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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Medical Expenditures And Health Care Utilization: A Comparison Among U.S. Adult Tobacco Consumers (I.E. Never Tobacco Users, Cigarette Smokers And Smokeless Tobacco Users), Raheema S. Muhammad
Medical Expenditures And Health Care Utilization: A Comparison Among U.S. Adult Tobacco Consumers (I.E. Never Tobacco Users, Cigarette Smokers And Smokeless Tobacco Users), Raheema S. Muhammad
Theses and Dissertations
Introduction
Cigarette smoking poses a great economic cost on the U.S. health care system by incurring high health care expenditure and health care utilization in the adult population. Although there is a sufficient amount of information on the health care cost associated with cigarette smoking there is a gap in how other forms of tobacco use may impact healthcare expenditures and utilization in comparison to cigarette smoking. The main objectives of this study were: 1) to estimate and compare health care expenditure and health care utilization across different tobacco use groups using nationally representative data 2) to estimate and compare …
The Strategic Orientation Of Skilled Nursing Facilities, Jennifer R. Palazzolo
The Strategic Orientation Of Skilled Nursing Facilities, Jennifer R. Palazzolo
Theses and Dissertations
Since the early 2000s, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have operated in an environment made uncertain by changes in health care policy, growth in substitutes for nursing care, and increasing demand for services. To better understand how SNFs are strategically positioning themselves to survive and thrive, this study develops a taxonomy of strategic groups of SNFs.
A conceptual framework is based in Strategic Management Theory and classification of SNFs is based on scope of business decisions including length of stay, complexity of patients, and referral networks with hospitals. Two-step, hierarchical cluster analysis finds six strategy groups of SNFs: Post-Acute Care Focus …
Another Step In Diagnostics Consultation Model© Actualization: Examining The Impact Of Consultation Workflow Processes On Providers' Clinical Decision Making, Elizabeth K. Leibach
Another Step In Diagnostics Consultation Model© Actualization: Examining The Impact Of Consultation Workflow Processes On Providers' Clinical Decision Making, Elizabeth K. Leibach
Theses and Dissertations
Background
Communication errors in health services delivery significantly compromise quality in clinical decision making (CDM). Diagnostic information generated by clinical laboratories (CL) accounts for as much as 93% of objective data in the clinical record and therefore is foundational in CDM. This work describes the Diagnostics Consultation Model© (DCM©), a CL communications portal, which supports CDM within interprofessional teams, providers, and institutions. Specific aims were to develop and validate a workflow prediction index (the complexity index, CI) to assign resolution of consultation requests based on an algorithm comprised of characteristics available at the point of consultation initiation. The CI functions …