Policy and Practice Brief: Order of Selection for Vocational Rehabilitation Services: An Option for State VR Agencies Who Cannot Serve All Eligible Individuals [PDF]
This Policy and Practice Brief will explore this federally-sanctioned Order of Selection option that is available to state VR agencies. We will explain what financial circumstances tend to lead a state to selecting this option and the alternatives that ...
Hager, Ronald
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Waiting-List Induced Proctitis: The Hydrogen Peroxide Enema
Hydrogen peroxide is a widely available disinfectant that has been reported to cause colitis. We report a case of a 67-year-old man who presented with an acute proctitis caused by a self-inflicted 3% hydrogen peroxide enema.
S Ian Gan, Lawrence M Price
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Waiting lists, waiting times and admissions: an empirical analysis at hospital and general practice level [PDF]
We report an empirical analysis of the responses of the supply and demand for secondary care to waiting list size and waiting times. Whereas previous empirical analyses have used data aggregated to area level, our analysis is novel in that it focuses on ...
Frank Windmeijer +2 more
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The effects of the waiting list on families of mentally ill patients [PDF]
Thesis (M.S.)--Boston ...
Sandler, Ellen B, Stoloff, Murray
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Penetrating keratoplasty in eThekwini Health District 2011–2014
Background: Penetrating keratoplasty (PK – corneal transplantation or full-thickness corneal graft) remains the primary sight-restoring procedure for corneal blindness.
Monawwar Khan +2 more
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Queueing models for appointment-driven systems. [PDF]
Many service systems are appointment-driven. In such systems, customers make an appointment and join an external queue(also referred to as the “waiting list”).
Creemers, Stefan, Lambrecht, Marc
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The liver transplant waiting list—a single-center analysis [PDF]
At this transplant center 1340 patients were entered on the liver transplant waiting list during the first 25 months (October 1987 to November 1989) after the initiation of the UNOS allocation system for liver grafts. Of these 972 (72.5%) of the patients
Bronsther, O +9 more
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Objective (s): Shortage in human resources is an important challenge for health sector. It is the main cause of demand rationing and queues to receive services. Proper information about the present situation helps to manage queues and waiting time.
Faranak Farzadi +4 more
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Characteristics of liver transplant candidates delisted following recompensation and predictors of such delisting in alcohol-related liver disease: a case-control study [PDF]
Whether and when recovery beyond the need for transplant may occur in patients listed for decompensation remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of patients delisted following recompensation.
Belli +29 more
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Waiting for a kidney from a deceased donor: an interpretative phenomenological analysis [PDF]
Demand for kidneys from deceased donors far outstrips supply. Despite this, there appears to be little research that focuses solely on the experience of waiting for a kidney from a deceased donor.
Smith, Jonathan A., Spiers, Johanna
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