Health Insurance Exchanges: Implementation and Data Considerations for States and Existing Models for Comparison [PDF]
, 2010 Using state exchanges in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Utah, and Washington as examples, explores issues and options for the exchanges' scope, market coverage and structure, governance, role in plan selection, benefit options, funding, and premium ...
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Predicting blunt cerebrovascular injury in pediatric trauma: Validation of the Utah Score [PDF]
, 2017 Risk factors for blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) may differ between children and adults, suggesting that children at low risk for BCVI after trauma receive unnecessary computed tomography angiography (CTA) and high-dose radiation.
Akbari, Hassan +13 more
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Associations of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity With Frailty Over Five Years of Follow‐up
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective To evaluate whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity is associated with frailty both in cross‐section and longitudinally. Methods Participants within the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis (VARA) registry enrolled from 2003 to 2022 were included.
Courtney N. Loecker +14 more
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Contagious Ecthyma in a Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep from Utah
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 In December 2008, near Flaming Gorge Reservoir in northeastern Utah, a 2 ½-year-old male Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) was reported in poor body condition with bloody lesions covering the muzzle area. The sheep was euthanized,
David J. Wilson, Leslie McFarlane
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Trade-Off Time: How Four States Continue to Deliver [PDF]
, 2009 Highlights performance measures used in Indiana, Maryland, Utah, and Virginia to ensure results-driven budgeting by defining goals, assessing priorities and trade-offs, targeting cuts with precision, and creating a culture of results-focused ...
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Development of a Step Counting Algorithm Using the Ambulatory Tibia Load Analysis System for Tibia Fracture Patients [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction: Ambulation can be used to monitor the healing of lower extremity fractures. However, the ambulatory behavior of tibia fracture patients remains unknown due to an inability to continuously quantify ambulation outside of the clinic.
Ackerman, Matt +7 more
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Discordance Between Patient and Physician Global Assessments in Early Systemic Sclerosis
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective This study aims to identify factors associated with patient global assessment (PtGA) and physician global assessment (PhGA) and discordance between them in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods Data from adults with early SSc (<5 years) from the Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry were included.
Ellen Romich +35 more
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Perceptions of Wildlife Damage and Species Conservation: Lessons Learned from the Utah Prairie Dog
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 The Utah prairie dog (Cynomys parvidens), a federally listed threatened species, causes damage to agricultural operations, yet little incentive exists for private landowners to conserve them.
R. Dwayne Elmore +2 more
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Assessing Rural and Urban Community Assets and Needs to Inform Extension Program Planning
Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2021 A needs assessment is a useful tool for prioritizing community needs and allocating resources. Prioritizing community needs helps ensure Extension programs are relevant and targeted towards specific audiences.
Lendel Narine +2 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Over the past 50 years, the science of pediatric rheumatology has grown exponentially due to an expansion in the understanding of complex rheumatic conditions and a surge in novel targeted therapeutics. Physician‐scientists in the field of pediatric rheumatology have played major roles in these advancements that have improved the care of children ...
Ekemini A. Ogbu +2 more
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