... largely explained by increases in Workers' Compensation greater than inflation and by inspections made by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Rises in Workers' Compensation greatly increased the claims for injuries, while OSHA citations substantially decreased objectively verifiable...

...Jennifer L. Troyer; Herbert G. Thompson, Jr. Government reports indicate that regulations have been ineffective in improving quality of care in many nursing homes. Some analysts feel that litigation against nursing homes may be the result of quality problems that are monitored during the inspection...

... current approach. A new strategy aimed at improving the regulatory process and environment is proposed. The process can be improved by adopting a program rather than taking a functional approach to agency organization; linking the inspection and rate-setting processes; creating a role for consumer groups...

...Fred Thompson Our analysis suggests that a properly designed and implemented safety inspection program for motor vehicles would probably produce benefits in excess of costs, whereas most existing state programs probably produce costs well in excess of benefits. That these findings are somewhat...

...Edward Alan Miller; Vincent Mor Government oversight of long-term care involves inspections of patients' records, limited observations of patients and care practices, reviews of policies and procedures, and distribution of publicly available information. Although many providers bemoan the stifling...

... developing a comprehensive patient-level database and in training staff for making on-site inspections. Campbell, J. C., and N. Ikegami. 1998 . The Art of Balance in Health Policy: Maintaining Japan's Low Cost Egalitarian System . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Feng, Z., D. C. Grabowski, O...

... that simply provide private office benefits without any additional means of encouraging participation; those who fail to use the system come disproportionately from low income, poorly educated families. The problem can be overcome by school-based treatment or possibly by inspections at school followed...

.... 1987 . Unemployment and Mortality: A Small Area Analysis. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 41 ( 5 ): 107 -13. Crain , W. M. 1980 . Vehicle Safety Inspection Systems: How Effective? Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. Crandall , R. W...

... homes, our most vulnerable population, by re- moving essential federal protections”; he would not “turn back the clock.” In a section of the statement that was little discussed at the time, however, he promised new proposals to improve the inspection of nursing homes. Under the new...

... services. Together the IMPACT Act and these other regulatory changes were widely viewed as enhancements to quality regulation since, up until then, hospices were subject to inspections only every six years, and no data were available about patients' experiences for use in assessing provider quality, as is...

... questions regarding the functions and limits of public health interventions and has recently appeared in Health Affairs, New England Journal of Medicine, and the Journal of Social History. Fairchild is the author of Science at the Borders: Immigrant Medical Inspection and the Shaping of 754...

... the regulation of long-term care also face conflicting interests in their performance. They are responsible for devel- oping reimbursement structures and financing a portion of the Medicaid long-term care bill from state funds. They also have the responsibility for inspection of providers and...

... description of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website Nursing Home Compare and its inadequacies. As she puts it, “Government inspections and rankings can detect the most egregiously bad care, but the regulator's view of what constitutes good care is merely the absence of bad care” (183). She...

... would assure that abortion clinics simulate a hospital environment as closely as possible. Safe and adequate care for patients would thus be achieved. This objective, combined with the practicalities of inspection and enforcement. produced a set of regulations for facilities which...

... services, such as rabies control, mosquito abatement, water control, and food and drug inspection programs, will also be reduced. We can expect reductions in special programs, such as county services for renal dialysis, genetic disease prevention, family planning, cystic fibrosis, hemophilia...

... of the resource allocations made between the technologies, the authors assert that “even superficial inspection of the situation in Britain indicates that this condition is not satisfied.” Seven factors, generally reflecting efficiency, administrative arrangements, and “society’s value...

... embodies a healthy catholicity of method. No true scientist draws uncritically from the methods of some supposedly “model” dis- cipline, natural scientific or other, and imposes them willy-nilly on his subject. A genuine scientific spirit conditions methods on a close and particular inspection...

.... e. E.g., rights and grievances. f. Includes square footage, first-floor-only requirements, and required areas. g. E.g., inspections, sanitation, and adherence to building and fire codes. 56 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law Most require a full-time director and at least one...

... cases.IOAs paragraph 10 of the Residential Home Act allows voluntary associations and other corporate bodies providing residential care to par- ticipate in the inspection process, the German model of home regulation relies more on advice than on strict control from above. United Kingdom Delivery...