Sentences with phrase «limiting access to treatments»

In the new year, NHS England is set to announce the details of another cull to prescription services — limiting access to treatments for more common ailments, such as eye drops and laxatives.

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How to limit the scarring and collapse of veins when medicine or fluids are injected into them over time, limiting access for further treatments.

Under Title IX, to achieve gender parity between men's and women's sports, universities and colleges have to meet one of three different requirements: 1) equity in participation opportunities for both men and women; 2) scholarships offered proportionally based on the number of male and female athletes; and 3) comparable overall treatment of women's and men's sports (including but not limited to quality and maintenance of locker rooms and facilities, equipment and supplies, access to practice fields, publicity of teams and events, the quality of coaching, academic tutoring, traveling budgets, etc.).

«It is shocking that arguments over funding still limit patients» access to fertililty preserving treatments.

Late presentation, limited number of equipment and infrastructure, difficulty in accessing specialist care, inability of the nation to fund childhood cancer treatment are some of the important barriers.

The drug, which has rapidly spread across the country in recent years, was the subject of a large package of programs and policies outlined on Tuesday, including easing access to treatment, expanding wraparound recovery services and limiting opioid prescriptions for acute pain to seven days, with some exceptions.

That package includes bills allowing people needing substance abuse treatment to immediately access inpatient services without waiting for insurance company authorization, and a seven - day supply limit on opioid prescriptions.

«Self - administered treatment for keloid scars can reduce the economic burden on the healthcare system and provide a treatment option for patients who have limited access to medical care,» comments Professor Jeffrey Karp from Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, US, an expert on medical device design who was not involved in this study.

But the stigma associated with mental illness coupled with limited access to quality treatment prevent the majority of these struggling women from receiving help.

«More than half of the world's HIV population is concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa where there is very limited access to HIV drugs and treatment.

Referral to other pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies also were agreed upon as possible management options, but access to these treatments may be limited based on availability.

However, graded exercise therapy is usually delivered in a clinic by specialist therapists with up to 15 sessions over 3 - 6 months, so it can be expensive to deliver and access to clinics providing these treatments is limited.

The statistics within Europe also show a large gap in access to treatment with transmission rates as much as 4 - 10 times higher in some parts of Eastern Europe (0.46 % transmission in the UK, compared to 2 - 4 % in Russia and 4 - 5 % in the Ukraine), where prevalence of HIV in pregnant women is higher and access to antiretroviral drugs more limited.

«Medicare Part D was created to increase access to prescription drug treatment among beneficiaries, but our data suggest that current policies are interfering with that goal when it comes to specialty drugs,» said Doshi, adding that making Part D out - of - pocket costs more consistent, and limiting them to more reasonable sums would help mitigate this negative impact.

«High out - of pocket costs limit access to lifesaving specialty drugs: Current cost - sharing policies create a barrier to treatment of chronic, life - threatening illnesses.»

A recent report from the Rand Corporation found that the most pressing limitations on the nation's ability to confront the expected tidal wave of new Alzheimer cases include limited access to dementia specialists, PET imaging to diagnose patients, and infusion centers to deliver new treatments being developed by the pharmaceutical industry.

There is also the looming threat of ever - changing FDA rules that seek to limit our access to natural treatments.

Although an effective treatment for epilepsy, she has witnessed the limited access to ketogenic treatment in many countries including Canada.

What about this: If just one company is allowed to patent a particular genetic test or treatment, they will have a monopoly for the term of the patent and can charge whatever they like for it, limiting access to people who can not afford to pay.

As consumers gain access to higher credit limits, they start charging their medical treatments on their credit cards.

No limits on coverage amounts or condition caps means you don't have to worry about even the most costly procedures and can have access to the most advanced treatments.

Proposition B promotes the humane treatment of dogs in Missouri's large - scale commercial dog kennels, which will improve the lives of dogs by requiring large - scale breeding operations to limit the number of breeding female dogs to 50, as well as provide each dog with common sense standards such as sufficient food and clean water, regular veterinary care, adequate housing and space, and access to regular exercise.

Patients with rare diseases will find Chaoulli of limited help, however, as their access to health care is impeded not by legislation that prohibits them from accessing certain services, but rather, by government inaction (e.g. not paying for necessary medical treatments or procedures).

Various options are proposed to tackle the issue: rehabilitation vouchers - these address the point of «phantom» attendance for rehabilitation, but may be complex to administer; all rehabilitation arranged and paid for by defendants - the MoJ notes that this would help speed up access to treatment and increase independence and transparency; no compensation payment towards rehabilitation in low value claims - the claimant would need to fund this and primary legislation would be needed to achieve this as at present there is no intention to restrict recovery of special damages; expand MedCo to include rehabilitation providers; and introducing fixed recoverable damages for rehabilitation treatment - the MoJ notes that this could be difficult and invites comment as to whether this would be achieved via a fixed cost per session or by fixing an upper value limit that can not be exceeded.

Although this change to the Workers» Compensation medical treatment limits would seem to provide greater access to medical care for injured New Yorkers, it actually has had the opposite effect.

You can also choose from a wide range of deductibles, several Maximum Limits, and you have access to more than 17,000 providers through our International Provider AccessSM (IPA) when seeking treatment outside the U.S..

These advances have had limited impact on community care, with current data indicating high unmet need28 - 30 and poorer quality and outcomes for community treatment compared with efficacy studies.31, 32 We address these gaps by evaluating a quality improvement intervention aimed at improving access to evidence - based treatments for depression (particularly CBT and antidepressant medication) in primary care settings.

Effective strategies exist to treat opioid and alcohol use disorders, yet access to treatment is often limited by service availability as well as the stigma associated with seeking help.

Amongst psychological treatments, behavioural interventions have been shown to be highly effective but access to these treatments is limited by factors such as availability of therapists, time and expense.

The so called «treatment gap» is a function of the disinclination of the afflicted to submit for treatment, an under diagnosing of the disorder by healthcare providers, and the limited availability and access to state - of - the - art treatments.