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| 1 |  | Descriptive study of electronic fetal monitoring in a rural community: does it make a difference? | Edwards, Ronald Jonathan | Tooele Valley Hospital; Utah; Electrical Fetal Monitoring | Electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) has become a standard of care in many labor and delivery settings. Studies of the effects of such monitoring have been inconclusive, although among high-risk women there have been some impressive results attributed to EFM. The present study investigated the effect... | 1981-08 |
| 2 |  | Cost-benefit analysis of an immunization program for pneumococcal pneumonia in a health maintenance organization | Patrick, Kevin Michael | Family Health Program; Utah; Pneumococcal Pneumonia | This study determined whether an immunization program aimed at pneumococcal pneumonia could be justified on a cost-benefit basis. The population considered was that of Family Health Program, a health maintenance organization located in Salt Lake City. Standard methods of cost-benefit analysis incl... | 1979-12 |
| 3 |  | Applicability of the pregnancy identity model in predicting attitudes and intentions about prenatal care among hispanic women in Utah | Casper, Lori | Utah | The literature suggests two categories of barriers that may explain inadequate utilization of prenatal care (PNC): structural barriers within the environment and nonstructural or personal barriers. Most literature to date focuses on structural barriers; little has been done to understand women's att... | 2001-05 |
| 4 |  | Relationship between cause-specific mortality and temperature inversions in the Salt Lake Valley | Feldkamp, Marcia L. | Utah; Adverse Effects; Salt Lake Valley; Temperature Inversions | During winter months the Salt Lake Valley can be covered by a thick dense fog, known as a temperature inversion, for a few days to several weeks. Cold temperatures remain trapped on the valley floor while warmer air circulates above the cold mass. This study examined the relationships between (a) ... | 1986-12 |
| 5 |  | Evaluation of clinical phamacy practice by the University of Utah Hospital housestaff | Phillips, Reed Barratt | Utah | Historically, pharmacists have rendered a valuable service to the health care system in the procurement, preparation and distribution of medications and health products. In more recent years, pharmacy services have expanded to include drug therapy consulting services to physicians and patients. Th... | 1979-12 |
| 6 |  | Self-blood glucose monitoring in relation to medical cost: observation study with Utah Medicaid database | Ho, Mei-Jen | Utah; Medicaid; Blood Sugar Monitoring | Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic disorders that has many long-term consequences costing $132 billion annually, a figure that can be improved with proper management. Previous long-term prospective studies have demonstrated that tight glycemic control will prevent and delay the development o... | 2005-08 |
| 7 |  | Comparison study of a centralized versus a decentralized method of utilization control of outpatient services in a health maintenance organization | Teteberg, Liana Barbara | Utilization Control Methods; Utah; FHP Providers | This study compared a centralized to a decentralized method of utilization control of outpatient services in FHP, a Health Maintenance Organization, located in Utah. Referral rates and outside specialty costs were employed to examine the effect of each method. Additionally a provider questionnaire... | 1985-12 |
| 8 |  | An industrial hygiene field study of dental laboratories in the greater Salt Lake area. | Kimball, Anne Collier | Hazardous Substances; Utah; Salt Lake County | An industrial hygiene study of thirteen dental laboratories in the greater Salt Lake area was performed in order to characterize the typical personal occupational exposures to hazardous substances in these workplaces. Full-shift personal air samples were collected for nickel, chromium, cobalt, bery... | 1983-06 |
| 9 |  | The Use of asbestos-cement pipe for public water supply and the incidence of cancer in selected communities in Utah, 1967-1976. | Sadler, Terry Duane. | Utah; Cancer; Pipe, Asbestos-Cement | The objective of this research was to test the hypothesis that there is a positive association between the use of asbestos-cement piping for drinking water supplies and the incidence of gastrointestinal and kidney cancer. Fourteen Utah communities were identified that use predominately asbestos-cem... | 1979-08 |
| 10 |  | An assessment of factors contributing to hospital utilization: and a look at deficiencies in the Utah projection process of hospital bed demand. | Weidner, Barbara Louise | Utilization Review; Utah | Summit County Hospital, Coalville, Utah, and its catchment population, the Summit County residents, were subjects of this study to determine what factors contribute to hospital utilization. Three surveys were conducted. The first was administered to each of the four physicians serving Summit Count... | 1980-06 |
| 11 |  | Applied cost-outcome analysis for mental health management. | Olsen, Gary J. | Economics; Salt Lake Couty; Utah | The objective of this study is to demonstrate an evaluation procedure for use by program managers in the local public mental health system which combines the measure of resources consumed (cost) with the related outcome achieved (cost-outcome) that when combined with management’s values (cost... | 1983-03 |
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