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Adolescent health services [[electronic resource] ] : missing opportunities / / Committee on Adolescent Health Care Services and Models of Care for Treatment, Prevention, and Healthy Development, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies ; Robert S. Lawrence, Jennifer Appleton Gootman, Leslie J. Sim, editors
Adolescent health services [[electronic resource] ] : missing opportunities / / Committee on Adolescent Health Care Services and Models of Care for Treatment, Prevention, and Healthy Development, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies ; Robert S. Lawrence, Jennifer Appleton Gootman, Leslie J. Sim, editors
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (366 p.)
Disciplina 362.19600835
Altri autori (Persone) GootmanJennifer Appleton
LawrenceRobert S. <1938->
SimLeslie J
Soggetto topico Teenagers - Medical care - United States
Youth - Medical care - United States
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-281-97301-7
9786611973018
0-309-11468-3
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Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tribute to Debra Delgado""; ""Summary""; ""1 Setting the Stage""; ""2 Adolescent Health Status""; ""3 Current Adolescent Health Services, Settings, and Providers""; ""4 Improving Systems of Adolescent Health Services""; ""5 Preparing a Workforce to Meet the Health Needs of Adolescents""; ""6 Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Adolescent Health Services""; ""7 Overall Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Appendix A: Acronyms""; ""Appendix B: Harris Interactive Omnibus Survey Questions""
""Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""""Index""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910454514803321
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Adolescent health services [[electronic resource] ] : missing opportunities / / Committee on Adolescent Health Care Services and Models of Care for Treatment, Prevention, and Healthy Development, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies ; Robert S. Lawrence, Jennifer Appleton Gootman, Leslie J. Sim, editors
Adolescent health services [[electronic resource] ] : missing opportunities / / Committee on Adolescent Health Care Services and Models of Care for Treatment, Prevention, and Healthy Development, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies ; Robert S. Lawrence, Jennifer Appleton Gootman, Leslie J. Sim, editors
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (366 p.)
Disciplina 362.19600835
Altri autori (Persone) GootmanJennifer Appleton
LawrenceRobert S. <1938->
SimLeslie J
Soggetto topico Teenagers - Medical care - United States
Youth - Medical care - United States
ISBN 0-309-18551-3
1-281-97301-7
9786611973018
0-309-11468-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tribute to Debra Delgado""; ""Summary""; ""1 Setting the Stage""; ""2 Adolescent Health Status""; ""3 Current Adolescent Health Services, Settings, and Providers""; ""4 Improving Systems of Adolescent Health Services""; ""5 Preparing a Workforce to Meet the Health Needs of Adolescents""; ""6 Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Adolescent Health Services""; ""7 Overall Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Appendix A: Acronyms""; ""Appendix B: Harris Interactive Omnibus Survey Questions""
""Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""""Index""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910782980203321
Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2009
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Adolescent health services : missing opportunities / / Committee on Adolescent Health Care Services and Models of Care for Treatment, Prevention, and Healthy Development, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies ; Robert S. Lawrence, Jennifer Appleton Gootman, Leslie J. Sim, editors
Adolescent health services : missing opportunities / / Committee on Adolescent Health Care Services and Models of Care for Treatment, Prevention, and Healthy Development, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies ; Robert S. Lawrence, Jennifer Appleton Gootman, Leslie J. Sim, editors
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (366 p.)
Disciplina 362.19600835
Altri autori (Persone) GootmanJennifer Appleton
LawrenceRobert S. <1938->
SimLeslie J
Soggetto topico Teenagers - Medical care - United States
Youth - Medical care - United States
ISBN 0-309-18551-3
1-281-97301-7
9786611973018
0-309-11468-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tribute to Debra Delgado""; ""Summary""; ""1 Setting the Stage""; ""2 Adolescent Health Status""; ""3 Current Adolescent Health Services, Settings, and Providers""; ""4 Improving Systems of Adolescent Health Services""; ""5 Preparing a Workforce to Meet the Health Needs of Adolescents""; ""6 Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Adolescent Health Services""; ""7 Overall Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Appendix A: Acronyms""; ""Appendix B: Harris Interactive Omnibus Survey Questions""
""Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""""Index""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910820022303321
Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2009
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Extending Medicare coverage for preventive and other services [[electronic resource] /] / Marilyn J. Field, Robert L. [i.e. Robert S.] Lawrence, and Lee Zwanziger, editors ; Committee on Medicare Coverage Extensions, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine
Extending Medicare coverage for preventive and other services [[electronic resource] /] / Marilyn J. Field, Robert L. [i.e. Robert S.] Lawrence, and Lee Zwanziger, editors ; Committee on Medicare Coverage Extensions, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (410 p.)
Altri autori (Persone) FieldMarilyn J (Marilyn Jane)
LawrenceRobert S. <1938->
ZwanzigerLee
Collana Compass series
Soggetto topico Medicare
Preventive health services
Medical screening
Skin - Cancer - Prevention
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-18558-9
9786610185580
0-309-59236-4
0-585-31775-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910456070903321
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Extending Medicare coverage for preventive and other services [[electronic resource] /] / Marilyn J. Field, Robert L. [i.e. Robert S.] Lawrence, and Lee Zwanziger, editors ; Committee on Medicare Coverage Extensions, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine
Extending Medicare coverage for preventive and other services [[electronic resource] /] / Marilyn J. Field, Robert L. [i.e. Robert S.] Lawrence, and Lee Zwanziger, editors ; Committee on Medicare Coverage Extensions, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (410 p.)
Altri autori (Persone) FieldMarilyn J (Marilyn Jane)
LawrenceRobert S. <1938->
ZwanzigerLee
Collana Compass series
Soggetto topico Medicare
Preventive health services
Medical screening
Skin - Cancer - Prevention
ISBN 0-309-18350-2
1-280-18558-9
9786610185580
0-309-59236-4
0-585-31775-5
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Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910778635003321
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Extending Medicare coverage for preventive and other services / / Marilyn J. Field, Robert L. [i.e. Robert S.] Lawrence, and Lee Zwanziger, editors ; Committee on Medicare Coverage Extensions, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine
Extending Medicare coverage for preventive and other services / / Marilyn J. Field, Robert L. [i.e. Robert S.] Lawrence, and Lee Zwanziger, editors ; Committee on Medicare Coverage Extensions, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (410 p.)
Altri autori (Persone) FieldMarilyn J (Marilyn Jane)
LawrenceRobert S. <1938->
ZwanzigerLee
Collana Compass series
Soggetto topico Medicare
Preventive health services
Medical screening
Skin - Cancer - Prevention
ISBN 0-309-18350-2
1-280-18558-9
9786610185580
0-309-59236-4
0-585-31775-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Extending Medicare Coverage for Preventive and Other Services -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- REVIEWERS -- Preface -- Contents -- Extending Medicare Coverage for Preventive and Other Services -- Summary -- EVIDENCE AND COST ESTIMATES FOR SELECTED SERVICES -- Skin Cancer Screening -- Current Coverage -- Evidence Review, Conclusions, and Cost Estimates -- Medically Necessary Dental Services -- Current Coverage -- Evidence Review, Conclusions, and Cost Estimates -- Eliminating the Time Limit on Coverage of Immunosuppressive Drugs for Transplant Recipients -- Current Coverage -- Evidence Review, Conclusions, and Cost Estimates -- DECIDING COVERAGE FOR PREVENTIVE AND OTHER SERVICES -- Linking Evidence to Medicare Coverage: The Case of Preventive Services -- The Infrastructure for Making Coverage Decisions -- BEYOND COVERAGE -- BEYOND EVIDENCE -- 1 Introduction -- THE MEDICARE PROGRAM -- Historical Background -- Enrollment and Expenditure Trends -- MEDICARE COVERAGE DECISIONS -- Congress -- Health Care Financing Administration -- Administrative Contractors -- COVERAGE, ACCESS TO CARE, AND OUTCOMES -- Rationales for Extending Medicare Coverage -- Insurance and the Use of Health Care Services -- OVERVIEW OF THE REPORT -- 2 Objectives, Principles, and Methods -- OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES -- Criteria and Trade-Offs -- ANALYTIC STRATEGY -- Defining the Intervention, Population, and Outcomes -- Identifying and Assessing the Scientific Literature -- Linking Evidence to Conclusions -- ESTIMATING COSTS TO MEDICARE OF EXTENDING COVERAGE -- Considering Health Outcomes and Costs Together -- 3 Screening for Skin Cancer -- ASSESSMENT APPROACH: INTERVENTION, POPULATION, AND OUTCOMES -- POPULATION BURDEN OF DISEASE -- Melanoma -- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers -- AVAILABILITY OF EFFECTIVE TREATMENT -- Melanoma -- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers.
SCREENING AND DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES -- Screening -- Diagnosis -- Accuracy of Screening Tests -- Accuracy of Diagnostic Tests -- BENEFITS AND HARMS OF SKIN CANCER SCREENING -- General Issues -- EVIDENCE OF BENEFITS FROM EARLY DETECTION OF SKIN CANCER THROUGH SCREENING -- ESTIMATED COSTS TO MEDICARE OF EXTENDING COVERAGE -- STATEMENTS OF OTHERS ABOUT SKIN CANCER SCREENING -- COMMITTEE FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS -- Findings -- Possible Directions for Future Research -- Conclusions -- 4 Medically Necessary Dental Services -- DEFINING MEDICALLY NECESSARY DENTAL SERVICES -- ASSESSMENT APPROACH: INTERVENTION, POPULATION, AND OUTCOMES -- HEAD AND NECK CANCER -- Burden of Disease -- Treatment of Cancers of the Head and Neck -- Oral Health Problems Associated with Radiation Treatment of Cancers of the Head and Neck -- Dental Care for Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Cancer of the Head and Neck -- Effectiveness of Dental Care in Improving Health Outcomes for Head and Neck Cancer Patients Treated with Radiation -- LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA -- Leukemia -- Burden of Disease -- Oral Health Problems and Leukemias -- Treatment for Leukemias -- Lymphoma -- Burden of Disease -- Oral Health Problems and Lymphomas -- Treatment for Lymphomas -- Oral Health Problems Related to Treatment for Leukemia and Lymphoma -- Dental Care for Patients with Leukemia or Lymphoma -- Effectiveness of Dental Care in Improving Health Outcomes for Leukemia and Lymphoma Patients -- SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTS -- Burden of Disease -- Oral Health Problems and Organ Transplantation -- Dental Care for Patients Before or After Organ Transplantation -- Effectiveness of Dental Care in Improving Health Outcomes for Organ Transplant Recipients -- HEART VALVE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT -- Burden of Disease -- Oral Health Problems and Heart Valve Disease.
Dental Care for Patients Undergoing Surgery for Heart Valve Disease -- Effectiveness of Dental Care in Promoting Better Health Outcomes for Patients with Heart Valve Disease -- ESTIMATED COSTS TO MEDICARE OF EXTENDING COVERAGE -- STATEMENTS OF OTHERS ON "MEDICALLY NECESSARY DENTAL SERVICES" -- COMMITTEE FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS -- Findings -- Cancers of the Head and Neck -- Leukemia -- Lymphoma -- Organ Transplantation -- Heart Valve Repair and Replacement -- Possible Directions for Future Research -- Conclusions -- 5 Immunosuppressive Drugs for Transplant Patients -- EVOLUTION OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUG COVERAGE BY MEDICARE -- ASSESSMENT APPROACH -- BURDEN OF DISEASE -- Need for Immunosuppression -- Waiting Lists for Transplantation -- AVAILABILITY OF EFFECTIVE TREATMENT -- BARRIERS TO ADEQUATE THERAPY -- Following Complex Drug Regimens: General Issues -- Cost of Immunosuppressive Drugs -- Expiration of Medicare Coverage and Alternative Funding -- Evidence About the Effects of Providing or Withdrawing Coverage13 -- ESTIMATED COSTS TO MEDICARE OF EXTENDING COVERAGE -- STATEMENTS OF OTHERS ON COVERAGE FOR IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS -- COMMITTEE FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS -- Findings -- Possible Directions for Further Research -- Conclusions -- 6 Future Directions -- LINKING EVIDENCE TO MEDICARE COVERAGE: THE CASE OF PREVENTIVE SERVICES -- STRENGTHENING THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR COVERAGE DECISIONS -- Commitment to Technology Assessment -- Examples of Specific Infrastructure Weaknesses -- Role of Cost and Cost-Effectiveness Analyses -- Linking Evidence to Recommendations -- THE LIMITS OF COVERAGE -- THE LIMITS OF EVIDENCE -- References -- APPENDIX A Study Activities -- INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE COMMITTEE ON MEDICARE COVERAGE EXTENSIONS WORKSHOP ON MEDICALLY NECESSARY DENTAL CARE -- Agenda.
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE COMMITTEE ON MEDICARE COVERAGE EXTENSIONS WORKSHOP ON SKIN CANCER SCREENING -- Agenda -- INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE COMMITTEE ON MEDICARE COVERAGE EXTENSIONS WORKSHOP ON IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUG THERAPY -- Agenda -- APPENDIX B Screening for Skin Cancer -- INTRODUCTION -- EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BURDEN OF SUFFERING -- Melanoma -- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer -- NATURAL HISTORY, DIAGNOSIS, AND STAGING OF SKIN CANCER -- Melanoma -- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers -- RECOMMENDATIONS OF SECOND TASK FORCE AND OTHERS -- ANALYTIC FRAMEWORK AND KEY QUESTIONS -- METHODS -- Literature Review -- Data Extraction and Synthesis -- RESULTS -- Accuracy of Screening Tests -- Screening Studies -- Non-Screening Studies -- Risk Factors for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer -- Risk Factors for Melanoma -- Reliability of Measures of Risk -- Use of Risk Assessment in Practice -- Consequences of Screening -- Type of Skin Examination -- Recruitment Strategy -- Procedure for Referring Patients for Follow-Up -- Effectiveness of Early Treatment -- Case-Control Study of Self-Examination -- Comparing Stages of Cancers and Mortality Found in Screening to Those Found in Usual Practice -- Retrospective Studies of the Consequences of Delay in Diagnosis -- Cost-Effectiveness Studies of Screening for Skin Cancer -- SUMMARY -- ADDENDUM B-1 STRATEGY FOR SKIN CANCER SEARCH -- ADDENDUM B-2 SCREENING FOR SKIN CANCER: INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR EVIDENCE TABLES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX C Medically Necessary Dental Services -- OVERVIEW -- What Are Medically Necessary Dental Services? -- Selected Clinical Conditions Under Consideration -- Currently Covered Dental Services Under Medicare -- Increasing Number of Persons 65 and Above Who Are Retaining Natural Teeth -- Decision Framework for Medically Necessary Dental Services -- Decision Analytical Framework -- General Analytic Approach.
CONDITION 1: HEAD AND NECK CANCER -- Introduction -- Methods -- General Observations from the Literature Search -- Acute and Chronic Complications of Radiation Therapy to the Head and Neck Region -- Pretreatment Dental Assessment -- Prevalence of Dental Disease in the At-Risk Population -- Preventive Dental Treatment Needs -- Efficacy of Pretreatment Care: Aggressive Extraction-No Prevention Versus Dental Preservation Approach -- Influence of Paradigm Shift to Dental Preservation on Incidence of Osteoradionecrosis -- Is There a Role for Prophylactic Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Prevention of Osteoradionecrosis from Postradiation… -- What Treatment Is Required to Manage Osteoradionecrosis of the Jaws? -- What Is the Quality of Life Impact of Head and Neck Cancer Treatment? -- Summary -- CONDITIONS 2 AND 3: LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA -- Introduction -- Methods -- Leukemia -- Leukemia Incidence and Burden -- Leukemia-Clinical Oral Aspects -- Lymphoma -- Lymphoma Incidence and Burden -- Lymphoma-Clinical Oral Aspects -- Oral Complications of Treatment for Leukemia and Lymphoma: Chemotherapy and Bone Marrow Transplantation -- Oral Sources of Septicemia in Patients with Hematologic or Lymphatic Malignancies -- Role of Prechemotherapy Dental Treatment in Reducing Septicemias -- Oral Mucositis Treatment -- CONDITION 4: ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION -- Introduction -- Methods -- Infections -- Immunosuppression Therapy -- Pre-Transplant Oral Considerations -- What Type of Dental Services Could Be Considered Medically Necessary? -- Early Detection of Dental Problems -- Posttransplant Considerations -- Other Oral Lesions in Transplant Recipients -- Summary -- CONDITION 5: HEART VALVE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT -- Introduction -- Medicare Utilization and Reimbursement of Valvular Heart Disease -- Methods -- Results -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Overview.
Head and Neck Cancer.
Altri titoli varianti Medicare coverage for preventive and other services
Preventive and other services
Record Nr. UNINA-9910825413903321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000
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Pacific partnerships for health [[electronic resource] ] : charting a course for the 21st century / / Committee on Health Care Services in the U.S.-Associated Pacific Basin, Division of Health Care Services and Board on International Health, Institute of Medicine ; Jill C. Feasley and Robert S. Lawrence, editors
Pacific partnerships for health [[electronic resource] ] : charting a course for the 21st century / / Committee on Health Care Services in the U.S.-Associated Pacific Basin, Division of Health Care Services and Board on International Health, Institute of Medicine ; Jill C. Feasley and Robert S. Lawrence, editors
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998
Descrizione fisica xvi, 154 p. : ill., maps
Disciplina 362.1/0996
Altri autori (Persone) FeasleyJill C. <1965->
LawrenceRobert S. <1938->
Soggetto topico Public health - Islands of the Pacific
Community health services - Islands of the Pacific
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-309-59139-2
0-585-02557-6
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Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910455660603321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998
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Pacific partnerships for health [[electronic resource] ] : charting a course for the 21st century / / Committee on Health Care Services in the U.S.-Associated Pacific Basin, Division of Health Care Services and Board on International Health, Institute of Medicine ; Jill C. Feasley and Robert S. Lawrence, editors
Pacific partnerships for health [[electronic resource] ] : charting a course for the 21st century / / Committee on Health Care Services in the U.S.-Associated Pacific Basin, Division of Health Care Services and Board on International Health, Institute of Medicine ; Jill C. Feasley and Robert S. Lawrence, editors
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998
Descrizione fisica xvi, 154 p. : ill., maps
Disciplina 362.1/0996
Altri autori (Persone) FeasleyJill C. <1965->
LawrenceRobert S. <1938->
Soggetto topico Public health - Islands of the Pacific
Community health services - Islands of the Pacific
ISBN 0-309-59139-2
0-585-02557-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910778776803321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998
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Pacific partnerships for health : charting a course for the 21st century / / Committee on Health Care Services in the U.S.-Associated Pacific Basin, Division of Health Care Services and Board on International Health, Institute of Medicine ; Jill C. Feasley and Robert S. Lawrence, editors
Pacific partnerships for health : charting a course for the 21st century / / Committee on Health Care Services in the U.S.-Associated Pacific Basin, Division of Health Care Services and Board on International Health, Institute of Medicine ; Jill C. Feasley and Robert S. Lawrence, editors
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998
Descrizione fisica xvi, 154 p. : ill., maps
Disciplina 362.1/0996
Altri autori (Persone) FeasleyJill C. <1965->
LawrenceRobert S. <1938->
Soggetto topico Public health - Islands of the Pacific
Community health services - Islands of the Pacific
ISBN 0-309-59139-2
0-585-02557-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Pacific Partnerships for Health -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE STUDY -- CURRENT STATUS OF THE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS -- CHARTING A COURSE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY -- Adopt and Support a Viable System of Community-Based Primary Care and Preventive Services -- Improve the Island's Physical Infrastructure -- Invest in Preventive and Primary Care and Public Health -- Maintain or Establish Basic Health Care Standards -- Develop a Regional Health Information System -- Reform Health Care Facility Management -- Promote Prudent Privatization -- Rethink and Restrict Off-Island Tertiary Care Referrals -- Improve Coordination Within and Among the Jurisdictions and the United States -- Role of the United States -- Roles of the Island Jurisdictions -- Interface Between the United States and the Island Jurisdictions -- Increase Community Involvement and Investment in Health Care -- Establish Jurisdictional Health Authorities -- Develop Health Improvement Benchmarking Process -- Use Nongovernmental Community Organizations to Provide Health Care Services -- Increase Community Involvement with Primary Care Sites -- Promote Education and Training of the Health Care Workforce -- Improve and Support Basic Education -- Utilize Distance-Based Learning, Telemedicine, and Electronic Data Libraries -- Provide Postgraduate and Continuing Medical Education Programs -- Sponsor Training for Dentists -- Sponsor Training for Nurses -- Provide Health Administration and Systems Management Training to the Chief Health Administrator -- 1 Introduction -- ORIGINS OF THIS REPORT -- STUDY APPROACH -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT -- U.S. INVOLVEMENT WITH THE REGION -- Historical Overview -- Current Political Status of the U.S.-Associated Pacific Basin Jurisdictions -- The Flag Territories -- The Freely Associated States.
U.S. Military Interests in the Region -- U.S. Economic Interests in the Region -- U.S. Interests in the Region's Health Care Systems -- 2 Regional Health and Health Care Services Overview -- REGIONAL HEALTH OVERVIEW -- Demographic Characteristics of the Region -- Population -- Ethnicity -- Economy -- Epidemiological Characteristics of the Region -- Mortality -- Disease Prevalence -- Disease Prevention and Health Promotion -- REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES OVERVIEW -- Structure of the Health Care Delivery System -- Administration -- Coordination -- Data Management -- Health Care Facilities -- Community Involvement with Health Care Delivery -- Off-Island Care -- Financial Resources -- Workforce -- Physicians -- Dental Professionals -- Mid-Level Practitioners -- Nurses -- Health Assistants -- Health Care Workforce Education and Training -- Technology and Equipment -- APPENDIX -- Pacific Basin Medical Officers Training Program -- Overview of PBMOTP -- Student Recruitment and Retention -- Curriculum -- Career Ladder Program -- Results -- Continuing Education and Training for PBMOTP Medical Officers -- Replication of PBMOTP -- 3 Charting a Course for the 21st Century: A Strategic Plan for Future Health Initiatives in the U.S.-Associated Pacific Basin -- ADOPT A VIABLE SYSTEM OF COMMUNITY-BASED PRIMARY CARE AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES -- Improve the Island's Physical Infrastructure -- Invest in Preventive and Primary Care and Public Health -- Maintain or Establish Basic Health Care Standards -- Develop a Regional Health Information System -- Reform Health Care Facility Management -- Promote Prudent Privatization -- Rethink and Restrict Off-Island Tertiary Care Referrals -- IMPROVE COORDINATION WITHIN AND BETWEEN THE JURISDICTIONS AND THE UNITED STATES -- ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES -- Use of Block Grants That Require Meaningful Measures of Accountability.
Consideration of Multiple Uses of Military Facilities -- Continuation of Funding of Research Projects in the Region -- Establishment of an Interagency Governmental Committee on Pacific Health -- IGCOPH Composition -- IGCOHP Tasks -- ROLE OF THE ISLAND JURISDICTIONS -- INTERFACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE ISLAND JURISDICTIONS -- Establishment of a Pacific Basin Health Coordinating Council -- PBHCC Composition -- PBHCC Tasks -- PBHCC Funding -- INCREASE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND INVESTMENT IN HEALTH CARE -- Establish Jurisdictional Health Authorities -- Develop Health Improvement Benchmarking Process -- Use Nongovernmental Community Organizations to Provide Health Services -- Increase Community Involvement with Primary Care Sites -- PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE -- Improve and Support Basic Education -- Use Distance-Based Learning, Telemedicine, and Electronic Data Libraries -- Provide Postgraduate and Continuing Medical Education Programs -- Sponsor Training for Dentists -- Sponsor Training for Nurses -- Provide Health Administration and Systems Management Training to the Chief Health Administrator -- Bibliography -- Appendix A Committee Bioraphies -- Appendix B Saipan Workshop Agenda -- Saipan Workshop Attendees -- Appendix C Organization of Institute of Medicine Site Visits to the Pacific Basin, 1997 -- D Assessments of Individual Jurisdictions' Health Care Services -- AMERICAN SAMOA -- Overview -- Government -- Economy -- Population -- Infrastructure -- Health Care Delivery System Organization -- Administration -- Health Care Facilities -- Health-Related Community Organizations -- Off-Island Care -- Health Care Resources -- Financial Resources -- Workforce -- Physicians -- Nurses -- Other Health Care Personnel -- Workforce Quality Assurance -- Technology, Supplies, and Equipment -- Future Health Care Issues.
COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS -- Overview -- Government -- Economy -- Population -- Infrastructure -- Health Care Delivery System Organization -- Administration -- Health Care Facilities -- Health-Related Community Organizations -- Off-Island Care -- Health Care Resources -- Financial Resources -- Compact Impact -- Workforce -- Physicians -- Nurses -- Workforce Quality Assurance -- Technology, Supplies, and Equipment -- Future Health Care Issues -- FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA -- Overview -- Government -- Economy -- Population -- Infrastructure -- Health Care Delivery System Organization -- Administration -- Health Care Facilities -- Health-Related Community Organizations -- Off-Island Care -- Health Care Resources -- Financial -- Workforce -- Quality Assurance -- Technology, Supplies, and Equipment -- Future Health Care Issues -- Chuuk -- Infrastructure -- Health Care Facilities -- Workforce -- Physicians -- Dentists -- Mid-Level Practitioners -- Nurses -- Kosrae -- Infrastructure -- Health Care Facilities -- Workforce -- Physicians -- Dentists -- Mid-Level Practitioners -- Nurses -- Pohnpei -- Infrastructure -- Health Care Facilities -- Workforce -- Physicians -- Dentists -- Mid-Level Practitioners -- Nurses -- Yap -- Infrastructure -- Health Care Facilities -- Workforce -- Physicians -- Dentists -- Nurses -- Health Assistants -- GUAM (GUAHAN) -- Overview -- Government -- Economy -- Employment -- Federal Expenditures -- Federal Grant Assistance -- Military Spending -- Tourism -- Population -- Infrastructure -- Health Care Delivery System Organization -- Administration -- Health Care Facilities -- Hospitals -- Public Clinics -- Private Clinics -- Health-Related Community Organizations -- Health Care Resources -- Financial -- Compact Impact -- Public Health Insurance -- Private Health Insurance -- Workforce -- Physicians -- Nurses.
Other Health Care Personnel -- Traditional Health Practitioners -- Workforce Quality Assurance -- Technology, Supplies, and Equipment -- Future Health Care Issues -- REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS -- Overview -- Government -- Economy -- Population -- Infrastructure -- Health Care Delivery System Organization -- Administration -- Marshall Islands Medical Care Program -- Section 177 Health Care Program -- Health-Care-Related Community Organizations -- Off-Island Care -- Health Care Facilities -- Health Care Resources -- Financial -- Workforce -- Physicians -- Dentists -- Mid-Level Practitioners -- Nurses -- Traditional Health Care Practitioners -- Technology, Supplies, and Equipment -- Future Health Care Issues -- PALAU (BELAU) -- Overview -- Government -- Population -- Economy -- Infrastructure -- Health Care Delivery System Organization -- Administration -- Off-Island Care -- Health Care Facilities -- Health-Related Community Organizations -- Health Care Resources -- Financial -- Workforce -- Physicians -- Dentists -- Nurses -- Other Health Care Personnel -- Traditional Health Practices -- Quality Assurance -- Future Health Care Issues.
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Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998
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Vaccines for the 21st century [[electronic resource] ] : a tool for decisionmaking / / Kathleen R. Stratton, Jane S. Durch, and Robert S. Lawrence, editors ; Committee to Study Priorities for Vaccine Development, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine
Vaccines for the 21st century [[electronic resource] ] : a tool for decisionmaking / / Kathleen R. Stratton, Jane S. Durch, and Robert S. Lawrence, editors ; Committee to Study Priorities for Vaccine Development, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (472 p.)
Disciplina 615/.372/072073
Altri autori (Persone) StrattonKathleen R
DurchJane
LawrenceRobert S. <1938->
Soggetto topico Vaccines - Research - United States - Planning
Immunization - Research - United States - Planning
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-19184-8
9786610191840
0-309-56443-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910455768203321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000
Materiale a stampa
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