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Health Service Utilization among Medicaid Enrollees in Oregon : Assessing Variation by Level of Rurality

Creator:: Larson, Annie E.
Abstract:: Research Objective: Nearly 60 million people in the United States reside in a rural area. Residents in rural areas have higher rates of chronic disease, risky health behaviors, disability, infant mortality, and age-adjusted mortality than their urban counterparts. Health insurance and access to care mitigate those risks, in part because...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: :!Assessing! Variation!by!Level!of!Rurality! ! Abstract!Approved:! Jeff!Luck! ! ! ! ! ! ! Viktor!Bovbjerg

A Pre-, Post- Analysis of Laws Against Domestic Violence in India and Pakistan: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Creator:: Patil, Vaishali P.
Abstract:: Domestic violence (DV) is a major social and public health issue in countries such as India and Pakistan where patriarchy is the way of life and cultural norms, and beliefs hold a greater say in community decision-making. Women in these countries are discriminated against from birth and face hurdles in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________ Jeff Luck Domestic violence (DV) is a major social and public health issue in countries

The impact of Oregon’s Coordinated Care Organizations on Prenatal Care Access and Quality : A Difference-in-Differences Analysis

Creator:: Muoto, Ifeoma O.
Abstract:: Background: Prenatal care (PNC) is an important preventive health service that can influence the health of the four million women who give birth annually in the United States, and the health their infants. Despite efforts to increase women’s access to PNC services, significant disparities in PNC utilization and maternal/child health...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Care Access and Quality: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis Abstract approved

The Effect of Provider Type and Patient-Sharing Networks on Utilization of Mental Health Care in Oregon

Creator:: Zhang, Wei
Abstract:: Unmet healthcare needs and/or delays in needed care are widespread among patients with serious mental illness (SMI). Mental healthcare delivery has changed dramatically over the last two decades. Although access to mental health specialists remains challenging, mental healthcare is now increasingly provided in primary care settings. However, it is unclear...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Jeff Luck Unmet

The Impact of Commercial Insurance on Utilization and Cost of Healthcare Services among Patients with Cirrhosis

Creator:: Shi, Lu
Abstract:: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer death in the United States. Patients with cirrhosis are more likely to develop HCC. More than 80% of HCC patients are found have preexisting cirrhosis. The prevalence of cirrhosis increased from 0.26% to 0.3.% between 1999 to 2010 and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Cirrhosis Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Jeff Luck

Disparities in Health Outcomes and Health Care Access : A Quantitative Intersectional Approach

Creator:: Alvarado, Carla S.
Abstract:: Health disparity scholars and researchers call to expand the conceptualization of health disparities research beyond the predominant and long-standing race-based analyses. The call requests the inclusion of frameworks and theories that reflect the complex, multi-level and multifactorial social processes that yield health disparities. Intersectionality is a theoretical framework that is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: truly an honor to be under his tutelage. I am thankful to Dr. Luck, for a productive and

Identifying factors driving sensitivity to fragmentation in forest breeding songbirds

Creator:: Valente, Jonathon J.
Abstract:: Habitat loss and fragmentation are the greatest threats to biodiversity worldwide. Fragmentation impacts landscape configuration, resulting in a larger number of patches that are smaller in size and further apart from one another. Island biogeography and metapopulation theory predict populations in these remnant patches should be smaller, have higher extinction...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Songbirds Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Matthew G

Perceived Usefulness of Remote Health Monitoring among Healthcare Providers, Mexican-origin and non-Hispanic White Heart Failure Patients and Informal Caregivers

Creator:: Anthony, Katherine (Katherine Philippoff)
Abstract:: Few remote health monitoring (RHM) studies have included Mexican-origin Latinos, and even fewer have explored RHM acceptance and utility, reasons for RHM uptake success or failure, or how cultural values influence RHM use among this population. The primary purpose of this study was to determine the remote health monitoring (RHM)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck Few remote health monitoring (RHM) studies have included

Fostering upward mobility of Mexican American adults through a critical incident

Creator:: Matthews, Mildred Shuman
Abstract:: This research design was based upon the mutual relevance between the fields of education and anthropology to cause cognitive cultural awareness by the teachers of adults as well as visibility within the Mexican American ethnic group. Specifically the purpose of this study was twofold:. (1) to determine whether the adult...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: through a critical incident AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF MILDRED SHUMAN MATTHEWS for the Ph. D. (Name

The Association Between Patient Activation and Cost, Utilization, and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Elective, Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Creator:: Owen, Erin Callahan
Abstract:: Background. Total knee arthroplasty, or replacement, is a common, generally successful, and expensive procedure. Tools to predict outcomes following orthopedic procedures are abundant, yet no commonly used assessment accounts for an individual’s propensity to engage in adaptive health behavior. The 13-item Patient Activation Measure (PAM) questionnaire is a tool that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Jeff Luck Viktor E. Bovbjerg Background. Total knee arthroplasty, or replacement, is a

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Health Service Utilization among Medicaid Enrollees in Oregon : Assessing Variation by Level of Rurality

A Pre-, Post- Analysis of Laws Against Domestic Violence in India and Pakistan: A Quasi-Experimental Study

The impact of Oregon’s Coordinated Care Organizations on Prenatal Care Access and Quality : A Difference-in-Differences Analysis

The Effect of Provider Type and Patient-Sharing Networks on Utilization of Mental Health Care in Oregon

The Impact of Commercial Insurance on Utilization and Cost of Healthcare Services among Patients with Cirrhosis

Disparities in Health Outcomes and Health Care Access : A Quantitative Intersectional Approach

Identifying factors driving sensitivity to fragmentation in forest breeding songbirds

Perceived Usefulness of Remote Health Monitoring among Healthcare Providers, Mexican-origin and non-Hispanic White Heart Failure Patients and Informal Caregivers

Fostering upward mobility of Mexican American adults through a critical incident

The Association Between Patient Activation and Cost, Utilization, and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Elective, Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

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