Hospital heavies
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Venture capitalists have started infusing money in 1997, into a new specialty health-care service, called inpatient-only care. Although the newly-created National Association of Inpatient Physicians approximates that almost 3,000 physicians are practicing the new health-care offering, the total could reach 25,000 in five years if the US growth rate equals that of California, according to Robert Wachter, associate chairman of the department of medicine at the University of California-San Francisco. While critics say that the service has always been offered by doctors since residency, supporters of the new specialty note that it is necessary to separate inpatient from outpatient services, amid the increasing complication of hospital care and the worsening health condition of patients.
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Venture capitalists have started infusing money in 1997, into a new specialty health-care service called inpatient-only care
Publication Name: Hospitals & Health Networks
Subject: Health care industry
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Year: 1998
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Kiddiecare goes to school
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Kaiser Permanente, a HMO based in Oakland, CA, will launch an insurance initiative called Kaiser Permanent Cares for Kids for some 50,000 uninsured California kids in fall 1998. The five-year project will be subsidized by current state programs to include coverage for kids whose working parents exceed the threshold for help. The generous benefits include mental health services and prescription drug coverage, along with physician and emergency room care. By the end of 2002, Kaiser expects to spend $100 million. Under the program, families will pay $25 to $35 a month per child.
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Will launch an insurance initiative called Kaiser Permanent Cares for Kids for some 50,000 uninsured California kids in 1998
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Subject: Health care industry
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Year: 1998
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Near-sighted on nicotine?
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Managed health care plans are not very thorough with their coverage for subscribers who are smokers despite the known health risks brought about by the habit. Pinney Associates director of program operations Joe Gitchell noted those people who do stop smoking exhibit instantaneous improvement in their health in certain cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that over two-thirds of smokers are open to the idea of halting their habit though less than 3% of the one-third that attempt to do succeed in stopping altogether.
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Managed health care plans are not very thorough with coverage for subscribers who are smokers despite known health risks
Publication Name: Hospitals & Health Networks
Subject: Health care industry
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Year: 1998
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