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Is Nevada A Reproductive Resource Desert?, Tsion Mekonnen

Research Briefs

In 2018, 52.4% of Nevada adult women reported ever receiving an HPV test. Women made up 63% of all chlamydia cases and 38% of all gonorrhea cases in Nevada. 18.4% of women in Nevada reported not receiving health care at some point in the last year due to cost. While there were 180 pregnancy-associated deaths in Nevada from 2016 to 2021. Of the 180, 79 pregnancy-associated deaths were from January 2020 to December 2021 alone. Of the drug overdoses associated with pregnancy-associated deaths, 95.7% were coded as unintentional overdoses.

Out-Of-Pocket Cost For Individuals Being Treated For Opioid Dependence In Rutland County, Vermont, Christopher T. Veal

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

Each day more than 140 Americans die from drug overdoses, 91 specifically due to opioids. In Vermont, more than 50 people die each year from opioid poisoning. With insurance coverage being a critical component of Opioid Dependence Recovery, many people seeking treatment are unaware of the financial barriers to recovery- namely the out-of-pocket costs associated with treatment. This study sought to provide insight on the financial impact of Opioid Dependence Treatment on the patient, and provide financial assistance information to the Rutland County community.

Impact Of Health Reform On Latinos And Immigrants In The Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area, Jim P. Stimpson, Kelly Shaw-Sutherland, Yang Wang

Reports: Center for Health Policy

No abstract provided.

The Affordable Care Act Of 2010: A Brief Summary, Jim P. Stimpson

Reports: Center for Health Policy

In March 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, P.L. 111-148) as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA, P.L. 111-152) (referred to hereafter as the ACA) was signed into law as the most comprehensive piece of legislation since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid legislation in 1965 aimed at creating sweeping health care reform. This brief provides a summary of the titles contained in the law, the implementation of the provisions, and the estimated financial impact.

State Of Ohio: Insurance Industry And Occupational Highlights, Ohio Board Of Regents, Wright State University, Center For Urban And Public Affairs

Economic Development

Over 7,000 business establishments in Ohio employ 120,626 people in the Insurance Industry. Employment is expected to grow 1% a year to 2015, adding 6,323 workers, outpacing the national growth rate. In an analysis of the top ten states by employment size and industry concentration, Ohio is expected to grow at the second fastest pace.

Every year, the Insurance Industry has roughly 2,000 job openings for new and replacement jobs. The core of the industry is found in five occupations: insurance sales agents; claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators; insurance underwriters; insurance appraisers, auto damage; and actuaries. For those five occupations, …

The Economics Of Risk, Donald J. Meyer Editor

Upjohn Press

This collection offers an economics-based overview of the various facets of risk. It contains six papers that examine a broad array of research relating to risk. Two papers examine risk management and its application to decision making as well as what researchers have learned over the past few decades in their theoretical investigations of risk. The remaining chapters examine how risk plays out in the particular markets in which it has a significant presence, including casino gambling enterprises, agricultural markets, auctions, and health insurance.

Blue Ribbon Commission On The Regulation Of Health Care Expenditures, State Of Maine, 113th Legislature

Maine Collection

Blue Ribbon Commission on the Regulation of Health Care Expenditures

State of Maine, 113th Legislature (January, 1989)

Office of Policy and Legal Analysis, Room 101, State House--Sta. 13, Augusta, Maine 04333.

Contents: Preface / Executive Summary of Recommendations / Introduction and Background / Detailed Recommendations

Dental Insurance, Your Dentist And You (1978), American Dental Association

Patient Dental Health Education Brochures

No abstract provided.

Daniel Saye Hollis Papers - Accession 175, Daniel Saye Hollis

Manuscript Collection

Daniel Saye Hollis (1885-1981) was a politician and community leader from Rock Hill, SC. The Daniel Saye Hollis Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, legislative bills, reports, newspaper clippings and other material relating to Hollis’ career, term of office as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, York County politics, and the South Carolina Democratic Party. Of particular interest is a memoir entitled, “I Remember," which focuses on his early life, rural attitudes, and growing up in a southern rural community in the early 1900s. There is also some information on St. John’s United Methodist Church, Rotary Club of …

Dental Insurance, Your Dentist And You (1978), American Dental Association

Patient Dental Health Education Brochures

No abstract provided.

Dental Insurance, Your Dentist And You (1974), American Dental Association

Patient Dental Health Education Brochures

No abstract provided.

Letter From Robert Livingston To Messieurs Storke And Gainsborough Of London, Written March 19, 1734 From South Carolina., Robert Livingston

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Livingston requests that cargo of a sloop sailing from South Carolina to New York be insured.

(Deducing by the date of this item, the author/creator is neither of the father and son Robert Livingstons, the latter known as a founding father of the U.S.)