Browsing by Department "Health Policy and Management"
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(2022-10-25)The population of adults 65+ is growing and expected to be 20% by 2030. Most older adults remain in the community as they age and will need varying degrees of assistance to avoid costly institutional care. At the same time, ...
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(2016-05-10)Residential Care and Assisted Living Facilities (RC/AL) are rapidly becoming one of the most popular long-term supports and services (LTSS) care modalities, particularly for individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease or ...
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(2019-09-17)Marijuana use, same-sex marriage, and firearm regulations are major societal issues that significantly impact the US health system. While same-sex marriages were legalized throughout the nation by a 2015 Supreme Court ...
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(2021-07-23)The scope of pharmacy practices has expanded over the years to include non-dispensing activities such as the provision of vaccinations, diagnostic tests, blood pressure monitoring, and medication therapy management services. ...
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(2020-04-22)The main goal of this dissertation research is to explore the impacts of rural hospital acquisition on patients’ access to tertiary care and treatment patterns, as well as to predict the medical care utilization provided ...
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(2016-12-01)Antibiotics touch upon almost all aspects of our modern life. They contribute towards increasing life expectancy by reducing the negative outcomes of bacterial infections. Unfortunately, antibiotics tend to lose their ...
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(2014 CSTE Annual Conference, 2014-06-17)
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(2018-06-19)The Affordable Care Act (ACA) organizes private insurers offering individual health plans into insurance exchanges where they are required to offer benefits within standardized categories. The ACA mandated premiums based ...
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(2018-04-20)Increasing enrollment in state Medicaid programs combined with a significant increase in the prevalence of pediatric communication and swallowing disorders over the past decade will challenge state Medicaid budgets. This ...
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(2015-07-21)With every generation living longer than the last, and the baby boomer generation (one of the largest generations in US history) starting to reach age 65, the demographics of the United States (U.S.) is aging. Older adults ...
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(2013-12-06)There are 46.2 million Americans (15% of total population) living in rural counties. Rural populations disproportionately suffer from inadequate access to, high cost of, and poor quality of health services compared to urban ...
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(Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), 2022)Background: Comparative effectiveness research (CER) and patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) routinely use secondary data (eg, insurance claims, health records). Leveraging secondary data requires effective and ...
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(2019-07-12)Introduction: Diabetes is a pressing health issue both globally and in the US. Diabetes requires individual and social efforts for its successful management. This dissertation investigates how individuals’ physical activity ...
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(2019-08-28)Retirement is a major life event which involves changes in the identity, relationship, social status and life style for the retirees. It has a complex relationship with health and health insurance which has not been clearly ...
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(2022-04-11)Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death in the United States (US). Racial-ethnic minority groups are at a greater risk of treatment underutilization and delay, along with worse ...
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(2020-06-15)Cancer is the second major cause of death in the US which exerts significant morbidity, mortality and economic burden. In this dissertation I focused on the financial toxicity of cancer. I conducted three studies examining ...
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(Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015-06)Electronic health information (EHI) refers to patient data stored in electronic form that are collected and shared for healthcare delivery and public health purposes. In this anthology, “primary use” of EHI refers to use ...
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(2020-03-23)Emergency departments (EDs) are an essential component of the US healthcare system. Beyond treating patients in urgent need, they also serve as safety nets for those who lack healthcare access alternatives. Due to the high ...
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(2015-12-12)The population of older adults (aged 65 years and above) in the United States, as a proportion of the population, is increasing. Between 1900 and 2010, a 300 percent increase in the proportion of this group was recorded. ...
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(2015-10-05)This dissertation examines how access to care is changing in today’s military and how these changes impact various populations. Three topics are examined, which cover pre-existing personality disorder discharges, mental ...