Physician utilization of computers in medical practice: Policy implications based on a structural model

1986 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
James G. Anderson ◽  
Stephen J. Jay ◽  
Harlan M. Schweer ◽  
Marilyn M. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Medical Practice ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Physician Utilization

A Structural Model Examining the Relationship Between Physical Child Abuse, Sexual Victimization, and Marijuana/Hashish Use in Delinquent Youth: A Longitudinal Study

1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Dembo ◽  
Linda Williams ◽  
James Schmeidler ◽  
Estrellita Berry ◽  
Werner Wothke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Delinquent Youth ◽  
Juvenile Detainees ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Research And Policy

A structural model of the relationships among physical abuse and sexual victimization experiences, marijuana/hashish use (measured by self-report and urine test data) and self-reported delinquent behavior (theft crimes, index offenses, crimes against persons, drug sales and total delinquency) over time was tested in a longitudinal study of juvenile detainees. The hypothesized model was supported by the data. Theoretical, research and policy implications of the results are drawn.

A structural model of high crime neighborhoods as a driver of toxic stress leading to asthma diagnoses among children of a large medical practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 102665
Author(s):  
April Merrill ◽  
Alizay Paracha ◽  
Eden Hemming ◽  
Amy Hendrix ◽  
Ric Munoz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Practice ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Toxic Stress ◽  
High Crime

Financing environmentally-sustainable projects with green bonds

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 608-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elettra Agliardi ◽  
Rossella Agliardi
Keyword(s):  
Structural Model ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Credit Quality ◽  
Bond Issuers ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Sustainable Investments ◽  
Sustainable Projects

AbstractA structural model for green bonds is developed to explain the formation and dynamics of green bond prices and to address the issue of the so-called ‘greenium’, that is, the difference between the yields on a conventional bond and a green bond with the same characteristics. We provide answers to the following questions: What are the determinants of the green bond value? Do green bonds enhance the credit quality of the issuer? Are green bonds a relatively cheap tool to fund sustainable investments? We also study the effect of investors' environmental concern on portfolio allocation. Our results have direct policy implications and suggest that an improvement in credit quality could ultimately lead to a lower cost of capital for green bond issuers and that governmental tax-based incentives and an increase in investors' green awareness play a significant role in scaling up the green bonds market.

A Dynamic Model of Rational Addiction with Stockpiling and Learning: An Empirical Examination of E-cigarettes

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (12) ◽  
pp. 5886-5905
Author(s):  
Jialie Chen ◽  
Vithala R. Rao
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Cigarette Taxes ◽  
Smoking Behaviors ◽  
The Impact

Current regulations on e-cigarettes are minimal compared with cigarette regulations, despite their growing popularity globally. Advocates of e-cigarettes claim that they aid in ceasing smoking habits. However, leaving e-cigarettes unregulated has raised growing health concerns. Policymakers in several countries, including the United States and those in Europe, are considering and experimenting with policy interventions. To evaluate current policies and implement potential regulations on e-cigarettes, policymakers must understand the impact of e-cigarettes on consumers’ smoking behaviors. To address this issue, we construct a dynamic structural model that incorporates consumers’ purchases and consumption behaviors of both cigarettes and e-cigarettes. The results from our proposed model indicate that consumption of e-cigarettes promotes, rather than counteracts, smoking. This is because the less costly e-cigarettes incentivize consumers to build their addiction to nicotine, which, in return, increases future consumption of both cigarettes and e-cigarettes. This finding calls for regulations on e-cigarettes. We then conduct counterfactual analyses to evaluate two policy regulations on e-cigarettes: (1) e-cigarette taxes and (2) price regulation. Because both of these policies have been discussed extensively in both the United States and many countries in the European Union, results of our policy simulations address these policy debates. We find that both are effective in reducing overall consumption of cigarettes and e-cigarettes. We also examine the role of consumers’ heterogeneity on the simulation results as well as the policy implications. We conclude with future research directions, such as inclusion of social influence and cross-selling marketing. This paper was accepted by Matthew Shum, marketing.

scholarly journals A Descriptive Study of Thailand’s ESP Programs: Policy Implications for AEC

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Kantatip Sinhaneti
Keyword(s):  
Medical Practice ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
The Other ◽  
International Programs ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Medical Practices ◽  
Land Surveying ◽  
Master Level

As a country member, Thailand needs to prepare for the upcoming AEC. One way to look at how the country has prepared for this is to look at the ESP programs offered in universities, both public and private, especially ESP programs in preparation for the eight careers: engineering, hospitality & tourism, architecture, dentistry, medical practices, accounting, surveying, nursing. This study therefore explores the AEC careers offered in public and private universities. This was a descriptive study. The international programs under study fell into two levels: Bachelor (335 programs) and Master (436 programs). The results of descriptive analysis revealed these findings. On the eight AEC careers, three most popular programs offered in Thailand included hospitality & tourism, engineering and accounting respectively. On the other hand, no land surveying programs are offered at both levels; no dentistry programs at Bachelor level; no medical practice is offered at Master level. For policy implication, Thailand should offer these programs in the future.

scholarly journals Measuring Competition in Banking Sector in Oman

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-43
Author(s):  
Amira Al Maamari
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Monopolistic Competition ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Foreign Banks ◽  
Securities Market ◽  
Competitive Environment ◽  
Competitive Condition ◽  
Banking Competition ◽  
Equilibrium Market

Purpose of the study: The purpose of the study was to investigate and measure the competitive environment in the banking sector in Oman. Design/Methodology/Approach: This study considered an effort towards measuring the nature of competition of 12 out of 16 Omani banks from 2009 to 2019 over applying Panzar and Rosse (PR-model). It measured the competition index, called H-statistic, as it gives a quantitative assessment of the competitive nature of the studied market. The non-structural model was adopted to measure the competitive behavior of the banking sector. The data was taken from Muscat Securities Market (MSM) over obtaining financial statements of banks and data was tested using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Findings: The result showed that it was not able to reject the monopolistic competition that H value considered between values of zero and one for the banking market in Oman. Thus, Omani banks operate under monopolistic competition. Practical Implications: The study has interesting policy implications. It is recommended to encourage foreign banks' presence to enhance the competitive condition of the banking sector thus making sure the exit and the entrance of banks in the industry to raise the competition. Social Implications: The flexibility in the competitive condition of the banking sector will lead to an increased competition so this will produce a variety of services and products to improve the banks’ performance and customer satisfaction. Originality/value: This is the first study of its kind in studying and testing the competitive environment for the banking sector in Oman using the PR-model. Keywords: Banking Competition in Oman, Monopolistic Competition, Market Equilibrium, Market contestability, Pazan and Rosse (PR model)

scholarly journals Assimilation of Digital Health by Family Physicians in Canada

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Paré ◽  
Marie-Pascale Pomey ◽  
Louis Raymond ◽  
Janine Badr
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Family Physicians ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Health Technologies

Abstract Background: In recent years, governments, medical associations and other health care stakeholders have advocated digital health as a promising avenue to reduce inefficiencies, improve the delivery of health care services, increase the quality of primary care, and detect and manage infectious diseases. The present study aims to investigate the assimilation of digital health by family physicians, going beyond the simple adoption of these technologies to further understand the breadth and depth of their use in clinical practice for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease, and for the monitoring of chronically-ill patients.Methods: The study was designed as an online survey. After conducting a pre-test of the questionnaire instrument, an invitation to participate in the study was sent to 7,664 members of the Quebec Federation of General Practitioners. The online questionnaire was developed on the Qualtrics survey platform. Data was collected from 768 family physicians, representing a 10% response rate.Results: Findings show that a large majority of the sampled physicians have yet to assimilate digital health within their medical practice. This is true in terms of both the physicians not incorporating digital health technologies into their routine work patterns and their not using these technologies to their full potential. The minority of respondents who showed a somewhat higher level of assimilation were motivated by patients’ greater requests related to digital health (e.g. for online consultations) and a greater chronic care caseload, and are characterized by their greater need for digital health training and their younger age, and use an EMR system that includes more functionalities (e.g. pharmaceutical advisers/prescribers).Conclusions: This study has policy implications in terms of the need for greater motivation and training of family physicians in order for them to make more extensive and innovative use of digital health technologies in their medical practice, for greater interoperability and integration of the digital health tools made available to them, and for greater awareness of their patients’ emerging attitudes and behaviors with regards to digital health. These implications make even more sense in the context of the current Covid-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals India’s Inflation Process Before and After Flexible Inflation Targeting

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (251) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Blagrave ◽  
Weicheng Lian
Keyword(s):  
Inflation Targeting ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Phillips Curve ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Food Prices ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Inflation Expectations ◽  
Curve Estimation ◽  
Core Inflation ◽  
Before And After

We study the inflation process in India, focusing on the periods before and after the adoption of flexible inflation-forecast targeting (FIT) in India. Our analysis uses several approaches including standard Phillips curve estimation for headline and core inflation, an examination of the sensitivity of medium-term inflation expectations to inflation surprises, and the properties of convergence between headline and core inflation. Results indicate an important role for domestic factors in driving the inflation process, and there is evidence that expectations have become more anchored since 2015. This result could be attributable to FIT adoption, or to persistently low food prices which dominate the post-FIT-adoption period. The policy implications of these structural changes in the inflation process are investigated using a semi-structural model calibrated to the Indian economy.

scholarly journals SOCIAL SUPPORT, STRESS AND LIFE SATISFACTION OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS IN TRA VINH UNIVERSITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (42) ◽  
pp. 47-60
Author(s):  
Dung My Ho ◽  
Uyen Thi Phuong Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
University Students ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
First Year University

The objective of the study is to analyze the relationship between social support, stress and life satisfaction of first-year university students at Tra Vinh University. Research is conducted through two phases, preliminary qualitative research and formal quantitative research. With the convenient sampling method, 599 validsurvey forms were collected. Cronbach’s Alpha scale reliability testing method, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmation factor analysis (CFA) and linear structural model analysis (SEM) were used. The results showed that (1) all components of social support influence on the stress; (2) teacher and family support positively effect on first-year university students’ life satisfaction; (3) stress negatively effects on firstyear university students’ life satisfaction. Based on the results, policy implications are proposed to Tra Vinh University and related parties for providing timely support to students, contributing to reducing stress and improving life satisfaction of students.

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