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Table of Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1. Healthcare Insights from the Front Line: "System Efficiency not Government-regulated Rationing", pp. 1-9
(Joe Sam Robinson Jr, M. Sami Walid, Aaron C. M. Barth)
Chapter 2. The Economics of Regional Trauma Centers - The Georgia Model, pp. 11-27
(Greg Bishop, Dennis W. Ashley, Joe Sam Robinson Jr)
Chapter 3. Economic Viability of Stroke Centers - The Georgia Model, pp. 29-34
(Aaron C. M. Barth, M. Sami Walid, Michael J. Conforti, Margarett C. Boltja)
Chapter 4. Strategies to Improve Cost-Efficiency of Stroke Care:
Bolstering and Linking Stroke & Trauma Care Networks – The Georgia Model, pp. 35-47
(Joe Sam Robinson, M. Sami Walid)
Chapter 5. Strategies to Improve Cost-Efficiency of Stroke Care: Stroke Units & Telestroke, pp. 49-74
(Minal Jain, Anunaya Jain, Babak S. Jahromi)
Chapter 6. Strategies to Improve Cost-Efficiency of Stroke Care:
Integrating Automated Prompts into Standard Physical Assessments to Reduce Aspiration Risk in Dysphagic Stroke Patients, pp. 75-80
(Brandi S. Rambo, Kimberly F. Mancin, Aaron C. M. Barth, M. Sami Walid, Patricia Bertram-Arnett, Laura Yarbrough, Sheri Leslein, Margaret C. Boltja, Delanor D. Doyle)
Chapter 7. Hospitalist and Perioperative Care, pp. 81-86
(M. Sami Walid, Joe Sam Robinson Jr)
Chapter 8. The Effect of Comorbidities on Length of Stay and Hospital Charges of Spine Surgery Patients, pp. 87-91
(M. Sami Walid, Tracey Blalock)
Chapter 9. The Impact of Preoperative Screening on Spine Surgery Cost, pp. 93-96
(Mohammed Ajjan, Aaron C. M. Barth, M. Sami Walid, Vicki L. Conlon, Kimberly F. Mancin, Joe Sam Robinson Jr)
Chapter 10. The Impact of Surgical Material on Hospital Cost: Economic Analysis of Allograft vs. Autograft use in Elective One- and Two-level Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion Surgery, pp. 97-109
(Aaron C. M. Barth, Robert A. Lummus, M. Sami Walid, Kostas N. Fountas, Aleksandar Tomic, Joe Sam Robinson III, Joe Sam Robinson Jr)
Chapter 11. Prevalence and Economic Impact of Postoperative Anemia following Lumbar Spine Fusion, pp. 111-114
(M. Sami Walid, Nadezhda Zaytseva)
Chapter 12. A New Concept of Inpatient Care: Acuity-Adaptable Patient Room Decreases Length of Stay and Cost – Results of a Pilot Study, pp. 115-138
(Nena Bonuel, Alma Degracia, Sandra Cesario)
Chapter 13. Obesity – the American Epidemic: The Impact of Obesity on Hospital Cost in Obstetrics and Gynecology: A Review, pp. 139-153
(Courtney L. Barnes, Mistie P. Mills, Mira Aubuchon)
Chapter 14. Perspectives on Psychiatric Comorbidities of Late Life and their Cost Implications for Medical Care, pp. 155-180
(Lee A. Hyer, Ciera V. Scott, Catherine A. Yeager)
Chapter 15. Hospital Costs and the Emergency Department, pp. 181-202
(Ulf Martin Schilling)
Chapter 16. Long-Term Cost Economic Analysis of Outpatient Follow-Up, pp. 203-216
(Fernando Alfageme Roldan, Almudena Bermejo Hernando)
Chapter 17. A Reemerging Bacteria: Cost Analysis of Care and Treatment of Tuberculosis (TB) in Childhood, pp. 217-229
(Reka Bodnar, Laszlo Kadar, Agnes Meszaros)
Chapter 18. Physician-Hospital Relations: Current Realities and Partnership Possibilities, pp. 231-239
(Aaron C. M. Barth, Louis Goolsby, Georgia Neuro Center, and others)
Chapter 19. Bureaucracy and Cost-Inefficiency in the Healthcare System, pp. 241-248
(Richard L. Heaton, M. Sami Walid)
Chapter 20. An Economic Analysis of the Physician Workforce Shortage, pp. 249-256
(Don. K. Nakayama)
Chapter 21. Cost Awareness in Clinical Research: Lack of Cost Inclusion in the Clinical Methodology of Spine Fusion Literature, pp. 257-271
(M. Sami Walid, Joe Sam Robinson III, Joe Sam Robinson Jr)
Chapter 22. Physicians as Guardians of Healthcare Resources, pp. 273-278
(M. Sami Walid, Aaron C.M. Barth, Edward R.M. Robinson, Joe Sam Robinson Jr)
About the Editors, pp. 279-280
Index, pp. 281-296 |
