American journal of public health
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Comparative Study
Method of linking Medicaid records to birth certificates may affect infant outcome statistics.
This study assessed how different methods of matching Medicaid records to birth certificates affect Medicaid infant outcome statistics. ⋯ Studies of birth outcomes in the Medicaid population may have variable results depending on the method of matching that is used to identify Medicaid births.
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This study investigated the association of intrapartum temperature elevation with cesarean delivery and assisted vaginal delivery. ⋯ Modest temperature elevation developing during labor was associated with higher rates of cesarean and assisted vaginal deliveries. More frequent temperature elevation among women with epidural analgesia may explain in part the higher rates of cesarean and assisted vaginal deliveries observed with epidural use.
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Historical Article
From socialist principles to motorcycle maintenance: the origin and development of the salaried physician model in the Israeli Public Health Services, 1918 to 1998.
For more than 70 years, physicians in the Israeli health care system have been employed on a fixed salary rather than on a fee-for-service basis. The present report is a brief review of the origin and development of this unique salaried physician model and its effect on the terms of physicians' employment. Archival documents were reviewed. ⋯ It was accepted by physicians because it guaranteed their employment and income. However, over the years, the salaried physician model has evolved into a complex wage scale, with multiple fringe benefits that bypass formal agreements in order to reward individual physicians. In addition, the salaried physician model has encouraged illegal private practice, which is viewed today as one of the major problems of the Israeli Public Health Services.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Smokeless tobacco cessation intervention for college athletes: results after 1 year.
The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of a college-based smokeless tobacco cessation intervention targeting college athletes. ⋯ This intervention was effective in promoting smokeless tobacco cessation, especially among those who were more frequent users.