Will Veterans Answer Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questions?

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：:In-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is associated with substantial costs beyond those of the resuscitation itself. These costs are important to understand because health care resources are limited. To that end, a model of CPR is proposed, including an examination of the effect of several variables on the c...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Ebell MH,Kruse JA

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study uses Medicare physician-claims data to examine patient and physician contributions to variations in cataract surgery rates across U.S. metropolitan areas. Utilization is modelled as having two phases: the decision to seek an ophthalmologist's care, which is made by patients, and the decision to perform surg...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Escarce JJ

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estimates of health care cost are needed to conduct cost-effectiveness research at the facilities operated by the US Department of Veterans Affairs. METHODS:The medical literature was searched for VA studies to characterize different cost methods and identify their advantages and disadvantages. RESULTS:Dif...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Barnett PG

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation (MCHPE) collaborated with a provincially-appointed Physician Resource Committee in an assessment of provincial physician resources. RESEARCH DESIGN:Beginning with map-based analyses of physician supply and contacts across the province, compared with the h...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Roos NP,Fransoo R,Bogdanovic B,Carriere KC,Frohlich N,Friesen D,Patton D,Wall R

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Care for patients with chronic conditions often requires coordination between multiple physicians and delivery sites. Electronic Health Record (EHR) use could improve care quality and efficiency in part by facilitating care coordination. OBJECTIVE:We examined the association between EHR use and clinician pe...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Graetz I,Reed M,Shortell SM,Rundall TG,Bellows J,Hsu J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the statistical methods and strategies to be used in establishing the linkages between processes and structures of care with risk-adjusted outcomes in a large multicenter Veterans Affairs cooperative study in health services of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The statistical analyses consis...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Marshall G,Henderson WG,Moritz TE,Shroyer AL,Grover FL,Hammermeister KE

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Utility techniques are the most commonly used means to assess patient preferences for health outcomes. However, whether utility techniques produce valid measures of preference has been difficult to determine in the absence of a gold standard. OBJECTIVE:To introduce and demonstrate two methods that can be us...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Giesler RB,Ashton CM,Brody B,Byrne MM,Cook K,Geraci JM,Hanita M,Souchek J,Wray NP

更新日期：1999-06-01 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: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：: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：:In the Seattle Prepaid Health Care Project, we studied medical records and claims information for all 97 children undergoing tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy in an independent practice plan from February 1971, through January 1975. Overall only 32 per cent of the procedures met commonly promulgated indications of su...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： LoGerfo JP,Dynes IM,Frost F,Diehr PK,Richardson WC

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:If shape of a person's utility function is associated with his health status, as is predicted by Prospect Theory, the use of utilities from the healthy could result in 'de facto' discrimination against the sick. OBJECTIVES:To determine if patients' utilities for hypothetical states and for their current hea...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Lenert LA,Treadwell JR,Schwartz CE

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1998, the Province of Ontario in Canada adopted price-cap "70/90" regulations whereby the first generic entrant was required to be priced at ≤70% of the associated brand-name product and subsequent generics were priced at ≤90% of the first generic price. The price-caps were further lowered to 50% in 2006 ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Zhang W,Guh D,Sun H,Marra CA,Lynd LD,Anis AH

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:There has been controversy about whether confounding by indication for treatment--that is, owing to physicians' conscious efforts to base treatment decisions on patients' pretreatment prognoses--makes nonrandomized, observational comparisons of treatments invalid. Some now believe evidence from studies of practice var...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Poses RM,Smith WR,McClish DK,Anthony M

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legal factors related to the malpractice liability insurance purchased by general dentists in the United States were investigated using a comprehensive multivariate model that assessed the contribution of legal provisions affecting the probability of a malpractice claim, the probability of a payment, and the average s...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Milgrom P,Whitney C,Conrad D,Fiset L,O'Hara D

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most health insurance plans monitor ambulatory care quality using the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS), publicly reporting results at the plan level. Plan-level comparisons obscure the influence of patients served or settings where care is delivered. Mental illness, substance abuse, ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Clark RE,Weir S,Ouellette RA,Zhang J,Baxter JD

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospitalizations are costly for health insurers and society. OBJECTIVES:To develop and validate a predictive model for acute care hospitalization from administrative claims for a population including all age groups. RESEARCH DESIGN:We constructed a retrospective cohort study using a US health plan claims d...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Lemke KW,Weiner JP,Clark JM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Growing adoption of electronic health records and increased emphasis on the reuse and integration of clinical care and administration data require a robust informatics infrastructure to inform health care effectiveness in real-world settings. The Scalable Architecture for Federated Translational Inquiries ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kahn MG,Batson D,Schilling LM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The techniques of cost-effectiveness are employed to simplify resource allocation decisions concerned with the use of land and air transport systems in the health services of a developing country. Outcome classifications are produced for patients seen by mobile and fixed primary care units. The mobile services examine...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Walker G,Gish O

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Continuity of the relationship between patients and primary care providers (PCPs) is an important component of care from the consumer perspective that may be affected by variation in cost containment strategies within managed care. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of cost containment strategies on the cont...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Meredith LS,Sturm R,Camp P,Wells KB

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：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：:A factorial design randomized controlled trial to test several clinically feasible strategies primary-care practitioners may use in routine practice to increase patient participation in occult blood testing for colorectal cancer is reported. Three compliance-enhancing intervention strategies (physician/nurse talk, and...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Thompson RS,Michnich ME,Gray J,Friedlander L,Gilson B

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a longitudinal, prospective study of patient's decisions about influenza vaccination, the stability of attitudes about the flu and flu shots, the stability of flu shot decisions, and the relationship of attitude shifts to compliance were studied. In both 1981 and 1982 for 216 patients at high risk for complications...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Buchner DM,Carter WB,Inui TS

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal mobilization and manipulation are 2 therapies found to be generally safe and effective for chronic low back pain (CLBP). However, the question remains whether they are appropriate for all CLBP patients. RESEARCH DESIGN:An expert panel used a well-validated approach, including an evidence synthesis an...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Herman PM,Hurwitz EL,Shekelle PG,Whitley MD,Coulter ID

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insurance expansions and service delivery system expansions are alternative policy instruments used to try to improve birth outcomes for low-income women. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this research is to investigate the effect of expansions of public insurance on access and birth outcomes for pregnant women ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Susan Marquis M,Long SH

更新日期：2002-11-01 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