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Identifying the Effect of Patients' Insurance Status on Nurse Practitioners' Decision to Educate Patients on Preventive Dental Care
(Georgetown University, 2013)
IDENTIFYING THE EFFECT OF PATIENTS' INSURANCE STATUS ON NURSE PRACTITIONERS' DECISION TO EDUCATE PATIENTS ON PREVENTIVE DENTAL CARE.
DOES MANAGED CARE REDUCE PREVENTABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS IN THE MEDICARE POPULATION? THE IMPACT OF MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ON AMBULATORY CARE SENSITIVE HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND USE OF PREVENTIVE SERVICES
(Georgetown University, 2013)
One controversial option to control growth in the rate of federal spending on health care is to transform Medicare into a "voucher" program for beneficiaries to purchase health insurance from managed care plans in the ...
EFFECT OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON ADULT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTORS
(Georgetown University, 2012)
In recent years, the role of socioeconomic inequities in influencing diseases and health conditions has become an important issue in health and socioeconomic policy development. It is not surprising that cardiovascular ...
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN URBAN RESIDENT BASIC MEDICAL INSURANCE AND HEALTH UTILIZATION OF THE URBAN UNEMPLOYED IN CHINA
(Georgetown University, 2013)
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Community, Race, and Coverage Rates: An Analysis of Health Insurance Take-Up Rates by Neighborhood Composition
(Georgetown University, 2014)
While social networks and community composition have been examined in the context of many health outcomes, this study is the first to investigate the relationship between community composition and health insurance take-up ...
Evaluating the Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program
(Georgetown University, 2014)
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) contains numerous provisions intended to improve the quality of health care in the United States. The act established the Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) ...
Evaluating the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
(Georgetown University, 2015)
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) introduced numerous health care delivery reforms that aim to improve the quality of care while restraining its costs. This study uses AHRQ HCUP NJ hospitals' patient-level utilization data to ...
The "Cleaning Up" Effect of Marriage on Health-Risk Behaviors: The Role of Marital and Spousal Factors
(Georgetown University, 2015)
A large body of literature has established a clear link between marriage and health. Despite this wealth of research, surprisingly few studies have attempted to explore the exact mechanisms behind this marriage-health ...
Taking the Bitter with the Sweet: Soda Taxes as a Potential Policy Remedy to Obesity in the United States
(Georgetown University, 2014)
Policymakers have explored a variety of potential policy interventions to help combat the obesity epidemic in the United States. One type of policy solution is levying a tax on fattening foods or drinks, including sugar ...
Transfers for Tots: A Study of The Heterogeneous Effects of Food and Cash Assistance on Child Anthropometry in Uganda
(Georgetown University, 2014)
This paper analyzes data from a randomized controlled trial in Northern Uganda to explore the effects of food and cash transfers in young children and whether effects vary by individual or household characteristics. Results ...