Search Full Text
Now showing items 1-10 of 39
The DC Healthcare Alliance and Access to Care: The effect of increased insurance coverage and a dispersed safety net on access to healthcare in the District of Columbia
(Georgetown University, 2012)
In 2001, the District of Columbia (DC) fundamentally changed its system of safety-net healthcare. The District closed its public hospital; created an insurance program for low-income residents, the DC Healthcare Alliance; ...
HIV AND CHILD MALNUTRITION: EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP OF MATERNAL HIV ON NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN IN KENYA
(Georgetown University, 2012)
This paper examines the relationship of maternal HIV on nutritional outcomes for dependent children, aged 0-60 months, in Kenya. While current literature has begun to examine the effect of parent HIV status on educational ...
The Effect of Macroeconomic Fluctuations on Health: Evidence from 2000-2010
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Recessions are broadly understood to impose negative consequences on the populations who experience them, but recent scholarship shows, counterintuitively, that some measures of health improve as the economy worsens. Using ...
The Impact of Syringe and Needle Exchange Programs on Drug Use Rates in the United States
(Georgetown University, 2014)
Despite a wealth of research evidence indicating the benefits of syringe and needle exchange programs (SNEPs) in reducing the transmission of blood-borne disease and drug use, the decades-old ban on the use of federal ...
Imperfect Substitutes: Examining whether and to what extent offering Opioid Subsitution Therapy (OST) may be increasing regional polydrug use
(Georgetown University, 2016)
Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) attempts to curb opioid addiction by substituting a treatment opioid (i.e. methadone, buprenorphine, naltrexone, etc.) for an addict’s primary drug of abuse (i.e. heroin, oxycodone, etc.). ...
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECK LAWS FOR FIREARM SALES AND RATES OF VIOLENT CRIME AT THE STATE LEVEL
(Georgetown University, 2017)
The high rate of gun violence in the United States compared to other industrialized nations has spurred policymakers to evaluate the efficacy of various gun violence reduction policies. One major policy that has gained ...
Sterile Gauzes and Latent Causes: Inside the Black Box of Transfusion in CABG Patients
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Proponents of tort reform argue that liability concerns drive physicians to overutilize medical services. There is abundant research within the transfusion medicine community showing that significant variation in transfusion ...
Workers' Compensation Analysis and Reform: Measuring the Effectiveness of Tort Reform Through Analysis of Workers' Compensation
(Georgetown University, 2013)
This study investigates workers' compensation schemes in the United States. First and foremost, the work highlights the lack of literature serving as a critical analysis of workers' compensation from the perspective of ...
Bioterrorism In The Homeland:The Impact Of Acts Of Bioterrorism On American Culture
(Georgetown University, 2013)
BIOTERRORISM IN THE HOMELAND: THE IMPACT OF ACTS OF BIOTERRORISM ON AMERICAN CULTURE
How Have Socioeconomic Inequities in Health Care Utilization Changed Over Time? A Thirty-Year Analysis of the United States of America
(Georgetown University, 2014)
In 2008, the World Health Organization issued a report calling for urgent action on behalf of governments around the world to address differences in health within and between countries, observing that "social injustice is ...