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Title: A 360° View of Psychiatric Boarding in the Emergency Department
Author: Veri, Shelby
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Mental health
Description: This dissertation utilizes a three article approach to examine the current status of psychiatric boarding in the emergency department (ED). The number of ED visits for mental health concerns in the United States has been increasing for the past se...

Title: Assessment and Characterization of HIV Care Continuum in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina 2013-2019
Author: Owolabi, Yakubu
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Epidemiology, Health services administration
Description: Background: The high burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) disease and the increasing rate of new HIV infections among some populations and jurisdictions could reflect failed prevention strategies. Despite progress in controlling the epidem...

Title: Comparison of Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) and Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) on Fall Reduction in Nursing Home Residents
Author: Waldrop, My Linh
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Medical sciences
Description: Vitamin D has been proven to reduce fall rates by 15%-20% for nursing home residents. However, vitamin D is still not considered a standard for fall prevention due to vitamin D type and dosage not having been established in the literature. The pur...

Title: EFFECT OF PROVIDERS' PROCEDURAL VOLUME COMPLEXITY ON IN-HOSPITAL COMPLICATIONS AND LENGTH OF STAY FOR GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY
Author: Kamble, Shital
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Medical sciences
Description: Obesity and morbid obesity represent one of the major public health problems in the United States (U.S.) that affects nearly one-third of the adult American population. Gastric bypass (GB) is a complex operation, performed in a high-risk morbidly ...

Title: EPIDEMIOLOGY, COSTS, AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF LOAD-BEARING SURFACE CHOICE IN PRIMARY TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY: CERAMIC-ON-POLYETHYLENE VS. METAL-ON-POLYETHYLENE
Author: Carnes, Keith
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Economics, Medical sciences
Description: In an age of cost-consciousness in health care, it is essential that we seek to understand the ramifications of the choices where costs and expected clinical performance differ. When the cost differences are evolving and performance differences ar...

Title: EXISTING BARRIERS TO CARE FOR HIV POSITIVE BLACK MSM LEAVING PRISON
Author: Junious, Eric
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Medical sciences
Description: This study explored barriers of reintegration among Black men who have sex with other men (MSM) who are living with HIV and have histories with the criminal justice system in the state of South Carolina. This study uncovered barriers accessing HIV...

Title: Estimation Of Preference-Based Measures Of Health From Disease-Specific Clinical Outcome Measures For Total Hip And Knee Arthroplasty Patients
Author: Odum, Susan
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Economics, Medical sciences
Description: Transfer to utility (TTU) or mapping methodology allows researchers to estimate a health utility from a disease-specific measure and calculate quality adjusted life years for economic evaluations. The purpose of this study was to develop regressio...

Title: Examining Healthcare Utilization Patterns, School Attendance, Behavior, and Academic Performance Among School-aged Children Identified as Homeless
Author: Brooks Nelson, Ellissa
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Medical sciences
Description: There is little research on healthcare utilization patterns, attendance, academic performance, and behavior among school-aged children experiencing homelessness examined by homelessness type. The McKinney-Vento Homelessness Assistance Act (Pub. L....

Title: Exploring HIV Transmission Risk Behaviors Through Perspectives of African American MSM and Trans Women: Mixed Methods Approach
Author: Gibbs, Maricus
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Social sciences, Medical sciences, Sex
Description: African American men who have sex with men (MSM) and Trans Women have been considered the highest sexual risk group with new cases of HIV for over a decade. The purpose of this paper is to explore and understand the motivators for higher HIV trans...

Title: Gendered Social Trends: Influencing Factors of Sexual Health Outcomes in Women
Author: McKee, Leslie
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Medical sciences
Description: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) affect an estimated 347 million people worldwide. These diseases can be spread asymptomatically, and can potentially incur significant long-term negative health outcomes, including lifetime treatment regimens...

Title: Health Legacy Foundations and the Pursuit of Charitable Healthcare
Author: Niggel, Sabrina
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Social sciences--Research, Medical sciences
Description: Endowed with proceeds from transactions involving nonprofit healthcare assets, health legacy foundations (HLFs) embody tremendous potential to improve health and healthcare in communities across the nation. This dissertation represents the culmina...

Title: Leveraging Machine and Deep Learning to Develop Optimized And Novel Models for Patients Undergoing Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Surgery
Author: Murphy, Keith
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Medical sciences
Description: This research investigates the intersection of applied statistics, machine learning, and healthcare to leverage the quantitative approaches as a means of improving patient quality of life after surgery. Relevant patient data prior to surgery remai...

Title: Metformin & Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Among Seer-Medicare Beneficiaries: Analysis of Cost, Outcomes & Utilization
Author: Ruban, Cynthiya
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Medical sciences
Description: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) each represent costly chronic diseases with substantial public health implications. A better understanding of the relationship between T2D treatments and NSCLC has many important implica...

Title: Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft vs. on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: What matters - procedure volume or specificity/specialization?
Author: Tsulukidze, Maka
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Social sciences--Research
Description: Context: Existing research has associated higher provider volume with a lower rate of adverse patient outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). However, the relationship between surgical procedural volume and specialization and clinical ...

Title: PATIENT AND PROVIDER LEVEL PREDICTORS OF BREAST SURGEONS’ PRACTICE STYLES AND MODALITY APPROACHES FOR MASTECTOMY PROCEDURES
Author: Shahbazi, Sara
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Medical sciences
Description: ABSTRACTSARA SHAHBAZI. Patient and Provider Level Predictors of Breast Surgeons’ Practice Styles and Modality Approaches for Mastectomy Procedures(Under the direction of DR. LARISSA R. BRUNNER HUBER)Background: Breast cancer surgery, including mas...

Title: Predicting Compliance, Barriers, and Outcomes to Surgical Care Guidelines
Author: Cochran, Allyson
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Surgery, Medical sciences
Description: Clinical care guidelines optimize patient care, including Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS®) guidelines specific to surgery. However, despite their efficacy, compliance to guidelines by providers remains a challenge. Understanding ways to pre...

Title: Preoperative Education and The Reduction of Parental Anxiety
Author: Bernardo, Sherry
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Medicine, Health services administration
Description: Background: One of the most frequently reported emotions in children in the setting of surgery or a medical procedure is anxiety. Currently, many interventions are used to assist with the perioperative reduction in anxiety for both parent and chil...

Title: SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN ARMENIA: THE ANALYSIS OF 2000 AND 2005 DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS
Author: Harutyunyan, Tsovinar
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Medical sciences, Health--Social aspects
Description: Objectives: The study examined the association between an index of household wealth and key nutritional status indicators in children under age five in Armenia. The study compared the distribution of the child nutritional status indicators across ...

Title: SURVIVAL, HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION, AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AMONG SEER-MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES WITH NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Author: Shah, Shweta
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Epidemiology, Medical sciences
Description: ABSTRACTSHWETA SHAH. Survival, healthcare utilization and costs associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among SEER-Medicare beneficiaries with non-small cell lung cancer. (Under the direction of DR. CHRISTOPHER M. BLANCHETTE)Lung can...

Title: THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AND ASTHMA AND USE OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT IN THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF CHILDREN’S HEALTH
Author: Hamedani, Abbas
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Health education, Medical sciences, Health services administration
Description: ABSTRACTABBAS G. HAMEDANI. The Association Between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Asthma and use of additional services for their management in the national survey of children’s health (Under the direction of DR. YVETTE M. HUET)This study was conduc...