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Podcast vs. Pamphlet; Which One Is More Effective in Self-care Training Program of Diabetic Patients?

Background and Purpose: Self-care can help patients with diabetes to reduce complications of the disease. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of diabetes self-care educational programs through tow podcast and pamphlet methods. Material and Methods: The present study was quasi-experimental research conducted in Tehran Aboozar Diabetes Center (2014).  90 patients wi...

Lessons from Arizona's Medicaid managed care program.

AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program: its impact on managed care.

OBJECTIVE To describe some of the managed care perspectives regarding the data development and coverage issues. BACKGROUND Section 1013 of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 has initiated the formation of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Effective Health Care Program, which is evaluating the treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the Medicare population. The resu...

Ethical considerations for services offering one-to-one guidance for primary care practitioners interested in research.

Initiatives which offer support to primary care practitioners interested in research have become widespread in the UK. There has been little debate, however, about the ethical issues involved in such interactions with practitioners. Established codes of practice and analyses of the institutional and strategic contexts have been used to inform this discussion. The paper concludes with a recommen...

The Expanding Role of Managed Care in the Medicaid Program

States increasingly use managed care for Medicaid enrollees, yet evidence of its impact on health care outcomes is mixed. This research studies county-level Medicaid managed care (MMC) penetration and health care outcomes among nonelderly disabled and nondisabled enrollees. Results for nondisabled adults show that increased penetration is associated with increased probability of an emergency de...