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Showing 1 to 20 of 162 for “"access to care"”.
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Triage Training: Improving Access to Care
… high acuity units. In this project, the aim is to increase patient access to care by decreasing both wait times for patients and the LWBS rate for the unit, which approaches 6%. As part of a military hospital, the unit provides for veterans, active duty service members, and their families, with …
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Videoconferencing for Improved Access to Care
<p>The aim of this project is to increase the amount of education visits completed by pharmacy nurses in an outpatient infusion clinic for patients receiving 5-fluoracil chemotherapy. Two approaches have been applied: securing additional nursing staff; and implementing a telehealth delivery system …
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Improving Access to Care through Web Based Appointment
… <p>The purpose of this CNL project is to re-evaluate the utilization and management of the web book appointment system; thereby, improving the self-awareness of self-scheduling non-urgent appointment visits for the healthy population. This project focuses on the college health …
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Access to care in people living with HIV
… with HIV (PLWH) in the world. With increased access to HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) as well as expanded Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) treatment guidelines; there is a large and increasing number of people who need access to HIV care. Limited data and few studies have evaluated access to …
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Evaluating access to care and utilization for chronic pediatric conditions
… depression (a mental health condition). We aim to evaluate selected aspects of the current state of the health care system with respect to these conditions. In Chapter 2, we first calculate the census tract level distance to receive asthma specialist care for children in fourteen states using a …
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Access to Care: The Experience of Community-Dwelling Older Adults Receiving Medicare and Medicaid
Access to care represents a leading health indicator for meeting the complex healthcare and social needs of an exploding population of older adults living in the United States. This qualitative study was undertaken to discover the essence of access to care by community-dwelling older adults with …
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Access to Care and the Impact of Inequality Among Individuals with a History of Mental Illness
… study (Forchuk et al., 2010-2015) was used to explore the relationship between experiences of oppression and self-rated health among a cross-section of 293 community dwelling participants with a mental illness. Binary logistic regression was used to estimate the association between …
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Access to Care Factors Connected to Age at Evaluation for Children Assessed for Autism Spectrum Disorders
… (ASD) is important for intervention programs to take place. The goal of this study was to examine the combination of several sociodemographic factors that research has indicated influence the age at which children are evaluated for ASDs. Primary variables of interest included sex, …
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Access to Care and the Use of Healthcare Services by Women in Rural Cameroon: A Participatory Action Research Study
<p>Women in rural Cameroon do not access health care as timeously and as often as they should. They fail to get screened for common diseases, with the consequence that such diseases are often diagnosed at a very advanced stage. This accounts for the high morbidity and mortality rates as well as low …
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Concentration and dispersion of primary care physicians and implications for access to care in Cook County, Illinois: 2000-2008
The health care system in the United States has experienced drastic changes in the recent past. Continuously growing pressures to control health care costs and the increasing corporatization of health care are changing physician decisions about how and where to provide medical care. Physicians are …
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Improving Patient Satisfaction, Wait Times, and Access to Care in a College Health Setting; Expanding the RN Role as Prescribing Agent With Standardized Procedures
… the Institute of Medicine’s call for all nurses to work to the maximum scope of their practice. The specific aim was to demonstrate RN confidence working independently, and proficiency using one RN protocol to provide hormonal contraception with an overall aim of improving patient satisfaction …
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Deployment related mental health care seeking behaviors in the U.S. military and the use of telehealth to mitigate their impacts on access to care
… require substantial amounts of mental health care, causing surges in demand at military hospitals. These hospitals have difficulty keeping up with demand during the busiest periods. The exact patterns of demand during surges are difficult to measure because the military records utilization, …
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Factors Related to Delayed Time for HIV Care Among Youth Living with HIV: a Cross-Sectional Analysis of Social Support Networks and Access to Care
… on delayed time between diagnosis and first doctor’s visit after diagnosis of HIV in youth. Results showed that factors related to receiving a referral were prosocial peer behaviors and excessive fibbing in the past 6 months. The study identified sources of social support and described the …
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An Employee-Centered Care Model Responds To The Triple Aim: Improving Employee Health
<p>Health care expenditures, patient satisfaction and timely access to care will remain problematic if dramatic changes in health care delivery models are not developed and implemented. To combat this challenge a Triple Aim approach is essential. Innovation in payment and health care delivery …
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An Examination of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Internalized Mental Health Stigma and Perceived Mental Health Barriers Due to Stigma Among Women Veterans
… receiving treatment. Veterans may avoid seeking care due to stigma-related negative beliefs about one’s self or others. Research suggests that the stigma of mental illness can adversely impact service utilization. Although studies have shown that racial and ethnic minoritized individuals are more …
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ESSAYS ON GENDER, ETHNICITY, AND HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND TURKEY
… is composed of three studies examining barriers to health and healthcare that affect individuals on the basis of their race, ethnicity, and gender. The first study examines access to care disparities between non-Hispanic whites and Hispanics. I find that observed characteristics explain all of …
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Impact of Nurse Practitioner Practice Regulation on Access to Healthcare Services
… (NP) practice regulations vary from state to state across the United States. Despite strong evidence supporting the quality of care and satisfaction with care provided by NPs, restrictive regulations continue to limit the practice of NPs in many states. Given current and growing physician …
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Pathways to child and adolescent psychiatric care in the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at Red Cross Children's Hospital
Objective: To document the routes taken by patients to reach the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (DCAP) at Red Cross Children’s Hospital and to identify the factors that are associated with delay in gaining access to care.
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Medicaid Discontinuity among Adults with Cardiovascular Disease or High Risk Conditions: Associations with Medication Adherence and Health Care Utilization
… of having discontinuous Medicaid coverage on access to care, preventive care, pharmacotherapy, primary care, and hospitalizations, among non-elderly adults with cardiovascular disease (CVD) or high-risk conditions.</p> <p><strong>OBJECTIVES:</strong> This dissertation employed a three …
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Exploratory Descriptive Review Of Certified Nurse-Midwifery Outcomes Related To Scope Of Practice Legislation
<p>.Abstract</p> <p>Limited access to care and rising perinatal mortality rates have pivoted attention once again to practice barriers. Despite numerous studies reporting that CNM care is equal quality to physician care for the scope of practice provided, legislated restrictions remain in 25 …
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