The enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) can be considered an important policy intervention in the context of the U.S. health care. The ACA supported non-elderly adults to obtain health insurance coverage. While Medicare provided health insurance to almost all elderly-adults (persons over 65), the ACA...
In August 2012, Oregon began enrolling Medicaid beneficiaries in coordinated care organizations (CCOs), a unique mandatory-enrollment accountable care organization (ACO) model with payment methods strongly tied to preventive care; care coordination; and integration of physical, mental and dental health care through patient-centered medical homes. This dissertation, consisting of two studies,...
In 2012, Oregon began it enrolling its Medicaid beneficiaries in an accountable care model called Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs). As one of the of the earliest state-wide efforts to implement this type of healthcare reform among Medicaid enrollees, and thus one of the most mature, Oregon’s CCO implementation provided a...
Drug policies in the United States are rapidly changing at the state and national level paralleling a shift in drug culture from a societal perspective. This dissertation addresses current public health policy topics with a focus on three recent drug policies. As of 2015, medical cannabis is legal in 23...
Since 1989, when South Korea achieved universal health coverage (UHC), 97.1% of the population has been covered under the NHI system with remaining 3% receiving services through the Medical Aid Program. Regardless of the sufficient population coverage, patients who require high-cost procedures still experience overwhelming costs of care due to...
Intimate partner violence (IPV) against American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) women is a significant public health issue, requiring deeper understanding on how to better support Native women survivors. This mixed-methods project utilizes both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine factors associated with support-seeking behaviors and explore how women seek support and...
This dissertation seeks to contribute to a growing body of research on student outcomes by way of a public health perspective examining the intersection of education policy and adolescent mental health and well-being. The conceptual approach underpinning this project rests on the key theoretical assumption that education policy, shaped at...
Certificate of Need (CON) laws provide state level review
of the need for additional health care resources in a
given community.
General CON regulations on medical services have been
relatively well-documented.
Little attention has been paid to state CON regulations
for psychiatric and substance abuse care and their
impacts on...
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Ashley Callahan, student; Karen Volmar, JD, MPH; Connie Wu, BA; Jangho
Certificate of Need (CON) laws provide state level review
of the need for additional health care resources in a
given community.
General CON regulations on medical services have been
relatively well-documented.
Little attention has been paid to state CON regulations
for psychiatric and substance abuse care and their
impacts on...
Full Text:
; JanghoYoon, PhD, MSPH;
School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences
COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND
The relationship between physicians and patients is undeniably unique. To understand the qualities of a healing relationship, it is essential to analyze the perceptions that influence physician behavior. Metaphors and relationship models are often used in bioethics to analyze the construction of perceptions. The goal of this study is to...