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Could doulas improve maternal health outcomes in the U.S.?

Association of Health Care Journalists

These disparities highlight the urgent need for innovative approaches to maternal care that address not only clinical needs but also the social determinants of health that contribute to these disparities. Doula care may not be a panacea, but it is a solutions-focused tool in the larger effort to achieve maternal health equity.

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MedPAC Got It Wrong (pt 3)

The Health Care Blog

There have been significant levels of concern expressed about whether the plans might be able and willing to produce and present inaccurate and distorted information in the process. The “dual eligibles” have some of the biggest health care needs in America and deserve our support and our best efforts on their behalf.

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Overadjustment – an important bias hiding in plain sight

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

For example, overadjustment may occur if a researcher adjusts for health-related behaviours when trying to estimate the total effect of education on mortality (Figure 1). Dr Saman Khalatbari-Soltani ( @saamaankh ) is a social epidemiologist and senior lecturer in population health at the University of Sydney School of Public Health and CEPAR.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

Is there some grand unification theory or set of theories concerning the healthcare market that can contextualize and rationalize a million different issues about providers, payment, patient access to records, care coordination, social determinants of health and so much more?

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

Is there some grand unification theory or set of theories concerning the healthcare market that can contextualize and rationalize a million different issues about providers, payment, patient access to records, care coordination, social determinants of health and so much more?

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

Is there some grand unification theory or set of theories concerning the healthcare market that can contextualize and rationalize a million different issues about providers, payment, patient access to records, care coordination, social determinants of health and so much more?

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

Is there some grand unification theory or set of theories concerning the healthcare market that can contextualize and rationalize a million different issues about providers, payment, patient access to records, care coordination, social determinants of health and so much more?