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Title: Tradeoffs in the use of value-added estimates of teacher effectiveness by school districts
Author: Baxter, Andrew
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Education and state
Description: A new capacity to track the inputs and outcomes of individual students' education production function has spurred a growing number of school districts to attempt to measure the productivity of their teachers in terms of student outcomes. The use o...

Title: The Incentives and Effects of Unnecessary Emergency Ambulance Transport
Author: Deziel, Jackson
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Economics, Medical sciences
Description: In the EMS field, the problem of low-acuity, non-emergency individuals who summon an emergency ambulance for simple transport to a local hospital is ever-present. Any person may summon an emergency ambulance and receive transport for the most mino...

Title: The Association of Structural and Process Factors with Medication Errors for Residents Entering a Nursing Home
Author: Lane, Sandi
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Public health, Health services administration
Description: Objective: The purpose of the study is to elucidate the relationships and inter-relatedness of specific structure, process, and outcome elements contributing to harmful medication errors for the vulnerable people who reside in nursing homes by exp...

Title: THE IMPACT OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE USE ON THE PARTICIPATION LEVELS AND LIVING ARRANGEMENT DECISIONS OF OLDER ADULTS
Author: Walsh, Judith
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Gerontology
Description: Using a nationally representative sample of older adults, this dissertation examines the use of assistive technology devices (ATDs) designed to aid with mobility and sensory functioning and to improve one's capacity to perform activities of daily ...

Title: THE EFFECTS OF MATERNAL EDUCATION ON PREGNANCY KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIORS USING THE PREGNANCY RISK ASSESSMENT MONITORING SYSTEM DATA
Author: Ferguson, Barbara
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Medical sciences, Obstetrics, Gynecology
Description: Background: It is estimated that 90 million Americans have trouble understanding and using health information. Specific Aims: Examine the: (1) association between education and the health knowledge and behaviors of maternal women in two different ...

Title: STRATEGIES, INCENTIVES, AND DECISIONS: ILLICIT CROP CONTROL IN COLOMBIA
Author: Davalos Alvarez, Eleonora
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Economics
Description: This dissertation examines three aspects of coca cultivation in Colombia. Fist, I evaluate how social investment in conjunction with eradication affects new coca crops. The results suggest that aerial spraying is effective in deterring farmers fro...

Title: North Carolina free clinics: Effective primary care provider for the uninsured
Author: Hutchison, Jenny
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Health services administration
Description: Although the United States has recently made progress in reducing the number of uninsured in the country as a result of the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, millions will continue to be unable to access insurance, ...

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: 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...