Sample Selection for Medicare Risk Adjustment Due to Systematically Missing Data.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the development of an instrument for assessing workforce perceptions of hospital safety culture and to assess its reliability and validity. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Primary data collected between March 2004 and May 2005. Personnel from 105 U.S. hospitals completed a 38-item paper and pencil sur...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Singer S,Meterko M,Baker L,Gaba D,Falwell A,Rosen A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite frequent reference to the Health Belief Model (HBM), few studies address the internal consistency (within questionnaires) or the stability across populations of scales used to measure HBM variables. As part of a 1983 Michigan statewide blood pressure survey, trained interviewers administered 32 health belief q...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Weissfeld JL,Brock BM,Kirscht JP,Hawthorne VM

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a randomized trial of the effects of medical insurance on spending and the health status of the nonaged, we previously reported that patients with limited cost sharing had approximately one-third less use of medical services, similar general self-assessed health, and worse blood pressure, functional far vision, and...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Keeler EB,Sloss EM,Brook RH,Operskalski BH,Goldberg GA,Newhouse JP

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article compares judgments about the treatment of Dukes' B2 and C colon cancer made by general surgeons to those of internists and family practitioners. Physician and practice variables were specialty, affiliation with a Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP) hospital, time in practice, professional ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： McFall SL,Warnecke RB,Kaluzny AD,Ford L

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organizations are increasingly becoming dynamic and unstable. This evolution has given rise to greater reliance on teams and increased complexity in terms of team composition, skills required, and degree of risk involved. High-reliability organizations (HROs) are those that exist in such hazardous environments where t...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Baker DP,Day R,Salas E

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine changes in children's albuterol use and out-of-pocket (OOP) costs in response to increased copayments after the Food and Drug Administration banned inhalers with chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) propellants. SETTING:Four health maintenance organizations (HMOs), two that increased copayments for albuterol ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Galbraith AA,Fung V,Li L,Butler MG,Nordin JD,Hsu J,Smith D,Vollmer WM,Lieu TA,Soumerai SB,Wu AC

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe differences in patient experiences of hospital care by preferred language within racial/ethnic groups. DATA SOURCE:2014-2015 HCAHPS survey data. STUDY DESIGN:We compared six composite measures for seven languages (English, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Other) within appl...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Quigley DD,Elliott MN,Hambarsoomian K,Wilson-Frederick SM,Lehrman WG,Agniel D,Ng JH,Goldstein EH,Giordano LA,Martino SC

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine financial and nonfinancial access to care and utilization of primary health care services among children of working low-income families earning below 200 percent of the federal poverty level in California, and to compare them to children in nonworking low-income families and in families earning ove...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Guendelman S,Wyn R,Tsai YW

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify patient characteristics and health care experiences associated with primary care linkage after alcohol or drug detoxification. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Primary data collected over two years. Subjects were adults without primary medical care, in an urban residential detoxification program. STUD...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Saitz R,Larson MJ,Horton NJ,Winter M,Samet JH

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To illustrate how the analysis of bimodal U-shaped distributed utilization can be modeled with beta-binomial regression, which is rarely used in health services research. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Veterans Affairs (VA) administrative data and Medicare claims in 2001-2004 for 11,123 Medicare-eligible VA prim...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Liu CF,Burgess JF Jr,Manning WG,Maciejewski ML

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine factors associated with guideline-concordant adjuvant therapy among breast cancer patients in a rural region of the United States and to present an advancement in quality-of-care assessment in the context of multiple treatments. DATA SOURCES:Chart abstraction on initial therapy received by 868 wom...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Guy GP Jr,Lipscomb J,Gillespie TW,Goodman M,Richardson LC,Ward KC

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this research, we examine the relative importance of different structural units in a professional organization, the hospital, as they affect organizational effectiveness. The difficulties of measuring effectiveness in a complex professional organization are discussed, and an adjusted measure of surgical outcome is ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Flood AB,Scott WR,Ewy W,Forrest WH Jr

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the ability of an Adjusted Clinical Group (ACG)-based morbidity measure to assess the overall health service needs of populations. Data Sources/Study Setting. Three population-based secondary data sources: registration and health service utilization data from fiscal year 1995-1996; mortality data f...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Reid RJ,Roos NP,MacWilliam L,Frohlich N,Black C

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of Enroll America's field outreach activities on the number of individuals enrolled in Marketplace coverage during the first open enrollment period. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Marketplace enrollment for the initial open enrollment period linked with data on Enroll America's field activit...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Orzol S,Hula L

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All admissions to a 1,100-bed Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital were screened to identify 171 terminally ill patients with informal caregivers who were then randomly assigned to VA hospital-based team home care (HBHC, N = 85) or customary care (N = 86). Patient functioning, and patient and caregiver morale ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Hughes SL,Cummings J,Weaver F,Manheim L,Braun B,Conrad K

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess optimal activity size/mix of Connecticut local public health jurisdictions, through estimating economies of scale/scope/specialization for environmental inspections/services. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Connecticut's 74 local health jurisdictions (LHJs) must provide environmental health services, bu...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Cohen JP,Checko PJ

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To extend recent conceptual and methodological advances in disparities research to include the incorporation of genomic information in analyses of racial/ethnic disparities in health care and health outcomes. DATA SOURCES:Published literature on human genetic variation, the role of genetics in disease and re...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Shields AE,Crown WH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide guidance on improving the quality of case studies in health services research. DATA SOURCES:Secondary data, drawing from previous case study research. RESEARCH DESIGN:Guidance is provided to two audiences: potential case study investigators (eight items) and reviewers of case study proposals (fou...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Yin RK

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To efficiently estimate race/ethnicity using administrative records to facilitate health care organizations' efforts to address disparities when self-reported race/ethnicity data are unavailable. DATA SOURCE:Surname, geocoded residential address, and self-reported race/ethnicity from 1,973,362 enrollees of a...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Elliott MN,Fremont A,Morrison PA,Pantoja P,Lurie N

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pay-for-performance (P4P) is commonly used to improve health care quality in the United States and is expected to be frequently implemented under the Affordable Care Act. However, evidence supporting its use is mixed with few large-scale, rigorous evaluations of P4P. This study tests the effect of P4P on qual...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Werner RM,Konetzka RT,Polsky D

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of dissemination and implementation of an intervention consisting of practice facilitation and a risk-stratified, population management dashboard on cardiovascular risk reduction for patients at high risk in small, primary care practices. STUDY SETTING:A total of 219 small primary care p...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Cykert S,Keyserling TC,Pignone M,DeWalt D,Weiner BJ,Trogdon JG,Wroth T,Halladay J,Mackey M,Fine J,In Kim J,Cene C

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:. To examine the effect of premiums and benefits on the health plan choices of older enrollees who choose Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) health plans as their primary payer. DATA SOURCES:Administrative enrollment data from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and plan premiums and bene...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Florence CS,Atherly A,Thorpe KE

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the extent to which the elimination of behavioral health benefits for selected beneficiaries of Oregon's Medicaid program affected general medical expenditures among enrollees using outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment services. DATA SOURCE/STUDY SETTING:Twelve months of claims...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： McConnell KJ,Wallace NT,Gallia CA,Smith JA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine county-level geographic variation in treatment admissions among opioid treatment programs (OTPs) that accept Medicaid in the continental United States. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Data come from the 2012 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services. STUDY DESIGN/DATA COLLECTION:We used lo...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Abraham AJ,Andrews CM,Yingling ME,Shannon J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of worker heterogeneity, firm size, and establishment size on the breadth of employer health insurance offerings. DATA SOURCES:The data were drawn from the 1993 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Employer Health Insurance Survey of 22,000 business establishments selected randomly from ten s...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Moran JR,Chernew ME,Hirth RA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test for differences in patient outcomes when hospital and post-acute care (PAC) providers participate in accountable care organizations (ACOs). DATA/SETTING:Using Medicare claims, we examined changes in readmission, Medicare spending, and length of stay among patients admitted to ACO-participating hospit...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Agarwal D,Werner RM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of pay for performance in Medicaid on the quality and utilization of care. DATA SOURCES:Medicaid claims and encounter data in three intervention states (Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Alabama) and three comparison states. STUDY DESIGN:Difference-in-difference analysis with propensity sco...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Rosenthal MB,Landrum MB,Robbins JA,Schneider EC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether participation in a state publicly financed health insurance program, Massachusetts Children's Medical Security Plan (CMSP) , which is open to children regardless of income, was associated with disenrollment from private insurance. DATA SOURCES/STUDY DESIGN:A survey of participants in CMSP w...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Feinberg E,Swartz K,Zaslavsky A,Gardner J,Klein Walker D

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine trends in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage rates and its associated components between 2000 and 2008, to provide a baseline for later evaluations of the Affordable Care Act, and to provide information to policy makers as they design the implementation details of the law. DATA SOURCES:P...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Vistnes J,Zawacki A,Simon K,Taylor A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the influence of place of graduate medical education (GME), state licensure requirements, presence of established international medical graduates (IMGs), and ethnic communities on the initial practice location choices of new IMGs. DATA SOURCES:The annual Graduate Medical Education (GME) Survey of ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Polsky D,Kletke PR,Wozniak GD,Escarce JJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00