Law and the Public's Health

Immigrant Health in the United States

“…racial minority groups and immigrants (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2010; Rosenbaum, 2015). Numerous important studies focus on facets of the SDOH that become the trajectory for the development of chronic diseases across various at risk immigrant groups (Lassetter & Callister, 2009;Mehrotra, Gaur, & Petrova, 2012;Singh, Siahpush, Hiatt, & Timsina 2011;Yun et al, 2012).…”

Factors affecting dental service quality

“…Additionally, healthcare's increasing complexity and the rising demand for improved patient safety, monitoring health service quality has become essential (Manias, 2010). The demand for quality is also increasing among health system stakeholders, such as medical insurance organizations, healthcare providers and health policy makers (Beyer et al, 2011;Davies, 2001;Rosenbaum, 2003). Consequently, providing high-quality services in the health sector is considered a desirable goal that leads to development in other areas (Andaleeb, 2000b;Karydis et al, 2001;Youssef, 1996).…”

Fitting in as an outsider: a resource dependence theory approach to outside boards

“…Due to a rising number of chief executive officer (CEO) scandals and alleged wrongdoings, AT has become increasingly important to explaining a board's monitoring role (see also Cardinaels, 2009). Specifically, while the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley act applies only to corporate entities, various scandals in the healthcare industry have raised increasing concerns that NPHCOs have not provided sufficient oversight over the quality care decisions of their CEOs (Cardinaels, 2009;Erwin et al, 2019;Jha and Epstein, 2010;Kane et al, 2009;Rosenbaum and Margulies, 2011). This call for greater oversight stems from a basic agency problem in which the manager or agent acts against the interests of his/her principal shareholders (Cardinaels, 2009;Chambers et al, 2017;Dalton et al, 2007;Erwin et al, 2019;Jensen and Meckling, 1976).…”

“…Since an NPHCO's identity is intricately tied to its tax-exempt status (Ellison, 2015;Kiel and Arnold, 2017;Gooch, 2015;Rosenbaum and Margulies, 2011;Rubin et al, 2015), an NPHCO's i990 information is used to examine this study's hypothesis. This i990 information involves drawing on the Guidestar database (Garner and Harrison, 2013;Krishnan et al, 2006).…”

“…A commitment to serving the medical needs of the poor is central to an NPHCO's identity or purpose (Ellison, 2015;Gooch, 2015;Kiel and Arnold, 2017;Rubin et al, 2015). This identity forms the basis of a NPHCO's 501 (3) c tax exempt status in which an NPHCO is granted federal, state and local tax exemptions for providing medical and emergency services to their communities (Gooch, 2015;Kiel and Arnold, 2017;Rosenbaum and Margulies, 2011;Rubin et al, 2015). Yet, despite their services to the poor, 60% of NPHCOs have engaged in aggressive debt collection practices, such as reporting a patient's debt to credit agencies and/ or garnishing a patient's wages (Kiel and Arnold, 2017).…”