Loving-kindness meditation and the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

abstract：:In 1979, MEDICAL CARE published a supplement that summarized and evaluated existing research on changes in health care patterns associated with mental health, alcoholism, and drug abuse treatment. This paper, limited to alcoholism treatment, reviews research that has been completed since the 1979 supplement. Considera...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Holder HD

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper investigates the difficulties that people encounter in their attempt to obtain needed health services, other than their third-party coverage or lack of it. These problems can be temporal, geographic, attitudinal, or financial (even with insurance). A state-wide sample survey conducted in 1989 revealed that ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Bashshur RL,Homan RK,Smith DG

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Planned health insurance reform promises and has started to cut reimbursement to Medicare managed care (MMC) plans. If such plans provide better care, adjusting for possible better health of their enrollees, then such reimbursement changes may have unforeseen quality consequences. OBJECTIVES:To examine whet...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Huesch MD

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the time health professionals spend with inpatients that are close to the end of life. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:We asked day-shift nurses to use a standardized log sheet to record how much time they spent in various categories of activity for 146 seriously ill medical inpatients with poor ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Sulmasy DP,Sood JR

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：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：:The evaluation of long-term care demonstrations has to deal with complex organizational entities, with large, heterogeneous client populations that, during the course of study, may have to change features of their organization or operation. The implications of such "real-time" changes are discussed for analyses of the...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Manton KG,Newcomer R,Lowrimore GR,Vertrees JC,Harrington C

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The authors compare two generic measures of health status with disease-specific measures in a randomized controlled trial of transurethral resection of the prostate with laser vaporization prostatectomy for benign prostatic hypertrophy. METHODS:Patients entered into the trial completed the following questio...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Jenkinson C,Gray A,Doll H,Lawrence K,Keoghane S,Layte R

更新日期：1997-11-01 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：:In 1977, the American Heart Association recommended that patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) and mitral insufficiency receive antibiotic prophylaxis prior to procedures that place them at risk for bacterial endocarditis. To study how clinicians conformed to this recommendation, the authors selected 126 patients ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Retchin SM,Fletcher RH,Buescher PC,Waugh RA,Battaglini SW

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Access to social services (eg, nutrition) can impact older adults' health care utilization and health outcomes. However, data documenting the relationship between receiving services and objective measures of health care utilization remain limited. OBJECTIVES:To link Meals on Wheels (MOW) program data to Med...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Shan M,Gutman R,Dosa D,Gozalo PL,Ogarek JA,Kler S,Thomas KS

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of continuity of care (COC) on health care outcomes are well established. However, the mechanism of this association is not fully understood. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between COC and medication adherence, as well as to investigate the mediating effect...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Chen CC,Tseng CH,Cheng SH

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of survey mode (mail vs. telephone) on the likelihood of reporting health care-related discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or nationality. METHODS:We use data from a mixed-mode, mail and telephone survey of public health care program enrollees (N=2807), including Somali, Hmong, Afr...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kemmick Pintor JB,McAlpine D,Beebe TJ,Johnson PJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) 10, "Postoperative Physiologic and Metabolic Derangement" (PPMD), uses administrative data to detect postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring dialysis and diabetes-related complications. We sought to evaluate the indicator'...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Zrelak PA,Romano PS,Tancredi DJ,Geppert JJ,Utter GH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the setting of declining U.S. literacy, new policies include use of clear communication and low-literacy accessibility practices with all patients. Reliable methods for adapting health information to meet such criteria remain a pressing need. OBJECTIVES:To report method validation (study 1) and method re...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Hill-Briggs F,Schumann KP,Dike O

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary care teams face daily time pressures both during patient encounters and outside of appointments. OBJECTIVES:We theorize 2 types of time pressure, and test hypotheses about organizational determinants and patient consequences of time pressure. RESEARCH DESIGN:Cross-sectional, observational analysis ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： McDonald KM,Rodriguez HP,Shortell SM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Latino populations have disproportionately moved to areas in the Southeast and Midwest (emerging destinations), outside traditional Latino enclaves, in recent years. OBJECTIVE:To examine whether health care experiences differ between traditional and emerging destinations for Latino children. RESEARCH DESIG...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Saloner B,Gresenz CR

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We studied the effects of health insurance, health care needs, and demographic and area characteristics on out-of-pocket health care spending for low and higher income insured populations. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We used the 2002 National Survey of America's Families to analyze out-of-pocket health spending. P...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Shen YC,McFeeters J

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The intensive and varied services required by high-need patients have inspired a number of new care delivery models; however, evidence of their effectiveness is mixed. This study evaluated whether augmenting a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) with intensive outpatient management enhances high-need patient...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Wu FM,Slightam CA,Wong AC,Asch SM,Zulman DM

更新日期：2018-01-01 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:Continuity of nursing care in hospitals remains poor and not prioritized, and we do not know whether discontinuous nursing care is negatively impacting patient outcomes. OBJECTIVES:This study aims to examine nursing care discontinuity and its effect on patient clinical condition over the course of acute hos...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Yakusheva O,Costa DK,Weiss M

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Acute health shocks can reduce the ability to work and earn among working-age survivors. The full economic impact includes labor market effects on spouses/partners, but there is a knowledge gap in this area. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to assess how 3 common health shocks, acute myocardial in...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Jeon SH,Stepner M,Rotermann M,Fransoo R,Sanmartin C,Scales DC,Wunsch H,Iwashyna TJ,Garland A

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：:Recent federal legislation has contained the stipulation that participating health maintenance organizations (HMOs) include a quality assurance program which stresses health outcomes. This provision was ostensibly directed at correcting alleged abuses in HMOs serving the urban poor. One version of the outcome method w...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Schroeder SA,Donaldson MS

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accurate measurement of physician job satisfaction in organized practice settings is important for both policy and administrative purposes. Previous efforts to measure physician job satisfaction have been unsatisfactory because of either conceptual or methodologic weaknesses. New measures of physician job satisfac...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Lichtenstein R

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study associations between payer and provision of services for patients hospitalized for coronary atherosclerosis, the authors analyzed abstracts of 24,424 discharges from California acute care hospitals during 1989. Services examined included receipt of coronary artery bypass surgery, percutaneous transluminal cor...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kuykendall DH,Johnson ML,Geraci JM

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is limited information on patients' knowledge about their cost-sharing requirements and how that influenced their care-seeking behavior. OBJECTIVE:To examine patients' knowledge of their office visit copayments, their self-reported responses to perceived and actual copayments, and discussions with phy...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Benedetti NJ,Fung V,Reed M,Price M,Brand R,Newhouse JP,Hsu J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methods to select physicians most likely to benefit from educational interventions to improve the outcome of depression have not been adequately developed. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to identify a combination of primary care provider (PCP) self-report questions to improve the precision of PCP e...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Oxman TE,Korsen N,Hartley D,Sengupta A,Bartels S,Forester B

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pivotal role of women as wife, mother or adult daughter in performing health-related activities for family members has received little attention from health researchers or policymakers. Yet the majority of health problems do not reach the medical care system, but are dealt with informally or through other social s...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Carpenter ES

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00