Modeling the impact of Medicare Advantage payment cuts on ambulatory care sensitive and elective hospitalizations.

abstract：RESEARCH OBJECTIVE:This study examines small area variations in readmission rates to assess whether higher readmission rate in an area is associated with higher clusters of patients with multiple chronic conditions. STUDY DESIGN:The study uses hospital discharge data of adult (18+) patients in 6 U.S. states for 2009 f...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Basu J,Avila R,Ricciardi R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To efficiently estimate race/ethnicity using administrative records to facilitate health care organizations' efforts to address disparities when self-reported race/ethnicity data are unavailable. DATA SOURCE:Surname, geocoded residential address, and self-reported race/ethnicity from 1,973,362 enrollees of a...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Elliott MN,Fremont A,Morrison PA,Pantoja P,Lurie N

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite frequent reference to the Health Belief Model (HBM), few studies address the internal consistency (within questionnaires) or the stability across populations of scales used to measure HBM variables. As part of a 1983 Michigan statewide blood pressure survey, trained interviewers administered 32 health belief q...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Weissfeld JL,Brock BM,Kirscht JP,Hawthorne VM

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We study the association between the timing of the Great Recession (GR) and health spending among uninsured adults distinguishing by citizenship/nativity status and time of U.S. residence. DATA SOURCE:Uninsured U.S. citizens and noncitizens from the 2005-2006 and 2008-2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Vargas Bustamante A,Chen J

更新日期：2014-12-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of pay for performance in Medicaid on the quality and utilization of care. DATA SOURCES:Medicaid claims and encounter data in three intervention states (Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Alabama) and three comparison states. STUDY DESIGN:Difference-in-difference analysis with propensity sco...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Rosenthal MB,Landrum MB,Robbins JA,Schneider EC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The design of health insurance, and the role out-of-pocket (OOP) payments play in it, is a key policy issue as rising health costs have encouraged greater cost-sharing measures. This paper compares the percentage of Americans spending large amounts OOP to meet their health needs with percentages in eight othe...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Baird K

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A decision to add a new treatment program has widespread and long-lasting implications for both the patient and the organization. Information about the interactions among the institution, the patient, and the treatment modality are seldom available. Cognitive rehabilitation is a relatively new treatment modality that ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Gummow LJ,Gregory VR,Macnamara SE

更新日期：1990-04-01 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 investigate whether the interaction between individual race/ethnicity and community racial/ethnic composition is associated with health-related home care use among elderly persons in the United States. DATA SOURCES:A nationally representative sample of community-dwelling elders aged 65+ from the 2000 to 2...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Kirby JB,Lau DT

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cost-benefit analyses are routinely included in evaluations of acute care programs. In the case of long-term care, it is frequently alleged that cost-benefit analysis cannot be fruitfully applied. This article demonstrates the utility of applying cost-benefit analysis to evaluations of long-term care programs. A case ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Ruchlin HS,Morris JN

更新日期：1981-04-01 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 assess the impact of out-migration of nurses on the health systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). SETTING:The countries of SSA. DESIGN AND METHODS:Review of secondary sources: existing publications and country documents on the health workforce; documents prepared for the Joint Learning Initiative Global Hu...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Dovlo D

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the ways in which the costs of nonresidential mental health care depend on (1) the type of provider who initiates the treatment episode and (2) the level of cost sharing imposed on the patient. STUDY SETTING:The 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey, a national probability sample of the U.S. ci...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Holmes AM,Deb P

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：:In the recent past, a great deal of faith has been placed in the idea that the performance of the hospital industry could be improved significantly by relying more heavily on profit incentives. This article considers the effect of profit incentives on hospital behavior and finds that the existence of profit incentives...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Register CA,Sharp AM,Bivin DG

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate county-level associations between in utero exposure to threatened evictions and preterm birth in the United States. DATA SOURCES:Complete birth records were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics (2009-2016). Threatened evictions were measured at the county level using eviction c...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Khadka A,Fink G,Gromis A,McConnell M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop novel, scalable, and valid literacy profiles for identifying limited health literacy patients by harnessing natural language processing. DATA SOURCE:With respect to the linguistic content, we analyzed 283 216 secure messages sent by 6941 diabetes patients to physicians within an integrated system'...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Schillinger D,Balyan R,Crossley SA,McNamara DS,Liu JY,Karter AJ

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To translate a set of evidence-based clinical standards designed to allow paramedics to forego unnecessary and potentially harmful resuscitation attempts into a feasible new policy. DATA SOURCES/SETTING:Policy documents, meeting minutes, and personal communications between a large urban Emergency Medical Ser...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Grudzen CR,Richardson LD,Koenig WJ,Hoffman JR,Lorenz KA,Asch SM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate the value of shrinkage estimators when calculating a composite quality measure as the weighted average of a set of individual quality indicators. DATA SOURCES:Rates of 28 quality indicators (QIs) calculated from the minimum dataset from residents of 112 Veterans Health Administration nursing h...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Shwartz M,Peköz EA,Christiansen CL,Burgess JF Jr,Berlowitz D

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:We estimate long-term health care costs of former smokers compared with continuing and never smokers using a retrospective cohort study of HMO enrollees. Previous research on health care costs associated with former smokers has suggested that quitters may incur greater health care costs than continuing smoker...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Fishman PA,Khan ZM,Thompson EE,Curry SJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of depression treatment in primary care on patients' clinical status and employment, over six months. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Data are from a randomized controlled trial of quality improvement for depression that included 938 adults with depressive disorder in 46 managed primary ca...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Schoenbaum M,Unützer J,McCaffrey D,Duan N,Sherbourne C,Wells KB

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines forces that influence physicians to change the percentage of their admissions to a hospital (loyalty) and to cease admitting patients to a hospital altogether (exit). Because physicians are both members of a hospital and consumers of its services, their admitting patterns can be described using m...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Burns LR,Wholey DR

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare utilization and preventive care receipt among patients of federal Section 330 health centers (HCs) versus patients of other settings. DATA SOURCES:A nationally representative sample of adults from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2004-2008). STUDY DESIGN:HC patients were defined as those wit...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Laiteerapong N,Kirby J,Gao Y,Yu TC,Sharma R,Nocon R,Lee SM,Chin MH,Nathan AG,Ngo-Metzger Q,Huang ES

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare process of care and outcome after acute myocardial infarction, for patients with and without mental illness, cared for in the Veterans Health Administration (VA) health care system. DATA SOURCES/SETTING:Primary clinical data from 81 VA hospitals. STUDY DESIGN:This was a retrospective cohort study...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Petersen LA,Normand SL,Druss BG,Rosenheck RA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test how Certificate of Need laws affect all-cause mortality in the United States. DATA SOURCES:The data of 1992-2011 all-cause mortality are from the Center for Disease Control's Compressed Mortality File; control variables are from the Current Population Survey, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Syste...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Bailey J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test for differences in patient outcomes when hospital and post-acute care (PAC) providers participate in accountable care organizations (ACOs). DATA/SETTING:Using Medicare claims, we examined changes in readmission, Medicare spending, and length of stay among patients admitted to ACO-participating hospit...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Agarwal D,Werner RM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has confirmed that desirable hospital attributes as well as increased distance, or travel time, have an impact on hospital choice. These studies have become increasingly sophisticated in modeling choice. This study adds to the existing literature by estimating the effect of both hospital and individu...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Adams EK,Houchens R,Wright GE,Robbins J

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the settings of simulation evidence supporting use of nonlinear two-stage residual inclusion (2SRI) instrumental variable (IV) methods for estimating average treatment effects (ATE) using observational data and investigate potential bias of 2SRI across alternative scenarios of essential heterogenei...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Chapman CG,Brooks JM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00