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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

Household Healthcare Expenditure in Bangladesh : Analyses of Progressivity and Impacts on Poverty

Creator:: Molla, Azaher Ali
Abstract:: Health systems financing aims at providing adequate services, ensuring sufficient providers’ incentives, and protecting individuals and families from financial catastrophe. Health services are financed through government funding, taxation, out-of-pocket payments, insurance, donations and voluntary aid. Low- income countries mostly rely on out-of-pocket payments. In South East Asia region, the latter...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: reimburse medical care for employees in formal sectors, and some business entities. The contribution of

Use and Disclosure of Complementary Health Approaches Among Children with Developmental Disabilities

Creator:: Lindly, Olivia J.
Abstract:: Children with developmental disabilities (DD), particularly autism spectrum disorder (ASD), may use complementary health approaches (CHA), including some modalities that can be unsafe, inefficacious, and/or costly. Still, the prevalence of CHA use among US children with DD is not known and their reasons for use are not well understood. By...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: household income, not living in the South, difficulty accessing conventional care, or comorbidity

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

Experiences and Correlates of Healthcare Discrimination Among Saudis in the United States

Creator:: Sinky, Tassnym Hussein
Abstract:: Healthcare discrimination is associated with various health-related attitudes, behaviors, intentions, and outcomes including provider avoidance, underutilization or increased use of healthcare services, use of alternative means of healthcare, delays in medical care, less satisfaction with care, poor health behaviors, and poorer health outcomes. Since 2001, Muslims and Arabs in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: healthcare services, use of alternative means of healthcare, delays in medical care, less satisfaction with

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:: renamed Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) as the primary provider of integrated medical, behavioral

A study of health insurance coverage and health care utilization in North Dakota

Creator:: Knudson-Buresh, Alana
Abstract:: Access to health care in North Dakota, a frontier state, has been a widely debated policy issue. Historically, the focus of North Dakota health policy efforts has been directed to issues pertaining to the provision of health care services. During the economic recession of the I 980s, an out-migration of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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:: Failure Caregivers Informal caregivers are often responsible for the medical management and care of

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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

Household Healthcare Expenditure in Bangladesh : Analyses of Progressivity and Impacts on Poverty

Use and Disclosure of Complementary Health Approaches Among Children with Developmental Disabilities

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

Experiences and Correlates of Healthcare Discrimination Among Saudis in the United States

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

A study of health insurance coverage and health care utilization in North Dakota

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

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