PURPOSE State variation in inclusion of ancillary services in daily Medicaid nursing home reimbursement rates, versus covering ancillary costs outside of such rates, makes rate comparisons difficult. The purpose of this study is to adjust for inclusion of ancillaries when comparing Medicaid rates across states. DESIGN AND METHODS Data for 1987-1998 were drawn from a national survey of Medicai...

We describe a liquid-chromatographic assay for AZT in human plasma and urine. This assay involves the use of two internal standards, allowing reference of AZT peaks to the appropriate internal standard, the choice depending on the range of concentrations encountered. This method is isocratic, specific, sensitive enough to allow quantification of AZT in concentrations observed clinically, and re...

This brief provides a description of prescription drug use in nursing homes and a summary of current policy issues in this area. The brief first profiles the nursing home pharmaceutical market, outlining the major trends in demographics and drug utilization, the supply chain by which drugs go from manufacturers to pharmacies to nursing home residents, and the alternative arrangements by which p...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether some dentrifices contain steroids. MATERIALS AND METHODS Samples of 20 brands claiming to have any medicinal benefit and readily available in the open market were submitted for testing for the presence of steroids to the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Laboratories, Karachi. RESULTS Eight samples tested positive on the first test and sev...

This study explores the role of issuance expenses in explaining the fall in stock value for OTC stock offerings that raise cash for debt reduction purposes. It estimates that over half of the sample's −2.79% two-day fall in stock value can be accounted for by issuance expenses when using a lower bound measure of issuance expenses. This estimate contrasts with the one-fifth estimate suggested by...

We tested 259 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates and 2 USA300 ATCC type strains for susceptibility to bacitracin and neomycin contained in over-the-counter antibacterial ointments. Resistance to both bacitracin and neomycin was found only in USA300. The use of over-the counter antimicrobial drugs may select for the USA300 clone.

This paper mainly describes the simulations that help better understand the implications and requirements when TCP traffics are carried over UMTS that is characterized by moderate bandwidth bearers with relatively high link error. Especially it was of great interest to gain insight that contributes to implement the Over-The-Air (OTA) service provisioning models in 3G environments.

Constipation is a common presenting problem within the community setting, but its treatment is often unsatisfactory. It is important for nurses to remember that constipation is a symptom and not a disease. For older adults, constipation can have a gradual onset over a number of years, with many people 'self-medicating' with over-the-counter laxatives and herbal products, which then result in th...

OBJECTIVES To examine the levels of geographic inequities in households' choice of providers, mode of diagnosis and drugs for the treatment of malaria. METHODS Interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect information from 2250 randomly selected respondents from six malaria-endemic communities in southeast Nigeria. A comparison of data between urban and rural areas was used to ex...

OBJECTIVES To examine associations between medication use and health-related quality of life (HRQOL), relapse rate and disability in an international cohort of people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). METHODS Using Web 2.0 platforms, the authors recruited PwMS who completed survey items on demographics, medication use, HRQOL, relapse rate and disability. RESULTS Of 2276 respondents from 56 co...