Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, Parts 1-3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 |
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... patient population groups . As such , the Center will necessarily de- vote substantial attention to the specific health needs of the aged and to pat- terns of health services necessary to meet those needs . It is well known that the ...
... patient population groups . As such , the Center will necessarily de- vote substantial attention to the specific health needs of the aged and to pat- terns of health services necessary to meet those needs . It is well known that the ...
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... patient himself ? Isn't this an area that would require considerable educational effort to get a ready acceptance from the patient ? Senator SMATHERS . I think you are right . That is what some of the doctors have told me , that the ...
... patient himself ? Isn't this an area that would require considerable educational effort to get a ready acceptance from the patient ? Senator SMATHERS . I think you are right . That is what some of the doctors have told me , that the ...
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... patient , $ 15 if I read an electrocardiogram , $ 20 if I burned off some warts . But the money was coming out of the patient's pocket and I made certain he or she needed the procedure before I ordered it . This was the philosophy that ...
... patient , $ 15 if I read an electrocardiogram , $ 20 if I burned off some warts . But the money was coming out of the patient's pocket and I made certain he or she needed the procedure before I ordered it . This was the philosophy that ...
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... patient . I might make money on the X - ray I took on the welfare patient . So , consciously or sub- consciously , money might motivate me to order the X - ray on a welfare patient when it was not absolutely necessary . EXPERIENCE WITH ...
... patient . I might make money on the X - ray I took on the welfare patient . So , consciously or sub- consciously , money might motivate me to order the X - ray on a welfare patient when it was not absolutely necessary . EXPERIENCE WITH ...
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... patient is wealthy . I am sure you are aware of this philosophy , this " Robin Hood " idea that you charge more for the wealthy so that you can treat the charity patients for less . We have never subscribed to that and I have never ...
... patient is wealthy . I am sure you are aware of this philosophy , this " Robin Hood " idea that you charge more for the wealthy so that you can treat the charity patients for less . We have never subscribed to that and I have never ...
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Page 614 - For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
Page 457 - In a joint effort, the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare...
Page 209 - Smith observed that the division of labor is limited by the extent of the market.
Page 189 - ... by less than the standard error. The chances are about 95 out of 100 that the difference would be less than twice the standard error. The...
Page 188 - The standard error is primarily a measure of sampling variability, that is, of the variations that occur by chance because a sample rather than the whole of the population is surveyed. As calculated for this report, the standard error also partially measures the effect of response and enumeration errors, but it does not measure as such, any systematic biases in the data.
Page 188 - Reliability of the Estimates. Since the estimates are based on a sample, they may differ somewhat from the figures that would have been obtained if a complete census had been taken using the same schedules, instructions and enumerators.
Page 197 - ... 12-18% in blood grouping and typing; by 20-30% in hemoglobin measurements; by 40-80% in differential characterization of blood cells; and by 2030% in measurement of serum electrolytes. There also exists considerable variation In results from laboratory to laboratory. This information imlicutes that erroneous results are obtained in more than 25% of all tests analyzed by these studies.
Page 370 - American patent system and the need for legislative reform to eliminate the opportunity for misusing patents, stated: "* * * but we must be careful not to throw out the baby with the bath water.
Page 332 - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in cooperation with the Department of Defense and the Veterans...
Page 189 - The memory factor in data derived from field surveys of income probably produces underestimates, because the tendency is to forget minor or irregular sources of income. Other errors of reporting are due to misrepresentation or to misunderstanding as to the scope of the income concept.