Browsing by Subject "health care"
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Advancements in Probabilistic Machine Learning and Causal Inference for Personalized Medicine
(2019)In this dissertation, we present four novel contributions to the field of statistics with the shared goal of personalizing medicine to individual patients. These methods are developed to directly address problems in health ... -
Terminal ileum intubation is not associated with colonoscopy quality measures.
(Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 2020-09)BACKGROUND AND AIM:Intubation of the terminal ileum (TI) demonstrates a complete colonoscopy, but its clinical value during screening exams is unknown. We aimed to determine whether TI intubation during screening colonoscopy ... -
To Seek or Not to Seek: Examining Health-Seeking Behaviors among Ethiopian Immigrants in the United States
(2018-01-25)Existing literature suggests that immigrants underutilize U.S. health care. Care utilization is associated with poor health for both patients and those around them. Current health care research lacks data specific to Ethiopian ... -
Who Cares About Health Care? Sociodemographics and Attitudes Toward Government’s Role in Health Care Across Germany, Great Britain, and the United States
(2010-12-10)This paper investigates comparative public attitudes as a mechanism to explain American welfare state “exceptionalism” in health care. The countries of Germany, Great Britain, and the United States were chosen as three distinct ... -
Why won’t it sell? Universal Health Care in America, 1945 - 2009
(2009-12-04)This project examines the language used to frame universal health care reform from 1945 to 2009, focusing on four frames: morality, efficacy, personal vulnerability, and fear of government. It analyzes whether the frames ...
