March 1, 1998
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The Hastings Center, a nonprofit bioethics research institute located in Garrison, N.Y., used applied research to examine the ethical questions involved with resource allocation by managed care organizations.
March 1, 1998
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance, an accrediting organization for managed care plans, issued a "Call for Measures" inviting public participation in revising its Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set.
March 1, 1998
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During 1995 and 1996, staff from New York-based Cine Information held a series of Socratic-style dialogues about managed care based on the Fred Friendly seminar model.
March 1, 1998
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The southern states have the highest proportion of citizens living in areas that have a shortage of health professionals.
March 1, 1998
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The University of Illinois at Chicago examined the similarities and differences among predictors of different stages of smoking for adolescents: abstinence, trying, experimentation, regular use.
March 1, 1998
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The Hospital Educational Research Trust, Chicago, co-sponsored two Leadership Action Forums designed to foster effective collaboration between the public and private sectors that would result in improved community health.
March 1, 1998
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The Contra Costa County Department of Health Services sought to complete a plan to develop an enriched HMO program for families residing in their county, with a particular focus on low income families served by the publicly-funded health services system.
February 1, 1998
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Health Careers Center, an affiliate of the Greater New York Hospital Association, developed a program to offset an anticipated shortage of health care workers in New York City in the early 1990s.
February 1, 1998
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From 1995 to 1996, a fellow at the Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, documented a 35-year campaign by the tobacco industry to de-emphasize evidence of the health effects of tobacco.
February 1, 1998
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The University of Massachusetts Medical Center analyzed the existing system of providing medical care and payments for workplace illnesses and injuries to government employees under the Federal Employees Compensation Act and made recommendations for improvements.