Sentences with phrase «greater health care utilization»

ADVERSE SELECTION Occurs when plan enrollees include a higher percentage of high - risk individuals than are in the average population, resulting in the potential for greater health care utilization and, therefore, increased costs.

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Professional Experience Qualis Health (Boise, ID), Director of Idaho Medicare Operations 2007 — Present Qualis Health (Boise, ID), Project Manager 2003 — 2007 Cascade Medical Center (Cascade, ID), Director of Operations & Healthcare Services 2001 — 2003 Shepard's Home, Inc. (McCall, ID), Executive Director 1999 — 2001 Independent Consultant (CA & ID) 1992 — 1999 CIGNA (San Diego, CA), Director of Provider Relations & Director of UM / QA 1985 — 1991 Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego, CA), Managing Director Utilization Review 1984 — 1985 State of California, Department of Mental Health (Sacramento, CA) Health Care Services Nurse; Mental Health Specialist II 1980 — 1984 Greater Sacramento PSRO (Sacramento, CA), Registered Nurse 1977 — 1980 Sacramento Community Hospital (Sacramento, CA), Registered Nurse 1976 — 1977 St. Benedict's Hospital (Jerome, ID), Registered Nurse 1969 — 1975

On social - emotional measures, foster children in the NSCAW study tended to have more compromised functioning than would be expected from a high - risk sample.43 Moreover, as indicated in the previous section, research suggests that foster children are more likely than nonfoster care children to have insecure or disordered attachments, and the adverse long - term outcomes associated with such attachments.44 Many studies of foster children postulate that a majority have mental health difficulties.45 They have higher rates of depression, poorer social skills, lower adaptive functioning, and more externalizing behavioral problems, such as aggression and impulsivity.46 Additionally, research has documented high levels of mental health service utilization among foster children47 due to both greater mental health needs and greater access to services.

Child health: Children in the Early Start series had greater contact with family doctors, higher rates of well - child care, and greater utilization of preschool dental services.