An approach to an index of hospital performance.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the effects of race/ethnicity, area measures of socioeconomic status (SES) and geographic residency status, and health care supply (HCS) characteristics on breast cancer (BC)-related outcomes. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Female patients in Georgia diagnosed with BC in the years 2000-2009. STUDY DE...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Markossian TW,Hines RB,Bayakly R

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the types of hospices with higher rates of patient disenrollment from the Medicare Hospice Benefit and the markets in which these hospices operate. DATA SOURCE:Secondary analyses of Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results-Medicare data. Analyses included patients who died of cancer from 19...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Carlson MD,Herrin J,Du Q,Epstein AJ,Cherlin E,Morrison RS,Bradley EH

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of out-migration of nurses on the health systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). SETTING:The countries of SSA. DESIGN AND METHODS:Review of secondary sources: existing publications and country documents on the health workforce; documents prepared for the Joint Learning Initiative Global Hu...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Dovlo D

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop and test a caregiver-reported experience measure for pediatric hospital-to-home transitions. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Primary data were collected between 07/2014 and 05/2015 from caregivers within 2-8 weeks of their child's discharge from a tertiary care children's hospital. STUDY DESIGN/DATA C...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Desai AD,Jacob-Files EA,Lowry SJ,Opel DJ,Mangione-Smith R,Britto MT,Howard WJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of varying diagnostic and pharmaceutical criteria on the performance of claims-based algorithms for identifying beneficiaries with hypertension, heart failure, chronic lung disease, arthritis, glaucoma, and diabetes. STUDY SETTING:Secondary 1999-2000 data from two Medicare+Choice healt...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Rector TS,Wickstrom SL,Shah M,Thomas Greeenlee N,Rheault P,Rogowski J,Freedman V,Adams J,Escarce JJ

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine which components of medical homes affect time families spend arranging/coordinating health care for their children with special health care needs (CSHCNs) and providing health care at home. DATA SOURCES:2009-2010 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN), a population-...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Miller JE,Nugent CN,Russell LB

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore effects of disease prevalence adjustment on ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalization (ACSH) rates used for quality comparisons. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:County-level hospital administrative data on adults discharged from German hospitals in 2011 and prevalence estimates based on administrative...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Pollmanns J,Romano PS,Weyermann M,Geraedts M,Drösler SE

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate factors affecting willingness to pay (WTP) for health insurance of older adults in a longitudinal setting in Germany. DATA SOURCES:Survey data from a cohort study in Saarland, Germany, from 2008-2010 and 2011-2014 (n1  = 3,124; n2  = 2,761) were used. STUDY DESIGN:Panel data were taken at two...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Bock JO,Hajek A,Brenner H,Saum KU,Matschinger H,Haefeli WE,Schöttker B,Quinzler R,Heider D,König HH

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of dissemination and implementation of an intervention consisting of practice facilitation and a risk-stratified, population management dashboard on cardiovascular risk reduction for patients at high risk in small, primary care practices. STUDY SETTING:A total of 219 small primary care p...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Cykert S,Keyserling TC,Pignone M,DeWalt D,Weiner BJ,Trogdon JG,Wroth T,Halladay J,Mackey M,Fine J,In Kim J,Cene C

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The volume and cost of services consumed by persons with AIDS (PWAs) during their last months of life are examined in this study. DATA SOURCES:This study utilizes data from the AIDS Costs and Service Utilization Survey (ACSUS). The ACSUS is the most comprehensive survey of medical services that are consumed ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Hellinger FJ,Fleishman JA,Hsia DC

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explain variation in direct care resource use (RU) of nursing home residents based on the Resource Utilization Groups III (RUG-III) classification system and other resident- and unit-level explanatory variables. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Primary data were collected on 5,314 nursing home residents in 156 ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Arling G,Kane RL,Mueller C,Lewis T

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between dialysis facility chain affiliation and patient mortality. STUDY SETTING:Medicare dialysis population. STUDY DESIGN:Data from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) were used to identify 3,601 free-standing dialysis facilities and 34,914 Medicare patients' incidence t...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Zhang Y,Cotter DJ,Thamer M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of propensity to use ambulatory care is defined as the probability that a utilization occurs in a very small interval of time, given that no utilization has been observed before. With this definition of utilization, survival analysis can be used to assess the effect of a set of predictors on utilization. T...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Béland F

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluate the impact of membership in a staff-model health maintenance organization (HMO) on hospital admission rates for patients presenting to an emergency department with acute chest pain. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING:Primary prospective data were gathered from all 3,006 patients presenting with a chi...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Pearson SD,Lee TH,Lindsey E,Hawkins T,Cook EF,Goldman L

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of unionization among hospital workers was sharply accelerated by the 1974 amendments to the National Labor Relations Act covering voluntary hospital workers. With continuing inflationary pressures in the hospital sector, the cost implications of the recent and projected growth of hospital unions is of some...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Salkever DS

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the predictors of unit and item nonresponse, the magnitude of nonresponse bias, and the need for nonresponse weights in the Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospital Survey. METHODS:A common set of 11 administrative variables (41 degrees of freedom) was used to pred...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Elliott MN,Edwards C,Angeles J,Hambarsoomians K,Hays RD

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from a two-wave panel study of staff nurses in two hospitals are used to assess the relative importance of several types of independent variables as determinants of job satisfaction. Both organizational and nonorganizational determinants are examined, with the formed including both perceptual and structural measu...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Weisman CS,Alexander CS,Chase GA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine how the addition of generalist care managers and collaborative information technology to an ambulatory team affects the care of patients with diabetes. STUDY SETTING:Multiple ambulatory clinics within Intermountain Health Care (IHC), a large integrated delivery network. STUDY DESIGN:A retrospec...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Dorr DA,Wilcox A,Donnelly SM,Burns L,Clayton PD

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A decision to add a new treatment program has widespread and long-lasting implications for both the patient and the organization. Information about the interactions among the institution, the patient, and the treatment modality are seldom available. Cognitive rehabilitation is a relatively new treatment modality that ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Gummow LJ,Gregory VR,Macnamara SE

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multitrait - multimethod design was employed to assess the construct validity of three commonly used methods for assessing patient compliance: physiological assessments (e.g., blood chemistries), ratings by health professionals, and patient self-reports. Subjects were patients receiving ambulatory hemodialysis treat...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Cummings KM,Kirscht JP,Becker MH,Levin NW

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients discharged from a self-managed nursing unit are compared with patients from traditionally managed units on postdischarge outcomes. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING:Primary data were collected on patients discharged from eight nursing units in three clinical areas in one hospital from August through No...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Cassard SD,Weisman CS,Gordon DL,Wong R

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effect of a nursing home's share of residents with a serious mental illness (SMI) on the quality of care. DATA SOURCES:Secondary nursing home level data over the period 2000 through 2008 obtained from the Minimum Data Set, OSCAR, and Medicare claims. STUDY DESIGN:We employ an instrumental va...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Rahman M,Grabowski DC,Intrator O,Cai S,Mor V

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the total hours of paid and unpaid personal assistance of daily living provided to adults living at home in the United States using nationally representative household survey data. DATA SOURCES:The Disability Followback Survey of the National Health Interview Survey on Disability (NHIS-D) conduct...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： LaPlante MP,Harrington C,Kang T

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare different methods for defining screening mammograms with Medicare claims and their impact on estimates of breast cancer screening rates. METHODS:Medicare outpatient facility and physician claims for 61,962 women in 1993 and 59,652 women in 1998 were reviewed for evidence of receipt of screening m...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Randolph WM,Mahnken JD,Goodwin JS,Freeman JL

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of depression treatment in primary care on patients' clinical status and employment, over six months. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Data are from a randomized controlled trial of quality improvement for depression that included 938 adults with depressive disorder in 46 managed primary ca...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Schoenbaum M,Unützer J,McCaffrey D,Duan N,Sherbourne C,Wells KB

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether Medicaid home care spending reduces the proportion of the disabled elderly population who do not get help with personal care. DATA SOURCES:Data on Medicaid home care spending per poor elderly person in each state is merged with data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey for 1992, ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Kemper P,Weaver F,Short PF,Shea D,Kang H

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics as well as health services use associated with successful community discharge. DATA SOURCE:Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility-Patient Assessment Instrument and Medicare Provider Analysis and Review files. STUDY DESIGN:We retrospectively examined ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Cary MP Jr,Prvu Bettger J,Jarvis JM,Ottenbacher KJ,Graham JE

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine how the inclusion of post-acute evaluation and management (E&M) services as primary care affects assignment of Medicare beneficiaries to accountable care organizations (ACOs). DATA SOURCES:Medicare claims for a random 5 percent sample of 2009 Medicare beneficiaries linked to American Medical Ass...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： McWilliams JM,Chernew ME,Zaslavsky AM,Landon BE

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of the Nursing Home Value-Based Purchasing demonstration on quality of care and Medicare spending. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Administrative and qualitative data from Arizona, New York, and Wisconsin nursing homes over the base-year (2008-2009) and 3-year (2009-2012) demonstration peri...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Grabowski DC,Stevenson DG,Caudry DJ,O'Malley AJ,Green LH,Doherty JA,Frank RG

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the recent past, a great deal of faith has been placed in the idea that the performance of the hospital industry could be improved significantly by relying more heavily on profit incentives. This article considers the effect of profit incentives on hospital behavior and finds that the existence of profit incentives...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Register CA,Sharp AM,Bivin DG

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00