Monthly Archives: March 2023

We did not replicate the findings of our previous study with regard to differences in the same word categories, further adding to this concern. However, we are equally interested in the lack of a difference as we are in detecting … Continue reading →

The Joint Commission, other medical governing agencies, and various hospital policies mandate that certain screening questions be asked of all patients who come through the emergency department for evaluation. Before a patient has even seen a physician, they have likely … Continue reading →

This study examined longitudinal patterns of healthcare utilization among SUD patients and their relationships to key aspects of ACA benefit plans, including enrollment mechanisms and deductible levels. We anticipated that the increase in coverage opportunities that the ACA provided would … Continue reading →

Nation states became more and more interested in representing their population along identity criteria, and the census then arose as the most visible means by which states could depict and even invent collective identities . In this way, previous ambiguous … Continue reading →

Of particular interest to this study is a common polymorphism involving a Val to Met substitution at codon 158. The Val allele of the COMT Val158Met polymorphism is 40% more enzymatically active than the Met allele. Thus, carriers of the … Continue reading →

We have observed participants with only one transient episode of cutting, those in which it is habitual and compulsive and those who have had on-and-off periods of cutting with varying durations. This periodicity may occur either because conditions of stress … Continue reading →

The fourth factor was policy issues, referring to cases where the government or the facility itself does not allow for compliance with the signal functions. The fifth factor was designated as “no indication,” meaning that there was no patient group … Continue reading →

Men and patients with Medicare or Medicaid insurance were more likely to have 14-day revisits, as were patients with a primary diagnosis of alcohol-related disorder; complication of device, implant or graft; congestive heart failure; and schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. … Continue reading →

Even putting aside the questionable pharmacological and moral aspects of this differential policy, there is no evidence whatsoever for its effectiveness in controlling crime. Caulkins and colleagues show that conventional sentencing is significantly more cost effective. Although the crack mandatory sentences … Continue reading →

It should be appreciated that these adolescents are at high risk for future economic disengagement. It is not our intention to foster stigma or damage the prospects of NEET youth by adding the stereotype of ‘mentally ill’ to the stereotype … Continue reading →