Dissertation Title："Policy Modeling and Economic Evaluation of Tuberculosis Control"
Tuberculosis (TB), a curable disease, kills nearly 2 million people annually. Approximately 80% of these deaths occur in 23 “high-burden” countries. The past decade has...
Dissertation Title："Setting Margins for Genetic Privacy"
Advances in genetic technologies are creating greater opportunities for beneficial biomedical interventions. However, our increased understanding of the impact of genotype on phenotype, and the...
Dissertation Title: "Organizational Learning in Health Care: Insights from a Multi-Method Study of Quality Improvement Collaboratives"
Organizations that learn - consistently improving their processes and products by integrating new insights and knowledge...
Dissertation Title: "An Empirical Evaluation of the Kyrgyz Health Reform: Does it Work for the Poor?"
The Kyrgyz Republic is considered a reform pioneer among the countries of the former Soviet Union. To protect households from the financial impact of...
Dissertation Title: "Examining the Scope of Multibusiness Health Care Firms: Implications for Corporate Strategy, Management Control Systems and Performance"
In the past two decades, multibusiness health care firms, also known as organized or integrated...
Dissertation Title: "The Diffusion of Medical Information in Hospitals, Patients and Physicians"
Medical advancement is caused by the accumulation and dissemination of new scientific information. Patient diagnosis, medical treatment and health outcomes...
Dissertation Title: "Obesity Policy and the Public"
Globally, obesity has reached epidemic proportions affecting more than 300 million adults. This dissertation focuses on adult obesity and uses several interdisciplinary methods to explore the...