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West Virginia State Health Plan
In Access to Health Care in America, 1993, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) defined access to health care as “the timely use of personal health services to achieve the best possible outcomes” (Institute of Medicine, 1993). In this context, personal health services are defined as one-on-one interaction of provider and patient. The Health Care Authority (HCA) for purposes of developing the State H...
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We consider the likely revenue effect of an increase in the cigarette excise tax rate in West Virginia. We begin with a consideration of the existing literature on how US state cigarette excise tax policy affects cigarette consumption and cross-border cigarette shopping. Second, we examine 80 cigarette excise tax increases that have occurred in the US since 2000. There we find a wide range of r...
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West Virginia reports a high obesity rate, and the prevalence of obesity is 8 percent higher than the national rate. Obesity is linked with several health diseases, certain psychological disorders, quality of life, premature deaths as well as healthcare costs. Prevention of obesity is a must and changing behavioral factors is one way of controlling obesity. This research study attempts to exami...
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عنوان ژورنال: PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America
سال: 1891
ISSN: 0030-8129,1938-1530
DOI: 10.2307/456085