Sentences with phrase «effect on medical care»

Nevertheless, prescription drugs CPI is only 1.37 % of the aggregate index (according to a BLS official at the time of writing), thus the overall effect on medical care inflation and headline aggregate index should be limited.

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The Healthcare Reform Law, including The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, could have a material adverse effect on Humana's results of operations, including restricting revenue, enrollment and premium growth in certain products and market segments, restricting the company's ability to expand into new markets, increasing the company's medical and operating costs by, among other things, requiring a minimum benefit ratio on insured products, lowering the company's Medicare payment rates and increasing the company's expenses associated with a non-deductible health insurance industry fee and other assessments; the company's financial position, including the company's ability to maintain the value of its goodwill; and the company's cash flows.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

An - alyzing «primary end points» (death, cardiac arrest, rehos - pitalization, etc.) after 26 weeks, the researchers concluded «intercessory prayer had no significant effect on medical outcomes after hos - pitalization in a coronary care unit.»

To determine if the type of music matters, researchers at Beth Israel Medical Center examined the effects of three types of music: a lullaby sung by the baby's parents, an instrument that creates womb sounds, and a drum that simulates a heartbeat on neonates in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

HIV Medicine DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2011.00918.x IBFAN - Asia Position Statement on HIV and Infant Feeding, 13 October 2008 South African Tshwane Declaration on breastfeeding, S Afr J Clin Nutr 2011; 24 (4) UNAIDS 2010, Strategy Getting to Zero, UNAIDS Strategy 2011 — 2015 UNAIDS 2010, Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV, 2010 - 2014 UNAIDS 2011, Countdown to Zero: Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive, 2011 - 2015 UNAIDS 2011 Press Release, 9 June, World leaders launch plan to eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015 UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child UNICEF 2010, Facts for Life UNICEF 2011, Programming Guide, Infant and Young Child Feeding, 26 May 2011 WHO / UNICEF 2003, Global strategy for infant and young child feeding WHO 2007, Evidence on the long - term effects of breastfeeding: systematic reviews and meta - analysis WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF 2009, Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV / AIDS interventions in the health sector: progress report 2009 WHO 2009, Women and health, Today's evidence tomorrow's agenda WHO 2009, Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast - milk substitutes WHO 2009, Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant womenand preventing HIV Infection in infants WHO 2009, Rapid advice: revised WHO principles and recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV WHO 2010, Priority Interventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding.

«Our study was able to compare differences in cancer screening for Medicaid beneficiaries in almost all states, providing a broad, national picture of the effects of state - level Medicaid policies on receipt of these critical medical care services among a large group of underserved individuals.»

Interruptions in clinical workflow, occurring during electronic medical record documentation and direct patient care, could have adverse effects on patient care, according to a study published March 9 in the International Journal of Human - Computer Interaction.

«Given that aspirin is a cheap, off - patent drug with relatively few side effects, this will have a great impact on health care systems as well as patients,» study lead author Dr. Martine Frouws, of Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, said in a news release from the European Cancer Congress (ECC).

Health care has changed so much over 60 years, my goal for my later years it to talk to as many people as possible about the effects of food on your medical bill.

Percentages of adults with screen - positive depression (Patient Health Questionnaire - 2 score of ≥ 3) and adjusted odds ratios (AORs) of the effects of sociodemographic characteristics on odds of screen - positive depression; percentages with treatment for screen - positive depression and AORs; percentages with any treatment of depression and AORs stratified by presence of serious psychological distress (Kessler 6 scale score of ≥ 13); and percentages with depression treatment by health care professional group (psychiatrists, other health care professionals, and general medical providers); and type of depression treatment (antidepressants, psychotherapy, and both) all stratified by distress level.

These cases can many times have lifelong effects on an individual that requires continuous medical care.

These changes can include ongoing medical care that will be needed, the can cause the type of employment to need to be changed and can have a devastating effect on the family.

The life changing effects on the individual are devastating to both the victim and their family and full time medical care is often required.

So the effect of absurdely long sentences is 1) make sure that if one charge falls, all have to fall before release, 2) make sure that particularly egregious crimes don't get parole as easily, and 3) avoid worrying about whether a long sentence is a «life» sentence or not, based on our rapidly progressing medical care.

Expanding the Duty of Care in Professional Negligence Cases: «The Effect of Finney v. Barreau du Quebec on Medical Regulatory Bodies in Common Law Provinces», LL.M., Dalhousie University, 2005

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Certainly, evidence from this research group and from Aboriginal Medical Services in Australia shows that the effect on primary health care is that longer consultations are required dealing with more problems at each visit.

With an awareness and understanding of the effects of poverty on children, pediatricians and other pediatric health practitioners in a family - centered medical home can assess the financial stability of families, link families to resources, and coordinate care with community partners.

An enhanced medical home providing integrated care for families in poverty is informed by the understanding that emotional care of the family, including recognizing maternal depression, is within the scope of practice for community pediatricians and that the effects of toxic stress on children can be ameliorated by supportive, secure relational health during early childhood.

But some medical experts worry that if the court's preliminary injunction on a new state law ordering the cut is ultimately overturned and the law takes effect, low - income women who depend on Planned Parenthood for health care could be at greater risk for contracting the Zika virus and passing it along to their unborn children.

This additional work and the reprioritization of efforts should reflect pediatricians» interest in preventive care that is more developmentally relevant, 32 parents» desire for a greater emphasis on their child's emerging skills and behavior, 33 the commitment to team - based services within the pediatric medical home, 28 and the growing evidence base that early developmental interventions can have significant effects on life - course trajectories.34

Objectives Depression and depressive symptoms are common mental disorders that have a considerable effect on patients» health - related quality of life and satisfaction with medical care, but the prevalence of these conditions varies substantially between published studies.