Multiple chronic conditions and disabilities: implications for health services research and data demands.

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:This article tests whether or not the factors that affect hospital choice differ for selected subgroups of the population. DATA SOURCES:1985 California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) discharge abstracts and hospital financial data were used. STUDY DESIGN:Models for hospital choi...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Phibbs CS,Mark DH,Luft HS,Peltzman-Rennie DJ,Garnick DW,Lichtenberg E,McPhee SJ

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During welfare reform, Congress passed legislation barring legal immigrants who entered the United States after August 1996 from Medicaid for five years after immigration. This legislation intended to bar only new immigrants (post-1996 immigrants) from Medicaid. However it may have also deterred the enrollme...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Kandula NR,Grogan CM,Rathouz PJ,Lauderdale DS

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An ecological framework is proposed for assessing factors important to consider in allocating funds to promote sound performance of interorganizational programs. DATA SOURCE/STUDY SETTING:This framework is used to examine the first generation of Community Clinical Oncology Programs (CCOPs) funded by the Nati...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Schopler JH

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of unionization among hospital workers was sharply accelerated by the 1974 amendments to the National Labor Relations Act covering voluntary hospital workers. With continuing inflationary pressures in the hospital sector, the cost implications of the recent and projected growth of hospital unions is of some...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Salkever DS

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In late 1982, as an alternative to Medicaid, Arizona implemented a prepaid, competitively bid medical care program--the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS). Before its introduction, the poor had been cared for primarily by a network of county-supported centers. Impact of the AHCCCS initiative was exam...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Freeman HE,Kirkman-Liff BL

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effects of competition for both Medicare and HMO patients on the quality decisions of hospitals in Southern California. DATA SOURCE:Secondary discharge data from the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development for the State of California for the period 1989-1993. STUDY DESIGN:Outcome...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Gozvrisankaran G,Town RJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 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 examine the impact of mandatory HMO enrollment for Medicaid-covered pregnant women on prenatal care use, smoking, Cesarean section (C-section) use, and birth weight. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Linked birth certificate and Medicaid enrollment data from July 1993 to June 1998 in 10 Ohio counties, 6 that imp...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Howell EM,Dubay L,Kenney G,Sommers AS

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether a performance-based contracting (PBC) system provides incentives for nonprofit providers of substance abuse treatment to select less severe clients into treatment. DATA SOURCES:The Maine Addiction Treatment System (MATS) standardized admission and discharge data provided by the Maine O...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Shen Y

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a sample of 3,000 urban hospitals, this article examines the contributions of selected hospital characteristics to variations in hospital technical efficiencies, while it accounts for multiple products and inputs, and controls for local environmental variations. Four hospital characteristics are examined: hospit...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Ozcan YA,Luke RD

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVE:To explore state patterns in the racial life expectancy gap. DATA SOURCES:The 1997-2004 Multiple Cause of Death PUF, 2000 U.S. Census. STUDY DESIGN:We calculated life expectancy at birth for black and white men and women. DATA EXTRACTION METHODS:Data were obtained by the NCHS and U.S. Census Bureau. PRINC...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Bharmal N,Tseng CH,Kaplan R,Wong MD

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strategic behaviors of small multihospital systems have received little attention in the literature despite the fact that small systems are the predominant scale among multihospital systems. This study examines one important aspect of small-system strategic behaviors: the birth-order or evolutionary patterns of ho...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Luke RD,Ozcan YA,Begun JW

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients are treated using observation services (OS) when their care needs exceed standard outpatient care (i.e., clinic or emergency department) but do not qualify for admission. Medicare and other private payers seek to limit this care setting to 48 hours. DATA SOURCE/STUDY SETTING:Healthcare Cost and Uti...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Hockenberry JM,Mutter R,Barrett M,Parlato J,Ross MA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a model development process that represents a useful step in classifying populations in terms of risk of institutionalization (Inst-Risk II). A four-category risk classification system--"High risk, Some risk, Low risk, and Very Low Risk"--was developed, based on combinations of measures of funct...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Morris JN,Sherwood S,Gutkin CE

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:A1c levels are widely used to assess quality of diabetes care provided by health care systems. Currently, cross-sectional measures are commonly used for such assessments. OBJECTIVE:To study within-patient longitudinal changes in A1c levels at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities as an alternative to...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Thompson W,Wang H,Xie M,Kolassa J,Rajan M,Tseng CL,Crystal S,Zhang Q,Vardi Y,Pogach L,Safford MM

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Long Term Care Demonstration (channeling) was designed to provide coordinated community-based long-term care services to those older persons at high risk of nursing home placement. A key component of the program was the process established to accomplish this targeting effort. In this article, the outreach...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Applebaum RA

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between aggregate unemployment and hospital discharges for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) among adults and seniors, 1995-2011. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Community hospital discharge data from states collected for the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) State Inpatient...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Carls GS,Henke RM,Karaca Z,Marder WD,Wong HS

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of hospital affiliation, centralization, and managed care plan ownership on inpatient cost and quality. DATA SOURCES:Inpatient discharges from 3,957 community hospitals in 44 states and American Hospital Association Annual Survey data from 2010 to 2012. STUDY DESIGN:We conducted a retro...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Henke RM,Karaca Z,Moore B,Cutler E,Liu H,Marder WD,Wong HS

更新日期：2018-02-01 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 explore and understand approaches to user engagement through investigating the range of ways in which health care workers and organizations accommodated the introduction of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and computerized decision support (CDS) for hospital prescribing. STUDY SETTING:Six hospita...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Cresswell KM,Lee L,Mozaffar H,Williams R,Sheikh A,NIHR ePrescribing Programme Team.

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe changes in characteristics of directors of outpatient opioid agonist treatment (OAT) programs, and to examine the association between directors' characteristics and low methadone dosage. DATA SOURCE:Repeated cross-sectional surveys of OAT programs in the United States from 1995 to 2011. STUDY DE...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Frimpong JA,Shiu-Yee K,D'Aunno T

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Building on the original taxonomy of hospital-based health systems from 20 years ago, we develop a new taxonomy to inform emerging public policy and practice developments. DATA SOURCES:The 2016 American Hospital Association's (AHA) Annual Survey; the 2016 IQVIA Healthcare Organizations and Systems (HCOS) dat...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Shortell SM,Gottlieb DJ,Martinez Camblor P,O'Malley AJ

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze hospitalization patterns of persons with AIDS (PWAs) in a multi-state/multi-episode continuous time duration framework. DATA SOURCES:PWAs on Medicaid identified through a match between the state's AIDS Registry and Medicaid eligibility files; hospital admission and discharge dates identified throu...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Crystal S,Lo Sasso AT,Sambamoorthi U

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:In the last few years there has been a steady uptake of mobile phone short message service (SMS) reminders to increase medical attendance rates. We undertook a review of studies that assessed the effectiveness of SMS reminders at increasing the uptake of appointments in health care settings. ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Guy R,Hocking J,Wand H,Stott S,Ali H,Kaldor J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether parental beliefs about routine checkups are associated with children's receipt of timely preventive care. DATA SOURCES:The 2001 United Way Outcomes and Community Impact Program telephone survey of San Diego County, including 918 households with children between 3 and 19 years of age, where...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Hughes SC,Wingard DL

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of the Short Stay Transfer Policy (SSTP) on practice patterns. DATA SOURCES:This study uses data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) file, Home Health Standard Analytical File, 1999 Provider of Service file, and data from th...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： FitzGerald JD,Boscardin WJ,Hahn BH,Ettner SL

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explain the association of out-of-pocket (OOP) cost, community-level factors, and individual characteristics on statin therapy nonadherence. DATA SOURCES:BlueCross BlueShield of Texas claims data for the period of 2008-2011. STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective cohort of 49,176 insured patients, aged 18-64 years...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Abbass I,Revere L,Mitchell J,Appari A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the effect of owning long-term care insurance policies on the amount of out-of-pocket costs incurred by the elderly during their nursing home stays, and the importance of different policy features and restrictions. Data were drawn from the 1985 National Nursing Home Survey, and from copies of lon...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Rice T,Thomas K,Weissert W

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00