Browsing by Author "Pinar Karaca-Mandic"

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    Asthma and health insurance
    (2012-04-02) Engebretson, Mark; Pinar Karaca-Mandic
    Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. Studies have shown that uninsured children have less access to health care services. But what about children with insurance that carries expensive out-of-pocket costs? University of Minnesota assistant professor Pinar Karaca-Mandic recently completed a study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, that looked at children with asthma. Karaca-Mandic found that children of parents who pay more out-of-pocket costs use their asthma control medication less often and have more asthma-related hospitalizations. For Public Health Moment, I’m Mark Engebretson
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    Biotech drugs and arthritis
    (2010-06-14) Finnegan, John; Pinar Karaca-Mandic
    Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. Biotech drugs used to treat people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis cost as much as 10 times more than conventional medicine. But often they are also more effective. But a new study shows that arthritis sufferers are less likely to use these more powerful drugs if their health insurance provider requires a higher co-pay to purchase them. University of Minnesota health policy professor Pinar Karaca-Mandic, the study’s lead researcher, explains. She says that health insurance companies need to establish more flexible guidelines that ensure that those who would truly benefit from the drugs can afford to take them. With another Public Health Moment, I’m John Finnegan.
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    Tees and car accidents
    (2009-11-09) Engebretson, Mark; Pinar Karaca-Mandic
    Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. Deaths from motor vehicle accidents is top cause of death for American teenagers. In an effort to reduce this rate many states have adopted graduated driver’s licensing standards – or GDL -- for these young drivers. Has GDL been effective? That’s what University of Minnesota researcher Pinar Karaca-Mandic is trying to find out. But Karaca-Mandic wanted to further and find out if GDL’s success is due to improving teen driving skills or to limiting the amount of time that teens are actually driving. With another Public Health Moment, I’m John Finnegan.