Comparison of Nurse Staffing Measurements in Staffing-Outcomes Research.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to determine whether parents rate their children's care differently when they also rate their own care than when they do not. METHODS:Subjects were employees of Washington State who had been enrolled in a health plan for at least 6 months and who had at least one covered child. Sub...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Shaul JA,Fowler FJ Jr,Zaslavsky AM,Homer CJ,Gallagher PM,Cleary PD

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors tested the "uncertainty hypothesis," which holds that variations in rates of hospitalization or surgeries across small geographic areas reflect differences in physicians' decision making when confronting uncertainty. A small-areas variation analysis of suspected acute cardiac ischemia (ACI) admissions in n...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Green LA,Becker MP

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Family members and other "carepartners" often play an important role in the care and support of patients during and after hospitalization, yet little is known about how they assess their hospital experience or the factors that may influence their perceptions. METHODS:A nationwide telephone survey of 1,800 r...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： vom Eigen KA,Walker JD,Edgman-Levitan S,Cleary PD,Delbanco TL

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Performance measurement at the provider group level is increasingly advocated, but different methods for selecting patients when calculating provider group performance have received little evaluation. OBJECTIVE:We compared 2 currently used methods according to characteristics of the patients selected and im...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Thorpe CT,Flood GE,Kraft SA,Everett CM,Smith MA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cost-benefit (CBA) and cost-effectiveness analyses (CEA) are methods that enumerate the costs and consequences associated with health-related technologies, services, and programs. This article examines the trends in published CBA and CEA of personal health services from 1979 through 1990. It is based on a bibliography...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Elixhauser A,Luce BR,Taylor WR,Reblando J

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geriatric rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary set of evaluative, diagnostic, and therapeutic interventions whose purpose is to restore functional ability or enhance residual functional capability in elderly people with disabling impairments. The Boston Working Group on Improving Health Care Outcomes Through Geriatri...

journal_title：Medical care

authors：

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between estimated travel time to admitting hospital and mortality for veterans with acute ischemic stroke, controlling for patient demographic, clinical, facility-level variables, as well as select in-hospital treatments and procedures. METHODS:A longitudinal observational populat...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Ripley DC,Kwong PL,Vogel WB,Kurichi JE,Bates BE,Davenport C

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population-based approach was used to analyze the utilization patterns of hospital care by Manitoba residents during the fiscal year 1991/1992. Patterns were analyzed for eight administrative regions, with use assigned to the patient's region of residence, regardless of the location of the hospitalization. Regional ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Black CD,Roos NP,Burchill CA

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management information system (FP/MIS) used by the Howard University Center for Family Planning Services, which operates community family planning clinics in Washington, D.C. is described. The system was developed to satisfy program objectives in patient management, program planning and evaluation, resource manage...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Herson J,Crocker CL,Butts E,Phong LT,Haynes JA

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about how Medicare Part D affects the medication refill adherence for cardiovascular and diabetes medications, particularly among beneficiaries without prior drug coverage. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate Medicare Part D's effect on medication adherence among beneficiaries with hyperlipidemia, hypert...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Zhang Y,Lave JR,Donohue JM,Fischer MA,Chernew ME,Newhouse JP

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes efforts to develop and test scales for measuring attitudes toward the medical care of chronically and terminally ill patients and their families. The following satisfaction scales were developed: General Satisfaction, Availability of Care, Continuity of Care, Physician Availability, Physician Com...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： McCusker J

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several quality assessment systems use administrative data to identify postoperative complications, with uncertain validity. OBJECTIVES:To determine how accurately postoperative complications are reported in administrative data, whether accuracy varies systematically across hospitals, and whether serious co...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Romano PS,Chan BK,Schembri ME,Rainwater JA

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 3 primary administrative data sets developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) to support the Medicare Part D program implementation represent a valuable source of data for health services researchers. This paper describes the structure of the Medicare Part D program and the related...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Greenwald LM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to examine children's use of ambulatory physician services in relation to three dimensions of family life: maternal employment, single-parent versus two-parent households, and the presence of a nuclear or extended family. Data from the National Medical Care Expenditure Survey show that m...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Cafferata GL,Kasper JD

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Engaging patients as partners in their care is clinically appealing, yet challenging to implement, and we lack a measurement framework that is applicable to vulnerable populations. To address this gap, we conducted a qualitative study to refine a conceptual framework that reflects an individual's propensity ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kimerling R,Lewis ET,Javier SJ,Zulman DM

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Copayments (copays) for prescription drugs are a common policy among state Medicaid programs. Research exploring the effects of copays on pharmacy and health care utilization in Medicaid patients is limited, especially among patients with chronic disease. OBJECTIVES:The goal of this research was to quantify...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Hartung DM,Carlson MJ,Kraemer DF,Haxby DG,Ketchum KL,Greenlick MR

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medication error occurring during the care of HIV-infected patients may lead to treatment failure, drug toxicity, or even death. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to ascertain and confirm 5 categories of medication error in the care of HIV-infected patients. RESEARCH DESIGN:This study was a retrosp...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： DeLorenze GN,Follansbee SF,Nguyen DP,Klein DB,Horberg M,Quesenberry CP Jr,Blick NT,Tsai AL

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Most tests of the practice-makes-perfect hypothesis have used cross-sectional data, which reveal that patients receiving surgery in high-volume hospitals tend to experience better postsurgery outcomes. This study uses longitudinal data to explicitly examine whether any given hospital's patient outcomes chang...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Hamilton BH,Ho V

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of large numbers of patients with a history of substance abuse upon a health care system is rarely considered, nor is the health care system's response to such a clientele ever assessed. In this preliminary study, the collective effect of large numbers of substance abuse patients upon a clinic serving the u...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Cahill DF,Hodgkins BJ

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：:This study developed an index of physician hospitalization practice style distinguishing physicians more prone to hospitalize patients from physicians less prone to hospitalize. The patients of physicians with markedly differing hospitalization styles are shown to be similar in such important characteristics as age, a...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Roos NP

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Each physician's ability to treat disease is limited by his/her ability to discriminate among patients on the basis of risk. The relationship of physician expectation of outcome (prognosis) to actual outcome and to cost were determined for 1,757 patients seeking primary care. Outcome was measured by a seven-level func...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Wright DD,Kane RL

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 2.5 million Americans are admitted to the hospital after traumatic physical injury each year. Few investigations have elicited patients' perspectives regarding posttraumatic outcomes. OBJECTIVE:To identify and categorize physically injured trauma survivors' posttraumatic concerns. RESEARCH DE...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Zatzick DF,Kang SM,Hinton WL,Kelly RH,Hilty DM,Franz CE,Le L,Kravitz RL

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study uses empirical data to study changes in the structure and use of HMO hospital provider networks in California. STUDY DESIGN:Data from California HMOs are used to test whether there have been structural changes in HMO size, geographic coverage, hospital network design, and patient channeling for in...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Melnick GA,Ketcham JD

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier studies have established substantial gender differences in the likelihood of obtaining a psychotropic drug prescription, and a correlation, especially among women, with such family characteristics as family responsibilities, marital separation, divorce or widowhood, and the presence of family stressors such as...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Cafferata GL,Meyers SM

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The need for evidence about the effectiveness of therapeutics and other medical practices has triggered new interest in methods for comparative effectiveness research. OBJECTIVE:Describe an approach to comparative effectiveness research involving cluster randomized trials in networks of hospitals, health pl...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Platt R,Takvorian SU,Septimus E,Hickok J,Moody J,Perlin J,Jernigan JA,Kleinman K,Huang SS

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many health plans have outreach programs aimed at appropriately screening, evaluating, and treating women experiencing fragility fractures; however, few programs exist for men. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to develop, implement, and evaluate an osteoporosis outreach program for men with a recen...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Pasquale MK,Sheer RL,Yehoshua A,McFadden A,Chines A,Caloyeras J

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic explanation of the use of traditional medicine among the native American population living in the San Francisco Bay area. Several hypotheses concerning the factors associated with this behavior are tested. These include tribal grouping, socioeconomic and sociocultur...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Fuchs M,Bashshur R

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a large randomized trial involving over 2,000 women with abnormal cervical cytology (pap smear), three clinic-based interventions were tested as strategies to increase return rates for screening follow-up: 1) a personalized follow-up letter and pamphlet; 2) a slide-tape program on pap smears; and 3) transportation ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Marcus AC,Crane LA,Kaplan CP,Reading AE,Savage E,Gunning J,Bernstein G,Berek JS

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00