Pain and the use of outpatient services among persons with HIV: results from a nationally representative survey.

abstract：BACKGROUND:For patients recovering from severe acute illness, admission to a long-term acute care hospital (LTAC) is an increasingly common alternative to continued management in an intensive care unit (ICU). OBJECTIVE:To examine the effectiveness of LTAC transfer in patients with chronic critical illness. RESEARCH D...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kahn JM,Werner RM,David G,Ten Have TR,Benson NM,Asch DA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been controversy about whether confounding by indication for treatment--that is, owing to physicians' conscious efforts to base treatment decisions on patients' pretreatment prognoses--makes nonrandomized, observational comparisons of treatments invalid. Some now believe evidence from studies of practice var...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Poses RM,Smith WR,McClish DK,Anthony M

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors of this study examine temporal patterns of medical expenditures by Medicare beneficiaries. A random sample of 204,917 individuals who were alive and in the program from 1974 to 1977 was investigated. Individuals hospitalized in 1974 were found to have twice the rate of hospitalization in 1975, 1976, or 197...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Anderson G,Knickman JR

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1998, the Province of Ontario in Canada adopted price-cap "70/90" regulations whereby the first generic entrant was required to be priced at ≤70% of the associated brand-name product and subsequent generics were priced at ≤90% of the first generic price. The price-caps were further lowered to 50% in 2006 ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Zhang W,Guh D,Sun H,Marra CA,Lynd LD,Anis AH

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reference drug pricing (RP) is a cost-sharing strategy commonly used to control drug expenditures. Under RP, a benefit plan fully reimburses medications that are equally or less expensive than the reference price, and requires patients to pay the extra cost of therapeutically equivalent but higher priced dru...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Schneeweiss S,Dormuth C,Grootendorst P,Soumerai SB,Maclure M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Ontario, Canada, the 70/90 regulations were instituted in May 1993 to establish provincial government procurement prices for generic drugs. Accordingly, the first generic entrant's price could not exceed 70% of the incumbent's branded price. Subsequent entrants' prices could not exceed 90% of the first en...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Anis AH,Guh DP,Woolcott J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven general surgeons in a prepaid group practice previously shown to have a mean operative work load of 9.2 hernia equivalents (HE) per week were found to have a standardized mean daytime working week of 56.2 hours, exclusive of evening activities of which 50.7 hours were devoted to professional activities. The surg...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Watkins RN,Hughes EF,Lewit EM

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the impact on hospital ranking of different aggregation methods when creating a composite score from a set of quality indicators relating to a single clinical condition. DESIGN:The analysis was based on 14966 medical records taken from all French hospitals that treated over 30 patients with acut...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Couralet M,Guérin S,Le Vaillant M,Loirat P,Minvielle E

更新日期：2011-06-01 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:Fried and colleagues described a frailty phenotype measured in the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS). This phenotype is manifest when ≥3 of the following are present: low grip strength, low energy, slowed waking speed, low physical activity, or unintentional weight loss. We sought to approximate frailty phen...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Segal JB,Chang H-Y,Du Y,Walston JD,Carlson MC,Varadhan R

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Difference-in-differences (DID) estimation has become increasingly popular as an approach to evaluate the effect of a group-level policy on individual-level outcomes. Several statistical methodologies have been proposed to correct for the within-group correlation of model errors resulting from the clustering...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Rokicki S,Cohen J,Fink G,Salomon JA,Landrum MB

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the rapid changes that have occurred in the dental profession, the Dentist Satisfaction Survey (DSS) was developed to assess both facet and overall job satisfaction among dentists. The DSS was administered to a sample of 558 California general dentists. The results suggest that the DSS is a practical, relia...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Shugars DA,Hays RD,DiMatteo MR,Cretin S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent combat operations have involved large numbers of personnel. Long-term health effects of military deployment remain largely unknown. OBJECTIVES:To examine patterns and trends in long-term disability among combat veterans and to relate disability to aspects of wartime experience. PARTICIPANTS:A total ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Clarke PM,Gregory R,Salomon JA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a comparative analysis of questionnaire-based measures of functional status and clinical ratings of disability made by general practitioners and health visitors. Both approaches to functional assessment were used in rating 92 elderly primary care patients in terms of their performance of 13 mobili...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kaufert JM,Green S,Dunt DR,Corkhill R,Creese AL,Locker D

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although patients readmitted to intensive care units (ICUs) typically have poor outcomes, ICU readmission rates have not been studied as a measure of hospital performance. OBJECTIVES:To determine variation in ICU readmission rates across hospitals and associations of readmission rates with other ICU-based m...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Cooper GS,Sirio CA,Rotondi AJ,Shepardson LB,Rosenthal GE

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are currently no Medicare claims-based algorithms to identify patients receiving nursing home care (NHC). This constitutes an important limitation in outcome studies using population-based data. OBJECTIVES:To assess the ability of claims data to identify patients receiving NHC, using the nursing home ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Koroukian SM,Xu F,Murray P

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although much is known about who pays the annual aggregate nursing home bill, relatively little is known about payment-source patterns of individuals during their lifetimes. In this article, lifetime payment-source patterns are analyzed for elderly nursing home users, particularly the extent to which they spend down a...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Spillman BC,Kemper P

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cost-benefit (CBA) and cost-effectiveness analyses (CEA) are methods that enumerate the costs and consequences associated with health-related technologies, services, and programs. This article examines the trends in published CBA and CEA of personal health services from 1979 through 1990. It is based on a bibliography...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Elixhauser A,Luce BR,Taylor WR,Reblando J

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study developed an index of physician hospitalization practice style distinguishing physicians more prone to hospitalize patients from physicians less prone to hospitalize. The patients of physicians with markedly differing hospitalization styles are shown to be similar in such important characteristics as age, a...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Roos NP

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:: Previous research suggests, but does not definitively establish, that a high level of uninsurance in a community may negatively affect access to and quality of health care for insured persons. OBJECTIVE:: To assess the effect of the level of uninsurance in a community on access to and satisfaction with ca...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Gresenz CR,Escarce JJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retention study was implemented in Marshfield, Massachusetts in May 1974 in order to ascertain if cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills could be retained by secondary school students who had 15 months previously received training in mouth to mouth resuscitation and cardiac compression. The retention study also ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Vanderschmidt H,Burnap TK,Thwaites JK

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Though demand for mental health services (MHS) among US veterans is increasing, MHS utilization per veteran is decreasing. With health and social service needs competing for limited resources, it is important to understand the association between patient factors, MHS utilization, and clinical outcomes. OBJE...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Fasoli DR,Glickman ME,Eisen SV

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Similarities and differences in physician work intensity among specialties are poorly understood but have implications for quality of care, patient safety, practice organization and management, and payment. OBJECTIVE:To determine the magnitude and important dimensions of physician work intensity for 4 speci...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Horner RD,Szaflarski JP,Ying J,Meganathan K,Matthews G,Schroer B,Weber D,Raphaelson M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare mental health service utilization and its associated factors between African Americans and whites in the 1980s and 1990s. DESIGN:Household-based longitudinal study with baseline interviews in 1981 and follow-up interviews from 1993 to 1996. SETTING:The Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA)...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Cooper-Patrick L,Gallo JJ,Powe NR,Steinwachs DM,Eaton WW,Ford DE

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Engaging patients as partners in their care is clinically appealing, yet challenging to implement, and we lack a measurement framework that is applicable to vulnerable populations. To address this gap, we conducted a qualitative study to refine a conceptual framework that reflects an individual's propensity ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kimerling R,Lewis ET,Javier SJ,Zulman DM

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Most Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System enrollees age 65+ also have the option of obtaining care through Medicare. Reliance upon VA varies widely and there is a need to optimize its prediction in an era of expanding choice for veterans to obtain care within or outside of VA. We examined whether survey-b...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Wong ES,Maciejewski ML,Hebert PL,Reddy A,Liu CF

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A factorial design randomized controlled trial to test several clinically feasible strategies primary-care practitioners may use in routine practice to increase patient participation in occult blood testing for colorectal cancer is reported. Three compliance-enhancing intervention strategies (physician/nurse talk, and...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Thompson RS,Michnich ME,Gray J,Friedlander L,Gilson B

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pivotal role of women as wife, mother or adult daughter in performing health-related activities for family members has received little attention from health researchers or policymakers. Yet the majority of health problems do not reach the medical care system, but are dealt with informally or through other social s...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Carpenter ES

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite clinical guidelines, many patients with hypercholesterolemia do not achieve treatment goals in clinical practice. OBJECTIVES:This study examined physician attitudes and beliefs about hyperlipidemia and whether they are associated with lipid treatment decisions. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional st...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Foley KA,Denke MA,Kamal-Bahl S,Simpson R Jr,Berra K,Sajjan S,Alexander CM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although individuals' health insurance coverage changes frequently, previous analyses have not accounted for changes in insurance coverage over time. OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine the independent association between lack of insurance and the risk of a decline in self-reported overall health and death fro...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Baker DW,Sudano JJ,Durazo-Arvizu R,Feinglass J,Witt WP,Thompson J

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00