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Papers by Clarke Cochran

Journal of Church and State, 1997

... 0 CLARKE E. COCHRAN (BA, Brown University; MA., Ph.D., Duke University) is cur-rently profess... more ... 0 CLARKE E. COCHRAN (BA, Brown University; MA., Ph.D., Duke University) is cur-rently professor of political science and adjunct profssor, department of health organization management at Texas Tech University. He is author ...

Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics

... the Legacy of H. Richard Niebuhr WILLIAM WERPEHOWSKI Aquinas and Empowerment: Classical Ethic... more ... the Legacy of H. Richard Niebuhr WILLIAM WERPEHOWSKI Aquinas and Empowerment: Classical Ethics for Ordinary Lives G. SIMON HARAK, SJ ... A Historical, Theological, and Ethical Analysis CHARLES E. CURRAN The Christian Case for Virtue Ethics JOSEPH J. KOTVA, JR ...

Http Dx Doi Org 10 1300 J045v22n01_06, Oct 21, 2008

Although research suggests numerous interventions that can improve immunization coverage (Taskfor... more Although research suggests numerous interventions that can improve immunization coverage (Taskforce on Community Preventive Services, 2000), there is often a gap between policies supported by and public entities. The question for this study is whether the variation in childhood (19 to 35 months) immunization coverage rates across states is related to significant variations in state regulatory regimes that may optimize the benefits of state registries and systems that are designed to improve assessment of immunization practices. Utilizing 2002 data from the CDC and survey data collected from state immunization program officials, we find that financial support for state immunization programs, opt-out state registries, and state-mandated participation in provider quality improvement and assessment programs have positive associations with statewide coverage rates. We also suggest that more active state governmental support for interventions supported by rigorous scientific evaluation will not only improve early childhood immunization coverage, but may also support other public health objectives such as life-time full immunization and improve bioterrorism response planning.

Political Science and Politics, Oct 1, 2004

... Assistant Editor: Laura Ross Editorial Assistant: Nina Wasserman Marketing Manager: Lydia LeS... more ... Assistant Editor: Laura Ross Editorial Assistant: Nina Wasserman Marketing Manager: Lydia LeStar Marketing Communications Manager: Heather Baxley Content Project Management: PreMediaGlobal Art Director: Linda Helcher Print buyer: Fola Orekoya Rights Acquisitions ...

Health progress (Saint Louis, Mo.)

R apid changes in the American health care system, familiar to all readers of this journal, have ... more R apid changes in the American health care system, familiar to all readers of this journal, have placed extraordinary pressure on the mission and identity of Catholic health care. 1 Mergers and acquisitions blur the distinctive identities of the component institutions, .md managed care contracts pressure the financial bottom line, threatening uncompensated or poorly compensated services. As the memberships of the religious congregations that founded and directed Catholic health care decline, the challenge of transmitting charism and mission to new lay leadership is daunting.

The Hastings Center Report, 2001

Medical Care

Availability of options other than aggressive medical treatment for persons with life-limiting il... more Availability of options other than aggressive medical treatment for persons with life-limiting illnesses has provided hospitals an opportunity to adopt formalized end-of-life care services. To describe hospital ownership types that have adopted formalized end-of-life services (who), the scope of end-of-life services offered (what), and the geographic location of service provision (where). Nationally representative cross-sectional data for 3,939 hospitals (80% of respondent hospitals) obtained from the American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals was used for the year 1998. A scale was developed to measure hospital provision of general end-of-life, pain management, or hospice services. A multivariate ordinary least-squares regression model was used to test the association of ownership as a predictor of end-of-life service provision, while controlling for internal (organizational) and external (market location and size) characteristics. Independent correlates of the number...

Handbook of Bioethics and Religion, 2006

Health progress (Saint Louis, Mo.)

Health progress (Saint Louis, Mo.)

Health progress (Saint Louis, Mo.)

Texas medicine, 2003

Currently, Texas ranks in the bottom quintile of states for childhood vaccinations. Approximately... more Currently, Texas ranks in the bottom quintile of states for childhood vaccinations. Approximately, one fourth of Texas children younger than age 3 years have not received the recommended full schedule of vaccinations. Such a low rate can produce serious health consequences by reducing "community immunity." We review the current literature on barriers to high immunization rates and on effective, evidence-based strategies and programs. In addition, we report the results of interviews with public health officials responsible for implementing immunization programs in Texas and in a sample of high-ranking states for their assessment of the most effective strategies. We suggest legislative and administrative changes for Texas on the basis of the literature review and interview results. These recommendations involve improving the public health network, strengthening financial and administrative incentives to providers, enhancing incentives for parents, and encouraging federal pro...

Health progress (Saint Louis, Mo.)

R apid changes in the American health care system, familiar to all readers of this journal, have ... more R apid changes in the American health care system, familiar to all readers of this journal, have placed extraordinary pressure on the mission and identity of Catholic health care. 1 Mergers and acquisitions blur the distinctive identities of the component institutions, .md managed care contracts pressure the financial bottom line, threatening uncompensated or poorly compensated services. As the memberships of the religious congregations that founded and directed Catholic health care decline, the challenge of transmitting charism and mission to new lay leadership is daunting.

Medical care, 2002

Availability of options other than aggressive medical treatment for persons with life-limiting il... more Availability of options other than aggressive medical treatment for persons with life-limiting illnesses has provided hospitals an opportunity to adopt formalized end-of-life care services. To describe hospital ownership types that have adopted formalized end-of-life services (who), the scope of end-of-life services offered (what), and the geographic location of service provision (where). Nationally representative cross-sectional data for 3,939 hospitals (80% of respondent hospitals) obtained from the American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals was used for the year 1998. A scale was developed to measure hospital provision of general end-of-life, pain management, or hospice services. A multivariate ordinary least-squares regression model was used to test the association of ownership as a predictor of end-of-life service provision, while controlling for internal (organizational) and external (market location and size) characteristics. Independent correlates of the number...

Journal of Church and State, 1997

... 0 CLARKE E. COCHRAN (BA, Brown University; MA., Ph.D., Duke University) is cur-rently profess... more ... 0 CLARKE E. COCHRAN (BA, Brown University; MA., Ph.D., Duke University) is cur-rently professor of political science and adjunct profssor, department of health organization management at Texas Tech University. He is author ...

Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics

... the Legacy of H. Richard Niebuhr WILLIAM WERPEHOWSKI Aquinas and Empowerment: Classical Ethic... more ... the Legacy of H. Richard Niebuhr WILLIAM WERPEHOWSKI Aquinas and Empowerment: Classical Ethics for Ordinary Lives G. SIMON HARAK, SJ ... A Historical, Theological, and Ethical Analysis CHARLES E. CURRAN The Christian Case for Virtue Ethics JOSEPH J. KOTVA, JR ...

Http Dx Doi Org 10 1300 J045v22n01_06, Oct 21, 2008

Although research suggests numerous interventions that can improve immunization coverage (Taskfor... more Although research suggests numerous interventions that can improve immunization coverage (Taskforce on Community Preventive Services, 2000), there is often a gap between policies supported by and public entities. The question for this study is whether the variation in childhood (19 to 35 months) immunization coverage rates across states is related to significant variations in state regulatory regimes that may optimize the benefits of state registries and systems that are designed to improve assessment of immunization practices. Utilizing 2002 data from the CDC and survey data collected from state immunization program officials, we find that financial support for state immunization programs, opt-out state registries, and state-mandated participation in provider quality improvement and assessment programs have positive associations with statewide coverage rates. We also suggest that more active state governmental support for interventions supported by rigorous scientific evaluation will not only improve early childhood immunization coverage, but may also support other public health objectives such as life-time full immunization and improve bioterrorism response planning.

Political Science and Politics, Oct 1, 2004

... Assistant Editor: Laura Ross Editorial Assistant: Nina Wasserman Marketing Manager: Lydia LeS... more ... Assistant Editor: Laura Ross Editorial Assistant: Nina Wasserman Marketing Manager: Lydia LeStar Marketing Communications Manager: Heather Baxley Content Project Management: PreMediaGlobal Art Director: Linda Helcher Print buyer: Fola Orekoya Rights Acquisitions ...

Health progress (Saint Louis, Mo.)

R apid changes in the American health care system, familiar to all readers of this journal, have ... more R apid changes in the American health care system, familiar to all readers of this journal, have placed extraordinary pressure on the mission and identity of Catholic health care. 1 Mergers and acquisitions blur the distinctive identities of the component institutions, .md managed care contracts pressure the financial bottom line, threatening uncompensated or poorly compensated services. As the memberships of the religious congregations that founded and directed Catholic health care decline, the challenge of transmitting charism and mission to new lay leadership is daunting.

The Hastings Center Report, 2001

Medical Care

Availability of options other than aggressive medical treatment for persons with life-limiting il... more Availability of options other than aggressive medical treatment for persons with life-limiting illnesses has provided hospitals an opportunity to adopt formalized end-of-life care services. To describe hospital ownership types that have adopted formalized end-of-life services (who), the scope of end-of-life services offered (what), and the geographic location of service provision (where). Nationally representative cross-sectional data for 3,939 hospitals (80% of respondent hospitals) obtained from the American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals was used for the year 1998. A scale was developed to measure hospital provision of general end-of-life, pain management, or hospice services. A multivariate ordinary least-squares regression model was used to test the association of ownership as a predictor of end-of-life service provision, while controlling for internal (organizational) and external (market location and size) characteristics. Independent correlates of the number...

Handbook of Bioethics and Religion, 2006

Health progress (Saint Louis, Mo.)

Health progress (Saint Louis, Mo.)

Health progress (Saint Louis, Mo.)

Texas medicine, 2003

Currently, Texas ranks in the bottom quintile of states for childhood vaccinations. Approximately... more Currently, Texas ranks in the bottom quintile of states for childhood vaccinations. Approximately, one fourth of Texas children younger than age 3 years have not received the recommended full schedule of vaccinations. Such a low rate can produce serious health consequences by reducing "community immunity." We review the current literature on barriers to high immunization rates and on effective, evidence-based strategies and programs. In addition, we report the results of interviews with public health officials responsible for implementing immunization programs in Texas and in a sample of high-ranking states for their assessment of the most effective strategies. We suggest legislative and administrative changes for Texas on the basis of the literature review and interview results. These recommendations involve improving the public health network, strengthening financial and administrative incentives to providers, enhancing incentives for parents, and encouraging federal pro...

Health progress (Saint Louis, Mo.)

R apid changes in the American health care system, familiar to all readers of this journal, have ... more R apid changes in the American health care system, familiar to all readers of this journal, have placed extraordinary pressure on the mission and identity of Catholic health care. 1 Mergers and acquisitions blur the distinctive identities of the component institutions, .md managed care contracts pressure the financial bottom line, threatening uncompensated or poorly compensated services. As the memberships of the religious congregations that founded and directed Catholic health care decline, the challenge of transmitting charism and mission to new lay leadership is daunting.

Medical care, 2002

Availability of options other than aggressive medical treatment for persons with life-limiting il... more Availability of options other than aggressive medical treatment for persons with life-limiting illnesses has provided hospitals an opportunity to adopt formalized end-of-life care services. To describe hospital ownership types that have adopted formalized end-of-life services (who), the scope of end-of-life services offered (what), and the geographic location of service provision (where). Nationally representative cross-sectional data for 3,939 hospitals (80% of respondent hospitals) obtained from the American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals was used for the year 1998. A scale was developed to measure hospital provision of general end-of-life, pain management, or hospice services. A multivariate ordinary least-squares regression model was used to test the association of ownership as a predictor of end-of-life service provision, while controlling for internal (organizational) and external (market location and size) characteristics. Independent correlates of the number...