Reports the results of a questionnaire mailed to insurance claimants (N = 2480) recently discharged from a hospital. Analyzes the results and concludes from the data that patients place high value on pastoral services...
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Reports the results of a questionnaire mailed to insurance claimants (N = 2480) recently discharged from a hospital. Analyzes the results and concludes from the data that patients place high value on pastoral services. Suggests that both hospital administrators and chaplains make sure that adequate attention be given to serving patient families, long-stay and repeated admission patients, and to the patients' demonstrated need for frequent visits, particularly in these times of rapid changes in condensing hospital stays.
This study was designed to provide a description of individuals incarcerated in a county jail and referred for mental health services. A standardized intake form was completed for 598 inmates who had contact with the ...
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This study was designed to provide a description of individuals incarcerated in a county jail and referred for mental health services. A standardized intake form was completed for 598 inmates who had contact with the mental health counselor. Analysis of the mental health status of inmates suggests that the presence of a counselor in the jail may serve an important function. Specifically, inmates referred ro the counselor were not in acute distress. This suggests they may be better served by an on-site counselor rather than through the traditional method of being transported to the hospital emergency room or community mental health center for evaluation.
This article attempts to broaden the conceptual perspective of caregiver strain by developing a generalized perspective that focuses on the demands and resources of caregiving. By extension, the perspective links care...
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In order to remain in the home without family or other informal support, home health clients must have access to essential formal services such as nutritional support and homemaking chores to supplement medical and nu...
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Migrant farmworkers lead a hard life filled with strenuous work, stress, and anxiety about employment; live under substandard conditions; and rarely get the health care they require. Preventive care is a luxury they c...
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Migrant farmworkers lead a hard life filled with strenuous work, stress, and anxiety about employment; live under substandard conditions; and rarely get the health care they require. Preventive care is a luxury they cannot afford. Year-round nutritious meals are rarely possible, due to long working hours, traveling, and living in housing without adequate cooking and refrigeration facilities. Children may attend up to six or more schools during the course of a school year. Crowded housing conditions support the invasion of parasites, infectious diseases, and viral infections. Dermatological conditions from working around a wide variety of plants, dirt, and in the sun are frequent. Exposure to pesticides, herbicides, and other chemical additives creates the likelihood of acute reactions, such as headaches and rashes, and also puts workers at risk of developing chronic diseases as the level of exposure rises because of accumulation and mix of various chemicals. Yet, we know little about the health status of this population. We are unable to estimate crude death rates, age-specific death rates, or prevalence rates of most common causes of death, such as heart disease,cancer and stroke. There is no information about occupational accident rates, infectious disease rates, or even postneonatal mortality. We do know that when migrants go to a clinic, they are often likely to have the chronic conditions of hypertension or diabetes. They present symptoms of acute conditions such as dental problems, dermatitis, otitis media among children, and acute upper respiratory infections. Women frequently need obstetrical care, reflected (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
While the population of the United States increases from 250 to 310 million people, the number in older age groups will increase dramatically from 28 million to about 64 million. Tooth retention has improved remarkabl...
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While the population of the United States increases from 250 to 310 million people, the number in older age groups will increase dramatically from 28 million to about 64 million. Tooth retention has improved remarkably in the 65-74 age groups, from 7.4 in 1962 to 17.9 in 1986. While younger age groups will require less treatment due to decline in dental caries, older age groups appear to require more treatment than did similar age cohorts in previous generations. Hence, the need for restorative procedures by the United States population will be on an upward trend for the next decade or two.
When a medical intervention is found to be cost effective, what level of insurance coverage should apply to it? The optimal level of coverage may be less than or greater than full coverage of medical care costs; a fin...
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When a medical intervention is found to be cost effective, what level of insurance coverage should apply to it? The optimal level of coverage may be less than or greater than full coverage of medical care costs; a finding of cost effectiveness for a service does not necessarily imply v full coverage or coverage at the same rate as other services. If there is some imperfection in the ability to translate higher insurance benefits into higher insurer revenues, the optimal level of coverage will be greater the higher the degree of moral hazard applying to the service.
Andersen's (1968) behavioral model was used to assess whether factors predictive of health services utilization are the same or different for elderly blacks and whites. We hypothesized that because the black elder...
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Andersen's (1968) behavioral model was used to assess whether factors predictive of health services utilization are the same or different for elderly blacks and whites. We hypothesized that because the black elderly have fewer resources, lower psychological well-being, and are in worse health, situational and attitudinal factors suggested by the model have different effects for blacks and whites. Using three measures of utilization--physician contact, hospital contact, and nights hospitalized--our findings show some support for differential effects, particularly in the case of physician contact. Neither resource factors such as health insurance nor psychological well-being were predictive of utilization within the black population. We conclude with some suggestions for future research.
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