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1-Check Unmc Mobile App Usage: A Quantitative Analysis Of The Data, Molly Pofahl
1-Check Unmc Mobile App Usage: A Quantitative Analysis Of The Data, Molly Pofahl
Theses & Dissertations
As COVID-19 cases continued to rise in Nebraska, universities and colleges were faced with unique challenges in the effort to continue providing quality education for students. The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) took on especially difficult challenges due to its status as an academic medical center. By the Fall of 2021, students, faculty, and staff were beginning to return to campus. The 1-Check UNMC app was created to help keep sick people from coming to campus. The UNMC community was expected to screen themselves for COVID-19 using this app each day before coming to campus. This thesis is an …
Examination Of Access, Utilization, And Barriers To Care Among Special Populations In The United States, Jed R. Hansen
Examination Of Access, Utilization, And Barriers To Care Among Special Populations In The United States, Jed R. Hansen
Theses & Dissertations
Utilizing healthcare services is a complex phenomenon in the United States. While system-level barriers and facilitators of care, along with individual consumer choices, are known to affect access and subsequent use of services, the interaction among the factors that lead to utilization remains unknown. Examining access and utilization of healthcare services using a consumer framework incorporating both access barriers and facilitators and consumer-level dimensions that affect choice in seeking care may inform access and utilization research. The purposes of this dissertation were 1) to explore the presence of facilitators and barriers to care in ambulatory healthcare locations for non-emergent care …
The Impact Of Rural-Urban Residency On Colorectal Cancer Screening, Stage At Diagnosis And Treatment In The Privately Insured Population, Mesnad Alyabsi
The Impact Of Rural-Urban Residency On Colorectal Cancer Screening, Stage At Diagnosis And Treatment In The Privately Insured Population, Mesnad Alyabsi
Theses & Dissertations
Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is the third most common and leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Although CRC screening can prevent and detect CRC at an early stage, about 35% of Americans are not screened. Despite the recent increase in screening, people with lower SES and those who live in rural areas have lowest screening. In rural areas, a common obstacle for screening is the long trips for health services which is associated with advanced CRC.
Moreover, surgery is a substantial part of CRC treatment since stages I-III and some metastatic CRC (mCRC) patients are treated with surgery. …