Publications by authors named "Evangelia Assimacopoulos"
Trends in Health Care Coverage and Out-Of-Pocket Cost Barriers: A Gender Comparison.
J Womens Health (Larchmt)
April 2024
Article Synopsis
- Disparities in health care access greatly affect health outcomes, leading to the implementation of programs like the Affordable Care Act to address these inequities.
- This study used data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System between 2013 and 2018 to analyze differences in health care coverage and costs between males and females, focusing on adequate health coverage defined by insurance without out-of-pocket cost barriers.
- The findings revealed that while females were more likely to have health insurance, they experienced higher out-of-pocket costs that hindered access to medical care compared to males throughout the six-year period analyzed.
Navigating the recovery journey following a burn injury can be challenging. Survivor stories can help define recovery constructs that can be incorporated into support programs. We undertook this study to determine themes of recovery in a predominately rural state.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSustaining a burn injury often results in a life-long recovery process. Survivors are impacted by changes in their mobility, appearance, and ability to carry out activities of daily living. In this study, we examined survivors' accounts of their treatment and recovery in order to identify specific factors that have had significant impacts on their well-being.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The primary objective was to describe emergency medicine (EM) residency selection criteria.
Methods: A survey was sent to the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors listserv. Respondents were asked to rank order the various components of the application on a Likert scale from 1 (minimally important) to 10 (highly important).
Considerable risk of burn injury exists for those patients on home oxygen therapy (HOT) who continue to smoke. In this study, the authors sought to establish the national incidence of burns incurred while smoking on HOT and to determine the resource utilization and sequelae of these injuries. A retrospective review of the American Burn Association's National Burn Repository was conducted to identify patients burned while on HOT during the years 2002 to 2011.
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