Dissertation Title： "Hospital Quality and Patient Trust in Care for Colorectal Cancer"
Quality of care has been of growing importance to U.S. health care researchers and policy makers. There is a widespread desire to improve medical outcomes and enhance...
Dissertation Title： "Physician Experiences and Evaluations of Managed Care Organizations: Perceived Organizational Support in Health Care"
Physicians are increasingly working in managed care organizations. At the same time these organizations apply some...
Dissertation Title： "Financial Incentives in Health Care Reform: Evaluating Payment Reform in Accountable Care Organizations and Competitive Bidding in Medicare"
Amidst mounting federal debt, slowing the growth of health care spending is one of the...
Dissertation Title: "Gender and Health: The Influence of Psychosocial Factors on Health"
The medical literature presents many examples of differences in health care use by men and women. The roots of these differences include biological, social, and...
Dissertation Title: "Effects of Insurance Coverage on Health Services, Outcomes, and Disparities among Adults with Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes"
Previously uninsured adults who enroll in the Medicare program may have greater morbidity, requiring...
Dissertation Title: "Empirical and Normative Implications of Social Networks for Health Disparities: The Case of Renal Transplantation"
The objective of this dissertation is to examine to what extent individual-level or social network-level...
Dissertation Title: "End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD): Factors Affecting Patient's Treatment and Care Assessments"
Nearly 455,000 people in the United States are living with ESRD, and more than 100,000 people are diagnosed each year. ESRD patients receive...