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Retirees And Pharmaceutical Costs: Is There Really A Crisis?, Justine Maiello
Retirees And Pharmaceutical Costs: Is There Really A Crisis?, Justine Maiello
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
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Justification For The Continuance Of A Pediatric Physician's Office Laboratory, Veronica C. Santilli
Justification For The Continuance Of A Pediatric Physician's Office Laboratory, Veronica C. Santilli
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
The continued viability of the Physician's Office Laboratory (POL) has been questioned because of barriers imposed by managed care organizations, oversight by regulatory agencies and competition for professionally trained laboratory staff. Pediatricians view the POL as an important adjunct to quality healthcare services for children and do not consider the POL as a "profit center", whose priority is generation of revenues for the The practice. parents of pediatric patients consider an on-site laboratory a convenience and valuable service. Through an analysis of patients' satisfaction, physicians' perceptions of enhancement to quality care, managed care reimbursement data and costs associated with maintenance …
The Hand Center: Considerations Related To The Design, Planning, Staffing, And Marketing, Marcia L. Miller
The Hand Center: Considerations Related To The Design, Planning, Staffing, And Marketing, Marcia L. Miller
Community & Environmental Health Theses & Dissertations
A therapist intent on planning a hand therapy center has no resources that are specific to this specialty area of practice. There are contributions utilized to plan occupational and physical therapy departments that can be synthesized to a degree in the planning of a hand therapy center. The practice of hand therapy incorporates a high degree of physical interaction, with close proximity to the patient and handling by the therapist. This paper explores the unique requirements of a hand therapy department. In order to determine hand therapists' preferences for equipment and space utilization a survey was developed and distributed to …