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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(2023-03)In 2021, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) carved out $427 million in state funding to focus on combatting COVID-19 in rural communities as part of a multi-billion dollar national initiative to address COVID-19-related ...
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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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(2020-02)The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides healthy foods and services to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, as well as to infants and ...
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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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(2018-11)For scholars and policymakers alike, understanding the burden of cancer on society is a critical topic for investigation. Cancer consistently ranks as the second leading cause of death in the U.S., and cancers of the ...
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(2021-06)Previous research has noted that the U.S. is facing dual public health crises associated with opioid use disorder (OUD) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Fatalities associated with OUD have been reported with increasing ...
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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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(2019-11)This project investigated the Community Health Worker (CHW) field in rural and urban environments using a series of focus groups of CHWs in four states. Our findings suggest that there is not a "typical" CHW. Despite 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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(2019-11)Rapid technological advances make telehealth a moving target for regulators. This study examines the scope and evolving nature of telehealth statutes (i.e., laws passed by state legislatures) and regulations (i.e., laws ...
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(2017-08)Diabetes, particularly Type 2 diabetes, affects millions of Americans with a particular burden placed on more vulnerable populations. Underlying factors (e.g., residing in low-resource rural areas) may contribute to poor ...
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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 ...