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as HMO, PPO, POS, EPO, PHO, IDS and AHP (IHA, 2002). This is creating a service that can be seen as dividing...

not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely woul...

the disease as well as around the prevention of the spread of the causative organism to other individuals that come into contact w...

to nonadherence to medication in the mentally ill elderly is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connot...

care model is highly useful with the elderly and those recovering from surgery or illness. Self care is not an issue that enters ...

result in septic shock. Of that 200,000, approximately half result in death due to the onset of sepsis and the subsequent septic ...

moment to moment as the changing patterns of shifting perspectives weave the fabric of life through the human-universe interconnec...

affect patient outcomes (Finley, 2004). The degree to which Mr. Smith will be affected by the stroke, and, indeed, his very survi...

ensuring that a significant proportion of stroke victims survive and retain their independence. This is important not only from th...

balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...

are told what they should do by their physicians. For example, if a patient visits a doctor and due to age parameters, he or she w...

and typically occurs by the time a person reaches their 70s. In the U.S., roughly 1.5 million fractures are caused by osteoporosis...

were those who didnt like the "gatekeeper" mentality, the fact that any referral or recommendation needed to come from a "primary ...

changes, the variable that is changing, and which the research is seeking to explain is known as the dependant variable (Dancey an...

often impacts the health and well-being of other members in a family (Miami Valley Hospital, 2004). As a result, the Womens Healt...

between cases at the time of diagnosis (Newmark and Anhalt, 2007). Type 1 diabetes is typically due to a "lack of insulin producti...

had pushed through legislation mandating mandatory medical error reporting (Hosford, 2008). Additionally, and perhaps more importa...

to take expensive prescription medications as prescribed. This acerbates medical conditions and results in increases in acuity lev...

the traditional one-on-one model" (Herrara, Vang and Gale, 2002, p. 4). Prior to presenting their method analysis section, the res...

review or even a description of their own research, which led them to the conclusions that they indicate. The inclusion of even a...

well. This study also appears to be sound scientifically. Its primary means of data analysis is statistical; the methods b...

of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...

diagnosing it. It is not as if depression is difficult to diagnose. What is difficult is getting clients into facilities and to ad...

Over twice as many people have been infected with HIV than was initially projected; over 42 million people have been infected sinc...

a reputation for efficiency and effectiveness, as well see later on in this paper. The hospital was named in honor of Edwa...

have different health care needs than their non-disabled counterparts (Donegan Shoaf, 1999). Medi-Cal is one such health c...

can be tricky. There are always hypochondriacs or the medically educated who do not necessarily agree with the doctors findings. P...

are theoretically viable, but there is actually no evidence to support the claim that UPs will actually reduce the number of expos...

that make use of color, but even these efforts have not typically met with good response by patients or hospital administrators (S...

and more nurses are standing at the front lines of managed care, acting somewhat as liaison between the patient and managed care o...