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An Examination Of The Relationship Between The External Environment And Care Coordination, Olena Mazurenko
An Examination Of The Relationship Between The External Environment And Care Coordination, Olena Mazurenko
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This study addressed a gap in the care coordination literature by exploring the factors predictive of care coordination, with particular attention to the external environment. The first paper of this dissertation conducted a systematic review of empirical studies that looked at the predictors of care coordination. Based on the 22 papers that fulfilled the inclusion criteria, the evidence to support the relationships between care coordination and factors that are predictive of care coordination was shown to be weak to moderate depending on the types of factors you look at. This study has revealed a significant inconsistency in how predictors of …
The Relationship Between Hospitalists And Primary Care Physicians, James Robert Burkhart
The Relationship Between Hospitalists And Primary Care Physicians, James Robert Burkhart
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOSPITALISTS AND PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS JAMES R. BURKHART EXECUTIVE DOCTOR OF SCIENCE IN ADMINISTRATION-HEALTH SERVICES ABSTRACT A study of the relationship between primary care physicians (PCPs) and hospitalists was conducted by surveying the Florida Academy of Family Physicians (FAFP) membership to determine whether they had an established relationship with a hospitalist or hospitalist group. The survey responses were then matched with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) administrative claims data to provide two groupings of study respondents with data regarding patients' average length-of-stay, average 30 day readmission rate, and average hospital claims payment. The survey …
Career Satisfaction Of Physicians Employed By Health Systems, Edward L. Heath
Career Satisfaction Of Physicians Employed By Health Systems, Edward L. Heath
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CAREER SATISFACTION OF PHYSICIANS EMPLOYED BY HEALTH SYSTEMS EDWARD L HEATH, JR ADMINISTRATION-HEALTH SERVICES ABSTRACT Background:Higher career satisfaction has been shown to result in better patient outcomes, higher patient satisfaction and less turnover among physicians. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between physician employment and career satisfaction. Methods:Data from the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) 2008 Health Tracking Physician Survey was used in the study. The study is a cross sectional, quantitative study of the relationship between physician employment and career satisfaction. A total of 4,720 respondents responded to the survey, with a weighted …
The Antecedents And Consequences Of Public Hospital Privatization, Zo Harivololona Ramamonjiarivelo
The Antecedents And Consequences Of Public Hospital Privatization, Zo Harivololona Ramamonjiarivelo
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ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the antecedents and consequences of public hospital privatization with special attention to financial distress and financial performance. A national sample of public hospitals using secondary longitudinal data from 1997 to 2009 was used in this study. Data set from the American Hospital Association, the Area Resource File, the Medicare Cost Report and the Local Area Unemployment Statistics were merged to test the hypotheses pertaining to each research question. Based on the resource dependence theory, both environmental variables and organizational variables were included in the analyses. This study adopted the Altman Z-score …
Influences Of Habitual Diet, Ethnicity, And Age On Circulating Total Ghrelin, Amy Ellis
Influences Of Habitual Diet, Ethnicity, And Age On Circulating Total Ghrelin, Amy Ellis
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Ghrelin is a hormone known to stimulate appetite and food intake. Although certain macronutrients differentially suppress ghrelin on an acute basis, it is unknown whether habitual macronutrient intake affects circulating ghrelin. Thus, the first experimental aim was to determine whether 8-week habituation to diets differing in carbohydrate or fat would affect fasting ghrelin or ghrelin response to a mixed meal. Recent reports also suggest that ghrelin regulation may relate to propensity for obesity. Obesity is more prevalent among AA compared to EA, with the highest rates among AA females. This disparity becomes apparent before puberty, and childhood obesity tends to …