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1. What's wrong with paper?

Author

Michael, McBride

Subjects
Paper, Medicaid, Health Care Reform, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Medical Informatics, United States
Published
2009

2. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

Subjects
MEDICARE, MEDICAID, PAPER, GOVERNMENT policy
Abstract

The article presents several public notices from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It presents a notice from the agency for the final notice of its ruling that would require drug manufacturers to be covered by Medicaid, Medicare or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). It also cites the requirement of the ruling of the agency on the need for pharmaceutical companies to be in compliance with Paper Reduction Act of 1995.

Published
2013

3. Variations in Respiratory Disease Morbidity Among Pulp and Paper Mill Town Residents

Author

Christine Oliver, Ronald D. Deprez, and William Halteman

Subjects
Male, Paper, medicine.medical_specialty, Respiratory Tract Diseases, Myocardial Infarction, Signs and symptoms, engineering.material, Medicare, Patient Admission, Environmental health, medicine, Humans, Mill, Maine, Aged, Asthma, Medicaid, business.industry, Pulp (paper), digestive, oral, and skin physiology, Respiratory disease, technology, industry, and agriculture, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Paper mill, Middle Aged, Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans, medicine.disease, respiratory tract diseases, Surgery, Hospitalization, Occupational Diseases, Hospital admission, engineering, Regression Analysis, Bronchitis, Female, business
Abstract

This study investigated whether occupational exposure in pulp and paper mills or geographic proximity to mills was associated with an increase in risk for respiratory disease hospitalizations. Three years (1980 to 1982) of 100% age- and sex-adjusted hospital admission rates for selected respiratory diagnoses were calculated for 66 Maine towns located between 0 and 15 miles for seven Kraft mills and four groundwood pulp and paper mills. Additional data collected for each town included the number of production workers at each mill, mill proximity, insurance coverage, hospital distance, bed size, full-time equivalent physicians, unemployment and income rates. Regression results provide evidence that occupational exposure may be a significant factor in hospitalizations for respiratory infections, bronchitis and asthma, and respiratory signs and symptoms, although potential confounders (smoking, commercial health insurance) need to be examined.

Published
1986
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4. What's Wrong With Paper?

Author

McBride, Michael

Subjects
MEDICAL care, PAPER, MEDICARE, MEDICAID
Abstract

The author counters the statement of U.S. President Barack Obama claiming that paper causes the rising cost of healthcare. The author asserts that paper cannot be replaced by electronic mail or electronic displays and regards paper as the easiest solution to his immediate need. The author points out that the rising cost of Medicare and Medicaid is the actual cause of healthcare problem. The author reflects on whether reform must be made in the healthcare industry or the government's role in it.

Published
2009