martin - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 9 (2001) 12, pp. 683-690

Diabetes mellitus has considerable and increasing importance in England. The burden of illness is concentrated in ethnic minority groups and socioeconomically deprived areas. Evidence for effective clinical care has increased following the results of the UK Prospective Diabetes Study but current...

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Law and Disorder: Critical Legal Issues in Disease Management

Jacobson, James M.; Jorling, James M.; Paykel, Neela A. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 6 (1999) 6, pp. 365-386

If the disease management industry succeeds in producing effective solutions to many of the problems besetting today's healthcare delivery systems (such as misalignment of financial and care incentives, poor customer service, failure to provide useful preventative care, and a dearth of empirical...

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Employer Role in Integrative Workplace Health Management: A New Model in Progress

Chu, Cordia; Dwyer, Sophie - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 10 (2002) 3, pp. 175-186

The health of the international workforce has been an increasing area of concern for the last two decades. Globalization of the world economy and rapid technological changes continue to change the nature of work and employment practices, exposing employees to new and serious health risks. These...

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National Service Framework for Older People: Will Access to Health Services for Elderly Patients Improve?

Chadha, Sumeet; Young, John - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 10 (2002) 9, pp. 527-533

The National Service Framework for Older People (NSF), published recently by the Department of Health in England, represents a major initiative to improve services for this group of patients. It describes an ambitious 10-year plan to address ageism, person-centered care, hospital care,...

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Disease Management and the Application of Privacy Guidelines

Regan, Marybeth - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 10 (2002) 9, pp. 543-550

Today, privacy is a concern for many individuals. The United States has followed the path of other countries in strengthening the legislation to protect privacy. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 was enacted to provide improved portability of health benefits...

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A Review of Alternative Approaches to Healthcare Resource Allocation

Petrou, Stavros; Wolstenholme, Jane - In: PharmacoEconomics 18 (2000) 1, pp. 33-43

The resources available for healthcare are limited compared with demand, if not need, and all healthcare systems, regardless of their financing and organisation, employ mechanisms to ration or prioritise finite healthcare resources. This paper reviews alternative approaches that can be used to...

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