UCSF study finds shortage of California dentists in rural, poor, minority communities
...ensive and is not adequately addressed by existing policies to recruit dentists to rural practice. The report recommends that the issues of access to dentists and oral health care services should be addressed by public policy through programs such as expanded educational opportunities in dentistry for minori...Uninsured, medicaid patients more likely to die from heart attack
...rgent care," Shen explains. Changing national policies to promote better medical care for uninsured and underinsured individuals could result in reduced deaths from heart attack for all Americans, says Shen. In addition to the ethical concerns, he points out that "these data demonstrate th...Health service in "political denial" about need for rationing, claims leading economist
...ws the agenda to be dominated by self-interest and policies that are not rooted in evidence. In the midst of the "ubiquitous cacophony" about lack of money, existing resources are not used properly, he says. Variations in practice and differences in death rates between practitioners have been known about for ......mpelling case for developing targeted programs and policies to ensure that measles vaccine reaches the most disadvantaged children to further reduce inequities in child survival, adds Dr. Koenig....UC Davis recycling expert wins Stockholm Water Prize
... form the basis for mostinternational projects and policies worldwide. In recent years, Asano has contributed substantially furtherto this area by improving techniques for assessing the riskof microbial contamination in reused water. Asano recognized early that developing countries in arid andsemi-arid region...Study: Drinking in fraternities, sororities doesn't necessarily continue after college
... alcohol policies, consistent enforcement of those policies and coordination with prevention efforts in the larger community surrounding the campus, they wrote. "There also needs to be appropriate intervention services for those students manifesting signs and symptoms of alcohol dependence and methods for...Having a regular doctor protects children from a variety of ills
...eir children to different providers because of the policies of some managed care organizations or because of changes in insurance coverage. "It seems clear that health-care providers and policymakers should do what they can to help children and parents maintain a consistent relationship with their doctor," C......n, and add structure to most research institutions policies for dealing with financial conflicts of interest t...egrity of those relationships must be monitored by policies that are clearer and more stringent than is the norm today," said Harvard Medical School dean Joseph...O.R. model could reduce high death rate among kidney dialysis patients by up to 20%
...ch and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). "Dynamic policies that adjust dialysis based on the kind and number ...ysis centers. The study looks at several alternate policies that employ an operations research technique known as optimization. The first, called a dynamic flex...Alcohol and drug treatment among HMO patients
...arate. Each type of program had its own patients, policies and methods of treatment. Yet many individuals who were dependent on alcohol also used, and were often dependent on, other drugs. This might explain why numerous alcohol and drug treatment programs were merged in the early 1990s. The effectiveness...FDA, drug industry and scholars find success in effort to tackle regulatory issues
...lan to improve pharmaceutical approval and testing policies ARLINGTON, Va. The Product Quality Research In...e year ago to streamline drug approval and testing policies while ensuring the highest level of product quality. PQRI is administratively managed by the Americ...Marijuana use rises and falls with price and perceived harm, study shows
... effectiveness of specific prevention programs and policies in reducing youth substance use and abuse. An essential goal of Bridging the Gap is to provide comprehensive and definitive research that will enable legislators and policymakers to develop effective policy and make informed decisions about appropr...Award-winning book looks at responsibility for sick babies in hospitals
... dealing with a thicket of institutional politics, policies and routines in the hospitals and during Tiffany's home care. In general, and to the researchers' surprise, the book concludes that parents often are willing to take on, rather than shirk, responsibility for their seriously sick children. But many pa...Americans support FDA food biotech policies
...he current U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) policies for safety and labeling of these foods. A U.S. consumer attitude survey conducted by Wirthlin Worldwide for the International Food Information Council (IFIC) just after the FDA reaffirmed it would not require mandatory labeling of biotech foods fou...Vaccination reform may improve consistency of care for children
...vention in Atlanta, Ga., compared the immunization policies of New York physicians before and after the state enacted two vaccine-financing reforms in 1994. One reform, called "Vaccines for Children," was geared mainly toward families on Medicaid and the uninsured; the other, called the "First Dollar Law," wa...Program to increase use of advance directives reduces use of health care services
...The otherthree nursing homes continued their usual policies for advance directives. The authors found that nursing homes using the advanced directives program reported fewerhospitalizations per resident and less resource use resulting in an average savings of $1,200 U.S. perpatient. The proportion of deaths...The silent time bomb: divorce, health care and the baby boom generation
...g those programs, however. "We can at least design policies that will not have an adverse effect," she says. "Maybe the way to go about this is to not provide home health care for the elderly as such but to provide cash to the caregivers. That might be a way to influence family dynamics to increase the overal......eleine Albright wrote a commentary on U.S. embargo policies in the same issue of the publication in response to both Barry1s article and a related position paper prepared by the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine. Barry said she visited Cuba in February 1999 with the Social...Researchers find one in five children not getting care they think they need
...lity, another key to change would be public health policies that guarantee confidentiality for adolescents who seek medical care," Bearman said. Results of earlier Add Health analyses made national headlines in 1997 because they showed, among other things, that feeling connected with family, school and relig...