Longevity and health care expenditures: the real reasons older people spend more.

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Parental nativity affects children's health and access to care. J Immigr Minor Health (2008) 0.85

Follow-up preventive dental visits for Medicaid-enrolled children in the medical office. J Public Health Dent (2008) 0.85

Medical expulsive therapy versus early endoscopic stone removal for acute renal colic: an instrumental variable analysis. J Urol (2013) 0.84

Trajectory of overall health from self-report and factors contributing to health declines among cancer survivors. Cancer Causes Control (2014) 0.84

Short-term costs associated with primary prophylactic G-CSF use during chemotherapy. Am J Manag Care (2013) 0.84

From pubs to scrubs: alcohol misuse and health care use. Health Serv Res (2009) 0.84

Economic assessment of early initiation of inhaled corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using propensity score matching. Clin Ther (2008) 0.83

OBRA 1987 and the quality of nursing home care. Int J Health Care Finance Econ (2006) 0.83

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Comparing medical and dental providers of oral health services on early dental caries experience. Am J Public Health (2014) 0.83

The effects of the Women, Infants, and Children's Supplemental Food Program on dentally related Medicaid expenditures. J Public Health Dent (2004) 0.83

Chemotherapy characteristics are important predictors of primary prophylactic CSF administration in older patients with breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2010) 0.82

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Informal care and caregiver's health. Health Econ (2014) 0.80

Cost effectiveness of tension-free vaginal tape for the surgical management of female stress incontinence. Int J Technol Assess Health Care (2004) 0.79

Agreement between structured checklists and Medicaid claims for preventive dental visits in primary care medical offices. Health Informatics J (2010) 0.79

Resource use trajectories for aged medicare beneficiaries with complex coronary conditions. Health Serv Res (2013) 0.79

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Assessing treatment effects of inhaled corticosteroids on medical expenses and exacerbations among COPD patients: longitudinal analysis of managed care claims. Health Serv Res (2008) 0.79

The effect of social health insurance on prenatal care: the case of Ghana. Int J Health Care Finance Econ (2014) 0.78

Do assistive devices, training, and workload affect injury incidence? Prevention efforts by nursing homes and back injuries among nursing assistants. J Adv Nurs (2011) 0.78

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Parental nativity is an important factor associated with where children usually go for health care. Matern Child Health J (2007) 0.77

Disappearing and reappearing differences in drug-eluting stent use by race. J Eval Clin Pract (2011) 0.77

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Multiple imputation of dental caries data using a zero-inflated Poisson regression model. J Public Health Dent (2011) 0.77

Stress imaging use and repeat revascularization among medicare patients with high-risk coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol (2012) 0.76

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