Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
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Saturday, November 07, 2009

Using effectiveness and cost-effectiveness to make drug coverage decisions: a comparison of Britain, Australia, and Canada.

5 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: National public insurance for drugs is often based on evidence of comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. This study describes how that evidence has been used across 3 jurisdictions (Australia, Canada, and Britain) that have been ... Read more...

Safe, efficient, and cost-effective orthognathic surgery in the outpatient setting.

29 Sep 2009 There has been a dramatic decline in the number of orthognathic surgery cases over the past 15 to 20 years. This decrease is a result of several compounding factors including decreasing coverage by major medical insurance companies and increasing ... Read more...

Survey of stereotactic body radiation therapy in Japan by the Japan 3-D Conformal External Beam Radiotherapy Group.

29 Sep 2009 PURPOSE: To recognize the current status of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in Japan, using a nationwide survey conducted by the Japan 3-D Conformal External Beam Radiotherapy Group. METHODS AND MATERIALS: The questionnaire was sent by mail to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Insurance, Health, Reimbursement'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• How health care reform can benefit children and adolescents. 5 Oct 2009
• Using effectiveness and cost-effectiveness to make drug coverage decisions: a comparison of Britain, Australia, and Canada. 5 Oct 2009
• Safe, efficient, and cost-effective orthognathic surgery in the outpatient setting. 29 Sep 2009
• Cuts in reimbursement proposed for radiation oncology in the US. 29 Sep 2009
• US reimbursement systems encourage fraud and overutilisation. 29 Sep 2009
• Primary care--lifelines and shortages. 29 Sep 2009
• Survey of stereotactic body radiation therapy in Japan by the Japan 3-D Conformal External Beam Radiotherapy Group. 29 Sep 2009
• Medicare program; limitation on recoupment of provider and supplier overpayments. Final rule. 14 Sep 2009
• The attitude of Belgian social insurance physicians towards evidence-based practice and clinical practice guidelines. 7 Sep 2009
• ECHR 2009/9 Case of Schlumpf v. Switzerland, 8 January 2009, no. 29002/06 (First section). 30 Aug 2009
• Understanding HACs and SREs for quality reporting and reimbursement. 30 Aug 2009
• 6 questions to ask when 'hunting' for reimbursement. 30 Aug 2009
• The "zero risk" concept for hospital-acquired infections: a risky business! 30 Aug 2009
• "Never events": not every hospital-acquired infection is preventable. 30 Aug 2009
• Seventh and eighth year follow-up on workforce and finances of the United States anesthesiology training programs: 2007 and 2008. 30 Aug 2009
• How did we lose it--and can we ever get it back? 30 Aug 2009
• Extracorporeal life support: utilization, cost, controversy, and ethics of trying to save lives. 24 Aug 2009
• [Pay for performance in rehabilitation after stroke - results of a pilot project 2001-2008] 15 Aug 2009
• [Towards pay for performance in medical rehabilitation?] 15 Aug 2009
• [Not all lubricants are affected by exclusion from reimbursement by the statutory health insurance] 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Insurance, Health, Reimbursement'

Definition: Payment by a third-party payer in a sum equal to the amount expended by a health care provider or facility for health services rendered to an insured or program beneficiary. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988)

Descriptor UI: D007349

Alternative terms: Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; Reimbursement, Health Insurance; Third-Party Payments; Payment, Third-Party; Payments, Third-Party; Third Party Payments; Third-Party Payment; Health Insurance Reimbursement; Health Insurance Reimbursements; Insurance Reimbursement, Health; Insurance Reimbursements, Health; Reimbursements, Health Insurance; Third-Party Payers; Payer, Third-Party; Payers, Third-Party; Third Party Payers; Third-Party Payer;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.219.521.576.343.480; N03.219.521.710;

History Note: 82 (Aug 77); was see under INSURANCE, HEALTH Aug 77-81

Technical Notes: specify geog if possible