Deciding When to Put Grandma in the Nursing Home: Measuring Inclinations to Place Persons with Dementia
For caregivers of persons with dementia, estimating when that person should be placed in long-term care is difficult. Healthcare providers also find it hard to give an exact time as to when the person should be placed. Using data from 197 caregivers working with the Dementia Care Services Project in North Dakota, we show that asking the caregiver about their inclination to place can be equated to asking them for a specific time to place (k = .616). Using the probability density function of time to place we were able to translate it into inclination. This inclination is easier information for the caregiver to provide and places fewer burdens on the caregiver and patient. It also provides the healthcare provider with a measure of time to help advise caregivers and recommend interventions and provide service organizations with measures of cost savings to support the impact of outreach and intervention. The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in the American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, Vol 27/Issue 4, June 2012 by SAGE Publications Ltd./SAGE Publications, Inc., All rights reserved.

Characteristics of US Medical Graduates and International Medical Graduates in North Dakota
Examines where North Dakota's physicians attended medical school, their specialties and location of practice.

Demographics of International Medical Graduates in North Dakota
Examines where North Dakota's International Medical Graduates are from, what they specialize in and where they practice.

Non-Direct Patient Care Physicians in North Dakota
Examines where non-direct patient care physicians are located by sex and rurality in North Dakota.

Type of Employment for Physicians in North Dakota
Examines the type of employment for North Dakota's physicians by sex, age and rurality.

Demographics of Direct Patient Care Physicians in North Dakota
Examines the location of where direct patient care physicians practice by age, rurality and number of patients.

Projection of North Dakota Physicians: 2010-2040
Describes a projection of both the population of North Dakota and physicians in North Dakota. Includes projection models, graphs, and tables.

Effect of Outpatient Visits and Discharge Destination on Potentially Preventable Readmissions for Congestive Heart Failure and Bacterial Pneumonia
Emphasizes the importance of receiving timely post-discharge outpatient care and appropriate discharge destination for reducing preventable hospital readmissions, especially but not exclusively among rural-based patients. Full report.