Urban Health Services - Economics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Medicare program; inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system for federal fiscal year 2010. Final rule.

5 Aug 2009 This final rule updates the payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2010 (for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2009 and on or before September 30, 2010) as required under section ... Read more...

Medicare program; hospice wage index for fiscal year 2010. Final rule.

4 Aug 2009 This final rule will set forth the hospice wage index for fiscal year 2010. The final rule adopts a MedPAC recommendation regarding a process for certification and recertification of terminal illness. In addition, this final rule will also revise ... Read more...

Are services delivered by community health centers more cost-effective? Evidence from urban China.

29 Jun 2009 China has introduced a system of community health centers (CHCs) to provide primary care. To test whether services provided by such centers are more cost-effective than treatment at local higher-level hospitals, the study compared health outcomes ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Urban Health Services - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Medicare program; inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system for federal fiscal year 2010. Final rule. 5 Aug 2009
• Medicare program; hospice wage index for fiscal year 2010. Final rule. 4 Aug 2009
• The impact of recession on the health of rural citizens in British Columbia, Canada. 13 Jul 2009
• Are services delivered by community health centers more cost-effective? Evidence from urban China. 29 Jun 2009
• Suburban poverty and the health care safety net. 29 Jun 2009
• Awareness of pharmaceutical cost-assistance programs among inner-city seniors. 30 Mar 2009
• Health-care provision factors associated with child immunization coverage in a city centre and a rural area in Kabul, Afghanistan. 8 Mar 2009
• Anti-diabetic drugs in the private and public sector in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 27 Feb 2009
• Costs of providing care for HIV-infected adults in an urban HIV clinic in Soweto, South Africa. 27 Feb 2009
• On the spatial inequalities of institutional versus home births in Ghana: a multilevel analysis. 30 Jan 2009
• Do children in rural areas still have different access to health care? Results from a statewide survey of Oregon's food stamp population. 30 Dec 2008
• Variation in provider vaccine purchase prices and payer reimbursement. 29 Nov 2008
• China's health system performance. 15 Oct 2008
• Local victory. Universal access program wins appeal. 4 Oct 2008
• eComment: emergency department thoracotomy and middle income countries. 29 Sep 2008
• Access to appointments based on insurance status in Washington, D.C. 30 Jul 2008
• Strategic planning in the financing of school-based health clinics within urban communities. 29 Jun 2008
• Entry of new pharmacies in the deregulated Norwegian pharmaceuticals market--consequences for costs and availability. 2 Mar 2008
• A preliminary study into the economic burden of cerebral palsy in China. 18 Feb 2008
• Charging systems for migrants in primary care: the experiences of family doctors in a high-migrant area of London. 30 Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Urban Health Services'

Definition: Health services, public or private, in urban areas. The services include the promotion of health and the delivery of health care.

Descriptor UI: D019037

Alternative terms: Urban Health Services; Services, Urban Health; Health Services, Urban; Health Service, Urban; Service, Urban Health; Urban Health Service;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.421.914;

History Note: 96

Technical Notes: IM; coord with specific health serv (IM); SUBURBAN HEALTH SERVICES is also available; DF: URBAN HEALTH SERV