Servitude et grandeur militaires

Ġabra ta’ poeżiji u proża li tinkludi: Notturn op. 9 nru 2 ta’ Beverly Agius – Naf ta’ Carmel Azzopardi – Ħsejjes ħajja ta’ Clifton Azzopardi – Il-ġrajja t’għasfur stramb ta’ Mario Azzopardi – Tektik...u għana ta’ Rena Balzan – Kun af li f’qiegħ għajnejk ta’ Charles Bezzina – Il-qalb imwebbsa ta’ Ġorġ Borg – Bħal ħuta mġewħa ta’ Louis Briffa – Taħt il-Mezquita, Cordòba ta’ Norbert Bugeja – Il-maskarat ta’ Alfred Degabriele – Trid mara ta’ Leanne Ellul – Id-dgħajsa ta’ Victor Fenech – Ilħna ta’ Joe Friggieri – Roulette ta’ Joe Friggieri – Għera ta’ Joe P. Galea – Ħġieġa ta’ Maria Grech Ganado – Ġenna qatt mirbuħa ta’ Karmenu Mallia – Il-fantażma tal-mara mqarba ta’ Albert Marshall – Daħlet Qorrot ta’ Daniel Massa – Granada, parque central ta’ Immanuel Mifsud – Waħda mara ta’ Immanuel Mifsud – Mors ta’ Therese Pace – Għada ta’ Alfred Palma – Emmint xejn ma jintemm ta’ Ġorġ Peresso – Tuffieħa bl-imsiemer tal-qronfol ta’ John Peter Portelli – Lil Karmenu Vassallo ta’ Andrew Sciberras – Irrid il-qamar jiddi ta’ Carmel Scicluna – Din il-biċċa ħuta ta’ Steve Borg – Karta li taret mar-riħ ta’ Lina Brockdorff – Nixtieq, u kemm nixtieq! ta’ J. J. Camilleri – Caterina ta’ Sandro Mangion – L-għajta tal-pappagall ta’ Pierre J. Mejlak – Id-destin ta’ Laurence Mizzi – L-arloġġ tal-bozza ta’ Rita Saliba – Kurżità ta’ Alfred Sant – Il-ġeneral ta’ Vincent Vella – Mirja ta’ Trevor Żahra – L-adulteri ta’ Golan Haji, traduzzjoni ta’ Clare Azzopardi u Albert Gatt – L-istennija ta’ Berislav Blagojević, traduzzjoni ta’ Kit Azzopardi – Il-qattus ta’ Ghassan Kanafani, traduzzjoni ta’ Walid Nabhan – L-iben addottat ta’ Guy de Maupassant, traduzzjoni ta’ Josette Attard – Sunett nru. 18 ta’ William Shakespeare, traduzzjoni ta’ Alfred Palma – Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías ta’ Federico Garcia Lorca, traduzzjoni ta’ Therese Pace – Servitude et grandeur militaires ta’ Alfred de Vigny, traduzzjoni ta’ Paul Zahra.peer-reviewe

Insurance barriers for childhood survivors of pediatric brain tumors: The case for neurocognitive evaluations

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to provide empirical evidence of system-based barriers to psychological services for pediatric brain tumor patients when they are medically indicated. Method: Insurance claims data covering 263,866 insured lives during the 1996 fiscal year were pooled from a cross-sectional national sample of adults and their families insured by private insurance companies or self-insured firms. Based on inclusion criteria, records for 209 pediatric brain tumor patients aged 18 and under were extracted and analyzed. Claims data including total amount of payments made on behalf of a member, total length of hospital stays, and total number of unique admissions were recorded for all patients, and current procedural terminology (CPT) codes were analyzed to determine frequency of payment for routinely billed psychological procedures. Results were then compared to the frequency of payment for routinely billed psychological procedures for children with other medical conditions. Results: Results indicate that two of the CPT codes commonly associated with neurocognitive evaluations were reimbursed by these third-party payers for pediatric brain tumor patients during the 1996 fiscal year. Additionally, seven of the CPT codes commonly associated with psychological therapy were also reimbursed. Conclusions: The present findings provide empirical evidence of system-based obstacles (i.e., lack of third-party reimbursement) for medically indicated psychological services in pediatric brain tumor patients. Copyright © 2006 S. Karger AG