The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program provides cash assistance to very-low-income families with children. Application procedures receive TANF benefits, however, often involve substantial transaction costs likely reduce take-up. Using a randomized controlled trial design, we estimate the marginal effects of personalized telephone-call reminder increase application completion...

BACKGROUND In the US, the approved multiple sclerosis (MS) oral disease-modifying therapies (ODMTs) are fingolimod (FTY), teriflunomide (TFN), and dimethyl fumarate (DMF). FTY and TFN are recommended with once-daily doses with no up-titration, whereas DMF treatment is recommended twice-daily (BID) and is initiated with a 7-day starter dose of 120 mg BID before up-titration to the maintenance do...

This study aims to determine the Payment Accounting Information System for Foreign Visit Stay Permits and find out whether applied SIA can encourage a better service system in granting at TPI Ngurah Rai Special Class I Immigration Office. The data collection technique was carried by analyzing presenting obtained through interviews documentation related payment stay permits foreign visits conduc...

HOUSE CALLS AND DOMICILIARY VISITS Introduction A growing number of people in the United States are homebound and need in-home health care services. “House calls” refer to the provision of physician services to patients in their homes or apartments, including independent living centers. Domiciliary visits refer to physician services provided to patients who reside in assisted living facilities,...

OBJECTIVE To analyze and compare the underlying mathematical models for basal-bolus insulin-dosing guidelines in patients with type 1 diabetes in a retrospective controlled study. METHODS Algebraic model-development yielded several systems of models with unknown constants, including 3 systems currently in use. These systems were compared for logic and consistency. One of these systems was the...

A community sentinel pediatrician-based epidemiological and virological surveillance study was conducted to estimate the incidence of gastroenteritis and laboratory-confirmed rotavirus-associated disease. The 1-year cumulative incidence of gastroenteritis in the cohort of children aged 0-5 years was 21%, with the highest rates in the 7-12-month and 13-18-month age groups (41.1% and 41.7%, respe...

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* With 95% confidence intervals indicated with error bars. Visit rates are based on the July 1, 2015, set of estimates of the civilian noninstitutional population of the United States as developed by the Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. † Based on a sample of visits to nonfederally employed office-based physicians who are primarily engaged in direct patient care. Physicians in the speci...

The status of HPV testing of cervical samples is up in the air. There is certainly no consensus of its utility. There are many conflicting claims in the literature as to the utility of testing for HPV. “For HPV testing to be a cost effective option, sensitivity for detection of CIN 2/3 must consistently provide a reassurance that allows triage on the basis of an HPV test result without the requ...