Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Potential for Revenue Capture for Local Public Health: An Examination of Private Insurance Claims Data 2010-2014, Margaret Ostafin
A Retrospective Comparative Analysis of a CMS Nursing Home Compare Five-Star Quality Measure: Are We Improving Care?, Stephanie L. Perry
Effects of Smoking on Short-term Outcomes in Patients with Cancer, Kim Anne Pickett
Survival Mechanisms of Porphyromonas gingivalis in Human Primary Gingival Epithelial Cells: An Investigation of Host Antibacterial NOX and Autophagy Systems, JoAnn Simone Roberts
Effect of Beers Criteria on Healthcare Utilization and Cost in Community-Dwelling Elderly Patients, Courtney O'Neill Roldan
Implications for the 8p12-11 Genomic Locus in Breast Cancer Diagnostics and Therapy: Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4E-Binding Protein, EIF4EBP1, as an Oncogene, Alexandria Colett Rutkovsky
Feasibility of Simulation to Teach High-Alert Medication Safety, Laura C. Sessions
Prelimbic Cortical Synaptic and Structural Plasticity Following Cocaine Self-administration and Abstinence in Rats: Role of Glutamatergic Pathway Specificity, Benjamin Michael Siemsen
Non-Canonical PI3’Kinase Signaling Regulates AKT3 Activity in PTEN-null Basal Breast Cancer Cell Lines, Ericka LaShonda Smith
Endocrine Active Chemicals in Breast Cancer Cells: Environmental Impacts on Growth, Signaling and Epigenetic Pathways, and Drug Response, Melissa Lynn Sokolosky
Medicaid Expansion and Emergency Room Usage: A Comparison of Expansion and Non-Expansion States, Frank Sorensen
Perspectives of Health System and Physician Practice Integration Representatives Regarding Successful Integration Factors, Cynthia Paige Stephens
Elucidation of Mechanisms Modulating the Conformation and Function of β-Arrestins by G Protein-Coupled Receptors, Erik Gunar Strungs
Characteristics of Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Diseases Utilizing Telemedicine and the Impact on Overall Costs, Outpatient Costs, Inpatient Costs, and Number of Inpatient Admissions, Shannon M. Swafford
Development and Verification of Desktop Printed 3-Dimensional Guides for Angulation and Depth Controlled Conservative Endodontic Access, Bryce Ryszard Szczepanik
Diagnosis Coding Creep for Medicare Patients: Does It Exist?, Deann Wood Tate
Primary Cilia in Cardiac Valve Development and Disease, Katelynn Amber Toomer
The Response of Pericytes to Microvascular Ischemia, Robert Gordon Underly
Prevalence, Indicators, and Innovative Treatment Options for Depression Post-Central Nervous System Injury, Catherine J. VanDerwerker
PCSK9 Inhibitor Uptake Trends by Insurance Payers at Six Months Post FDA Approval, George Thomas Vass
The Influence of Resting State Functional Connectivity on Personality Traits in Adolescents and Young Adults, Brandon Vaughan
Telemedicine: A Cost Analysis of Delivering Pronlonged Exposure Therapy to Combat Veterans With PTSD, Kimberly Veronee
Medicaid Expansion and Access to Primary Care: Use of Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions and Interrupted Time Series to Evaluate United States Healthcare Policies, Elizabeth Ann Walker-Brown
Biomechanical and Neurophysiological Responses to Alterations in Kinematics, Muscle Activation, Position, and Load, Elizabeth Carr Wonsetler