Teamwork as an essential component of high-reliability organizations.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate how changes in insurer participation and composition as well as state policies affect health plan affordability for individual market enrollees. DATA SOURCES:2014-2019 Qualified Health Plan Landscape Files augmented with supplementary insurer-level information. STUDY DESIGN:We measured plan a...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Drake C,Abraham JM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare health care utilization between Canadian and U.S. residents. DATA SOURCES:Nationally representative 2007 surveys from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for the United States and the Canadian Community Health Survey for Canada. STUDY DESIGN:We use descriptive and multivariate methods to examine...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Pylypchuk Y,Sarpong EM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This commentary summarizes the methods and topics addressed in the special issue of HSR focused on linkage of United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and non-VA datasets. The issue illustrates that researchers are increasingly linking diverse datasets as a valuable method for obtaining outcomes, tre...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Hynes DM,Maciejewski ML,Atkins D

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the source of observed lower risk-adjusted mortality for blacks than whites within the Veterans Affairs (VA) system by accounting for hospital site where treated, potential under-reporting of black deaths, discretion on hospital admission, quality improvement efforts, and interactions by age group....

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Volpp KG,Stone R,Lave JR,Jha AK,Pauly M,Klusaritz H,Chen H,Cen L,Brucker N,Polsky D

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Resource-Based Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) submits recommended reimbursement values for physician work (wRVUs) under Medicare Part B. The RUC includes rotating representatives from medical specialties. OBJECTIVE:To identify changes in physician reimbursements associated with RUC rotating...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Gao YN

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prevalence of seven social factors using physician notes as compared to claims and structured electronic health records (EHRs) data and the resulting association with 30-day readmissions. STUDY SETTING:A multihospital academic health system in southeastern Massachusetts. STUDY DESIGN:An obse...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Navathe AS,Zhong F,Lei VJ,Chang FY,Sordo M,Topaz M,Navathe SB,Rocha RA,Zhou L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of validity as it applies to measures of health and health status is examined in the context of a set of standard, widely accepted definitions of validity. Criterion validity is shown to be irrelevant to health status measures because of the lack of a single specific, directly observable measure of health ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Kaplan RM,Bush JW,Berry CC

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine concordance between member self-reports and the organization's administrative claims data for two key health factors: number of chronic conditions, and number of prescription drugs. DATA:Medicare Advantage plan claims data and member survey data from 2011 to 2012. DESIGN:Mailed surveys to 15,000 ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Guerard B,Omachonu V,Harvey RA,Hernandez SR,Sen B

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a taxonomy of governing board roles in U.S. hospitals. DATA SOURCES:2005 AHA Hospital Governance Survey, 2004 AHA Annual Survey of Hospitals, and Area Resource File. STUDY DESIGN:A governing board taxonomy was developed using cluster analysis. Results were validated and reviewed by industry exper...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Lee SY,Alexander JA,Wang V,Margolin FS,Combes JR

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether participation in a state publicly financed health insurance program, Massachusetts Children's Medical Security Plan (CMSP) , which is open to children regardless of income, was associated with disenrollment from private insurance. DATA SOURCES/STUDY DESIGN:A survey of participants in CMSP w...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Feinberg E,Swartz K,Zaslavsky A,Gardner J,Klein Walker D

更新日期：2001-12-01 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：:De-hospitalization of cancer treatment, particularly for those with advanced disease, can complicate adjustment and strain the capacity of caregiver networks to meet patients' daily needs. Outpatient staff should be able to recognize patients who need help to meet their daily needs as well as those who are not getting...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Mor V,Allen SM,Siegel K,Houts P

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe differences in patient experiences of hospital care by preferred language within racial/ethnic groups. DATA SOURCE:2014-2015 HCAHPS survey data. STUDY DESIGN:We compared six composite measures for seven languages (English, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Other) within appl...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Quigley DD,Elliott MN,Hambarsoomian K,Wilson-Frederick SM,Lehrman WG,Agniel D,Ng JH,Goldstein EH,Giordano LA,Martino SC

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine if the availability of public ambulatory clinics affects preventable hospitalization (PH) rates of low-income and elderly populations. DATA SOURCES:PH rates were calculated using elderly and low-income discharges from 1995-97 Virginia hospital discharge data. Other data sources include the 1990 ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Epstein AJ

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluate the association between opioid therapy and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in participants with chronic, noncancer pain (CNCP). DATA SOURCES:Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Longitudinal, Medical Conditions, and Prescription Files. STUDY DESIGN:Using a retrospective cohort study design, the ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Hayes CJ,Li X,Li C,Shah A,Kathe N,Bhandari NR,Payakachat N

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the development of an instrument for assessing workforce perceptions of hospital safety culture and to assess its reliability and validity. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Primary data collected between March 2004 and May 2005. Personnel from 105 U.S. hospitals completed a 38-item paper and pencil sur...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Singer S,Meterko M,Baker L,Gaba D,Falwell A,Rosen A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess relationships between changes in Medicare Advantage (MA) payment rates and Medicare beneficiary hospitalizations and to simulate the effects of scheduled payment cuts on ambulatory care sensitive (ACS) and elective hospitalization rates. DATA:State Inpatient Database discharge abstracts from Arizon...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Nicholas LH

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To determine how frequently patients revisit the emergency department after an initial encounter, and to describe revisit capture rates for the same hospital, health system, and geographic region. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Florida state data from January 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011, from the Healthcare Cost ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Rising KL,Karp DN,Powell RE,Victor TW,Carr BG

更新日期：2018-04-01 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:To utilize functional status (FS) outcomes to benchmark outpatient therapy clinics. DATA SOURCES:Outpatient therapy data from clinics using Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes (FOTO) assessments. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of 538 clinics, involving 2,040 therapists and 90,392 patients admitted July 2006-...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Gozalo PL,Resnik LJ,Silver B

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the psychometric properties of a global physical functioning scale (GPFS) developed as a self-report measure and constructed to scale physical functioning from very poor (1) to excellent (100). DATA SOURCES:Data collection took place between January 1997 and September 1999. It consisted of self-ra...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Sørlie T,Sexton HC,Busund R,Sørlie D

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Methodologically sound mixed methods research can improve our understanding of health services by providing a more comprehensive picture of health services than either method can alone. This study describes the frequency of mixed methods in published health services research and compares the presence of meth...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Wisdom JP,Cavaleri MA,Onwuegbuzie AJ,Green CA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of hospital volume on 30-day mortality for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) using administrative and clinical data in conventional regression and instrumental variables (IV) estimation models. DATA SOURCES:The primary data consisted of longitudinal information on comorbid co...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Tsai AC,Votruba M,Bridges JF,Cebul RD

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the costs of physician-owned cardiac, orthopedic, and surgical single specialty hospitals with those of full-service hospital competitors. DATA SOURCES:The primary data sources are the Medicare Cost Reports for 1998-2004 and hospital inpatient discharge data for three of the states where single sp...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Carey K,Burgess JF Jr,Young GJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare medical care costs and utilization in a consumer-driven health plan (CDHP) to other health insurance plans. STUDY DESIGN:We examine claims and employee demographic data from one large employer that adopted a CDHP in 2001. A quasi-experimental pre-post design is used to assign employees to three co...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Parente ST,Feldman R,Christianson JB

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(1) To identify resident and organizational factors associated with the use of advance care plans pre- and post-implementation of the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA), and (2) to identify changes (pre- and post-implementation of the PSDA) in the relationship between these factors and the use of advance ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Castle NG,Mor V

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigate the factors driving the downward trend in employer sponsored health insurance (ESI) coverage between 1999 and 2002 for low- and middle-income workers, and assess their insurance options in the absence of ESI coverage. DATA:We use the 1999 and 2002 rounds of the National Survey of America's Fam...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Shen YC,Long SK

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the effects of changes in payment and risk adjustment on (1) the annual enrollment and switching behavior of Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries, and (2) the relative costliness of MA enrollees and disenrollees. DATA:From 1999 through 2008 national Medicare claims data from the 5 percent longit...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Morrisey MA,Kilgore ML,Becker DJ,Smith W,Delzell E

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00