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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"Waiting lists"”.
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Characteristics of families on the waiting lists at three child guidance clinics
Project Report (M.S.W.)--Michigan State University. School of Social Work, 1962
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Communicating organisational outcomes using simple performance indicators: a case study using ACT elective surgery waiting lists
… in the local newspaper of elective surgery waiting times in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) public health system during 2010 and 2011 is used as a detailed case study. The theoretical basis for the research is drawn from three main disciplinary streams: performance indicators and …
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Communicating organisational outcomes using simple performance indicators: a case study using ACT elective surgery waiting lists
… in the local newspaper of elective surgery waiting times in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) public health system during 2010 and 2011 is used as a detailed case study. The theoretical basis for the research is drawn from three main disciplinary streams: performance indicators and …
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Constructing the help-seeker role: Older LGBTQ+ adults on therapy waiting lists or attending early stages of therapy
… as LGBTQ+ and aged 50+ who were either waiting for therapy or in the early stages of therapy. These were analysed using Foucauldian Discourse Analysis, examining how participants constructed the help-seeker role as available or unavailable to them based on historical, political, and …
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STUDENT CLASS WAITING LIST ENROLLMENT
… students can ordinarily register online and join waiting lists when a course is full. However, the system does not support waiting lists when a course has associated laboratory sections. This project addresses this problem.</p>
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Evaluating the Introduction of the Digital Intervention Patient Participation Booking within Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Following the pandemic, outpatient waiting lists within Wales have risen significantly (Welsh Government, 2023a). Patients are waiting longer than ever before to receive treatment (Welsh Government, 2023a). To tackle waiting list (WL) issues, one solution proposed by Cardiff and Vale University …
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Exploring Architectural Implications on Social Sustainability: The case of extended family dwellings in contemporary Bahraini households
… which then placed citizens on twenty-years-long waiting lists for social housing services. To alleviate the burden, many families opted to provide housing for their adult children to accommodate their new families, by adapting and expanding their existing dwelling. This paper uses mixed …
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Revamping the United States Organ Donation System: An Ethical Justification for Compensated Live Organ Donation
<p>With over 100,000 Americans currently on organ waiting lists in the United States, the mass shortage of viable organs for transplantation is one of the most pressing healthcare issues that we face as a country today. Thousands of these individuals on organ waiting lists will ultimately die …
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Performance evaluation in the National Health Service - a systems approach
… politics of health; 7. Reducing the length of waiting lists and times; 8. Planning for health (health promotion and the prevention of ill health).
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Exploring the perceived challenges of single mothers with children diagnosed with autism disorder in the junior phase at Vera School
… in this study. Limited resources such as long waiting lists for admissions at special schools and aftercare facilities were highlighted as a great need.
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The effects of a six-week, pre-operative, physiotherapy-led exercise and education intervention on post-operative recovery, in terms of pain and function, in patients with osteoarthritis undergoing total knee arthroplasty in the Western Cape
… measures, is total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Long waiting lists are a challenge globally and in South Africa (SA) where patients often have to wait years to receive their surgery. Evidence suggests that the longer an individual is in pain, the more likely they are to stay in pain and thus long …
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Waiting time distributions and national targets for elective surgery in UK: theoretical modelling and duration analysis
Waiting times for elective surgery constitute a key performance indicator for the NHS. The principal policy response has been to introduce maximum waiting time targets against which performance is measured and rewarded. The aim of this thesis is to shed light on the mechanism of patients’ …
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Enhancing child development services for neurodivergent children in Waikato: A qualitative study
… Services (CDS). This has resulted in prolonged waiting lists and children missing out on essential support. Objective: This project aimed to develop a proposed service delivery model for the Child Development Centre (CDC) in the Waikato district by considering stakeholders' perspectives …
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Spectroscopic Technologies and Computational Approaches for Real-Time Detection of FMN as Biomarker during Machine Perfusion
Organ transplant waiting lists are progressively lengthening worldwide due to the shortage of suitable organs, resulting in a high mortality rate among patients. The traditional preservation method is static cold storage, but in recent years a new technique has emerged: machine perfusion. This …
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Modelling the cost-effectiveness of strategies to treat end-stage heart failure using discrete event simulation
… without delay to the patient. Queues and waiting lists are commonplace in health care; for instance, patients in an emergency department waiting room or the waiting list for elective surgery. Not incorporating queuing theory into HTA is likely to be an issue if the consequences of delayed …
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‘Forging a conviction’ – participants’ experiences of a western acupuncture randomised controlled trial
… recruited from hip or knee joint replacement waiting lists and<br/>randomised to one of three treatments (real acupuncture or 2 placebo controls)<br/>and one of two consultation conditions (empathic or non- empathic). The<br/>qualitative methodology was grounded theory. Data collection …
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General Practitioners' Views And Experiences Of Loneliness In Their Older Adult Patients
… capacity to put a strain on GPs and primary care waiting lists and costs. There is some literature on GPs’ experiences of other social problems, but it is yet unknown how GPs in the UK perceive and work with loneliness in older adult patients. Aims: To explore GPs’ views and experiences of …
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Access to Quality Child Care for Preschool Children With Disabilities: An Examination of Efforts by Illinois Head Start Programs in the Context of Welfare Reform
… child care level (e.g., lack of quality; long waiting lists; subsidies not accepted). Absence of appropriate governmental policies and accompanying regulations to promote quality community child care services, especially through personnel and facility enhancement, were also concerns raised by …
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Intellectual Disabilities and Meaningful Lives: A Study of Policy and Change
… with Disability Act. However, Texas, has long waiting lists for this support, and a very complex system to navigate to the appropriate list. Texas is ranked 50th of the 51 US states, including the District of Columbia, in the services offered adults with disabilities (Bragdon, 2012). Every …
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Empirical essays on dynamic allocation mechanisms
… achieved through assignments. Using waiting list data from Cambridge, MA, I estimate a structural model of public housing preferences, finding substantial heterogeneity in applicant outside options and preferred apartment types. Counterfactual simulations suggest that the range of …
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