The Reports of the Surgeon General

Title:

AAR Times Presents the Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Regional Workshop on Home Care

Description:

This special issue, dedicated to workshop proceedings, was part of a lobbying effort to convince Congress to change both the Medicare and Medicaid Statutes to authorize reimbursement for respiratory home care services and includes an appeal from Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, M.D., for "society to share the problems of the handicapped." NOTE: This publication was originally printed in color. Digital Manuscripts Program staff enhanced images of text to make text more legible.

Item is a photocopy.

Number of Image Pages:

39 (5,484,886 Bytes)

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Date:

1984-04 (April 1984)

Creator:

American Association for Respiratory Therapy

United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General

Contributor:

Editor: Giordano, Sam

Conference: Surgeon General's Regional Workshop on Home Care (13 December 1983, St. Louis)

Source:

Periodical: American Association for Respiratory Therapy, and United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General. "AAR Times Presents the Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Regional Workshop on Home Care." AARTimes : An official publication of the American Association for Respiratory Therapy 8, 4 (April 1984). Article. Proceedings. Workshop (Seminar). 39 Images.

Publisher:

Daedalus Enterprises

Subject:

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):: Medicaid; Medicare; Home Care Services; Disabled Persons; Insurance, Health, Reimbursement

Exhibit Categories:

Public Health and Disease Prevention

Changing Conceptions of Public Health

Relation:

"AAR Times Presents the Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Regional Workshop on Home Care" [Journal cover and introductory material] (April 1984)

Surgeon General Appeals To Society To Share Problems Of The Handicapped (April 1984)

The Missouri Waiver: A Means of Decreasing Costs And Improving Health Care (April 1984)

Polio Survivors Prove The Value of Home Care Services (April 1984)

Disabled Take Advantage of Artificial Breathing Devices (April 1984)

Parent of Ventilator-Dependent Children Welcomes Waiver (April 1984)

Disabled Use 'Independent Living' Concept in Rehabilitation (April 1984)

Persistence and Good Education Pays Off for Disabled (April 1984)

England and France Set Examples of Home Care Programs (April 1984)

Home Care Standards Present Unique Medical and Legal Challenge (April 1984)

St. Louis Meets Needs of Children With Chronic Treatable Disease (April 1984)

Nebraska Strives to Care For Ventilator-Dependent Children at Home (April 1984)

Critically Ill Newborns Require Special Treatment (April 1984)

Cooperation and Teamwork: Keys to Future Health Services (April 1984)

Kansas Uses Innovative Programs to Prevent Hospitalization (April 1984)

Brook Lodge Conference Focuses on Future of High-Tech Ventilator-Dependent Children (April 1984)

Unique Identifier:

NNBCVK

Document Type:

Articles

Proceedings

Workshops (seminars)

Language:

English

Format:

application/pdf

image/tif

Physical Condition:

Poor

Metadata Last Modified Date:

2006-05-24

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