This study aims to explore the factors which affect the technological employees¡¦ utilization of alternative medicine in Taiwan. The research modifies Aday and Anderson model to form the research framework. This reasearch focus on the relationship between predisposition factors, enabling factors , needs factors of technological employees and the utilization of alternative medicine services. 600 copies of questionnaires were conducted in July 2005 to January 2006, with 520 of them returned that makes a response rate of 86.67%. The conclusions of this study are presented as follows: 1. A total of 274(52.7%) of technological employees have ever utilized alternative medicine, 243(46.7%) of technological employees have never utilized alternative medicine and 3(0.6%) of technological employees is the missing data. 2. On average each person has utilized 1.40 alternative medicine service visits and has spent NT$740.73. 3. The alternative medicine used most commonly by technological employees are naprapathy (17.1%), hydropathy (13.6%), feet massage (10.0%), massage (9.7%) and acupuncture (8.9%). 4. Technological employees¡¦ age, occupation, the position of occupation, income, the methods of acquiring alternative medicine, residence,the recommendations of family or friends,and perceived physical health are the factors to affect the utilization of alternative medicine. Technological employees¡¦ religion of Buddhism is the factors to affect the number of visits of alternative medicine. Technological employees¡¦gender of womem and other methods of acquiring alternative medicine are the factors to affect the expenditure of alternative medicine. The suggestions of this study are that Department of Health may help the public to acquire accurate information concerning alternative medicine and plan for having the health insurance coverage of alternative medicine.In addition, hospitals or the alternative medicine providers may increase promotion of alternative medicine, marketing for alternative medicine services bases on the major findings from this study.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyze the health insurance status and medical utilization and its related factors for foreigners at Kaohsiung-Pingtung area in Taiwan. Methods: The study used secondary data to attain the research purposes. Data from Bureau of National Health Insurance Kao-Ping Branch between 2004 to 2007 were used. A total of 119,100 cases were analyzed. Descriptive analysis was used to examine foreigners¡¦ health insurance and medical utilization. T -test was used to investigate the differences between medical utilization and personal characteristics, such as demography, nationality and insured payrolls. Regression analysis was applied. Logistic regression was employed to examine whether the foreigners used the services both from inpatients or outpatients. Multiple regressions were applied to predict the medical expenditures and times. Results: Most of cases were aged from 21 to 40, females, category 1 insured, low income, dangerous work and seeking medical care for pregnancy and maternity care. The results from logistic regression revealed that males had lower odds to use medical care (OR=0.636 CI: 0.616 to 0.657), outpatient care (OR=0.634 CI: 0.614 to 0.655) and inpatient care (OR=0.804 CI: 0.757 to 0.853) compared with females. Insured came from mainland have higher odds to use inpatient care (OR=1.184 CI: 1.124 to 1.246) compared with other countries. People had 2 to 3 insured years used higher medical care (OR=5.873 CI: 5.636 to 6.119) and outpatient care (OR=5.886 CI: 5.649 to 6.314) compared with those whose insured under 1 year. If insured period over 3 years, they would have 5 more times probabilities to inpatient care than whose time under 1 year (OR=5.017 CI: 4.664 to 5.398). Category 5, low-income insured, had more than 8 times probabilities to use inpatient services than category 1 who had stable work. Results from multiple linear regressions indicated longer insured period, came from mainland and catastrophic illnesses patients would have more outpatient and inpatient visiting times significantly. So did the medical expenditures. Conclusions: Gender, age, nationality, insurers¡¦ category, qualified, the insured payroll, catastrophic illness and occupational accidents were the determination of medical utilization among foreigners at Kaohsiung-Pingtung Area in Taiwan. Future researchers could use questionnaire to get more complete relevant factors and follow the medical utilization and health status of foreigners. To provide the policymakers facilitate the planning of public health interventions.

Thesis (MTech. degree: Pharmaceutical Sciences.)--Tshwane University of Technology, 2012. / Aims to formulate a soluble tablet containing stevioside for use as a sweetener in beverages and food.

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Dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master’s Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban University of Technology, 2012. / The Chiropractic profession has made significant progress with regard to the production of high quality and clinically relevant research in the last 20 years. This correlates with a spike in development within the chiropractic profession as well as its acceptance by the medical fraternity and public. The responsibility for continuing this positive trend is dependent on the chiropractic graduates and practitioners of the future. Therefore, it is important to establish the current perceptions and utilization of research by Chiropractors, so that future research can be built around the needs and requirements of today’s practitioners, thereby ensuring the profession’s continued development and future in health care. The aim of this study was to determine the perceptions that Chiropractors have of research and its relevance / utilization in practice. Method: The study was a quantitative questionnaire based, self administered survey. The sample group included all Chiropractic practitioners currently practising in South Africa (N=515). Results: There was a response rate of 35% (n=174). The results indicated that the perception of research was very positive overall, with the strongest positive response being that research adds credibility to the profession. However, most respondents disagreed with the statement that chiropractors who had done research had an advantage above those who had not. There was a positive, albeit weak correlation between perceptions and utilization of research, indicating that as perceptions increased, so did utilization of research. The area of greatest concern was that even though a high degree of research utilization was reported by chiropractors, research was least likely to be used to change conditions, policies or practices in practice. v Conclusion: The most significant factors associated with positive perceptions and utilization were found to be publishing in a journal and receiving referrals from other health care practitioners. Chiropractors who indicated an interest in doing research again were also very positively linked to utilization. It would seem that even though chiropractors perceive research positively, their implementation into practice has some hurdles that impede the full integration of research into practice. As very few demographic and personal attributes of the South African chiropractor were found to be primarily responsible for low utilization of research in practice, it can be hypothesised that the factors impeding research implementation are most likely environmental in nature.

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The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between schizophrenic patients' length of stay in a state psychiatric hospital and readily available intrapersonal, interpersonal, and sociodemographic factors. The factors selected for study were:1. Admission Legal Basis2. Relationship of Responsible Person3. Previous Episodes of Hospitalization 4. Sex5. Admission Age. 6. Marital Status7. Race8. Education9. DiagnosisThe subjects were 461 patients admitted to the Richmond, Indiana State Hospital from July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1979. All patients who met the criteria for selection were included.The design for the study was the ex post facto approach. It was essentially a Design 3 situation using only one group and holding to the assumption of random distribution of nonmanipulated variables. Two null hypotheses were tested using stepwise hierarchical multiple regression. The .05 level of significance was required.FindingsThe multiple regression analysis yielded a significant multiple correlation (R = .26, R2 = .07, P <.05) between length of stay as the dependent variable and the composite predictor variable. However, an inspection of the results showed that Admission Legal Basis was the only variable found to be individually significant. In view of the low amount (7%) of variance explained by the composite predictor variable, the analysis was terminated at that point and the results were not interpreted or considered to have a practical use.ConclusionThe only conclusion made was that the results of this study were inconclusive due to the small percentage of variance explained. Thus it was hypothesized that there were factors which remained unidentified that were in operation and greatly influenced length of stay.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 16-17). / vi, 17 leaves, bound 29 cm

Thesis (PhD) -- University of South Australia, 1998.

Thesis (M. Med. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Also available in print.