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Locus of Control of Reinforcement Applied to the Prediction of Use of Medical Services

Increases in the number of users of the medical delivery system, along with an ever-increasing variety of available services, makes it desirable to identify those individuals who will benefit most from its services. With the growing reliance on third party payment, economic limitations no longer effectively restrict the use of the system's resources to those individuals who are truly ill. A framework is needed whereby individuals who are medically ill can be separated from those whose needs might be more effectively addressed by other services. A variety of means, including locus of control, has been used in the attempt to make such discriminations. In conclusion, it was observed that the low magnitude of obtained relationships presents opportunities for future research, but disallows meaningful prediction at the present time.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc331047
Date05 1900
CreatorsFlynn, Michael Howard
ContributorsHaynes, Jack Read, Lawlis, G. Frank, Holloway, Harold D., Butler, Joel R., Wenrich, W. W., 1932-
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formativ, 73 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Flynn, Michael Howard, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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