Constructing a composite quality score for the care of acute myocardial infarction patients at discharge: impact on hospital ranking.

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：OBJECTIVES:Various individual characteristics increase a nursing home resident's likelihood of being mechanically restrained. However, there is not good information on the role played by facility characteristics and geographic area in determining the likelihood of physical restraint use. This study investigates the imp...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Phillips CD,Hawes C,Mor V,Fries BE,Morris JN,Nennstiel ME

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the extent to which consumers have specific problems with their managed care organizations (MCOs) or whether these problems differ by type of MCO. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence at which consumers in managed care report specific problems and to assess whether rates in preferred p...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Schauffler HH,McMenamin S,Cubanski J,Hanley HS

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited research suggests that rates of suicide death among transgender people may be higher than their nontransgender peers. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to compare rates of suicide deaths by different means between transgender and nontransgender patients. RESEARCH DESIGN:This secondary analy...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Blosnich JR,Boyer TL,Brown GR,Kauth MR,Shipherd JC

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dummy variables frequently are used in regression analysis but often in an incorrect fashion. A brief review of examples in the medical care literature showed that the interpretation of dummy variable regression coefficients and their significance was often incorrect or unclear. This article shows how dummy variables ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Polissar L,Diehr P

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the reliability of Medicare Part A claims data for clinical and health services research related to the care of patients with cancer, the authors compared estimates of the incidence of and resection rates for cancer of the breast, colon, and lung derived from analysis of Medicare Part A data versus data fro...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Whittle J,Steinberg EP,Anderson GF,Herbert R

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since COVID-19 has caused dramatic changes in everyday life, a major concern is whether patients have adequate access to mental health care despite shelter-in-place ordinances, school closures, and social distancing practices. OBJECTIVES:The aim was to examine the availability of telehealth services at outp...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Cantor JH,McBain RK,Kofner A,Stein BD,Yu H

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate patterns of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use disclosure across medical and sociobehavioral factors and to provide a model that takes into account factors in explaining those patterns. SUBJECTS:A total of 21,849 CAM use episodes from 7347 respondents in the 2007 US National Heal...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Shim JM,Schneider J,Curlin FA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to identify factors predictive of reported dental care use by elders (65+) over a ten-year period in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Health Care Panel Study began in 1974-75 (wave 1) as a statewide survey of 1625 noninstitutionalized elders. Wave 2 occurred in 1976, wave 3 in 1980, and wave 4 in 1985....

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Gilbert GH,Branch LG,Orav EJ

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:The importance of teams for improving quality of care has received increased attention. We examine both the correlates of self-assessed or perceived team effectiveness and its consequences for actually making changes to improve care for people with chronic illness. STUDY SETTING AND METHODS: Data ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Shortell SM,Marsteller JA,Lin M,Pearson ML,Wu SY,Mendel P,Cretin S,Rosen M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medication adherence may be a proxy for healthy behaviors and other factors that affect outcomes. Prior studies of the association between placebo adherence and health outcomes have been limited primarily to men enrolled in clinical trials and cardiovascular disease outcomes. We examined associations between...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Curtis JR,Larson JC,Delzell E,Brookhart MA,Cadarette SM,Chlebowski R,Judd S,Safford M,Solomon DH,Lacroix AZ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Econometric modeling of healthcare costs and expenditures has become an important component of decision-making across a wide array of real-world settings. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this article is to provide a brief summary of important conceptual and analytical issues involved in econometric healthcare c...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Mullahy J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electronic health record (EHR) databases contain vast amounts of information about patients. Machine learning techniques such as Boosting and support vector machine (SVM) can potentially identify patients at high risk for serious conditions, such as heart disease, from EHR data. However, these techniques hav...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Wu J,Roy J,Stewart WF

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Providing collaborative mental health treatment within primary care settings improves depression outcomes and may improve detection of mental disorders. Few studies have assessed the effect of collaborative mental health treatment programs on diagnosis of mental disorders in primary care populations. In 2008...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Zivin K,Pfeiffer PN,Szymanski BR,Valenstein M,Post EP,Miller EM,McCarthy JF

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A number of health care initiatives seek to improve health outcomes by increasing access to outpatient services while reducing preventable acute events. We evaluated disparities between American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) and non-Hispanic white (white) Medicare enrollees in access to outpatient preventi...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： O'Connell J,Rockell J,Ouellet JC,LeBeau M

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As clinical data are increasingly collected and stored electronically, their potential use for comparative effectiveness research (CER) grows. Despite this promise, challenges face those wishing to leverage such data. In this paper we aim to enumerate some of the knowledge management and informatics issues c...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Embi PJ,Hebert C,Gordillo G,Kelleher K,Payne PR

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Use of antepartum tests of fetal well-being is widespread even though effectiveness in preventing fetal damage or stillbirth has not been established. The study objective was to examine whether aggressive use of these tests might contribute to increased rates of other birth outcomes, including low birth weig...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Helfand M,Zimmer-Gembeck MJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：: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：: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/OBJECTIVES:Nearly 38 million Americans have hearing loss. Understanding how sensory deficits such as hearing loss, which limit communication, impact satisfaction has implications for Medicare value-based reimbursement mechanisms. The aim of this study was to characterize the association of functional hearing...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Reed NS,Boss EF,Lin FR,Oh ES,Willink A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study evaluated alternative patient classification systems for skilled nursing facility and rehabilitation facility patients. METHODS:Medicare patients were selected from a random sample of 27 rehabilitation facilities and 65 skilled nursing facilities participating in a national longitudinal st...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Eilertsen TB,Kramer AM,Schlenker RE,Hrincevich CA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the most common infectious cause of death in the United States. To understand the effect of efforts to improve quality and efficiency of care in CAP, we examined the trends in mortality and costs among hospitalized CAP patients. METHODS:Using the National Inpatient Samp...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Ruhnke GW,Coca-Perraillon M,Kitch BT,Cutler DM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the increasing use of colonoscopy there is growing concern about the quality of these procedures. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the rates of complete colonic evaluation after an incomplete colonoscopy and their associated factors. METHODS:Men and women > or =50 years old living in Ontario on January 1, 1997 w...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Rizek R,Paszat LF,Stukel TA,Saskin R,Li C,Rabeneck L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) measures are becoming increasingly important for evaluating the effectiveness of medical interventions and assessing the health of populations. Preference-based instruments, a subset of HRQOL measures, allow comparisons of overall health status in populations and in clinical sett...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Gold M,Franks P,Erickson P

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legal factors related to the malpractice liability insurance purchased by general dentists in the United States were investigated using a comprehensive multivariate model that assessed the contribution of legal provisions affecting the probability of a malpractice claim, the probability of a payment, and the average s...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Milgrom P,Whitney C,Conrad D,Fiset L,O'Hara D

更新日期：1995-08-01 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:Estimating influenza vaccine effectiveness using an unvaccinated comparison group may result in biased effect estimates. OBJECTIVES:To explore the reduction of confounding bias in an active comparison of high-dose versus standard-dose influenza vaccines, as compared with vaccinated versus unvaccinated compa...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Butler AM,Layton JB,Krueger WS,Kshirsagar AV,McGrath LJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data were obtained from the American Medical Association on Iranian physicians practicing in the U.S., and from the Iranian Medical Registry on U.S.-trained Iranian physicians who have returned to practice in Iran. There were 2,066 Iranian physicians practicing in the U.S. in 1972, 1,234 (60%) of whom were not undergo...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Ronaghy HA,Zeighami E,Zeighami B

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chinese Americans are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States; however, language and cultural obstacles have challenged health workers and policy makers seeking to understand the health status and needs of this population. OBJECTIVES:This study is the first to use a large-scale probabi...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Chang DF,Chun CA,Takeuchi DT,Shen H

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00