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1	Should obese patients be denied rehabilitation resources for chronic disabling occupational musculoskeletal disorders? Aceska, Aleksandra. January 2005 (has links) (PDF) Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 2005. / Embargoed. Vita. Bibliography: 83-96.
2	Dental hygienists' beliefs, norms, attitudes, and intentions toward treating HIV/AIDS patients Clark-Alexander, Barbara. January 2008 (has links) Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2008. / Title from PDF of title page. Document formatted into pages; contains 239 pages. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.
3	The Effects of the ADA on Group Practice Frierson, J G. 01 March 1992 (has links) In this article, James Frierson, J.D., outlines the requirements for group practices under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Rules concerning required changes take effect in January of 1993 (and sooner for some groups), making it imperative that group practices be aware of the new law. organization & administration) planning techniques taxes (legislation & jurisprudence) United States Management and Marketing
4	Cancelled surgeries and payment by results in the English National Health Service McIntosh, Bryan, Cookson, G., Jones, S. January 2012 (has links) OBJECTIVES: To model the frequency of 'last minute' cancellations of planned elective procedures in the English NHS with respect to the patient and provider factors that led to these cancellations. METHODS: A dataset of 5,288,604 elective patients spell in the English NHS from January 1st, 2007 to December 31st, 2007 was extracted from the Hospital Episode Statistics. A binary dependent variable indicating whether or not a patient had a Health Resource Group coded as S22--'Planned elective procedure not carried out'--was modeled using a probit regression estimated via maximum likelihood including patient, case and hospital level covariates. RESULTS: Longer waiting times and being admitted on a Monday were associated with a greater rate of cancelled procedures. Male patients, patients from lower socio-economic groups and older patients had higher rates of cancelled procedures. There was significant variation in cancellation rates between hospitals; Foundation Trusts and private facilities had the lowest cancellation rates. CONCLUSIONS: Further research is needed on why Foundation Trusts exhibit lower cancellation rates. Hospitals with relatively high cancellation rates should be encouraged to tackle this problem. Further evidence is needed on whether hospitals are more likely to cancel operations where the procedure tariff is lower than the S22 tariff as this creates a perverse incentive to cancel. Understanding the underlying causes of why male, older and patients from lower socio-economic groups are more likely to have their operations cancelled is important to inform the appropriate policy response. This research suggests that interventions designed to reduce cancellation rates should be targeted to high-cancellation groups. Adolescent Adult Aged Aged 80 and over Appointments and Schedules Child Child Preschool England Female Health Services Research Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Models Statistical Refusal to Treat Retrospective Studies Surgical Procedures Elective Economics Statistics & numerical data Young Adult

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