Dissertation Title: "The Impact of Physician Factors on Health Care Quality"
Health care of suboptimal quality has been reported for many medical conditions. Physician factors, such as practice style and expertise, may explain variations in quality. This...
Dissertation Title: “Evaluating Intended and Unintended Consequences of Health Policy and Regulation in Vulnerable Populations”
The objective of this dissertation is to evaluate whether two different types of policy interventions in the United States are...
Dissertation Title: "The Role of Alcohol and Firearms in Youth Suicide and Homicide in the United States"
Homicide and suicide are, respectively, the second and third leading cause of death for young Americans. The following three papers address two risk...
Dissertation Title: "Firearms: Storage and Use at Home and Use in Suicides by Children"
Each year in the United States, tens of thousands of people are killed with firearms, and many more are injured. The three papers which make up this dissertation...
Dissertation Title: "How Tribes Choose Between Tribal and Indian Health Service Management of Health Care Resources; Drug Coverage and Drug Use by Medicare Beneficiaries; Bias in Measures of Guideline Adherence"
This dissertation is composed of three...