14 In Texas, students could attend a university of their choice while in Florida, admission was guaranteed to at least one public university.
The decision was tailored to accommodate universities' use of race in admission decisions, while limiting the impact outside of higher education.
For example, one could compare observed rates of transfusion to those expected from the model, by hospital or medical/surgical service, while controlling appropriately for differences in admission hemoglobin and patient characteristics or case mix.
In fact, vigorous screening and isolation of MRSA was performed by the Scandinavians and the Dutch in the late 1980s, and their prevalence of MRSA remain less than 1% in admission screening, while the prevalence in the US and other parts of Europe is much higher.
Elvis left daughter Lisa-Marie his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tenn., which pulls down $15 million in admission fees annually, while tchotchkes like T-shirts and toys earn the estate another $5 million.
While the decline in admissions has worsened since the company last reported (down 15% v down 13%) spend per head improved (down 3% v down 7%).
Inpatient admissions represent an important revenue stream for hospitals, so that while a reduction in admissions may lead to savings for Medicaid, this same reduction can result in decreased revenue for hospitals if the averted hospitalizations leave beds unfilled.
In 2003, for example, the court upheld a university's racial preferences in admissions while guessing that they would not be needed in 25 years.
For a while, I chaired admissions in the graduate political science department at the University of Michigan.
To eliminate the need for in-patient admission while retaining high rates of complete drainage, we evaluated the feasibility of daycase paracentesis, with radiological insertion of drains instead of junior doctors.
