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Understanding the Relationship Between Social Needs and Cervical Cancer Screening [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective To understand how patient-reported social needs are associated with cervical cancer screening in a fully insured population. Dataset Utilized data from a large integrated health system. Screening rate also varied by insurance type. Patient-reported social needs were obtained from a nationally administered survey.

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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

To incentivize donations to these hospitals, the bill suggests creating a tax credit for individuals and entities to offset their state income tax liability. These funds could be utilized for various purposes, including direct care, operational expenses, and facility maintenance or upgrades.

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Vaccine Uptake Strategies & Ethical Considerations- Part II

Integrated Care News by CFHA

WHO grouped these determinants into contextual, individual, and group influences and vaccine/vaccination-specific issues. Providing incentives such as tying vaccination to insurance-related or public benefits or offering small monetary or non-monetary incentives can also improve vaccine uptake.

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Health-Related Social Needs Increase and Persist following Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: Survey data from 50 Oregon primary care and emergency department sites Population Studied: 16,403 Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries Intervention/Instrument: The CMS Accountable Health Communities study Outcome Measures: Positive screen for one or more HRSN: housing, food, transportation, utilities, safety.

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Health Care Access, Social Support, and Suicidal Ideation in a Transgender and Cisgender Population [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Access to healthcare or primary care has been associated with reduced SI in cisgender individuals (CI), however, it is not clear if access to health care is associated with lower levels of SI for transgender people (TG). Objective: This study examines exploratory models to assess whether access to health care reduces SI in TG and CI.

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Should Recent Weather Events Impact Your Emergency Fund?

The Motivated MD

So, I started listening to podcasts and videos about filing flood insurance and homeowners insurance claims. Unfortunately, this led me down a path of unpaid claims, hurricane horror stories, and insurance company fraud. You have all seen it over the past week. The destruction was truly apocalyptic. It happens.

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How Doctors Should Address Lifestyle Creep

The Motivated MD

However, I think it is important to highlight some of the more frequent offenders to describe how this commonly affects individuals’ lives. Though this is in no way an exhaustive list, the following represents what I believe to be the most common culprits of lifestyle creep and financial pressures in individuals’ lives.

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