Background: The benefits and cost-effectiveness of functional septorhinoplasty have been previously demonstrated. However, reimbursement for functional septorhinoplasty by health insurance companies remains inconsistent. The purpose of this study is to define the current state of insurance coverage for functional septorhinoplasty.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The experience of homelessness and child protection involvement pose risks to children's school success. Elucidating processes by which these interrelated systems affect child well-being is important for guiding policy and practice.
Objective: This study examines the temporal relation between emergency shelter or transitional housing use and child protection involvement among school-aged children.
There are communities in which hearing voices frequently is common and expected, and in which participants are not expected to have a need for care. This paper compares the ideas and practices of these communities. We observe that these communities utilize cultural models to identify and to explain voice-like events-and that there are some common features to these models across communities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHistorical osteopathic principles and practices (OPP)-considering the patient as a dynamic interaction of the body, mind, and spirit and incorporating the body's self-healing ability into care-are inherited from traditional/complementary and alternative (CAM) principles. Both concepts are familiar to contemporary osteopathic practitioners, but their incorporation into healthcare for evidence-informed, patient-centered care (PCC) remains unclear. Further, a polarity exists in the osteopathic profession between a 'traditional-minded' group following historical OPP despite evidence against those models and an 'evidence-minded' group following the current available evidence for common patient complaints.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The experience of homelessness and child protection involvement pose risks to children's school success. Elucidating processes by which these interrelated systems affect child well-being is important for guiding policy and practice.
Objective: This study examines the temporal relation between emergency shelter or transitional housing use and child protection involvement among school-aged children.