Cornell, R G; Landis, J R; Zemach, R; Manela, R; Wainstock, E J; Gardner, H H;
Published Date:
1980 Jul-Aug
Source:
Public Health Rep. 95(4):369-375
Description:
Percentage distributions for variables in the Michigan Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (MAMCS), both for the Detroit Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) and the State as a whole, are compared with those from the National Ambulatory Medical C...
School health records of 332 children through the eighth grade were examined in a retrospective comparative analysis of physical health status and school achievement of children from Head Start and Free School Lunch Programs. The objective was to det...
Gustafson, David H.; Fiss, Charles J.; Fryback, Judy C.; Smelser, Peggy A.; Hiles, Mary E.;
Published Date:
1980 Jul-Aug
Source:
Public Health Rep. 95(4):336-343
Description:
The traditional method of evaluating nursing homes, which relies on State and Federal regulations, does not ensure quality care for nursing home residents. This fact led the Wisconsin State Department of Health and Social Services to fund a project f...
Little attention has been paid by health planners or researchers to questions of local public finance. However, a review of the literature concerning general revenue sharing (GRS) funds indicated that about $400 million per year from this source is s...
A high rate of turnover of professional personnel in a clinic is disruptive to patient care and organizational stability as well as to the individual clinician. The turnover rate for clinicians (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistan...
Henderson, W G; Eisen, S; Goldberg, J; True, W R; Barnes, J E; Vitek, M E;
Published Date:
1990 Jul-Aug
Source:
Public Health Rep. 105(4):368-373
Description:
The Vietnam Era Twin Registry consists of 4,774 male-male twin pairs born between 1939 and 1957 with both brothers having served in the United States military during the Vietnam War. The registry was originally developed to provide the best control g...
To characterize smoking behavior, facility policies related smoking, and administrators' views of smoking-related problems in Veterans Affairs nursing home care units nationwide.|An anonymous mail survey of long-term care facilities was administered ...
Bohnert, Amy S. B.; Logan, Joseph E.; Ganoczy, Dara; Dowell, Deborah;
Published Date:
May 2016
Source:
Med Care. 54(5):435-441
Description:
Background:High opioid dosage has been associated with overdose, and clinical guidelines have cautioned against escalating dosages above 100 morphine-equivalent mg (MEM) based on the potential harm and the absence of evidence of benefit from high dos...
Tsai, Jack; Edens, Ellen L.; Rosenheck, Robert A.;
Published Date:
Oct 17 2011
Source:
Prev Chronic Dis. 2011; 8(6).
Description:
IntroductionTobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States and is disproportionately higher among veterans than nonveterans. We examined the prevalence of nicotine dependence and its associated risk factors among veterans ...
Dickinson, K; Novick, L F; Loewenstein, R; Grebin, B; Asnes, R S;
Published Date:
1976 May-Jun
Source:
Public Health Rep. 91(3):226-230
File Type:
[PDF - 698.25 KB]
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