Enhancing the quality of case studies in health services research.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study evaluates the relationship between hospital and regional characteristics and the prevalence of mobile computed tomography in rural hospitals. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING:Primary data were gathered from all rural hospitals in eight northwestern states (n = 471) in 1991. Secondary data sources in...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Hartley D,Moscovice I,Christianson J

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:. To examine the effect of premiums and benefits on the health plan choices of older enrollees who choose Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) health plans as their primary payer. DATA SOURCES:Administrative enrollment data from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and plan premiums and bene...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Florence CS,Atherly A,Thorpe KE

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between aggregate unemployment and hospital discharges for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) among adults and seniors, 1995-2011. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Community hospital discharge data from states collected for the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) State Inpatient...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Carls GS,Henke RM,Karaca Z,Marder WD,Wong HS

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pay-for-performance (P4P) is commonly used to improve health care quality in the United States and is expected to be frequently implemented under the Affordable Care Act. However, evidence supporting its use is mixed with few large-scale, rigorous evaluations of P4P. This study tests the effect of P4P on qual...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Werner RM,Konetzka RT,Polsky D

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY QUESTIONS:To determine factors that distinguish effective rural hospital consortia from ineffective ones in terms of their ability to improve members' financial performance. Two questions in particular were addressed: (1) Do large consortia have a greater collective impact on their members? (2) Does a consortium'...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Chan B,Feldman R,Manning WG

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test how Certificate of Need laws affect all-cause mortality in the United States. DATA SOURCES:The data of 1992-2011 all-cause mortality are from the Center for Disease Control's Compressed Mortality File; control variables are from the Current Population Survey, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Syste...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Bailey J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To construct a data tool, the Residential History File (RHF), that summarizes information from Medicare claims and nursing home (NH) Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments to track people through health care locations, including non-Medicare-paid NH stays. DATA SOURCES:Online Survey of Certification and Reportin...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Intrator O,Hiris J,Berg K,Miller SC,Mor V

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of Medicaid data to study cancer-related outcomes would be highly desirable. However, the accuracy of Medicaid claims data in the identification of incident cases of breast cancer is unknown. OBJECTIVES:(1) To estimate the sensitivity of Medicaid claims data for case ascertainment of breast cancer, ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Koroukian SM,Cooper GS,Rimm AA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A location model is used to determine the most efficient (i.e., least-cost) number and location of ambulance facilities in a rural area. The model incorporates response time and service time standards into the analysis and indicates the trade-off between costs and various time standards. The financial feasibility of i...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Daberkow SG

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explain the association of out-of-pocket (OOP) cost, community-level factors, and individual characteristics on statin therapy nonadherence. DATA SOURCES:BlueCross BlueShield of Texas claims data for the period of 2008-2011. STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective cohort of 49,176 insured patients, aged 18-64 years...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Abbass I,Revere L,Mitchell J,Appari A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During welfare reform, Congress passed legislation barring legal immigrants who entered the United States after August 1996 from Medicaid for five years after immigration. This legislation intended to bar only new immigrants (post-1996 immigrants) from Medicaid. However it may have also deterred the enrollme...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Kandula NR,Grogan CM,Rathouz PJ,Lauderdale DS

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Through a review of the literature, to identify and describe (1) empirical studies of inpatient nursing care quality that evaluate links between nursing care processes and health-related patient outcomes, (2) nursing care processes for which process-outcome links have been established, and (3) important nursi...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Lee JL,Chang BL,Pearson ML,Kahn KL,Rubenstein LV

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the influence of relational climate on quality of diabetes care. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:The study was conducted at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA All Employee Survey (AES) was used to measure relational climate. Patient and facility characteristics were gathered from VA adminis...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Soley-Bori M,Benzer JK,Burgess JF Jr

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess what is known about the relationship between patient experience measures and incentives designed to improve care, and to identify how public policy and medical practices can promote patient-valued outcomes in health systems with strong financial incentives. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Existing liter...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Schlesinger M,Grob R,Shaller D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine factors associated with ruptured appendicitis among children, using administrative databases. Insurance-related differences in the risk of ruptured appendix among adults in California have previously been described (Braveman, Schaaf, Egerter, et al. 1994). DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:State of Mar...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Gadomski A,Jenkins P

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients are treated using observation services (OS) when their care needs exceed standard outpatient care (i.e., clinic or emergency department) but do not qualify for admission. Medicare and other private payers seek to limit this care setting to 48 hours. DATA SOURCE/STUDY SETTING:Healthcare Cost and Uti...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Hockenberry JM,Mutter R,Barrett M,Parlato J,Ross MA

更新日期：2014-06-01 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:To assess the impact of substance abuse claims redaction on Medicare spending estimates for beneficiaries with serious mental illness. DATA SOURCES:The 2012 claims and unredacted beneficiary-level Medicare spending totals from CMS's Chronic Conditions Warehouse. STUDY DESIGN:We identified beneficiaries with...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Roberto P,Brandt N,Onukwugha E,Stuart B

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) on birth outcomes. DATA SOURCE:The Child Development Supplement (CDS) of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The PSID provides extensive data on the income and well-being of a representative sa...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Foster EM,Jiang M,Gibson-Davis CM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine financial and nonfinancial access to care and utilization of primary health care services among children of working low-income families earning below 200 percent of the federal poverty level in California, and to compare them to children in nonworking low-income families and in families earning ove...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Guendelman S,Wyn R,Tsai YW

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To understand reasons why California has lower Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) scores than the rest of the country, including differing patterns of CAHPS scores between Medicare Advantage (MA) and fee-for-service, effects of additional demographic characteristics of beneficiari...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Farley DO,Elliott MN,Haviland AM,Slaughter ME,Heller A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthroscopic surgery of the knee has reduced in-hospital utilization of 37 percent for surgical treatment of internal derangements of the knee at The Mount Sinai Medical Center. In a study comparing arthrotomies of the knee in 1974 (N = 106) to arthroscopic surgery of the knee in 1984 (N = 221) it was found that while...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Pruzansky ME,Remer S,Freedman B

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of a locally adapted evidence-based quality improvement (EBQI) approach to implementation of smoking cessation guidelines into routine practice. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:We used patient questionnaires, practice surveys, and administrative data in Veterans Health Administration (VA) p...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Yano EM,Rubenstein LV,Farmer MM,Chernof BA,Mittman BS,Lanto AB,Simon BF,Lee ML,Sherman SE

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Substantial investment in electronic health records (EHRs) has provided an unprecedented opportunity to use clinical decision support (CDS) to increase guideline adherence. To inform efforts to maximize adoption, we characterized the adoption of an otitis media (OM) CDS system, the impact of performance feedb...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Fiks AG,Zhang P,Localio AR,Khan S,Grundmeier RW,Karavite DJ,Bailey C,Alessandrini EA,Forrest CB

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine factors associated with Medicaid acceptance for substance abuse (SA) services by outpatient SA treatment programs. DATA SOURCES:Secondary analysis of 2003-2006 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services data combined with state Medicaid policy and usage measures and other publicly avail...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Terry-McElrath YM,Chriqui JF,McBride DC

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the influence of dimensions of service quality on patient experience of primary care. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Data from the national GP Patient Survey in England 2014/15, with responses from 858,351 patients registered at 7,918 practices. STUDY DESIGN:Expert panel and principal component analy...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Hudson Smith M,Smith D

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare safety climate between diverse U.S. hospitals and Veterans Health Administration (VA) hospitals, and to explore the factors influencing climate in each setting. DATA SOURCES:Primary data from surveys of hospital personnel; secondary data from the American Hospital Association's 2004 Annual Survey ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Singer SJ,Hartmann CW,Hanchate A,Zhao S,Meterko M,Shokeen P,Lin S,Gaba DM,Rosen AK

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports an evaluation of the impact of three administrative technologies--Admission Scheduling (AS) Systems, Outpatient Surgery (OPS) Programs, and Preadmission Testing (PAT) Programs--on the number of acute care beds required by a hospital. The evaluation mechanism reported here is called the ADTECH Comp...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Martin JB,Dahlstrom GA,Johnston CM

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To synthesize lessons learned from the experiences of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-funded patient safety projects in implementing safe practices. DATA SOURCES:Self-reported data from individual and group interviews with Original, Challenge, and Partnerships in Implementing Patient Safety (PIPS...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Taylor SL,Ridgely MS,Greenberg MD,Sorbero ME,Teleki SS,Damberg CL,Farley DO

更新日期：2009-04-01 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