P02.188. Integrative health care services as a function of body mass index

In the article, “Insurance Reimbursement for Complementary Healthcare Services,” we reported that the likelihood of reimbursement for complementary health care services in New Hampshire was significantly lower as compared with services of primary care physicians. The relatively low likelihood of reimbursement for integrative health care suggests that many patients who want such services must pay for them out of pocket. Affordable access to these services may be similarly limited in other states; certainly the utilization of integrative health care services varies significantly across the US states, and such variation may be tied to likelihood of reimbursement. Unwarranted geographic variation in reimbursement for integrative health care services is likely to compound inequities in access to health care in general, particularly for people of lower socioeconomic status. The aspirational value of Health Justice asserts the obligation of societies to attend to the basic health needs of all, with particular attention to the disadvantaged. A new project under development, The Atlas of Integrative Healthcare, is intended to support the advancement of health justice. The Atlas project is expected to support the policy goals of the integrative health care community with regard to helping patients access the high-value integrative health care services that they need and want.

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Alternative Billing Codes and Yoga:Practical Issues and Strategic Considerations for Determining "What is Yoga Therapy?"and "Who is a Yoga Therapist?"

International Journal of Yoga Therapy ◽

10.17761/ijyt.13.1.125p04u0902t547q ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 93-99 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

John Kepner

Keyword(s):

Professional Practice ◽

Health Care Services ◽

The United States ◽

Yoga Therapy ◽

National Accreditation ◽

Integrative Health ◽

Integrative Health Care ◽

Care Services ◽

Therapy Standards ◽

Therapeutic Services

Alternative billing codes (ABC codes) have been developed to identify alternative medicine, nursing, and other integrative health care services, including unlicensed practices such as Yoga. Using the lens of ABC codes to examine what it would take to become recognized in this system highlights many of the issues Yoga therapy will have to address to be viewed as a professional practice offering therapeutic services. Among these issues are organized representation, standards, and a mechanism for national accreditation. For discussion purposes, illustrative standards for Yoga therapists are sketched out in the appendix (Editors' note: See this issue's Editorial for further thoughts on the development of Yoga teaching and Yoga therapy standards in the United States).

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Lifestyle and cancer prevention in female employees at a health institution

Colombia Medica ◽

10.25100/cm.v42i2.768 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 177-183

Author(s):

Gladys Eugenia Canaval ◽

María Neila Sánchez

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Body Mass Index ◽

Body Mass ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Working Women ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Care Services ◽

Self Examination ◽

The Relationship

Objective: To establish the relationship between lifestyle for prevention of cervix and breast cancer and perceptual cognitive factors from the Pender model in working women. Materials and methods: Correlation and cross-sectional study with a random sample of 143 working women. The Lifestyle index is the total score of 5 variables: Papanicolau test, breast self-exam, physical activity, body mass index, and cigarette smoking. Results: The mean age for the sample was 44.4 + 6.2; 87% of the women had higher education and 85% were working in health care services. A total of 89% of the women had unhealthy lifestyles because of the lack of regular physical activity, not having a Papanicolau test according to the norm, not practicing breast self-exams, and having an altered body mass index. There was significant correlation between lifestyle and occupation, and also with self-efficacy perception for breast self-examination. Conclusion: The lifestyles for most of the women sampled were unhealthy. Recommendations: It is also recommend conducting culturally sensitive healthcare campaigns in addition to setting up flexible attention schedules for women.

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