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Peer reviewedNelson, Ronald H.; Kelly, Kathleen E. – Child Welfare, 1980
Although subject to modification by political, funding, and popular considerations, the audit review of psychiatric facilities is seen as a useful step in providing quality care. (CM)
Descriptors: Accountability, Evaluation Criteria, Medical Care Evaluation, Models
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1986
This report concerns the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) contracting with Utilization and Quality Control Peer Review Organizations (PROs) as a means of monitoring the medical necessity and quality of in-hospital care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. Findings from a HCFA survey of PROs in California, Florida, and Georgia are used…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Hospitals, Medical Care Evaluation, Medical Services
Smith, Imogene K.; And Others – MOBIUS: A Journal for Continuing Education Professionals in the Health Sciences, 1982
The four most common techniques for assessing continuing education needs in the health professions are quality assessment, critical incident techniques, surveys, and literature searches. Each method tends to reflect different needs, real or felt. (SK)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Critical Incidents Method, Health Personnel, Medical Care Evaluation
Peer reviewedTaylor, E. Laurette; Moore, John R. – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1986
The authors are concerned that the health-care system has become depersonalized. They propose a prerequisite course for admission to all allied health programs to present a wider perspective on health and illness. The course would be modeled on humanistic rather than technological concerns. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Humanistic Education, Medical Care Evaluation, Medical Services
Peer reviewedZirkle, Kenneth E.; Papalia, Anthony S. – NASPA Journal, 1980
Presents a model for the concurrent staffing of a hospital ambulatory care/emergency department and a student health service. The model was created by interfacing the services and needs of two institutions and incorporates accountability, budget restraints, and creativity. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Accountability, Health Facilities, Higher Education, Medical Care Evaluation
Public Health Service (DHHS), Rockville, MD. – 1980
This report presents the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) review of and response to the final report of the National Black Health Providers Task Force on High Blood Pressure Education and Control. The response includes a statement of NHLBI's involvement in health research, and descriptions of what steps can be taken to solve the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Federal Government, Government Role, Health Education
Green, John O. – 1980
This paper provides a model to assist local program planners, administrators, and other decisionmakers in the assessment of local drug abuse conditions and problems. The model presents data on which to base everyday judgments about drug abuse, to plan for drug abuse services, and to allocate limited resources on local levels. Drug abuse indicators…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Community Health Services, Data Collection
Daykin, David Samuel – 1980
The focus of this study is on the relationship between community support programs and the provision of mental health services to urban Hispanic populations, and the impact of existing public policies and future policy options on the chronically mentally ill in Puerto Rican neighborhoods in New York City. This policy analysis uses five steps. (1)…
Descriptors: City Government, Community Health Services, Community Support, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 1978
This Congressional hearing records the testimony of administration and public witnesses on H.R. 9434 and S. 1392 and includes the texts of the legislation. H.R. 9434 is an act to amend the social security act to increase the dollar limitation and federal medical assistance percentages applicable to the medicaid programs of Puerto Rico, the Virgin…
Descriptors: Children, Dental Health, Feasibility Studies, Federal Legislation
