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S Hawkins

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PubMed1977

State supplementation under SSI, 1975.

This article summarizes State supplementation activities under SSI for 1975. It discusses changes in the State programs that occurred during 1975 and presents some comparisons with data for 1974--the initial year of the SSI program. A slight shift occurred in the distribution of recipients by eligibility category for Federal and State supplementation from 1974 to 1975. During 1975 a few States changed from Federal administration to State administration of their mandatory supplementation programs while a few others initiated or expanded their optional supplementation programs. Several States also increased their supplements during the year.

Financing, Government↗
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Job-based health insurance in 2001: inflation hits double digits, managed care retreats.

Drawing on the results of a national survey of 1,907 firms with three or more workers, this paper reports on several facets of job-based health insurance, including the cost to employers and workers; plan offerings and enrollments; patient cost sharing and benefits; eligibility, coverage, and take-up rates; and results from questions about employers' knowledge of market trends and health policy initiatives. Premiums increased 11 percent from spring 2000 to spring 2001, and the percentage of Americans in health maintenance organizations (HMOs) fell six percentage points to its lowest level since 1993, while preferred provider organization (PPO) enrollment rose to 48 percent. Despite premium increases, the percentage of firms offering coverage remained statistically unchanged, and a relatively strong labor market has continued to shield workers from the higher cost of coverage.

Cost Sharing↗
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Post-coma disturbance and post-traumatic amnesia as nonlinear predictors of cognitive outcome following severe closed head injury: findings from the Westmead Head Injury Project.

This study sought to identify combinations of early neurological variables which best predict cognitive outcome 12 months after severe head injury. At the time of admission patients were assessed on seven neurological indices. Twelve months later a battery of neuropsychological tests examining recent memory functioning and speed of information processing was administered. Recent memory functioning was best predicted by a combination of post-coma disturbance (PCD; i.e. the duration of post-traumatic amnesia, PTA, minus the duration of coma) and presence of subarachnoid haemorrhage (multiple r = 0.54, p < 0.001). Speed of information processing was best predicted by the duration of PTA (r = 0.35, p < 0.01). However, these conclusions were based on square root transformation of PCD and PTA variables. The success of this transformation in assisting prediction confirms suggestions that the relationship between PTA and cognitive outcome is nonlinear.

Adolescent↗
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An holistic approach to turning patients.

Turning patients who are immobile is usually undertaken expressly to prevent pressure sores. Here the authors highlight some of the other factors that need to be taken into account when nursing dependent and/or immobile patients.

Activities of Daily Living↗
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Successful community-based laboratory services program for long-term care facilities, Part 1.

Hagerstown Medical Laboratory, Inc. (HML) is a regional reference laboratory in Hagerstown, Maryland, that provides laboratory services to more than 50 long-term care facilities (LTCFs, or nursing homes) in Western Maryland and West Virginia. HML also operates the rapid response laboratory at Washington County Hospital and performs house calls for homebound or bedridden patients through its Nursing Home Program (NHP). This article relates HML's successful experience with an outreach program that provides laboratory services to LTCFs.

Community Health Services↗
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Successful community-based laboratory services program for long-term care facilities, Part 2.

Hagerstown Medical Laboratory, Inc., located in Hagerstown, Maryland, has an outreach program that currently provides laboratory services to 52 long-term care facilities. Part 1 of this series, published in the May/June 2001 issue of Clinical Leadership & Management Review, discussed general organization, staffing, and safety issues for their Nursing Home Program. Part 2 relates their experience with contracts, fees, and reimbursement.

Aged↗
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Tired and emotional.

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Fatigue↗
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Water vs conventional births: infection rates compared.

A comparative study of colonisation of infection rates in mother and baby was carried out. Thirty-two women were screened before delivery for the presence of micro-organisms. Half of this sample delivered in water and half did not. The birthing tub water was sampled before, during and after delivery. The most significant finding was that most women and babies showed no evidence of clinical infection. However, large numbers of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter sp. were isolated from the water of one delivery; Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated initially from the ear and groin of the child and subsequently from multiple sites, including the umbilicus and 'septic skin lesions'. Lack of adherence to the cleaning protocol for water births appeared to be an important factor in this clinical episode.

Bacterial Infections↗