Patterns of user disclosure of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The "Unborn Child" (UC) option provides state Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) programs with a new strategy to extend prenatal coverage to low-income women who would otherwise have difficulty enrolling in or would be ineligible for Medicaid. OBJECTIVES:To examine the association of the UC...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Jarlenski MP,Bennett WL,Barry CL,Bleich SN

更新日期：2014-01-01 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:Hospitalization is a difficult experience, especially for patients with dementia. Understanding whether better continuity of care (COC) reduces hospitalizations can indicate interventions that might help curb hospitalizations. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the causal impact of COC on hospitalizations and different ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Lei L,Cai S,Conwell Y,Fortinsky RH,Intrator O

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes reported data on length of stay of discharged patients from the 1977 National Nursing Home Survey. Assuming that patients admitted to nursing homes are one of two types, short-stayers and long-stayers, the statistically best-fitting proportions and expected lengths of stay for the two types are d...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Keeler EB,Kane RL,Solomon DH

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study determined the intrarelationships and interrelationships of two sets of physician performance measures: technical quality and utilization of medical resources. The performance measures were based on 2,431 episodes in 15 diagnostic categories involving 454 physicians. A series of correlations were used to det...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Rhee SO,Lyons T,Payne B

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients have longer lengths of hospital stay (LOS) in VA medical centers than in the general health care system. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine whether resource use and outcome differences between VA and non-VA inpatient rehabilitation facilities remain after controlling for patient...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Stineman MG,Ross RN,Hamilton BB,Maislin G,Bates B,Granger CV,Asch DA

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The second phase of the ADHC Evaluation Study was designed to assess ADHC provided under contract by community ADHC programs. Outcomes for the 163 patients enrolled in this prospective cohort evaluation were compared with those of patients assigned to ADHC provided directly by VA (VA-ADHC) and customary care in the ra...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Rothman ML,Diehr P,Hedrick SC,Erdly WW,Nickinovich DG

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was the first of its kind to evaluate and compare the quality of private and public community health centers (CHCs) in urban China. METHODS:A total of 2501 CHCs in 35 cities were chosen in 2011 using a multistage sampling method, and data on human resources, medical equipment and drug inventory w...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Yin X,Gong Y,Yang C,Tu X,Liu W,Cao S,Yang H,Lu Z

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are various reasons why physicians order laboratory tests. Earlier studies have shown that in many cases test-ordering behavior lacks efficiency, resulting in excessive laboratory utilization. Throughout the years various attempts have been made to improve this situation. This review, based on the literature of ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Axt-Adam P,van der Wouden JC,van der Does E

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical record review is increasing in importance as the need to identify and monitor utilization and quality of care problems grow. To conserve resources, reviews are usually performed on a subset of cases. If judgment is used to identify subgroups for review, this raises the following questions: How should subgroups...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Ash A,Schwartz M,Payne SM,Restuccia JD

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the characteristics of the practices and patients of recent graduates of family practice and general internal medicine residency programs. National samples of 104 family physicians and 134 general internists completed questionnaires and provided log-diary data for more than 7,500 office visits and ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Cherkin DC,Rosenblatt RA,Hart LG,Schleiter MK

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the Affordable Care Act has been successful in expanding Medicaid to >17 million people, insurance alone may not translate into access to health care. Even among the insured, substantial barriers to accessing services inhibit health care utilization. OBJECTIVES:We examined the effect of selected ba...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Allen EM,Call KT,Beebe TJ,McAlpine DD,Johnson PJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 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:Nearly half of US births are financed by Medicaid, and one-third of births occur by cesarean delivery, at double the cost of vaginal delivery. With the goal of reducing unnecessary cesarean use and improving value, in 2009 Minnesota's Medicaid program introduced a blended payment rate for uncomplicated birth...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kozhimannil KB,Graves AJ,Ecklund AM,Shah N,Aggarwal R,Snowden JM

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Studies of cancer recurrences and second primary tumors require information on outcome dates. Little is known about how well electronic health record-based algorithms can identify dates or how errors in dates can bias analyses. RESEARCH DESIGN:We assessed rule-based and model-fitting approaches to assign ev...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Chubak J,Onega T,Zhu W,Buist DSM,Hubbard RA

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The authors compare the extent and nature of triazolam use before and after its deletion from a health maintenance organization's (HMO) open and advisory-type drug formulary. METHODS:Benzodiazepine dispensings of HMO members were collected for the 3 years before (1989-1991) and for the 2 years after (1992-1...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Johnson RE,McFarland B,Woodson GT

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE:Patients with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) are a critical but undefined group for quality measurement. We present a generally applicable systematic approach to defining an MCC cohort of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries that we developed for a national quality measure, risk-standardized ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Drye EE,Altaf FK,Lipska KJ,Spatz ES,Montague JA,Bao H,Parzynski CS,Ross JS,Bernheim SM,Krumholz HM,Lin Z

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors provide brief information about the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Veterans Health Administration, to establish an understanding of this large, multifaceted organization. They then offer an overview of the VA's Office of Research and Development, with particular emphasis on recent and ongoing ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Feussner JR,Burris JF,McGlynn G,Lavori PW

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence with medications to prevent fractures is suboptimal. Patients' perceived need for medication is an important predictor of medication-use behavior. OBJECTIVE:Estimate the associations of patients' perceived need of medication for fracture prevention with objective indicators of fracture risk, patie...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Schousboe JT,Davison ML,Dowd B,Thiede Call K,Johnson P,Kane RL

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One approach postulated to improve the provision of health care is effective utilization of team-based care including pharmacists. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to conduct a comprehensive systematic review with focused meta-analyses to examine the effects of pharmacist-provided direct patient ca...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Chisholm-Burns MA,Kim Lee J,Spivey CA,Slack M,Herrier RN,Hall-Lipsy E,Graff Zivin J,Abraham I,Palmer J,Martin JR,Kramer SS,Wunz T

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, changes in the number, site, and source of follow-up visits and allowed charges were examined for follow-up visits provided to Medicare surgical patients between 1984 and 1986. Among the 21 surgical procedures studied, follow-up visits decreased by 5.2%, after adjusting for case mix. Despite the physici...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kominski GF,Biddle AK

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is an increasing demand for electronic health record (EHR)-based risk stratification and predictive modeling tools at the population level. This trend is partly due to increased value-based payment policies and the increasing availability of EHRs at the provider level. Risk stratification models, howev...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kharrazi H,Chi W,Chang HY,Richards TM,Gallagher JM,Knudson SM,Weiner JP

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the costs of nursing home care are a major component of the rapidly rising costs of health care, it is appropriate to base public policy discussions about cost containment on the determinants of nursing home costs. This article investigates the determinants of nursing home operating costs and reviews the results...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Birnbaum H,Bishop C,Lee AJ,Jensen G

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The challenges facing healthcare in the 21st century frequently seem intractable and insurmountable. Systemic problems impair the quality and continuity of care and caregivers' quality of life. For over 25 years, the Clinical Practice Model Resource Center (CPMRC) in Grand Rapids, MI, has focused on transfor...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Wesorick B,Doebbeling B

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Opioid use disorders are frequently associated with medical and psychiatric comorbidities (eg, HIV infection and depression), as well as social problems (eg, lack of health insurance). Comprehensive services addressing these conditions improve outcomes. OBJECTIVE:To compare the proportion of for-profit, non...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Bachhuber MA,Southern WN,Cunningham CO

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Millions of Americans are burdened by out-of-pocket prescription costs. Although many survey measures have been developed to assess this burden, the construct validity and the factor structure of these instruments have not been rigorously assessed. OBJECTIVES:To characterize the factor structure and the con...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Burcu M,Alexander GC,Ng X,Harrington D

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An expository account of multiple time series analysis is presented. Modeling several related time series together makes it possible to ascertain dynamic leading, lagging, and feedback relationships among the series; to produce more efficient forecasts and, in some situations; to develop control schemes. Procedures fo...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Tiao GC

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medicare and private plans are encouraging individuals to seek care at hospitals that are designated as centers of excellence. Few evaluations of such programs have been conducted. This study examines a large national initiative that designated hospitals as centers of excellence for knee and hip replacement....

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Mehrotra A,Sloss EM,Hussey PS,Adams JL,Lovejoy S,Soohoo NF

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling are tests for the prenatal diagnosis of cytogenetic abnormalities. We calculated the incremental costs per abnormal birth averted, and the incremental costs per quality-adjusted outcome, of amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling performed for the indication of maternal ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Heckerling PS,Verp MS

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Validly interpreting scores based on patients' reports of their experiences using scales depends on a valid scoring system. The possibility exists that, although the creators of a scale intended to create a scale measuring a single construct, the questions may seem to measure more than one construct. Howev...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Carle AC,Weech-Maldonado R

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00