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Essays on Health and Medical Care
… of two essays that explain health outcomes and medical care in the United States. Health care has been a major concern of economists and policy makers. Policy intervention is one of the key factors that affect health outcomes, especially among low-income families. Welfare programs such as …
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Medical care during the American Civil War
This work examines medical care during the American Civil War. The medical departments of the opposing armies had much in common. Both were organized along the same structural lines, that of the old U.S. Army. Northern and Southern doctors possessed the same base of medical knowledge. Both medical …
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Hospital and Medical Care Days in Pancreatic Cancer
… utilization (number of days in the hospital or medical care) between diagnosis and death in patients with pancreatic cancer. Methods: Using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare linked data, we identified 25,476 patients with pancreatic cancer (1992-2005). Hospital and …
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Essays on medical care using Semiparametric and structural econometrics
… study of the price elasticity of expenditure on medical care. In Chapter 1, I estimate the price elasticity of expenditure on medical care across the quantiles of the expenditure distribution. My identification strategy relies on family cost sharing provisions that generate differences in …
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Health cooperatives: a model for consumerism in medical care.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1974. B.S.
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An analysis of computer security in an ambulatory medical care facility.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management. Thesis. 1974. M.S.
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Distance to specialist medical care and diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in rural Saskatchewan
… OSA. The availability of fewer practicing medical specialists combined with longer travel distances to access healthcare services results in barriers to diagnosis and treatment in rural communities. Objectives: This study aimed to (1) determine whether the proportion of adults reporting OSA …
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The Price is Right: Examining Demand for Medical Care in the Presence of Deductibles
… considered only the current price of care in the estimations of demand for medical services. However, given the typical structure of insurance contracts that include cost-sharing features such as deductibles, the price of medical care is not constant throughout the year and depends on …
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The Health and Medical Care of Enslaved African Americans at Somerset Place, 1839-1863
Somerset Place was one of the largest plantations in North Carolina at the end of the Antebellum period. The owner of Somerset Place, Josiah Collins III, owned the third largest slave plantation in the state. Slaves at Somerset Place focused primarily on growing rice; however, they also grew corn, …
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Health status of the uninsured: An investigation of health behaviors and medical care usage
… insurance in models to predict access to the medical care system, but the empirical relationship between insurance and health had not been tested. The question this dissertation sought to answer is ""Does insurance make a difference in health?"" The results support an association between …
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Variations in prepaid group practice: the effect of organizational differences on medical care outputs.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1972. M.C.P.
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Creation of a care coordination tool to streamline care for children with complex medical care needs
Children with complex medical care needs require extensive resources, and their families face significant challenges in coordinating care, managing insurance, and integrating various care plans. Pediatric Palliative Care has proven effective in filling gaps in care coordination, but access to …
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Epidemiological studies of sociodemographic factors, early life factors, health, and medical care consumption among small children
… birth weight) on the one hand and health and medical care consumption on the other hand, were investigated among small children in Malmö. The studies in the thesis were population-based and cross-sectional, and the study populations comprised children who visited the Child health care (CHC) …
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The public-private interface of domiciliary medical care for the poor in Scotland, c. 1875-1911
This thesis explores domiciliary medical care for the poor in Scotland. Domiciliary care is understood as medical care provided in the home by qualified medical practitioners, or medical students. The poor are understood as those simply unable to ‘pay the doctor’ for the services they received. …
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Exploring the nexus of loneliness, stigma, health complaints, and primary medical care in older New Zealanders
… stigma, health complaints, and primary medical care in older New Zealanders was explored from a social constructionist perspective. The intent of the studies was the support and explanation of the underlying arguments of the thesis. For this age group loneliness is a clinical condition …
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A study of persons with medical care needs among selected rural families in Pulaski County, Virginia
… been the purpose of this study to determine the medical care needs among rural Pulaski County folks in relation to tenure, land class, and occupations which are indicative of income, age and sex, schooling of the homemaking, size of family or household, distance from medical personnel and …
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Experiences of healthcare workers working in poorly resourced medical care units in Vhembe district hospitals, Limpopo Province.
Experiences of healthcare workers working in poorly resourced medical care units in Vhembe district hospitals, Limpopo province. Background: The medical care unit is an inpatient unit that provides quality medical and nursing care to a wide range of patients. Serving a patient population from young …
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The Relationship of Locus-of-Control and Altruism to Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Providers Universal Precaution Practices
… precautions practices of prehospital emergency medical care providers. The effects of OSHA's Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens; Final Rule on reducing prehospital emergency medical care providers occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens were also examined. Prehospital emergency …
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The State and medical care in Britain: political processes and the structuring of the National Health Service
… of the health service advocates and of the medical profession are considered as reference points. A framework is presented for the analysis of the representation of these interests, by the state, in the planning and operation of the NHS, and as beneficiaries of its services. Through a …
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A comparison of critical care transportation modules taught in bachelor's degrees in emergency medical care in South Africa
… literature related to curricula in critical care transportation and retrieval, pre-hospital care, and aeromedical transportation. The search strategy was twofold. Firstly peer-reviewed published literature was sourced from established platforms. Secondly, grey literature was sourced from …
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