Only Health Insurances Are Interested

Rheumatoid arthritis and pregnancy; not only for rheumatologists interested in female health issues.

In this issue of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Wallenius et al report an increase in the onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other arthritides just after delivery (see article on page 332). They have shown this by linking two national registers—namely, the Norwegian Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug (NOR-DMARD) Register and the Medical Birth Register of Norway. This report confirms...

Community Health Worker Programs to Improve Healthcare Access and Equity: Are They Only Relevant to Low- and Middle-Income Countries?

Background Community Health Workers (CHWs) are proven to be highly effective in low- and middle-income countries with many examples of successful large-scale programs. There is growing interest in deploying CHW programs in high-income countries to address inequity in healthcare access and outcomes amongst population groups facing disadvantage. This study is the first that examines the scope and...

Health economic aspects of breast cancer treatment: the compulsory health insurances' view.

Due to the impact of rising expenditures for the delivery of high-standard health care, further efforts supporting evidence-based, cost-efficient and patient-centered management in oncology are advised. This also concerns the treatment of patients with breast cancer. Reimbursement of diagnostic and/or therapeutic innovations in oncologic health care within the compulsory health insurances (CHIs...

Are Consumers More Interested in Financing Incentives or Price Reductions?

What are patients with Rett syndrome interested in?

[Purpose] Rett syndrome is a severe neurodevelopmental disease; individuals typically have no verbal skills or purposeful hand movements. In clinical settings, knowledge of their interests would be helpful for therapy. Therefore, we investigated the interests of Rett syndrome patients. [Subjects and Methods] In 2016, we sent a questionnaire regarding the interests of individuals with Rett syndr...