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  • The political economy of birth choice : mothers' experiences seeking homebirth care in a felonious state

    Creator:
    Grinager, Grace C.
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    In this ethnographic study, I examine how women living in downstate Illinois decide to give birth at home. I view decision-making as a process that unfolds throughout pregnancy and continues into the postpartum period, contextualizing "choice" in a region where homebirth is a politically and socially marginalized practice. The methodology...
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    Masters Thesis
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    itself in modified grounded theory, bringing together initial survey research, in-depth, semi

  • Quest for a Cure: Persistent Residual Incontinence Post-obstetric Fistula Repair in Uganda

    Creator:
    Ruder, Bonnie J.
    Abstract:
    Obstetric fistula is estimated to affect 1–2 million women worldwide, predominantly in low-resource countries in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia. The primary intervention for obstetric fistula is surgery, which is described as a relatively simple surgical procedure with an extremely high psychosocial and economic benefit relative to cost. Research addressing...
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    Dissertation
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    . 2013, Pfeiffer 2013). My approach is informed by critical biocultural theory which seeks to link

  • National health insurance in Taiwan : welfare analysis and hospital competition

    Creator:
    Chen, Wen-Yi
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    This dissertation consists of three essays that evaluate various types of health care policies from the social welfare perspective. Chapter 1 introduces the main ideas and framework of this dissertation. Chapter 2 evaluates the new co-payment policy, enacted on July 15, 2005 under Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI). We show...
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    Dissertation
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    the BNHI's referral system is a typical principal-agent problem in economics theory. Namely, the