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Managed Care, HMOs & Evolution over Last Decade

the rate of such hospital mergers. One of these trends was the "phenomenon of Columbia/HCA," a for-profit hospital system that man...

Impact of HIV/AIDS on Nursing

noted that cases of a rare lung infection, pneumocystis carinni pneumonia, had occurred in Los Angeles and also that three young m...

Global Warming and Sea Level Rise

the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth at the University of Arizona in Tucson, and his colleagues have developed computer mod...

Refusal of Palliative Care/Bioethics

this incident may have contributed to her divorce. It is also true that her mother has had a problem with alcoholism for over twen...

Increasing FDI Levels to Libya

research such as that by the OECD as well as UNCTAD both indicates that there are positive benefits (Erdilek, 2003). In 1995 in a...

Culturally Competent Nursing Strategies

care is to formulate a health care system and workforce that possesses the skill and understanding required to deliver quality hea...

Vote for John Edwards

called for Congress to use it control of financing to stop escalation of the war effort in Iraq (Walsh, 2007). At that time, Edwar...

Global Warming/Consensus in Newspaper Accounts

50 years" ("Global Warming"). In 2001, a similar UN report said that human activity had "likely played a role" in global warming...

AIDS in the US

US to a disproportionate degree. These groups include African Americans, Hispanics, and minority women and children (Dancy and Dut...

The Functions of the Federal Reserve

equates to the setting of interest rates for federal and treasury securities (Federal Reserve, 2007). The impact is due to the w...

The Political and Financial Impacts of Health Coverage

separation of Medicaid eligibility from assistance programs. In fact, this act was designed to increase the access for low-income...

National Security Threat Levels

needs to prepare. The standard protocol for a green national threat conditions includes taking this otherwise down time to re-eva...

Technology and Is Used for Operations Management in Healthcare Practice

also changing. In the past the systems were being used in a more limited manner, with more emphasis placed on aspects such as busi...

Law, Policy, Research and Results in Domestic Violence

the use or attempted use of physical force or the threatened use of a deadly weapon (Section 922 (g)[9])" (Federal Domestic Violen...

Media Perception & Canadian Healthcare System

the director of health system performance studies at Fraser Institute, was quoted as saying that "It is irresponsible for a wealth...

Preparing for a Pandemic of H5N1 on the University Level

Scarborough Campus presents specific concerns in terms of a pandemic outbreak of H5N1. As of the 2005/2006 school year th...

Canadian Healthcare System

federal government provides direct health care services to specific demographic groups: "First Nations people living on reserves; ...

High Level Executives are Overpaid

What have CEOs done for business? Some CEOs have been well worth their salaries. Of course, this is not true in many cases. It s...

Impact Of Laws On Budgeting - Health Care

trillion over that same period. Notice Moffits (2006) words: "Under current law." Moffit is referring to the benefits provided t...

Healthcare: The Death of Ivan Ilyich

unnecessary, and the look of importance which implied that if only you put yourself in our hands we will arrange everything - we k...

Free Banking Vs Federal Reserve

and public entities (Flaherty, 2003). However, the charter was not renewed in 1811 (Flaherty, 2003). With the lack of a central b...

Culturally Sensitive Nursing/Hispanic Client

(Kemp, 2005). In American mainstream culture, making eye contact is expected, as this indicates that the other person is listening...

Impact Of Instant Replay In College-Level Sports

62). II. THE WHOLE STORY When the NCAA implemented instant replay in 2003, anyone even remotely interested in sports felt compel...

Pay Equity

"oppressive child labor" was defined. Under this act those who are not paid the required level can reclaim the lost wages as wel...

Man, Trophic Level, and Environmental Impacts

of a particular ecosystem. The food chain, of course, starts with plants and those are eaten by herbivores and omnivores. Plants...

Medicalization

the degree to which homosexuality may be a medical condition. The medical profession has since moved on from this approach and the...

Some Legal Aspects of Hoover Dam

lived nearby. Rationale for Hoover Dam The benefits that a dam on the Colorado River could bring to the southwestern United...

In Pursuit of Small Government

to negotiate with governmental powers ultimately ended in the form of the Revolutionary War in which the colonies won their indepe...

Solutions for Health Care Staffing Problems in Rural America

Resource Management Systems," 2007). Acquisition relates to recruiting employees as well as the selection process ("Contemporary P...

How To Improve U.S. Poverty Level In 2008

There have been various modifications and accommodations for students with special learning needs. Included in these are special ...