The Parent Report Form of the CHIP-Child Edition: reliability and validity.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated relationships at the health-plan level among member ratings of and reports on plans in the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey (CAHPS). We sought a more parsimonious description of the reports that can be used in analyses of the distribution and correlates of consumer-assessed quality....

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Zaslavsky AM,Beaulieu ND,Landon BE,Cleary PD

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Linking process and outcomes is critical to accurately estimating healthcare quality and quantifying its benefits. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to explore the relationship of guideline-based depression process measures with subsequent overall and psychiatric hospitalizations. RESEARCH DESIGN:...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Charbonneau A,Rosen AK,Owen RR,Spiro A 3rd,Ash AS,Miller DR,Kazis L,Kader B,Cunningham F,Berlowitz DR

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors provide brief information about the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Veterans Health Administration, to establish an understanding of this large, multifaceted organization. They then offer an overview of the VA's Office of Research and Development, with particular emphasis on recent and ongoing ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Feussner JR,Burris JF,McGlynn G,Lavori PW

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Reliability and validity are as necessary for predrafted advance directive forms as they are for all clinical assessment instruments. Performance of predrafted advance directive forms with both lay persons and clinicians is relevant. Evidence relating to test- retest reliability, content validity, and criter...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Alpert HR,Hoijtink H,Fischer GS,Emanuel L

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To help resolve the current controversy over the validity of early readmission as an indicator of the quality of care, the authors critically reviewed the literature using meta-analysis to derive summary estimates of effect and evaluate inter-study heterogeneity. METHODS:The authors selected reports meeting...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Ashton CM,Del Junco DJ,Souchek J,Wray NP,Mansyur CL

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Growing adoption of electronic health records and increased emphasis on the reuse and integration of clinical care and administration data require a robust informatics infrastructure to inform health care effectiveness in real-world settings. The Scalable Architecture for Federated Translational Inquiries ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kahn MG,Batson D,Schilling LM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Outcome measures, like hospital standardized mortality ratios (HSMRs), are increasingly used to assess quality of care. The validity of HSMRs and their accuracy to reflect quality of care is heavily contested. OBJECTIVE:We explored apparent and potential shortcomings and adverse effects of the HSMR in the a...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： van Gestel YR,Lemmens VE,Lingsma HF,de Hingh IH,Rutten HJ,Coebergh JW

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:An updated version of the SF-6D Classification System (SF-6Dv2) has been developed, and utility value sets are required. The aim of this study was to test the development of a United Kingdom SF-6Dv2 value set, and address limitations of the existing SF-6D value set (which results in a narrow range of utilitie...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Mulhern BJ,Bansback N,Norman R,Brazier J,SF-6Dv2 International Project Group.

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One approach postulated to improve the provision of health care is effective utilization of team-based care including pharmacists. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to conduct a comprehensive systematic review with focused meta-analyses to examine the effects of pharmacist-provided direct patient ca...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Chisholm-Burns MA,Kim Lee J,Spivey CA,Slack M,Herrier RN,Hall-Lipsy E,Graff Zivin J,Abraham I,Palmer J,Martin JR,Kramer SS,Wunz T

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper the individual is employed as the unit of analysis to examine the extent to which the use of physician care by beneficiaries insured under the Canadian Medicare program is determined by medical needs and sociodemographic characteristics as opposed to economic considerations. The data were derived from th...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Broyles RW,Manga P,Binder DA,Angus DE,Charette A

更新日期：1983-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:There is an increasing demand for electronic health record (EHR)-based risk stratification and predictive modeling tools at the population level. This trend is partly due to increased value-based payment policies and the increasing availability of EHRs at the provider level. Risk stratification models, howev...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kharrazi H,Chi W,Chang HY,Richards TM,Gallagher JM,Knudson SM,Weiner JP

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The differences between female and male general practitioners (GPs) were studied regarding three different factors: 1) Do female GPs see more female patients than their male colleagues in the same practice?; 2) Are female GPs confronted with different types of health problems from their male colleagues?; and 3) Do fem...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Bensing JM,van den Brink-Muinen A,de Bakker DH

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medication error occurring during the care of HIV-infected patients may lead to treatment failure, drug toxicity, or even death. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to ascertain and confirm 5 categories of medication error in the care of HIV-infected patients. RESEARCH DESIGN:This study was a retrosp...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： DeLorenze GN,Follansbee SF,Nguyen DP,Klein DB,Horberg M,Quesenberry CP Jr,Blick NT,Tsai AL

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical record review is increasing in importance as the need to identify and monitor utilization and quality of care problems grow. To conserve resources, reviews are usually performed on a subset of cases. If judgment is used to identify subgroups for review, this raises the following questions: How should subgroups...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Ash A,Schwartz M,Payne SM,Restuccia JD

更新日期：1990-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:With the growth of managed care, there are increasing concerns but inconclusive evidence regarding deterioration in the quality of medical care. OBJECTIVES:To assess physicians' perceptions of their ability to provide high-quality care and explore what factors, including managed care, affect these perceptio...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Reschovsky J,Reed M,Blumenthal D,Landon B

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is associated with substantial costs beyond those of the resuscitation itself. These costs are important to understand because health care resources are limited. To that end, a model of CPR is proposed, including an examination of the effect of several variables on the c...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Ebell MH,Kruse JA

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined factors that affect access to Veterans Administration mental health services. METHODS:Data from national Veterans Affairs databases and the 1990 Decennial Census were used to estimate rates of Veterans Affairs mental health service use in each US county (n = 3,156) among all US veterans ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Rosenheck R,Stolar M

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：: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：:Physician integration strategies are attempts to bring physicians into hospital administration by giving them a role on the hospital board, employing them in administrative or clinical capacities, or expanding the administration issues dealt with by medical staff committees. This study used a production function model...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Morrisey MA,Alexander JA,Ohsfeldt RL

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When studying variation in medicine, traditional hypothesis-testing procedures are too limited to obtain useful inferences except in special situations. More generally, full probability modelling is necessary. Even a relatively simple example can illustrate this point rather dramatically. The development and applicati...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Rubin DB

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article summarizes tests of the appropriateness of aggregating specific categories of physical capacities and limitations into aggregate functional status indexes. Self-administered questionnaires were used to gather data from 4,603 people between 14 and 66 years of age. Cumulative indexes defining ranked levels ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Stewart AL,Ware JE Jr,Brook RH

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1999, the US Congress mandated the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), to report annually to the nation about healthcare quality. One chapter in the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is focused on patient safety. OBJECTIVES:The object...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Zhan C,Kelley E,Yang HP,Keyes M,Battles J,Borotkanics RJ,Stryer D

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quality improvement organizations (QIOs) are contracted to improve the quality of care delivered to Medicare beneficiaries. The purpose of this study was to determine whether provider participation in New York State QIO activities resulted in significant improvements in the quality of diabetes care during th...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Wu WY,Chen JJ,Shih A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unclear if volume-outcome relationships exist in inpatient rehabilitation. OBJECTIVES:Assess associations between facility volumes and 2 patient-centered outcomes in the 3 most common diagnostic groups in inpatient rehabilitation. RESEARCH DESIGN:We used hierarchical linear and generalized linear mod...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Graham JE,Deutsch A,O'Connell AA,Karmarkar AM,Granger CV,Ottenbacher KJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding barriers to health care access experienced by people with disabilities who are members of underserved racial/ethnic groups is key to developing interventions to improve access. OBJECTIVE:To conduct a scoping review of the literature to examine the published literature on barriers to health car...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Peterson-Besse JJ,Walsh ES,Horner-Johnson W,Goode TD,Wheeler B

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given strict residency controls and geographic imbalances in health care resources, China may experience serious urban-rural health disparities. OBJECTIVES:To investigate urban-rural disparities in the patterns of health status and health care utilization in China and to examine the evolution of these dispa...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Fang H,Chen J,Rizzo JA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00