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Nelson, Richard E.; Hicken, Bret; West, Alan; Rupper, Randall – Journal of Rural Health, 2012
Purpose: The reimbursement rate that eligible veterans receive for travel to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities increased from 11 to 28.5 cents per mile on February 1, 2008. We examined the effect of this policy change on utilization of outpatient, inpatient, and pharmacy services, stratifying veterans based on distance from a VA…
Descriptors: Travel, State Programs, Patients, Veterans
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Bricker, Patricia L.; Baron, Richard J.; Scheirer, Jorge J.; DeWalt, Darren A.; Derrickson, John; Yunghans, Suzanne; Gabbay, Robert A. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2010
Introduction: Pennsylvania's Improving Performance in Practice (IPIP) program is administered by the Pennsylvania (PA) chapters of the American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Physicians, and American Academy of Pediatrics. The project has provided coaching, monthly measurement, and patient registry support for 155 primary-care…
Descriptors: Physicians, Partnerships in Education, Quality Control, Patients
Foster, Constance B. – Rutgers-Camden Law Journal, 1975
The court held in Kaimowitz v. Department of Mental Health that "involuntarily detained mental patients cannot give informed and adequate consent to experimental psychosurgical procedures on the brain." This note argues that the present theory of informed consent is inadequate for such cases and proposes a new theory. (JT)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Experiments, Legal Responsibility, Medical Services