Browsing by Subject "Health care"

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    • Getting Out of Our Health Insurance Quagmire 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Liu, Liqun; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-09-03)
      Per-capita spending on health care in the U.S. is the highest in the world, and it is not clear that this high spending generates additional health benefits. This high spending, coupled with high and rising health insurance ...
    • Harmonic Healing: Native American Outpatient Clinic 
      Vavrecka, Kaytlyn A.
      This design project was created to focus on the healthcare needs within the Native American communities in rural parts of Arizona. There is a lack of healthcare facilities in these areas, which begins to show within the ...
    • Machine Learning Time-to-Event Mortality Prediction in MIMIC-IV Critical Care Database 
      Royalty, James Price
      The rise in publicly available healthcare databases, such as MIMIC and the eICU, now make it possible to revolutionize medical care when paired with modern machine learning techniques. The MIMIC-IV critical care database ...
    • Pandemic-Resistant Assisted Living Facility 
      Grant, Peter B.
      A assisted living facility that uses design, landscaping, and mechanical systems to create a low-risk environment for residents during another pandemic event. This facility will keep it's residents safe while also keeping ...
    • Planning and Scheduling Surgeries under Stochastic Environment 
      Choi, Sangdo 1971- (2012-08-15)
      This dissertation presents an integrated approach to planning and scheduling surgeries in operating-rooms (ORs) at strategic, tactical and operational levels. We deal with uncertainties of surgery demand and durations to ...
    • Simulation and Optimization Models for Scheduling Multi-step Sequential Procedures in Nuclear Medicine 
      Perez Roman, Eduardo (2011-08-08)
      The rise in demand for specialized medical services in the U.S has been recognized as one of the contributors to increased health care costs. Nuclear medicine is a specialized service that uses relatively new technologies ...
    • The Language of the Law: Incarcerated Trans Women, Healthcare, and Human Rights 
      Viswanath, Megha
      This project will identify specific legislation and laws that contribute to the denial of healthcare to incarcerated trans women and identify changes in these existing laws that could improve the experience of this distinct ...