An acute or prolonged illness usually considered to be life-threatening or with the threat of serious residual disability. Treatment may be radical and is frequently costly.
I'm sorry for any confusion, but "Taiwan" is not a medical term and does not have a medical definition. It is a country located in East Asia. If you have any questions related to healthcare or medical terms, I would be happy to help with those!
Treatments which are undergoing clinical trials or for which there is insufficient evidence to determine their effects on health outcomes; coverage for such treatments is often denied by health insurers.
Cost-sharing mechanisms that provide for payment by the insured of some portion of covered expenses. Deductibles are the amounts paid by the insured under a health insurance contract before benefits become payable; coinsurance is the provision under which the insured pays part of the medical bill, usually according to a fixed percentage, when benefits become payable.
A person who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded.
Works containing information articles on subjects in every field of knowledge, usually arranged in alphabetical order, or a similar work limited to a special field or subject. (From The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)
Economic aspects of the fields of pharmacy and pharmacology as they apply to the development and study of medical economics in rational drug therapy and the impact of pharmaceuticals on the cost of medical care. Pharmaceutical economics also includes the economic considerations of the pharmaceutical care delivery system and in drug prescribing, particularly of cost-benefit values. (From J Res Pharm Econ 1989;1(1); PharmacoEcon 1992;1(1))

Stop-loss insurance: are you tempting fate? (1/59)

Capitation is a gamble, but stop-loss insurance can keep physician groups from losing their shirts. Who needs it? That depends on the type of contract and many other factors.  (+info)

"Carving out" conditions from global capitation rates: protecting high-cost patients, physicians, and health plans in a managed care environment. (2/59)

The purposes of this study were (1) to develop a method for identifying individuals with high-cost medical conditions, (2) to determine the percentage of healthcare spending they represent, and (3) to explore policy implications of "carving out" their care from managed care capitation. Annual payments over a 2-year period to enrollees of three health plans--a traditional managed care organization, and a state Medicaid program--were determined by using a cross-sectional analysis of insurance claims data. The main outcome measures were the number of enrollees with total annual payments in excess of $25,000 and the contribution of these high-cost enrollees to each health plan's total costs. Forty-one groups of diagnosis and procedure codes representing a combination of acute and chronic conditions were included on the list of carve-out conditions. Pulmonary insufficiency and respiratory failure together accounted for the largest number of high-cost individuals in each health plan. Solid organ and bone marrow transplants, AIDS, and most malignancies that required high-dose chemotherapy were also important. The carve-out list identified more than one third of high-cost individuals enrolled in the Medicaid program, approximately 20% of high-cost managed care enrollees, and 10% of high-cost fee-for-service enrollees. These data confirm that it is possible to identify high-cost individuals in health plans by using a carve-out list. Carving out high-cost patients from capitation risk arrangements may protect patients, physicians, and managed care organizations.  (+info)

Catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome in systemic lupus erythematosus: an autopsy case report of a young woman. (3/59)

Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a severe variant of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) characterized by disseminated microangiopathy that results in multiorgan failure. CAPS mainly occurs in association with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Clinically, CAPS mimics disseminated SLE vasculitis, intravascular coagulation (DIC), and particularly thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). We describe an autopsy case of young woman with CAPS in SLE, which is difficult to differentiate from TTP secondary to SLE.  (+info)

A flexible benefits tax credit for health insurance and more. (4/59)

This essay outlines a concept for a "flexible benefits" tax credit for expanding health insurance coverage and other purposes such as retirement savings plans (with potential withdrawals for higher education, first-home ownership, and catastrophic medical expenses). Two examples are presented. The advantages of a flexible benefits tax credit are considered in terms of efficient use of the budget surplus to help meet the varied (and changing) needs of American families, to eliminate major national gaps in health insurance and pension coverage, and to advance other objectives. If the budget surplus is used wisely, political decisionmakers could achieve health insurance coverage for most uninsured workers and children and assure a future with real economic security for American families.  (+info)

Reduction of catastrophic health care expenditures by a community-based health insurance scheme in Gujarat, India: current experiences and challenges. (5/59)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the Self Employed Women's Association's Medical Insurance Fund in Gujarat in terms of insurance coverage according to income groups, protection of claimants from costs of hospitalization, time between discharge and reimbursement, and frequency of use. METHODS: One thousand nine hundred and thirty claims submitted over six years were analysed. FINDINGS: Two hundred and fifteen (11%) of 1927 claims were rejected. The mean household income of claimants was significantly lower than that of the general population. The percentage of households below the poverty line was similar for claimants and the general population. One thousand seven hundred and twelve (1712) claims were reimbursed: 805 (47%) fully and 907 (53%) at a mean reimbursement rate of 55.6%. Reimbursement more than halved the percentage of catastrophic hospitalizations (>10% of annual household income) and hospitalizations resulting in impoverishment. The average time between discharge and reimbursement was four months. The frequency of submission of claims was low (18.0/1000 members per year: 22-37% of the estimated frequency of hospitalization). CONCLUSIONS: The findings have implications for community-based health insurance schemes in India and elsewhere. Such schemes can protect poor households against the uncertain risk of medical expenses. They can be implemented in areas where institutional capacity is too weak to organize nationwide risk-pooling. Such schemes can cover poor people, including people and households below the poverty line. A trade off exists between maintaining the scheme's financial viability and protecting members against catastrophic expenditures. To facilitate reimbursement, administration, particularly processing of claims, should happen near claimants. Fine-tuning the design of a scheme is an ongoing process - a system of monitoring and evaluation is vital.  (+info)

Abdominal catastrophe revisited: the risk and outcome of enteric peritoneal contamination. (6/59)

OBJECTIVE: Peritonitis from a visceral source is associated with striking morbidity and mortality in patients treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD). Surgical intervention for both diagnosis and repair is definitive. However, because the antecedents of enteric injury leading to peritonitis are unpredictable, no preventive strategy has been proposed or adopted. The goal of this study was to examine risk factors influencing the occurrence and outcome of anatomically documented peritonitis of enteric origin. DESIGN: Retrospective chart and database review. SETTING: Peritoneal dialysis unit in tertiary-care referral hospital. PATIENTS: 330 patients treated with PD for end-stage renal disease between 1988 and 2000. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Prevalence of peritonitis of anatomically documented enteric origin over two consecutive time periods within the study interval: period 1, from 1 January 1988 through 30 June 1996; period 2, from 1 July 1996 through 30 June 2000. RESULTS: At least 1 episode of peritonitis occurred in 202 of 330 patients during the entire study period of 12.5 years (600.74 patient-years of care). There were 543 episodes of peritonitis. Anatomically documented visceral Injury caused bacterial peritonitis in 41 patients with a total of 63 discrete episodes, an incidence rate of 0.1048 per patient-year. Peritonitis-free survival was compared between the two periods using Kaplan-Meier analysis. The curve representing risk distribution for anatomically documented visceral peritonitis remained constant over the two periods, in contrast to improvements found in all other types of peritonitis, taken as a group (p= 0.044). Logistic regression modeling showed that the only risk factor associated with development of anatomically documented visceral peritonitis was older age. There was no influence of race, sex, time on PD, and underlying disease etiology. 31 deaths were attributed to peritonitis during the study period. The mortality rate from enteric peritonitis due to visceral injury was 46.3% (19/41 cases), compared to 7.5% for all other peritonitis taken as a group (12/161 cases, p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: The experience at University Hospitals of Cleveland suggests that abdominal catastrophe occurs in approximately 10% of all patients treated with PD, and is associated with high mortality, which has not changed over time. Therefore, peritonitis due to spontaneous visceral injury presents a great diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. It is important to develop a research strategy to understand this devastating complication.  (+info)

How and why the health insurance system will collapse. (7/59)

The advocates of defined-contribution health plans extol the virtues of consumer-driven health care, consumer choice, and empowered consumers as solutions to the problems--particularly the rapidly growing costs--of employer-sponsored health benefits. This paper argues that the widespread use of defined-contribution plans, with more consumer choice and more knowledgeable consumers, will lead to the erosion of the social contract on which health insurance must be based, with healthier employees subsidizing the care of older and sicker ones, and a death spiral of adverse selection. If unchecked by government intervention, these trends will lead to the collapse of employer-sponsored health insurance.  (+info)

Wealth patterns among elderly Americans: implications for health care affordability. (8/59)

This paper estimates the ability of the elderly to pay for necessary health care services and emerging technologies. Projections from the Long Term Care Financing Model paint a promising picture of the income and assets that elders in the future will have available to support discretionary, uncovered health care and service costs. Nevertheless, policymakers should pay close attention to the finances of the "Tweeners"--people who are middle class with low levels of discretionary assets available for health and long-term care.  (+info)

A catastrophic illness is a severe and acute or chronic illness or condition that requires complex or long-term care, often involving extensive medical resources and significant financial costs. These illnesses often cause major disruptions to the lives of patients and their families, both in terms of their daily activities and their emotional well-being.

Examples of catastrophic illnesses include advanced stages of cancer, end-stage renal disease, stroke, heart failure, and certain neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). These conditions often require ongoing medical treatment, hospitalization, surgery, and/or the use of specialized medical equipment, which can result in substantial financial burdens for patients and their families.

In some cases, insurance policies may provide coverage for catastrophic illnesses, but the specific benefits and limitations of such coverage can vary widely depending on the policy and the insurer. Some government programs, such as Medicaid and Medicare, may also offer financial assistance for patients with catastrophic illnesses, although eligibility criteria and benefit levels may also vary.

I'm sorry for any confusion, but "Taiwan" is not a medical term or concept. It is the name of an island nation located in East Asia. The official name of the country is the Republic of China (ROC). If you have any medical questions or inquiries, I would be happy to help answer those for you!

Investigational therapies, also known as experimental or investigational new drugs (INDs), refer to treatments or interventions that are currently being studied and have not yet been approved for general use by regulatory authorities such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These therapies may include new drugs, biologics, medical devices, procedures, or behavioral interventions.

Investigational therapies are typically tested in clinical trials to assess their safety, efficacy, and optimal dosage. The process of testing an investigational therapy can take several years and involves multiple phases of research, including preclinical studies (testing in the lab), phase I trials (safety testing in a small group of people), phase II trials (testing for effectiveness and side effects in a larger group of people), and phase III trials (large-scale testing to confirm effectiveness, monitor side effects, and collect information that will allow the therapy to be used safely).

Participation in clinical trials of investigational therapies is voluntary and usually requires informed consent from the participant. Investigational therapies may offer hope for people with serious or life-threatening conditions who have exhausted all other treatment options, but they also carry risks, as their safety and efficacy have not yet been fully established.

A deductible is a specific amount of money that a patient must pay out of pocket before their health insurance starts covering the costs of medical services. For example, if a patient has a $1000 deductible, they must pay the first $1000 of their medical bills themselves before the insurance begins to cover the remaining costs. Deductibles are annual, meaning they reset every year.

Coinsurance is the percentage of costs for a covered medical service that a patient is responsible for paying after they have met their deductible. For example, if a patient has a 20% coinsurance rate, they will be responsible for paying 20% of the cost of each medical service, while their insurance covers the remaining 80%. Coinsurance rates vary depending on the health insurance plan and the specific medical service being provided.

In medical and legal contexts, a minor is a person who has not yet reached the age of majority. The age of majority varies depending on the jurisdiction but is generally 18 or 21 years old. Minors are considered to be legally incompetent to make certain decisions for themselves, such as consenting to medical treatment or signing a contract. Therefore, in healthcare settings, minors typically require the consent of a parent or guardian before receiving medical care, except in specific circumstances where the minor is deemed mature enough to make their own decisions (e.g., emancipated minors).

An encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference work containing articles on various topics, usually arranged in alphabetical order. In the context of medicine, a medical encyclopedia is a collection of articles that provide information about a wide range of medical topics, including diseases and conditions, treatments, tests, procedures, and anatomy and physiology. Medical encyclopedias may be published in print or electronic formats and are often used as a starting point for researching medical topics. They can provide reliable and accurate information on medical subjects, making them useful resources for healthcare professionals, students, and patients alike. Some well-known examples of medical encyclopedias include the Merck Manual and the Stedman's Medical Dictionary.

Pharmaceutical economics is a branch of economics that focuses on the production and distribution of pharmaceutical products and services. It involves the analysis of various factors that influence the development, pricing, and accessibility of medications, including issues related to healthcare policy, regulation, reimbursement, and market competition.

Pharmaceutical economists study topics such as:

1. The research and development (R&D) process for new drugs, including the costs, risks, and uncertainties associated with bringing a new drug to market.
2. The pricing of pharmaceuticals, taking into account factors such as production costs, R&D expenses, market competition, and the value that medications provide to patients and society.
3. The impact of government regulations and policies on the pharmaceutical industry, including issues related to intellectual property protection, drug safety, and efficacy testing.
4. The role of health insurance and other third-party payers in shaping the demand for and access to pharmaceuticals.
5. The evaluation of pharmaceutical interventions' cost-effectiveness and their impact on healthcare outcomes and patient well-being.
6. The analysis of market structures, competitive dynamics, and strategic decision-making within the pharmaceutical industry.
7. The assessment of globalization, international trade, and cross-border collaboration in the pharmaceutical sector.

Pharmaceutical economics plays a crucial role in informing healthcare policy decisions, improving patient access to essential medications, and promoting sustainable and innovative practices within the pharmaceutical industry.

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Pear, Robert (February 1, 1987). "Health care debate: How to pay for extended coverage; Congress takes on catastrophic illness ... "Agency asking U.S. care in 'catastrophic' ills". The New York Times. November 2, 1986. Retrieved July 15, 2011. Pear, Robert ( ... Berry, William J.; Davis, Lisa E. (April 11, 1978). "Psychiatrist Szasz Contends Mental Illness Does not Exist". The Harvard ...
Fowlie, Johnathan (Nov 4, 2009). "Margaret MacDiarmid recovers from catastrophic illness". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved July 12, ...
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Coyne, J. C., & Fiske, V. (1992). Couples coping with chronic and catastrophic illness. Fukuyama, F. (1995). Trust: The social ... Helgeson, V. S., Jakubiak, B., Van Vleet, M., & Zajdel, M. (2018). Communal coping and adjustment to chronic illness: Theory ... illness). A core tenet within the model is that communication enhances coping outcomes. In this vein, Helgeson et al's model ... Scholars who have attempted to apply the communal coping framework to context outside of illness and natural disaster have ...
"Governor OKs Insurance Aid to Catastrophic Illness Victims". Los Angeles Times. October 2, 1989. Madrigal, Alexis (2011). Book ... authorizing the purchasing of health insurance by uninsured Californians suffering from catastrophic serious illnesses, such as ...
... the Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund in 2001; proposing Smart Growth affordable housing in 2004; Chapter 70 ...
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... insurance premiums to protect individuals against illnesses of a catastrophic nature would be financed by a payroll tax. The ... January 22, 1976). "Medicare: limiting the cost of major illness would benefit 3 million patients". The New York Times. p. 25. ... In October 1973, Long and Senator Abraham Ribicoff (D-CT) introduced a bipartisan bill for catastrophic health insurance ... In June 1979, Carter proposed more limited health insurance reform-an employer mandate to provide catastrophic private health ...
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... and disabling accidents or illnesses, permanent unemployment, and the technological redundancy of skills. These catastrophic ... Catastrophic vs. non-catastrophic shocks: Some events occur with low frequency, but have severe income effects like old-age, ... On the other end of the scale are high frequency events with non-severe income effects like transient illness, crop loss, and ... Protection against these non-catastrophic events need not require long-term net transfers to the afflicted household. If ...
Dampier's service was cut short by a catastrophic illness, and he returned to England for several months of recuperation. For ...
"Ventilator-Dependent Survivors of Catastrophic Illness Transferred to 23 Long- Term Care Hospitals for Weaning from Prolonged ... "Ventilator-dependent survivors of catastrophic illness transferred to 23 long-term care hospitals for weaning from prolonged ... A Los Angeles Illness Narrative. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0813539010 Wikimedia Commons has media ...
Injuries include heat illness and dehydration, concussions, and trauma-related deaths. Heat illnesses are a rising concern in ... In American football, for instance, five times as many catastrophic injuries happen in high school as in college-level ... Heat illness and dehydration are typically brought on by high temperatures and high humidity. These conditions carry increased ... Heat illnesses are among the primary causes of sports-related death or disability. They require immediate medical attention. ...
She revealed that she had battled constant suicidal urges at the height of her mental illness. During her appearance on the ... I was always melancholic and prone to sadness and hopelessness but this was catastrophic and unimaginable." In March 2017, ... "It was an illness and it ran its course." In 2019 the National Library of Ireland announced that the Keyes digital archive for ... mental illness, divorce and alcoholism. Keyes considers herself a feminist, and has chosen to reflect feminist issues in many ...
... injuries or illnesses to airplane crashes and catastrophic natural disasters. Women especially were singled out for brutal ...
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Physiologic monitoring data may play a key role in identifying the early subclinical signatures of life-threatening illness ... Objectives: Patients in ICUs are susceptible to subacute potentially catastrophic illnesses such as respiratory failure, sepsis ... Conclusions: Subacute potentially catastrophic illnesses in three diverse ICU populations have physiologic signatures that are ... Here, we tested the hypothesis that subacute potentially catastrophic illnesses have detectable signatures of deranged ...
And there we go again: the ethics of placebo-controlled RCT in case of catastrophic illness ... And there we go again: the ethics of placebo-controlled RCT in case of catastrophic illness ...
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Pope Francis cancels COP28 visit over illness. The Pope, 86, was due to begin a three-day visit to Dubai on Friday but has lung ... China is battling a wave of respiratory illness in children. Scientists are rushing to find out why. ... The Worlds First Whole-Eye Transplant Is Helping an Arkansas Man Recover From a Catastrophic Injury. ...
Earlier this year, a Native American Tribe in the Northwest had an eye-opening experience with the self-funded plan that provides benefits to the Tribe and its enterprises. One of its plan members, who was not a tribal member, was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder which resulted in prescription drug costs for this one member that topped $200,000 per month (not a typo). Also, this member will need this medication every month for the rest of their life. Fortunately, this Tribe has strong individual stop loss support (insurance coverage that caps a self-funded plans exposure for claims over a certain limit for a given individual). This is a good thing since the stop loss carrier will be reimbursing the Tribe over $2 million for this members claims for the remainder of the plan year.. But did you know … At renewal, the current stop loss carrier and any proposed carriers have the ability to exclude this member from coverage. This individual exclusion is called a "laser" and is where the ...
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STORY: Theres a mystery illness popping up across the United States - in dogs. Symptoms include coughing, which can last four ... The Worlds First Whole-Eye Transplant Is Helping an Arkansas Man Recover From a Catastrophic Injury. ... Eleven states are now reporting "high" or "very high" levels of respiratory illnesses. ...
Mental illness and firearms are not a good combo,, even in war. Please note the number of catastrophic incidents among active ... Theres going to be no change in the way we deal with mental illness, theres going to be no change in our firearms laws, and ... You take a mix of mental illness super easy access to a wide variety of firearms and add in economic desperation with little to ... Q. What constitutes a mental illness that prevents a person from buying a gun? - Demo NYC, New York. A. Under federal law, ...
et al. Illness-specific catastrophic thinking and overperception in asthma. Health Psychol 2008; 27: 93-99. ... Catastrophic Thinking Scale in Asthma (modified by substituting the word "breathlessness" for the word "asthma") [28], Pain ...
Introduces substance abuse, disordered eating and nutritional issues, and catastrophic injury and illness. Offered every other ... Introduces substance abuse, disordered eating and nutritional issues, and catastrophic injury and illness. Offered every other ... Introduces substance abuse, disordered eating and nutritional issues, and catastrophic injury and illness. Offered every other ... ATHT 4950 - Pathology of Sport Illness and Consideration of Special Populations 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ATHT 3003; for ...
... with infectious diarrhea because they may prolong the illness by keeping the toxin inside the body and cause other catastrophic ... This catastrophic complication is characterized by the destruction of RBCs and renal failure. It is most common in children, ... All in all, a physician should be aware of these difficulties in assigning a causative agent to the illness at hand. ... Most cases of nausea, vomiting, or diarrheal illnesses are caused by intolerance to food or drink, enterotoxins, drugs, or ...
... the NHI has classified KD as a catastrophic illness. In Taiwan, individuals who are diagnosed with a catastrophic illness ...
If youre covered by private insurance through an exchange, youre not just protected against catastrophic illness. Youre also ... protected against being charged outrageous rates for non-catastrophic problems-broken legs, asthma attacks, etc.-just because ...
Catastrophic injuries. *Construction accidents. *Injuries or illnesses from dangerous drugs or products ...
... mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. ... the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nations largest grassroots ... But when police do get involved in mental health crisis situations, the results can be catastrophic. Hannah Wesolowski, NAMI ... Pooja Mehta is one of 130 people who shared first-person accounts of their experiences with mental illness in the book, as a ...
Industrial Accidents & Illness. BP 7345. Catastrophic Leave Program. AP 7345. Catastrophic Leave Program. ...
Assistance For Catastrophic Illness and Chronic or Acute Medical Conditions Section 150. Assistance For Chronic or Acute ...
A catastrophic injury with death as outcome occurred in luge.. Injury mechanism and circumstance. The three most common ... Incidence and distribution, type and cause of illnesses. The illnesses incidence in Vancouver was 72.1 illnesses per 1000 ... Among 173 out of 2567 athletes (6.7%), a total of 185 illnesses were reported, resulting in an incidence of 72.1 illnesses per ... The reported 287 injuries and 185 illnesses resulted in an incidence of 111.8 injuries and 72.1 illnesses per 1000 registered ...
  • Background Identification of high-risk sports, including their most common and severe injuries and illnesses, will facilitate the identification of sports and athletes at risk at an early stage. (bmj.com)
  • Aim To analyse the frequencies and characteristics of injuries and illnesses during the XXI Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver 2010. (bmj.com)
  • Methods All National Olympic Committees' (NOC) head physicians were asked to report daily the occurrence (or non-occurrence) of newly sustained injuries and illnesses on a standardised reporting form. (bmj.com)
  • In addition, the medical centres at the Vancouver and Whistler Olympic clinics reported daily on all athletes treated for injuries and illnesses. (bmj.com)
  • The incidence of injuries and illnesses varied substantially between sports. (bmj.com)
  • Systematic injury and illness surveillance monitors trends over long periods of time, and the identification of high-risk sports, including their most common and severe injuries and illnesses, provide valuable knowledge to reduce the risk of occurrence. (bmj.com)
  • While it is unknown how many drug and opioid overdose deaths are associated with workplace injuries and illnesses, it is clear that this national epidemic is impacting workers and employers. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition to work injuries and illnesses being the reason opioids are prescribed in the first place, there are others ways in which this epidemic is undoubtedly impacting workers and employers. (cdc.gov)
  • NIOSH remains committed to primary prevention of occupational injuries and illnesses as our primary focus. (cdc.gov)
  • During 1992-2000, an average of 40 fatal occupational injuries and 12,400 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses related to animals were recorded each year in the United States, most involving domestic farm animals. (cdc.gov)
  • To honor Jim's memory, a fund was established to provide financial assistance to residents of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties who are experiencing catastrophic illness from cancer or other causes. (northwesternmedicalcenter.org)
  • If you have been diagnosed with cancer or another catastrophic illness that will cause a financial burden on your family, and are a resident of either Franklin or Grand Isle Counties, you may be eligible to receive funds from The Jim Bashaw Cancer and Catastrophic Illness Fund. (northwesternmedicalcenter.org)
  • If you are interested in making a contribution to the Jim Bashaw Cancer & Catastrophic Illness Fund, please call NMC's Community Relations Department at 524-1280, or click the button below. (northwesternmedicalcenter.org)
  • Family and friends of Cynthia Silvero are raising money for the nonprofit Help Hope Live to fund uninsured medical expenses associated with Catastrophic Illness. (helphopelive.org)
  • During 2005--2009, the 100 schools sampled reported a total of 118 heat illnesses among high school athletes resulting in ≥1 days of time lost from athletic activity (i.e., time-loss heat illness), a rate of 1.6 per 100,000 athlete-exposures and an average of 29.5 time-loss heat illnesses per school year. (cdc.gov)
  • Gradual physical conditioning should also be used to help athletes get used to the heat - and, of course, any previous heat illnesses should be noted. (metroparent.com)
  • 1. Policy: Lamar University has established a Sick Leave Pool to help regular employees and their immediate families who face catastrophic illness or injury. (lamar.edu)
  • 3.2 Employees may use sick leave from the Pool for their own or their immediate family member's catastrophic illness or injury, as defined. (lamar.edu)
  • 3.4 Employees must be absent from work for a period of at least 160 hours due to a catastrophic illness or injury before using leave from the Pool. (lamar.edu)
  • Employees who are off work due to a job-related illness or injury are not eligible for Sick Leave Pool hours. (lamar.edu)
  • 4.5 Employees who contribute to the Pool and then exhaust their sick leave in the same fiscal year may reclaim the same number of hours they contributed even if they do not suffer a catastrophic illness or injury. (lamar.edu)
  • 5.4 Employees with catastrophic illnesses or injuries are not required to contribute to the Pool before requesting Pool leave. (lamar.edu)
  • Stop-loss insurance protects employers from catastrophic or unpredictable medical losses incurred by employees. (insurance.com)
  • A catastrophic illness is a severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery. (wikipedia.org)
  • Postpartum psychosis (PP) is a severe postnatal mental illness that claimed the life of Richard's wife, Alex, in September 2022. (yahoo.com)
  • Medicare contains a benefit for catastrophic illness. (wikipedia.org)
  • Medicare recommande une période d'hospitalisation en CHSLD de plus de 25 jours. (who.int)
  • To examine the incidence and characteristics of heat illness among high school athletes, CDC analyzed data from the National High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study for the period 2005--2009, which includes the 2005--06, 2006--07, 2007--08 and 2008--09 school years. (cdc.gov)
  • The reported 287 injuries and 185 illnesses resulted in an incidence of 111.8 injuries and 72.1 illnesses per 1000 registered athletes. (bmj.com)
  • PulseNet also has been a force in driving down the incidence of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses through early detection of outbreaks. (marlerclark.com)
  • A critically endangered species of antelope is dying by the thousands from a deadly infectious disease outbreak in Mongolia, and scientists fear there could be "catastrophic consequences" for the threatened animals and their ecosystem. (livescience.com)
  • Along with the impact to the saiga population, this event has the potential to produce cascading catastrophic consequences on the ecosystem. (livescience.com)
  • This results in significant out-of-pocket payment for health services by Cameroonians with catastrophic consequences to households. (bvsalud.org)
  • Exemption from this tax includes study abroad, living expenses and medical care expenses arising from the treatment of catastrophic, rare or orphan diseases. (247newsagency.com)
  • Less than 2% of the population is enrolled in a health insurance scheme leading to a propensity for catastrophic health expenses when accessing care. (bvsalud.org)
  • Based on their own autopsy and biopsy studies, the authors propose a novel categorization of histopathologic lesions that occur in patients with classic and catastrophic APS. (nih.gov)
  • Microvascular thrombotic and so far underestimated microangiopathic histopathologic lesions have been shown to appear in various combinations and of different ages in patients with both classic and catastrophic APS, which fits into the concept of MAPS. (nih.gov)
  • A study of patients aged 60 and older who presented with influenza-like illness (ILI) in acute care hospital emergency departments found that only 31% of the patients with confirmed influenza met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for ILI (temperature ≥37.8 °C and cough and/or sore throat). (medscape.com)
  • Aux États-Unis, lorsque le séjour en unité des soins intensifs est prolongé, les patients peuvent être transférés vers un CHSLD. (who.int)
  • Dans la pratique, les patients qui ont besoin de soins de longue durée en Turquie sont hospitalisés en unités de soins intensifs. (who.int)
  • Une proportion importante des lits réservés aux unités de soins intensifs en Turquie sont utilisés pour les soins de longue durée aux patients atteints de problèmes complexes. (who.int)
  • NATA-affiliated certified athletic trainers, who are trained in illness and injury prevention, assessment, and care, provide services to approximately 42% of the 18,753 public and private high schools in the United States (NATA, unpublished data, 2010). (cdc.gov)
  • Conclusion At least 11% of the athletes incurred an injury during the games, and 7% of the athletes an illness. (bmj.com)
  • This is especially true for someone who survives a catastrophic injury, illness, or birth defect. (cmsa.org)
  • Health insurance offers one of the few widely available means for ordinary folks to try to protect themselves and their loved ones from seeing their finances destroyed by illness or injury. (patrickmalonelaw.com)
  • Say, for instance, an employee has a catastrophic illness or injury and racks up extraordinary medical bills. (insurance.com)
  • The disorder can be triggered by infection or illness that would not otherwise cause chronic pain, injury, and other physical stress. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The case definition included events in which the source of the injury was an animal or animal product (Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual source code 51). (cdc.gov)
  • The role demic is the occurrence of more cases of disease than played by outbreaks of infectious diseases in causing illness expected in a given area or among a specific group of per- after geophysical disasters must be identified so that prior- sons over a particular period of time. (cdc.gov)
  • Heat illness during practice or competition is a leading cause of death and disability among U.S. high school athletes ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • All athletes, coaches, athletic trainers, and parents/guardians should be aware of the risk factors for heat illness, follow recommended strategies, and be prepared to respond quickly to symptoms of illness. (cdc.gov)
  • My specialities are in working with individuals, couples, executives, physicians and people with catastrophic pain and illness. (psychologytoday.com)
  • After being diagnosed with brain cancer in February of 2000, he valiantly fought his illness until his death on August 16th of the same year. (northwesternmedicalcenter.org)
  • As he and his family had never heard of PP before they were affected by it, his aim was to ensure healthcare professionals and parents-to-be are made aware of the signs, symptoms and risks of the illness. (yahoo.com)
  • For workers in safety sensitive jobs, such as transportation and operators of heavy equipment, there will be increased risks for catastrophic events that impact many besides the worker. (cdc.gov)
  • Suzy Favor Hamilton is pictured here with her older brother Dan Favor, who, after years of struggling with mental illness, committed suicide in 1999. (go.com)
  • But in 1999, after years of mental illness, Suzy's brother Dan killed himself. (go.com)
  • Motivational factors included the knowledge of having access to quality health services even without money in the event of an unforeseen illness and having a large family/household size. (bvsalud.org)
  • But the dirty truth is that there exists a startling amount of hardship, abuse, affliction, illness, violence, and pathology in this country. (educate-yourself.org)
  • Psychological and social factors such as a history of childhood abuse or neglect, exposure to war or other catastrophic events, and low job or life satisfaction have also been associated with an increased risk of fibromyalgia. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Electrical Safety of preventing work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths. (cdc.gov)
  • Detailed exposure data, such as ambient temperature, relative humidity, or specific type of heat illness (e.g., heat cramps or heat exhaustion) are not collected. (cdc.gov)
  • Research indicates that the unusual economic environment of the delivery of catastrophic illness care encourages the use of innovative therapies. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hemolytic uremic syndrome is a diarrheal illness complication arising from an infection with Escherichia coli O157:H7. (medscape.com)
  • What was your route to public health law, specifically foodborne illness litigation? (marlerclark.com)
  • About 15.5 million men would avoid catastrophic health expenditures in a subset of seven countries without universal health coverage. (who.int)
  • Overall, the bottom income group would get 31% of the life years saved and 29% each of the averted disease costs and averted catastrophic health expenditures, while paying only 10% of the additional taxes. (who.int)
  • ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) - Residents of Mexico's once glamorous port of Acapulco and surrounding coastal towns braced for the arrival of the "potentially catastrophic" Hurricane Otis, a rapidly intensifying Category 5 hurricane that stirred memories of a 1997 storm that killed dozens of people. (wtrf.com)
  • Supporters say the lower premiums mean more people can afford to insure themselves against catastrophic illnesses or injuries. (consumerwatchdog.org)
  • Although I think there are still misconceptions about the virulence of foodborne pathogens and the severity of the illnesses they can cause, people generally understand that E. coli food poisoning is "bad. (marlerclark.com)
  • These illnesses usually involve high costs for hospitals, doctors and medicines and may incapacitate the person from working, creating a financial hardship. (wikipedia.org)
  • Higher excise taxes support the targets of the sustainable development goals on non-communicable diseases and poverty, and provides financial protection against illness. (who.int)
  • He Tax Administration (SRI) the procedure for exemption from payment of foreign exchange tax (ISD) for studies abroad and illness has been changed. (247newsagency.com)
  • Consistent with guidelines from the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) ( 3 ), to reduce the risk for heat illness, high school athletic programs should implement heat-acclimatization guidelines (e.g., set limits on summer practice duration and intensity). (cdc.gov)
  • A member of the NMC Care Management team will work with you to explore all possibilities of how to support you financially during your illness. (northwesternmedicalcenter.org)
  • Most of the catastrophic cases in case management were closed after the patient either came home with home care or was placed in a facility. (cmsa.org)
  • Some days the fear of disease or illness can be so powerful that you just can't focus on anything else. (hypnosisdownloads.com)
  • Catastrophic fixed airway disease developed in two workers who had no known personal risk factors prior to employment at the factory. (cdc.gov)
  • I also have strong skills in working with catastrophic illness, pain, grief, and death and dying. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Insist that a catastrophic emergency plan be rehearsed and registered. (metroparent.com)
  • Resultados: Un total de 41 internos fueron incluidos en el estudio, con una edad media de 44 años. (bvsalud.org)
  • After almost 20 years litigating foodborne illness cases, what changes have you seen in the industry? (marlerclark.com)
  • Main outcome measures Life years gained, averted treatment costs, number of men avoiding catastrophic healthcare expenditures and poverty, and additional tax revenue by income group. (who.int)
  • The average corresponds to a weighted average annual estimate of 9,237 illnesses nationwide. (cdc.gov)
  • The high-deductible insurance policy covers catastrophic illnesses and injuries. (freedomworks.org)
  • The civil justice system is the last, if not the only, bastion of Justice available to a person who becomes ill with a foodborne illness after eating contaminated food. (marlerclark.com)
  • No specific etiology of the illnesses was identified. (cdc.gov)
  • The highest rate of time-loss heat illness was among football players, 4.5 per 100,000 athlete-exposures, a rate 10 times higher than the average rate (0.4) for the eight other sports. (cdc.gov)
  • For 27 months, he battled with the illness, only to pass away at the early age of 21. (eonetwork.org)
  • Catastrophic illnesses do not affect coverage or premium rates, which are negotiated on an annual basis. (ca.gov)