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Predictors of exposure to high-priority drug-drug interactions among non-elderly adults in Quebec, Canada [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Drug reimbursement claims were used to identify periods of overlapping exposure to 2 or more prescription drugs between April 1, 2015 and March 31, 2016. Results: Our cohort included 63,834 individuals aged 19-64 (mean age 44.9 of all prescriptions claimed were issued by a family physician.

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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. Family Physicians of St. Family Physicians of St. From the time of its inception until October 2017, Family Physicians of St. Joseph has succeeded in doing just that.

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Implementation and Uptake of the Virginia Mental Health Access Program [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting & Population: All clinicians in Family Medicine, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine caring for individuals aged 22 years and younger in the Virginia All Payers Claims Database (APCD). of clinicians received any support by VMAP between 2016-2023. of clinicians received any support by VMAP between 2016-2023.

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Governor’s 2025-26 May Revision Proposes Major Cuts to Healthcare and Undermines Medi-Cal Expansion Commitments

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

However, for individuals who do not qualify for federal Medicaid funding—such as most undocumented immigrants—the federal government does not provide matching funds, even when those individuals meet income eligibility requirements. The asset limit for a household would be $2,000 for an individual and $3,000 per couple.

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Cessation of Public Water Fluoridation Would Increase Tooth Decay

Physician's Weekly

“These findings suggest that, despite the potential harms of excessive fluoride exposure, fluoridation at safe levels offers both individual and societal benefits that would be at risk,” the authors write. The researchers found that dental caries prevalence and total number of decayed teeth were estimated to increase by 7.5

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Exposure to high-priority drug-drug interactions among non-elderly adults in Quebec: a cohort study [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

DDI exposures were considered incident if the individual was not exposed to a DDI in the year preceding cohort entry. or 7,498/63,834 individuals in the cohort were exposed to at least one high-priority DDI over 12 months in 2015-2016. 2) Hazard ratio for an adverse event (emergency room visit, hospitalization, or death).

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Factors Associated with Accumulating Diabetes Complications in a Medicare Advantage Cohort to Inform a Prediction Tool [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied: Adults aged 65 years and older with T2DM enrolled in a national Medicare Advantage plan Setting or Dataset: Enrollment and claims data (2016-2020) Measures: The dependent variable was DCSI. Results: We included 49,843 individuals in model 1.