Increasing or merely halting the decline of the nation's standard of living depends on the ability of the U.S. work force to raise its productivity in an increasingly competitive global economic environment. Faili...
Increasing or merely halting the decline of the nation's standard of living depends on the ability of the U.S. work force to raise its productivity in an increasingly competitive global economic environment. Failing the establishment of a national human resource policy, states have significant responsibility in the arena of preparing non-college-bound high school students for the industrial work force.
Using published evidence of research grants, the historical development of funding sources for biomedical and health services research in Canada is discussed. The imbalance between health services research, which incl...
The health care finance literature on capital investment decisions generally applies conventional market risk concepts without distinguishing between proprietary and not-for-profit forms of organization. Since proprie...
Borderline omnipotence in pathological gambling is examined, including psychodynamics of omnipotence, a theory of the client's use of omnipotence in pathological gambling, and the effects of omnipotence on the tre...
The third and final article in this three-part series on researching and evaluating geriatric mental health programs focuses on statistical analysis issues. Analysis of data from experimental and quasi-experimental st...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is a primary source of health care services for many of the nation's uninsured and underinsured. Changes in congressionally mandated eligibility criteria and limited increases in...
The investigators examined the demographic and clinical factors associated with the collection experience in a series of 786 patients who were treated in an urban hospital emergency department (ED) but not admitted to...
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The investigators examined the demographic and clinical factors associated with the collection experience in a series of 786 patients who were treated in an urban hospital emergency department (ED) but not admitted to the hospital. They found that 57% of the total net charge of $150,489 had been paid within 180 days. This rate can be compared with an average inpatient collection rate of 85% at 180 days. Seven factors were found to account for the collection rate variation, making up 38.4% of the total variation. Age, gender, primary diagnosis, season of visit, time of arrival, and residence were not found to be main contributors. Insufficient coffection rates may be an indication that EDs increasingly are becoming a financial risk to hospitals. The hospital's collection experience will become more important as an indicator of financial risk if the costs of operating EDs continue to escalate and collection rates do not improve. Both the costs of providing a service and the amount of the charge actually collected are valid concerns to those operating EDs.
This paper examined the relationship between the job-related stress of nursing home administrators and the structure of their work setting. Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was used to test the hypothesis...
Stress urinary incontinence is a common problem;107 women undergoing bladder neck suspension between 1982 and 1989 were reviewed. Seventyfour responded via questionnaire and underwent chart review. Leakage resolved in...
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