Sheps Center

A recent study out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research helps explain why black patients with lung cancer are not recommended surgery as often as white lung cancer patients. Typical reasons involve poor patient-physician communication and a lack… Read more »

Initially, the mission of the Sheps Center is discussed, followed by a narrative review of its research, technical assistance, and training activities. The research and technical assistance activities are described by program area, followed by a description of the Center‘s graduate and postgraduate education activities and the library and informational services available. The next sections… Read more »

Thomas KC, Ellis AR,McConville R, Morrissey JP. Projected Costs of North Carolina’s Health Coverage for Workers with Disabilities, prepared for the North Carolina Medicaid Infrastructure Grant, July 2008.

North Carolina Uninsured 2005 NC Legislative District Estimates of the Number of Uninsured in North Carolina Percent of North Carolinians Aged 0-64 Without Health Insurance MAP Percent of North Carolinians Aged 0-64 Without Health Insurance by Senate District MAP Percent of North Carolinians Aged 0-64 Without Health Insurance by House District MAP

Direct care workers provide an estimated 70 to 80 percent of the paid hands-on long term care and personal assistance for Americans who are elderly, chronically ill or live with disabilities. Direct care worker refers to a category of workers in various long-term care settings who are the frontline workers on care teams. Their jobs… Read more »

This project was funded to review the evidence regarding effective interventions to reduce mortality among children in motor vehicle crashes and to explore what was and is happening in New York and North Dakota that contributes to their success.