The city has even tried to attack the deeper issue of how children are reared at home, by offering some families monetary incentives to go to the dentist for checkups, for example, or to maintain good school attendance.
The data generated by annual DNA checkups, for example, could identify the onset of autoimmune diseases, helping doctors make more accurate and targeted treatments.
It'll also look at the benefits your plan offers, giving you reminders to use any benefits that you might forget about (like a yearly eye exam, or dental checkups, for example).
Dental checkups, for example, could be provided by the mother-child-pass examination, an Austrian health program.
In the case of a $275 liver checkup, for example, the balance due was $175, almost three times the patient share under Fair Health's customary rate, and three and a half times what it was five years ago under Ingenix.
Not only would they receive better care, with its obvious benefits (regular checkups and peace of mind, for example), but their premiums would be significantly lower than those available to them now.
Airline pilots, for example, undergo regular medical checkups because a pilot with failing vision or one who suffers from an undetected heart condition that can lead to a heart attack could endanger many lives.
For example, an initial checkup and a follow-up can measure differences in how employees approach financial problem-solving.
For example, without preventive well-child checkups, pediatricians do not have the opportunity to diagnose and prevent potentially serious and costly health conditions.
For example, semiannual recapture of California condors for health checkups indicated the need of clinical intervention to avert morbidity and mortality in about 20% of birds [ 53].
