Sentences with word «nonemergency»

Greater parental support was associated with increased rates of nonemergency care and a higher ratio of outpatient to ER services, a pattern typically reflecting better health and effective use of health services (Starfield et al., 2005).

Contrary to expectations, parental structure was not associated with the rate of use of nonemergency care, ER visits, or hospitalization.

These included higher rates of visits for nonemergency care and decreased rates of emergency care and hospitalizations.

The hierarchical regressions were significant for nonemergency visits [final adj. R2 =.15, F (12, 237) = 4.66, p <.01], ER visits [adj. R2 =.15, F (12, 237) = 4.72, p <.01], ear infections [adj. R2 =.05, F (12, 237) = 2.07, p <.01], and acute respiratory illnesses [adj. R2 =.08, F (12, 237) = 2.84, p <.01], such that these full regression models accounted for a significant proportion of the variance in children's health care usage.

Even in nonemergencies, she's found the system helpful when she wants to be interrupted: «The calls help me end a conversation I'd rather not be in,» she says.

Consistent with our first hypothesis, parental support was a significant predictor of the rate of nonemergency service use (β =.15, p <.05).

But in 1982, Congress let the military organization off the hook when it came to dealing with citizens» boneheaded behavior, handing nonemergency calls over to private companies.

No medical attention for chronic or nonemergency situations was allowed.

School and health officials said the closures would leave them few options for referring hundreds of thousands of impoverished students in need of nonemergency medical care.

In 2010, Nebraska became the first to ban nonemergency abortions after 20 weeks, based on research indicating that's when fetuses start to feel pain.

In most cases, women transfer for nonemergency reasons, such as when labor isn't progressing and oxytocin (Pitocin) is required.

Health policy researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Institute of Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco, suggest in a new Perspective published in the New England Journal of Medicine that patient - centered medical homes may be more effective in reducing the number of Medicare patients seeking nonemergency care in EDs than increasing the cost of the visits.

But payday loans also can trap borrowers who rely on it for nonessential, nonemergency expenses.

Simple slope analyses (Hayes & Matthes, 2009) revealed that under conditions of highly supportive parenting, children whose parents came from lower socioeconomic childhood backgrounds received more nonemergency care and had higher rates of medical treatment for ear infections (β = −.49 and −.44, respectively, both p <.01).

Transportation problems are estimated to cause about 3.6 million Americans to forgo or delay nonemergency health care every year.

U.S. law requires NGOs to ensure that nonemergency food aid deliveries do not discourage local production or disrupt established commercial channels, but the studies are not always objective or thorough.

On the roads, the state said it will halt nonemergency road work between Friday and Tuesday mornings to accommodate motorists.

The authors point out that the eight states that have implemented copayments for nonemergency ED visits saw no reduction in ED visits by Medicaid patients relative to states that did not implement such copayments.

Press the blue «i» button on your overhead console for nonemergency roadside assistance, and help can be sent to your exact GPS location.

(6) Police nonemergency (918-596-9222) for animal disturbances.

Major nonemergency medical expenses must have proper approval by the rescue committee for reimbursement.

One impact, analysts say, is that nonemergency priorities will get crowded out of the budget.

Mothers from lower income families were less likely to learn about the importance of regular nonemergency visits to health care providers from their own childhood experiences.

For those children, more supportive parenting was associated with greater use of nonemergency facilities.

Under conditions of highly supportive parenting, children whose parents had experienced lower socioeconomic conditions received higher rates of outpatient nonemergency care, including more visits for treatment of ear infections.

There were also significant effects of behavioral control on children's rate of nonemergency service use and ER visits.

Monitor radio frequency, answer emergency and nonemergency calls on administrative and 911 lines.

However, in contrast to what we expected, these children also had lower rates of nonemergency visits.

In other words, more supportive parents took their children to the doctor for nonemergency care more often than less supportive parents.

These data were extracted from their comprehensive health care records to determine the average rate per year of nonemergency visits (i.e., primary and specialty outpatient care), ER visits, and hospitalizations.

CareCredit, which can also be used to pay for nonemergency care, offers financing options of six, 12, 18 or 24 months at no interest on purchases of $ 200 or more.

Ramit Sethi, author of «I Will Teach You to Be Rich,» suggests one solution: designating a sub-savings account for nonemergency, unplanned expenses.

In a nonemergency situation in Rwanda, the aid organization ACDI / VOCA is using monetization to equip farmers and traders with the skills needed to supply products to their local markets.

This test is actually the last of a three - phase program to determine the radio's viability; it already passed a lab test and a nonemergency demonstration on May 2 at the Kentucky Derby.

Although a goal of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act was to provide Medicaid patients with a source of nonemergency care outside of hospital emergency departments (EDs), researchers suggest that these newly enrolled patients will likely continue to look to EDs for treatment of chronic diseases and other nonemergency issues, despite state attempts to impose fees on ED visits.

The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that a strip - search of a student that took place in a «nonemergency» situation constituted an unreasonable search and seizure under the state and U.S. constitutions.

If you find a pet in this life - threatening situation, try locating the owner and call 911, rather than the nonemergency line.

CareCredit, which can also be used to pay for nonemergency care, offers financing options of six, 12, 18 or 24 months at no interest on purchases of $ 200 or more.

Specifically, the NTSB's recommendation «calls for the 50 states and the District of Columbia to ban the nonemergency use of portable electronic devices (other than those designed to support the driving task) for all drivers.»

The nonemergency number is 423-728-7300.

Legal decision making refers to the rights of a parent to make all nonemergency legal decisions for a child, such as where the child will attend school, the religion that the child will be raised, and personal activities that the child will engage in.

Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers, also called public safety telecommunicators, answer emergency and nonemergency calls.

In addition, use of behavioral control by parents predicted lower rates of both nonemergency care and ER visits, as well as fewer diagnosed respiratory illnesses.

When these interactions were included in Model 4 of the analyses, associations between parents» childhood SES and children's rates of nonemergency care (β = −.16, p <.01) and treatment of ear infections (β = −.14, p <.05) were moderated by parental support.

Parental structure did not significantly affect the rate of visits for either nonemergency or ER care, but it specifically predicted a lower rate of consultation for acute respiratory illnesses (β = −.14, p <.05).

The purpose of the present study was to assess the influence of parental support, structure, and behavioral control on the use of three major types of pediatric health service: nonemergency care, ER visits, and hospitalization.

Greater behavioral control by parents predicted lower rates of both nonemergency care and ER visits.