Indian health care.DIANE Publishing, 1986 - 377 pages |
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... Indians living inside “identified areas” and Indians living elsewhere. “Identified areas” are defined as reservations, tribal trust lands, Alaska Native villages, and historic areas of Okla- homa that consist of former reservations ...
... Indians living inside “identified areas” and Indians living elsewhere. “Identified areas” are defined as reservations, tribal trust lands, Alaska Native villages, and historic areas of Okla- homa that consist of former reservations ...
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ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL INDIAN HEALTH CARE Figure l-3.—Indian Health Service Population by Area Total Service Population,. The median age for Indians in the 1980 Census was 22.9 years , compared with 30.0 years of age for the general ...
ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL INDIAN HEALTH CARE Figure l-3.—Indian Health Service Population by Area Total Service Population,. The median age for Indians in the 1980 Census was 22.9 years , compared with 30.0 years of age for the general ...
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Alaska area 0 O Portiand area California area ט Aberdeen area Bem d . area Phoenix area A buquerque area Oklahoma 17 Nand IHS Nashville area Nashville Uk anoma 0 Area Hospita To ba y sperated hospita Heach ba C perated wg to conter ...
Alaska area 0 O Portiand area California area ט Aberdeen area Bem d . area Phoenix area A buquerque area Oklahoma 17 Nand IHS Nashville area Nashville Uk anoma 0 Area Hospita To ba y sperated hospita Heach ba C perated wg to conter ...
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... INDIANS. The overall health status of American Indians has improved substantially since IHS assumed responsibility for ... area boundaries. However, as also shown in figure 1-10, the de- cline was far from uniform across IHS areas: the ...
... INDIANS. The overall health status of American Indians has improved substantially since IHS assumed responsibility for ... area boundaries. However, as also shown in figure 1-10, the de- cline was far from uniform across IHS areas: the ...
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... areas, accidents remained the leading cause of death. The accidental death rate for Indians in all IHS areas was 3.4 times that of the U.S. all races rate, and there was no IHS area that did not have a mortality rate from accidents at ...
... areas, accidents remained the leading cause of death. The accidental death rate for Indians in all IHS areas was 3.4 times that of the U.S. all races rate, and there was no IHS area that did not have a mortality rate from accidents at ...
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11 IHS AREAS 638 contract Aberdeen AGE-ADJUSTED DEATH RATES AGE-ADJUSTED RATES AGE-SPECIFIC AND AGE-ADJUSTED Alaska Native Albuquerque Aleuts ALL-RACES allocation American Indians area Indians area office ATHEROSCLEROSIS average Bemidji Billings blood quantum budget California cause of death Census Cerebrovascular diseases clinical contract care program costs DEATHS ALL AGES Department of Health Diabetes mellitus dian eligible Eskimos estimated Federal females Fiscal Year 1984 funds Health and Human Health Resources high-cost HRT DS Human Services ices IHS areas IHS contract IHS direct IHS facilities IHS hospitals IHS service areas IHS’s Indian Health Service Indian population Indian tribes inpatient males Nashville Navajo non-Indians Oklahoma otitis media outpatient visits patient percent Phoenix Portland Portland area projects Public Health Service races rate reservation Resources and Services self-determination SEPTICEMIA Serv service population service unit Services Administration sexes sources staff Technology Assessment tion tribally operated Tucson U.S. all races U.S. Department
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Page 228 - The Congress declares its commitment to the maintenance of the Federal Government's unique and continuing relationship with and responsibility to the Indian people through the establishment of a meaningful Indian self-determination policy which will permit an orderly transition from Federal domination of programs for and services to Indians to effective and meaningful participation by the Indian people in the planning, conduct, and administration of those programs and services.
Page 367 - American Hospital Association. American Hospital Association Guide to the Health Care Field.
Page 156 - Indian health and medical service program if he is regarded as an Indian by the community in which he lives as evidenced by such factors as tribal membership, enrollment, residence on taxexempt land, ownership of restricted property, active participation in tribal affairs, or other relevant factors in keeping with general Bureau of Indian Affairs practices in the jurisdiction.
Page 62 - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Page 45 - The Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special responsibilities and legal...
Page 357 - Service, a bureau of the Public Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services.
Page 156 - ... needed referrals cannot be made. Thus, while they may not be directly affected by ability to pay, Indians may face serious obstacles in obtaining health care services through IHS. Another obstacle to obtaining contract care is that eligibility for such services is more restricted than for direct care. Another factor in the IHS delivery system since the Indian SelfDetermination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (Public Law 93-638), amended in 1988 (Public Law 100-472), has been the operation...
Page 50 - The power of an administrative agency to administer a congressionally created . . . program necessarily requires the formulation of policy and the making of rules to fill any gap left, implicitly or explicitly, by Congress.