Profiting and providing less care: comprehensive services at for-profit, nonprofit, and public opioid treatment programs in the United States.

abstract：:Disparities by economic status are observed in the health status and health outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries. For health services and health policy researchers, one barrier to addressing these disparities is the ability to use Medicare data to ascertain information about an individual's income level or poverty, beca...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Samson LW,Finegold K,Ahmed A,Jensen M,Filice CE,Joynt KE

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that social support is an important predictor of mortality in a frail older population receiving formal long-term care services. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:The analysis is based on 3138 individuals enrolled in 28 Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the E...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Temkin-Greener H,Bajorska A,Peterson DR,Kunitz SJ,Gross D,Williams TF,Mukamel DB

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Small studies suggest that the quality of healthcare provided to older patients needs improvement. However, measuring the quality of care for larger groups of older adults is difficult. OBJECTIVE:To measure the quality of care in a community-dwelling vulnerable geriatric population using administrative data to...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Zingmond DS,Wilber KH,Maclean CH,Wenger NS

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited literacy has repeatedly been linked to problems comprehending health information, although the majority of studies to date have focused on reading various print health materials. We sought to investigate patients' ability to recall spoken medical instructions in the context of a hypothetical clinical...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： McCarthy DM,Waite KR,Curtis LM,Engel KG,Baker DW,Wolf MS

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2002 British Columbia, Canada began redistributing its hospital services. OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN:We used administrative data and interrupted time series analyses to determine how recent hospital closures affected patient outcomes. SUBJECTS:All adult acute myocardial infarction (AMI), stroke, and trauma ev...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Panagiotoglou D,Law MR,McGrail K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Seattle Prepaid Health Care Evaluation Project is a comparative study designed to assess the care received by persons enrolled in either a large prepaid group practice (PGP) or in a prepaid, independent practice setting in which physicians are reimbursed on a fee-for-service basis (IPP). As part of the study we as...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： LoGerfo JP,Efird RA,Diehr PK,Richardson WC

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medicaid preferred drug lists (PDLs) might reduce costs for Medicaid programs while creating costs to physicians. OBJECTIVES:To measure the costs from complying with Medicaid PDLs for primary care physicians and cardiologists, and to quantify the costs of a hypothetical PDL for Medicare Part D. RESEARCH DE...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Ketcham JD,Epstein AJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Analysts performing cost-effectiveness analyses often do not have the resources to gather original quality-of-life (QOL) weights. Furthermore, variability in QOL for the same health state hampers the comparability of cost-effectiveness analyses. For these reasons, opinion leaders such as the Panel on Cost-Eff...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Tengs TO,Wallace A

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines job satisfaction of primary care physicians and paramedical personnel in traditional office practices and in modern medical organizations. A series of two-way analyses of variance using work settings and occupational level as independent variables showed consistent effects of setting on job satisfa...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Breslau N,Novack AH,Wolf G

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A need exists for adapting existing perioperative risk stratification methods such as the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) for application with hospital administrative data in noncardiac surgery populations. OBJECTIVE:Develop and validate outcome-specific CCIs for predicting inpatient mortality, and cardiac...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Moodley Y

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To reapportion Veterans Health Administration (VA) annual expenditures into benefit categories for comparison with estimated payments by private sector providers. METHODS:Total expenditures for six VA medical centers for federal fiscal year 1999 were reapportioned by benefit category using the cost distribu...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Nugent G,Grippen G,Parris YC,Mitchell M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The linkage of SEER registry data with Medicare claims allows the longitudinal tracking of health care and outcomes for patients after a cancer diagnosis. One category of outcomes amenable to research using Medicare claims is complications of cancer treatments: the unintentional, adverse side effects or sequ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Potosky AL,Warren JL,Riedel ER,Klabunde CN,Earle CC,Begg CB

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors conducted two studies of routine medical visits, investigating the relation of physician gender, patient gender, and physician age to patient satisfaction, and the correlations between communication behaviors and satisfaction separately for different combinations of patient and physician gender. Study 1 wa...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Hall JA,Irish JT,Roter DL,Ehrlich CM,Miller LH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted an 18-month longitudinal evaluation of a model-managed medical care program for severely disabled, independently living adults. Regression analyses using an additive model (no interaction effects) suggest that persons in the study group did not have statistically significantly different utilization experi...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Meyers AR,Cupples A,Lederman RI,Branch LG,Feltin M,Master RJ,Nicastro D,Glover M,Kress D

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the techniques adopted recently by certain hospitals to meet the competitive pressure for reducing costs is physician profiling. Profiling produces periodic reports that compare a physician's resource consumption to a benchmark figure. This study analyzes the effectiveness and implications of one hospital's int...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Evans JH 3rd,Hwang Y,Nagarajan N

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article assesses the extent to which formally provided comprehensive community care tends to substitute for informal care provided by family and friends to impaired elderly persons living in the community. Using simultaneous equations causal modeling techniques to control for selective targeting and other interve...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Greene VL

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares health insurance payments and patient utilization patterns for episodes of care for common lumbar and low back conditions treated by chiropractic and medical providers. Using 2 years of insurance claims data, this study examines 6,183 patients who had episodes with medical or chiropractic first-con...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Stano M,Smith M

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data suggest that differences in patient preferences may account for racial disparities in the use of medical interventions. Racial disparities have also been noted in outcomes and the delivery of healthcare services in chronic disease. Whether treatment preferences in chronic disease differ by race is not k...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Constantinescu F,Goucher S,Weinstein A,Fraenkel L

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigates the use of data from automated systems within a large managed care plan to create indicators of clinical quality. METHODS:Measures from the first year of Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set, HEDIS 2.0, are used to compare chart review and automated analysis methodologies. T...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Dresser MV,Feingold L,Rosenkranz SL,Coltin KL

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Understanding provider perceptions of and experiences with order entry and order checks (drug alerts) in an electronic prescribing system may help improve medication safety technology. DESIGN:Cross-sectional, national survey of Veterans Administration physicians practicing in various specialties. MEASUREMEN...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Spina JR,Glassman PA,Simon B,Lanto A,Lee M,Cunningham F,Good CB

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Teamwork in health care settings is widely recognized as an important factor in providing high-quality patient care. However, the behaviors that comprise effective teamwork, the organizational factors that support teamwork, and the relationship between teamwork and patient outcomes remain empirical questions...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Valentine MA,Nembhard IM,Edmondson AC

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The desired form and style of written drug information for patients were assessed in a national survey of oral contraceptive (OC) users. These women were queried about two forms of OC information: a short insert included with dispensed drugs and a longer brochure delivered by the physician upon patient request. Longer...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Mazis M,Morris LA,Gordon E

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patient perceptions are increasingly used to measure quality of care in a diversity of health-care delivery settings. The goals of this article are to review the current use of patient perceptions and to review what is known about the sensitivity of patient perceptions for discerning variations in care acros...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Rosenthal GE,Shannon SE

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this review is to identify and analyze published studies that have evaluated disparities for opportunistic infection (OI) prophylaxis between blacks and whites with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the United States. METHODS:The authors conducted...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Oramasionwu CU,Koeller JM,Lawson KA,Brown CM,Morse GD,Frei CR

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Satisfaction with health services is an aspect of quality of care that is of special importance for captive clients like low-income clinic users. Several methodologies have been reported, but validation has been difficult. This study compares two older scaling techniques with a new, nonmetric method to detect underlyi...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Hengst A,Roghmann K

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Loving-kindness meditation (LKM) is a practice intended to enhance feelings of kindness and compassion for self and others. OBJECTIVES:To assess whether participation in a 12-week course of LKM for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with improved positive emotions, decentering,...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kearney DJ,McManus C,Malte CA,Martinez ME,Felleman B,Simpson TL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lack of consensus about the treatment of low back pain is reflected by wide regional variations in lumbar spine surgery rates. Neck pain may be as common as low back pain, but there has been no similar evaluation of regional variation for the surgical treatment of neck pain. This report examines the geographic variati...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Einstadter D,Kent DL,Fihn SD,Deyo RA

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Hospital administrative health data create separate records for each hospital stay of patients. Treating a hospital transfer as a readmission could lead to biased results in health service research. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional study. We used the hospital discharge abstract database in 2013 from Albert...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Peng M,Li B,Southern DA,Eastwood CA,Quan H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00