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“Afraid to Breathe”: Understanding North Carolina’s Experience of the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic at the State, Local, and Individual Levels
Title
“Afraid to Breathe”: Understanding North Carolina’s Experience of the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic at the State, Local, and Individual Levels
Author
Austin, Lauren
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
History, Public health, Government policy
Description
This dissertation is the first comprehensive, detailed study of a single state’s experience of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic at state, local and county, and individual levels. Its two articles provide quantitative analyses of a unique new state...
Institutional Factors in Health Disparities
Title
Institutional Factors in Health Disparities
Author
Hampton, Cicily
Date Created
2014
Subjects--Topical
Government policy
Description
The purpose of this dissertation is to address institutional factors that may be the root cause of health disparities. Misdirected resources may help to explain why health disparities have actually increased as targeted interventions aimed at thei...
Health Legacy Foundations and the Pursuit of Charitable Healthcare
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...
EVALUATING HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETPLACE ENROLLMENT OF THE UNINSURED UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: AN EXAMINATION OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL MARKETPLACE MECHANISMS
Title
EVALUATING HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETPLACE ENROLLMENT OF THE UNINSURED UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: AN EXAMINATION OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL MARKETPLACE MECHANISMS
Author
Tripp, Hollie
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Government policy
Description
Background: The establishment of health insurance marketplaces (HIMs) offering a market-based response to the need for health care reform was one of the primary provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The HIMs provided a virtual space in whic...
EPIDEMIOLOGY, COSTS, AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF LOAD-BEARING SURFACE CHOICE IN PRIMARY TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY: CERAMIC-ON-POLYETHYLENE VS. METAL-ON-POLYETHYLENE
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...
Disentangling the Complex Racial Disparities in Health among Adult Beneficiaries under Medicaid Managed Care: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
Title
Disentangling the Complex Racial Disparities in Health among Adult Beneficiaries under Medicaid Managed Care: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
Author
Sun, Chengxiu
Date Created
2010
Subjects--Topical
Government policy, Health services administration, Public health--Study and teaching
Description
There are few studies of the important issue of racial and ethnic disparities in Medicaid managed care settings. This study addresses this deficiency using data collected by telephone interviews from a randomly stratified sample of adults who were...
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in U.S. Veterans: Comorbidity, Ocular Pathology, and Cost of Care
Title
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in U.S. Veterans: Comorbidity, Ocular Pathology, and Cost of Care
Author
Davis Jr., Charles
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Public health, Health services administration, Epidemiology
Description
ABSTRACTCHARLES N. DAVIS JR. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in U.S. Veterans: Comorbidity, Ocular Pathology, and Cost of Care (Under the direction of DR. WILLIAM BRANDON)Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of mor...