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Healthcare challenges in Ecuador : a narrative exploration

Creator:: Braun, Lindsay R.
Abstract:: This thesis explores a three month period that I spent abroad working in medical clinics and hospitals in Ecuador. My work was conducted in three distinct areas: the urban landscape of Quito, Ecuador’s capital; Puyo, a small town bordering the Amazonian rainforest; and a small community located in the heart...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

Understanding health care utilization : a theoretically-based analysis of the Ecuadorian health care system

Creator:: López-Cevallos, Daniel F.
Abstract:: One in four Ecuadorians do not have access to health services; while more than two-thirds have no health insurance and insufficient resources to pay for the health care services they might require. The following three studies examined utilization of health care services using Andersen’s Health Care Utilization Behavior Theory. Secondary...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: relationship between emigrant remittances and health care utilization in Ecuador. Emigrant predictors were

The praxis of cultural competence in medical education : using environmental factors to develop protocols for action

Creator:: Stohs, Sheryl Magee
Abstract:: Cultural competence is a topic that concerns social scientists and medical anthropologists who pay attention to demographic changes and health disparities. This study demonstrates practical approaches to developing cultural competence in medical education by using factors from the social environment to develop protocols for action. With current concerns in domestic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: information that validates and/or standardizes assessments of medical students in a health care environment

An exploratory study of an intranet dashboard in a multi-state healthcare system

Creator:: Wolpin, Seth E.
Abstract:: Introduction: Management of complex systems is facilitated through effective information systems that provide real-time data to decision makers. For example, instrument panels in airplanes ensure that pilots have well-designed feedback concerning the status of mission-critical variables. Problem: While pilots have dashboards for feedback and communication, healthcare executives may be unaware...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: medical records and found that on average the participants received only half the recommended care

An evaluation of community pharmacists applying the patient centered care approach to ambulatory Oregon Health Plan asthmatics in a Managed Care setting

Creator:: Crowder, Terry J.
Abstract:: Purpose: The Purpose of this research was to design, implement and evaluate a patient centered asthma intervention pilot program directed by physicians and administered by community pharmacists to a group of Managed Care contracted Oregon Health Plan asthmatics. The evaluation was to determine if the proposed intervention could improve the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ofasthma related illness and death still continue to increase (Executive Summary, Medical Care, 1993

Preferred customers? : barriers for Hispanics in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program

Creator:: Keys, Robert T. III
Abstract:: From February to September of 2001, a significant body of qualitive data was collected to investigate barriers for Hispanic participation in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program. As a means to investigate this topic, comments were solicited from physicians, hospital administrators, social service agencies, and low-income Hispanics through semi-structured focus groups...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ? Barriers for Hispanics in Oregon's Managed Care Medicaid Program. Abstract approved: Sunil Khanna From

The influence of attitudes about death on advance directive completion

Creator:: Srinivasan, Erica G.
Abstract:: Surveys of both patients and health care providers have indicated strong interest, up to 95%, in favor of advance directives, which are legal documents that express patients' healthcare treatment decisions. Despite the widespread support for advance directives, actual completion rates are very low, ranging from 4% to 20% for the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: care issues. Questions addressed caregiving, communication with medical personnel, spiritual needs

Oregon Health & Science University's understanding of cultural competency

Creator:: Racansky, Pamela A.
Abstract:: The United States population continues to increase and diversify. The cultural composition within the United States embodies a multitude of people from a variety of belief systems, religious backgrounds, and ethnicities. Within current biomedical practice, many of these differences are often marginalized, leaving populations with unsatisfactory experiences in seeking health...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: & Science University School of Medicine second among American medical schools in primary care education

State legislators' knowledge and perceptions of medical savings accounts and the U.S. health care system : identifying future compromises to health care reform

Creator:: Bonetto, Michael J.
Abstract:: As researchers, policymakers and employers begin focusing on consumer driven health plan models and medical savings accounts (MSAs), a better understanding of the political viability of such reform initiatives is necessary. The purpose of this study was to survey state legislators' knowledge and perceptions of medical savings accounts (MSAs) and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ' Knowledge and Perceptions of Medical Savinqs Accounts and the U.S. Health Care System: Identifying Future

Medicaid prenatal care : testing the effectiveness of a prenatal intervention model

Creator:: Buffa, Jan L.
Abstract:: The study evaluates the effectiveness of a pregnancy intervention model (PIM) developed to improve first trimester prenatal care utilization in a population of 2,694 low-income Medicaid women. Engagement in prenatal care is critical before prenatal care can occur. Early initiation of prenatal care is important for low income pregnant women...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: their babies is a crucial part of the medical care every person should have through the course of their

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Healthcare challenges in Ecuador : a narrative exploration

Understanding health care utilization : a theoretically-based analysis of the Ecuadorian health care system

The praxis of cultural competence in medical education : using environmental factors to develop protocols for action

An exploratory study of an intranet dashboard in a multi-state healthcare system

An evaluation of community pharmacists applying the patient centered care approach to ambulatory Oregon Health Plan asthmatics in a Managed Care setting

Preferred customers? : barriers for Hispanics in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program

The influence of attitudes about death on advance directive completion

Oregon Health & Science University's understanding of cultural competency

State legislators' knowledge and perceptions of medical savings accounts and the U.S. health care system : identifying future compromises to health care reform

Medicaid prenatal care : testing the effectiveness of a prenatal intervention model

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