Emergence of item response modeling in instrument development and data analysis.

abstract：:We conducted an 18-month longitudinal evaluation of a model-managed medical care program for severely disabled, independently living adults. Regression analyses using an additive model (no interaction effects) suggest that persons in the study group did not have statistically significantly different utilization experi...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Meyers AR,Cupples A,Lederman RI,Branch LG,Feltin M,Master RJ,Nicastro D,Glover M,Kress D

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Indication bias is the major challenge in assessing treatment effectiveness in observational studies. We explored the potential advantages of using an instrumental variable approach in the context of primary androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer. METHODS:We identified 31,930 men in the link...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kuo YF,Montie JE,Shahinian VB

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Test whether physicians' counseling patients for smoking cessation with an autonomy supportive rather than controlling style would increase patients' active involvement in the counseling session and increase maintained abstinence. DESIGN:Randomized trial of 27 community-based physicians using two interview s...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Williams GC,Deci EL

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine variation in culture change to a person-centered care (PCC) model, and the association between culture change and a composite measure of quality in 107 Department of Veterans Affairs nursing homes. METHODS:We examined the relationship between a composite quality measure calculated from 24 quality ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Sullivan JL,Shwartz M,Burgess JF Jr,Peköz EA,Christiansen CL,Gerena-Melia M,Berlowitz D

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incomplete participation is of particular concern for surveys of patient perceptions of care because patients who have negative opinions may be least likely to participate. OBJECTIVE:We sought to examine indirect evidence of nonresponse bias. DESIGN:We re-analyzed data from a cross-sectional patient survey...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Perneger TV,Chamot E,Bovier PA

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The techniques of cost-effectiveness are employed to simplify resource allocation decisions concerned with the use of land and air transport systems in the health services of a developing country. Outcome classifications are produced for patients seen by mobile and fixed primary care units. The mobile services examine...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Walker G,Gish O

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Veterans Health Administration does not routinely collect and document sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data, despite existing health disparities among sexual and gender minority Veterans. Because of the legacy of previous Department of Defense (DoD) policies that prohibited disclosure of se...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Ruben MA,Blosnich JR,Dichter ME,Luscri L,Shipherd JC

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier studies have established substantial gender differences in the likelihood of obtaining a psychotropic drug prescription, and a correlation, especially among women, with such family characteristics as family responsibilities, marital separation, divorce or widowhood, and the presence of family stressors such as...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Cafferata GL,Meyers SM

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite little available evidence to determine whether recently introduced selective α-1 blockers and 5-α reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) are superior to the existing agents in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), they are being increasingly prescribed. OBJECTIVE:To describe the prescribing patterns o...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Han LC,Kim SP,Gross CP,Ross JS,Van Houten HK,Smaldone MC,Krambeck AE,Shah ND

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An interest in using nosocomial infection rates as an outcome measure to reflect quality of care in hospitals prompted us to consider factors in addition to quality that influence these rates. Approximately one third of nosocomial infections are potentially preventable, and changes in this "preventable" stratum of inf...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Larson E,Oram LF,Hedrick E

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persons with behavioral disorders incur higher healthcare costs. Although they utilize behavioral health (BH) services others do not, they also have higher utilization of medical services OBJECTIVES:: To determine the degree to which higher costs for persons with BH disorders are attributable to utilization...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Freeman E,McGuire CA,Thomas JW,Thayer DA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical functioning is an important health domain for adults. OBJECTIVE:Evaluate physical functioning items in Medicare beneficiaries. RESEARCH DESIGN:Survey data from the 2010 Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Medicare survey. SUBJECTS:The 366,701 respondents were 58% female; 38% w...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Hays RD,Mallett JS,Gaillot S,Elliott MN

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Federal regulation requires hospitals to present patients with a Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) that contains all stipulated content items, is readable by patients, and posted on institutional web sites. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine whether the NPP texts contain the required con...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Paasche-Orlow MK,Jacob DM,Powell JN

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Compare healthcare utilization and total payments for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) episodes-of-care among 5 health plan designs spanning the continuum of managed care. RESEARCH DESIGN:Medical and prescription claims analysis of CAP episodes among enrollees of employer-sponsored health plans. Episode ch...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Landsman PB,Smith DG,Fendrick AM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To enhance the efficient utilization of health providers, medical care researchers are increasingly concerned with the measurement of task performance. One job analysis methodology that is widely used is the task inventory technique, characterized by retrospective self-reporting. The purpose of this study was to valid...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Nelson EC,Jacobs AR,Breer PE

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the Longitudinal Survey of Income and Program Participation were used to examine the dynamics of health insurance among persons 55 to 64 years of age. Persons in this age range are especially vulnerable to incurring high health care costs. Between the summer of 1983 and early 1986, 21% of persons 55 to 64 ye...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Jensen GA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies examine the link between measured process of care and outcome. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relationship of claims-based assessment of process of care to subsequent function and survival. RESEARCH DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study using claims from 1999 to assess performance on 41 quality indicato...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Zingmond DS,Ettner SL,Wilber KH,Wenger NS

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research indicates that approximately one in five hospital admissions is unnecessary or inappropriate, based on accepted clinical criteria. Various cost-containment approaches have been initiated to reduce unnecessary hospital care. Among these approaches, hospital utilization review (UR) has shown promise as a cost-c...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Wickizer TM,Wheeler JR,Feldstein PJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Geographic rates of preventable hospitalization are used internationally as an indicator of accessibility and quality of primary care. Much research has correlated the indicator with the supply of primary care services, yet multiple other factors may influence these admissions. OBJECTIVE:To quantify the rel...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Falster MO,Jorm LR,Douglas KA,Blyth FM,Elliott RF,Leyland AH

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article assesses the extent to which formally provided comprehensive community care tends to substitute for informal care provided by family and friends to impaired elderly persons living in the community. Using simultaneous equations causal modeling techniques to control for selective targeting and other interve...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Greene VL

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Seattle Prepaid Health Care Evaluation Project is a comparative study designed to assess the care received by persons enrolled in either a large prepaid group practice (PGP) or in a prepaid, independent practice setting in which physicians are reimbursed on a fee-for-service basis (IPP). As part of the study we as...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： LoGerfo JP,Efird RA,Diehr PK,Richardson WC

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the temporal association between symptoms of psychiatric disorder and physical aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a sample of HIV-positive adults. METHODS:Sample included 2431 participants at baseline and the first follow-up (FU1; approximately 8 months later). Measures incl...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Orlando M,Tucker JS,Sherbourne CD,Burnam MA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine longitudinal changes in Medicare-eligible veterans' reliance on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system for primary and specialty care over 4 years. METHODS:We merged VA administrative and Medicare claims data to examine outpatient use during fiscal years (FY) 2001 to 2004 by 15,...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Liu CF,Manning WG,Burgess JF Jr,Hebert PL,Bryson CL,Fortney J,Perkins M,Sharp ND,Maciejewski ML

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to quantify Veterans Health Administration (VA) patients' utilization of coronary revascularization in the private sector and to assess the potential impact of directing this care to high-performance hospitals. METHODS:Using VA and New York State administrative and clinical databases, we conducted ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Weeks WB,Bott DM,Bazos DA,Campbell SL,Lombardo R,Racz MJ,Hannan EL,Wright SM,Fisher ES

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of large numbers of patients with a history of substance abuse upon a health care system is rarely considered, nor is the health care system's response to such a clientele ever assessed. In this preliminary study, the collective effect of large numbers of substance abuse patients upon a clinic serving the u...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Cahill DF,Hodgkins BJ

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To assess the feasibility of using the SF-36v2 mental health (MH) and mental component summary (MCS) scores for classification of risk for major depressive disorder (MDD), and to determine cut-off scores based on the sensitivity and specificity in a general US representative sample, and a chronic pain ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Bell JA,daCosta DiBonaventura M,Witt EA,Ben-Joseph R,Reeve BB

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of inpatient complications his received substantial attention in recent years because mortality rates and other outcome measures often appear unable to discriminate superior from inferior hospital care. Complication measurement holds out the promise of being more sensitive to variations in patient care...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Brailer DJ,Kroch E,Pauly MV,Huang J

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study uses empirical data to study changes in the structure and use of HMO hospital provider networks in California. STUDY DESIGN:Data from California HMOs are used to test whether there have been structural changes in HMO size, geographic coverage, hospital network design, and patient channeling for in...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Melnick GA,Ketcham JD

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence with medications to prevent fractures is suboptimal. Patients' perceived need for medication is an important predictor of medication-use behavior. OBJECTIVE:Estimate the associations of patients' perceived need of medication for fracture prevention with objective indicators of fracture risk, patie...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Schousboe JT,Davison ML,Dowd B,Thiede Call K,Johnson P,Kane RL

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medicare's Nonpayment Program of 2008 (hereafter called Program) withholds hospital reimbursement for costs related to hospital-acquired conditions (HACs). Little is known whether a hospital's Medicare patient load [quantified by the hospital's Medicare utilization ratio (MUR), which is the proportion of inp...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Thirukumaran CP,Glance LG,Temkin-Greener H,Rosenthal MB,Li Y

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00