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... are 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...

...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...

... to the 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...

... 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...

...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...

... a comprehensive patient-level database and in training staff for making on-site inspections. Duke University Press 2009 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...

.... 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...

...- 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 policies, facilities with “a record of sustained good...

... members surviving dying hospice patients be surveyed about the patients' and their experience of receiving hospice 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...

.... 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 certification of compliance with federal and other standards. Federal regulations require states...

... of implementing the Medical Waste Tracking Program will lie primarily with the States. States will have the lead for conducting inspections related to and enforcement of, the medical waste tracking program. Where there has been a violation. States may use applicable State authority to bring...

... 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 Structure. In the United Kingdom it is common to distinguish between residential homes controlled by local...

..., of the observed declines. The plausibility of this hypothesis can be judged by inspecting the graphed time series of observations over the study periods and by tests of significance. 5. Regression. Scheduling decisions are sometimes made on the basis of extreme deviations from the mean number...

... Title VI documentation and inspection requirements that hospitals were.1 The implementation of nursing-home payments under Medicare lagged the implementation of the hospital pay- ment program in July 1966 by a critical six months. A backlash to the Lyn- don B. Johnson administration, reflected...

.... 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 other staff member (often a nurse...

... and by focusing on four cases: HMO performance measurement, nursing home regulation, lead screening for children,and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). © 2001 by Duke University Press 2001 Associated Press. 1996 . U.S. Won't Cut Inspections of Nursing Homes; White House: Clinton Never Saw...

... 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 concentrated heavily on meeting structural...

... performance, such as service prices, cost efficiency, accessibility, and quality, this study seeks to assess performance levels by using the Nursing Home Compare (NHC) overall rating, which is a composite of health inspection citations, staffing levels, and quality measures of performance. Furthermore...

..., 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, and hypertension screening...