Issues in capitation: risk of financial ruin for providers and ways to control this risk (open access)

Issues in capitation: risk of financial ruin for providers and ways to control this risk

The purpose of this report is to explore issues relating to healthcare expenses. To examine the concept of risk for providers in a capitation payment environment and to estimate the effectiveness of various risk limiting techniques.
Date: October 1985
Creator: Vertrees, James G.; Tolley, Dennis & Manton, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beneath the bottom line: agricultural approaches to reduce agrichemical contamination of groundwater, part B management (open access)

Beneath the bottom line: agricultural approaches to reduce agrichemical contamination of groundwater, part B management

This report discusses the assessment of agrichemicals in ground water in the United States in the late 1970's. A series of recommendations are offered in this report to help solve the problems.
Date: December 1990
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beneath the bottom line: agricultural approaches to reduce agrichemical contamination of groundwater (open access)

Beneath the bottom line: agricultural approaches to reduce agrichemical contamination of groundwater

This report discusses the agricultural practices that are contributing to the contamination of groundwater, how to develop alternative practices, it outlines major components of the water quality issues, and describes the integrating and coordinating activities of the respective federal agencies.
Date: December 1990
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic considerations in regulating neurotoxic substances (open access)

Economic considerations in regulating neurotoxic substances

This report discusses economic consideration in regulating neurotoxic substances which involves balancing the economic benefits of utilizing these substances commercially against their actual or potential risks to human health and the environment.
Date: April 28, 1989
Creator: Provenzano, George
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technology, public policy, and the changing structure of American agriculture, Background papers, Volume II (open access)

Technology, public policy, and the changing structure of American agriculture, Background papers, Volume II

This report discusses the commodity programs that have been developed over the years with the objective to raise farm outcomes.
Date: May 1986
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of technology in the education, training, and retraining of adult workers: a report (open access)

The Role of technology in the education, training, and retraining of adult workers: a report

This report shows how new technological tools or devices are being used in adult education and training it examines the evidence of their effectiveness and costs and it suggests prospects for the future use of technologies.
Date: October 5, 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library