Laws requiring health plans to provide direct access to obstetricians and gynecologists, and use of cancer screening by women.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that health systems provide better care to patients with high needs by comparing differences in quality between system-affiliated and nonaffiliated physician organizations (POs) and to examine variability in quality across health systems. DATA SOURCES:2015 Medicare Data on Provider Pra...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Kranz AM,DeYoreo M,Eshete-Roesler B,Damberg CL,Totten M,Escarce JJ,Timbie JW

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine organizational structural attributes associated with counselor-client contact. DATA SOURCES:Data were collected in 2004 and 2005 for a federally funded project, which simultaneously examines organizational structure, functioning, and resources among outpatient substance abuse treatment programs. ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Knight DK,Broome KM,Simpson DD,Flynn PM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from a two-wave panel study of staff nurses in two hospitals are used to assess the relative importance of several types of independent variables as determinants of job satisfaction. Both organizational and nonorganizational determinants are examined, with the formed including both perceptual and structural measu...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Weisman CS,Alexander CS,Chase GA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explain variation in direct care resource use (RU) of nursing home residents based on the Resource Utilization Groups III (RUG-III) classification system and other resident- and unit-level explanatory variables. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Primary data were collected on 5,314 nursing home residents in 156 ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Arling G,Kane RL,Mueller C,Lewis T

更新日期：2007-04-01 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 how case managers in a state-funded home care program allocate home care services in response to information about a client's Medicare home health care status, with particular attention to the influence of work environment. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Primary data collected on 355 case managers and...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Corazzini K

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uniform hospital discharge abstract data from Maryland were used to examine the homogeneity of trauma-related DRGs with respect to a well-established measure of injury severity, the Injury Severity Score (ISS). Thirty DRGs were identified as including trauma cases with a wide range of severity; for each of these DRGs,...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： MacKenzie EJ,Steinwachs DM,Ramzy AI,Ashworth JW 3rd,Shankar B

更新日期：1991-04-01 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:The objective of this study was to assess nonresponse error in telephone health survey data based on an address-based sample. DATA SOURCES:Telephone and in-person interviews in Greater Boston. STUDY DESIGN/DATA COLLECTION:Interviewers attempted telephone interviews at addresses that were matched to telephon...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Fowler FJ Jr,Brenner PS,Buskirk TD,Roman A

更新日期：2019-06-01 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 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：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:Independent freestanding emergency departments (IFEDs) have proliferated over the last decade, largely in Texas. We examined the IFED physician workforce composition and changes in emergency physician workforce supply across states and in rural Texas over the period of IFED proliferation following a 2009 legi...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Luo Q,Chong N,Chen C

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine county-level geographic variation in treatment admissions among opioid treatment programs (OTPs) that accept Medicaid in the continental United States. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Data come from the 2012 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services. STUDY DESIGN/DATA COLLECTION:We used lo...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Abraham AJ,Andrews CM,Yingling ME,Shannon J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine how plan premiums are associated with physician network breadth, hospital network breadth, and hospital network quality on the Affordable Care Act's Health Insurance Marketplaces in all 50 states and the DC in 2016. DATA SOURCES:Data on plan premiums and characteristics came from 2016 Robert Wood ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Polsky D,Wu B

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the impact of eliminating cost sharing for screening mammography on mammography rates in a large Medicare Advantage (MA) health plan which in 2010 eliminated cost sharing in anticipation of the Affordable Care Act mandate. STUDY SETTING:Large MA health maintenance organization offering individual-s...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Jena AB,Huang J,Fireman B,Fung V,Gazelle S,Landrum MB,Chernew M,Newhouse JP,Hsu J

更新日期：2017-02-01 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 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：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:To measure the association between clinician specialization in nursing home (NH) practice and outcomes of patients who received postacute care in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). DATA SOURCES:Medicare claims and NH assessments for 2 118 941 hospital discharges to 14 526 SNFs in January 2012-October 2014 an...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Ryskina KL,Yuan Y,Werner RM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes the capabilities and contributions of quantitative sector models for understanding trends in hospital expenses and the effects thereon of various public policies. After some brief historical notes on the use of analogous models in other policy areas, the general classes of national, partial, and...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Friedman B,Pliska SR

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of rural hospital closures on the local economy. DATA SOURCES:U.S. Census Bureau, OSCAR, Medicare Cost Reports, and surveys of individuals knowledgeable about local hospital closures. STUDY DESIGN:Economic data at the county level for 1990-2000 were combined with information on hospita...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Holmes GM,Slifkin RT,Randolph RK,Poley S

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide updated estimates of narrow- and broad-spectrum antibiotic use among U.S. children. DATA SOURCES:Linked nationally representative data from the 2004-2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component and the 2000 Decennial Census. STUDY DESIGN:Relationships between individual-, family-, a...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Sarpong EM,Miller GE

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate how a researcher can investigate the appropriateness of a published comorbidity summary measure for use with a given sample. DATA SOURCE:Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results linked to Medicare claims data. STUDY DESIGN:We examined Kaplan-Meier estimated survival curves for four disease...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Egleston BL,Uzzo RG,Beck JR,Wong YN

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE/PURPOSE:To stimulate discussion within the research and policy community about the value of and issues surrounding different ways to describe access to care in a health system reconfigured by the growth of managed care, competition, and other marketplace changes. PRINCIPLE FINDINGS:The concept of access has ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Gold M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship of services for post-acute care (PAC) to stroke patient outcomes. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospitals from two facility-level surveys and extant data files. STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study of veterans hospitalized with acute stroke during ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Hoenig H,Sloane R,Horner RD,Zolkewitz M,Reker D

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess hospital and geographic variability in 30-day mortality after surgery for CRC and examine the extent to which sociodemographic, area-level, clinical, tumor, treatment, and hospital characteristics were associated with increased likelihood of 30-day mortality in a population-based sample of older CRC...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Schootman M,Lian M,Pruitt SL,Deshpande AD,Hendren S,Mutch M,Jeffe DB,Davidson N

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:In this paper I propose a methodology for paying short-term general hospitals on the basis of prospective cost-based case-mix revenue budgets. A hospital's budget is divided into patient care--related components and other components. The patient care--related budget is based on the case mix of patients treated by the ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Reiss JB

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To use statistical process control charts to monitor in-hospital outcomes at the hospital level for a wide range of procedures and diagnoses. DATA SOURCES:Routine English hospital admissions data. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis using risk-adjusted log-likelihood cumulative sum (CUSUM) charts, comparing...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Bottle A,Aylin P

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00