HSR Commentary: Linking VA and Non-VA Data to Address Important US Veteran Health Services Research Issues.

abstract：:In the recent past, a great deal of faith has been placed in the idea that the performance of the hospital industry could be improved significantly by relying more heavily on profit incentives. This article considers the effect of profit incentives on hospital behavior and finds that the existence of profit incentives...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Register CA,Sharp AM,Bivin DG

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Assess proxy respondent effects on health care evaluations by Medicare beneficiaries. DATA SOURCE:110,215 respondents from the nationally representative 2001 CAHPS((R)) Medicare Fee-for-Service Survey. STUDY DESIGN/DATA COLLECTION/EXTRACTION METHODS:We compare the effects of both proxy respondents and proxy...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Elliott MN,Beckett MK,Chong K,Hambarsoomians K,Hays RD

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examination of the extent to which federal surveys provide the data needed to estimate the coverage/cost impacts of policy alternatives to address the problem of uninsurance. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Assessment of the major federal household surveys that regularly provide information on health insurance an...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Kenney G,Holahan J,Nichols L

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether community-based health insurance (CBHI) protects household assets in rural Burkina Faso, Africa. DATA SOURCES:Data were used from a household panel survey that collected primary data from randomly selected households, covering 41 villages and one town, during 2004-2007(n = 890). STUDY DE...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Parmar D,Reinhold S,Souares A,Savadogo G,Sauerborn R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a model development process that represents a useful step in classifying populations in terms of risk of institutionalization (Inst-Risk II). A four-category risk classification system--"High risk, Some risk, Low risk, and Very Low Risk"--was developed, based on combinations of measures of funct...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Morris JN,Sherwood S,Gutkin CE

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RESEARCH OBJECTIVE:This study examines small area variations in readmission rates to assess whether higher readmission rate in an area is associated with higher clusters of patients with multiple chronic conditions. STUDY DESIGN:The study uses hospital discharge data of adult (18+) patients in 6 U.S. states for 2009 f...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Basu J,Avila R,Ricciardi R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare safety climate between diverse U.S. hospitals and Veterans Health Administration (VA) hospitals, and to explore the factors influencing climate in each setting. DATA SOURCES:Primary data from surveys of hospital personnel; secondary data from the American Hospital Association's 2004 Annual Survey ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Singer SJ,Hartmann CW,Hanchate A,Zhao S,Meterko M,Shokeen P,Lin S,Gaba DM,Rosen AK

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examine the endogenous relationship between uncompensated care and hospital patient experience scores. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey, CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, and the US Census Bureau. STUDY DESIGN:The exogenous c...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Camilleri S,Diebold J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine implementation of the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) and Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB) programs, enacted in 1988. The article summarizes the origin of the QMB and SLMB programs, describes what we have learned about QMB and SLMB enrollment in state Medicaid programs and, des...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Lamphere JA,Rosenbach ML

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Resource-Based Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) submits recommended reimbursement values for physician work (wRVUs) under Medicare Part B. The RUC includes rotating representatives from medical specialties. OBJECTIVE:To identify changes in physician reimbursements associated with RUC rotating...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Gao YN

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of unionization among hospital workers was sharply accelerated by the 1974 amendments to the National Labor Relations Act covering voluntary hospital workers. With continuing inflationary pressures in the hospital sector, the cost implications of the recent and projected growth of hospital unions is of some...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Salkever DS

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop and test a caregiver-reported experience measure for pediatric hospital-to-home transitions. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Primary data were collected between 07/2014 and 05/2015 from caregivers within 2-8 weeks of their child's discharge from a tertiary care children's hospital. STUDY DESIGN/DATA C...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Desai AD,Jacob-Files EA,Lowry SJ,Opel DJ,Mangione-Smith R,Britto MT,Howard WJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine factors associated with ruptured appendicitis among children, using administrative databases. Insurance-related differences in the risk of ruptured appendix among adults in California have previously been described (Braveman, Schaaf, Egerter, et al. 1994). DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:State of Mar...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Gadomski A,Jenkins P

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concepts of class, race, and ethnicity figure prominently in health services research in Britain. Occupational class has been employed for nearly a century to investigate social inequalities in health and access to care. More recently, researchers have identified differences in health status and utilization betwee...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Benzeval M,Judge K,Smaje C

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe how the organization and dynamics of health systems changed between 1999 and 2001, in the context of expectations from the mid-1990s when managed care was in ascendance, and assess the implications for consumers and policymakers. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Data are from the Community Tracking Stu...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Lesser CS,Ginsburg PB,Devers KJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate 2012 tax expenditures for employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) in the United States and to explore the sensitivity of estimates to assumptions regarding the incidence of employer premium contributions. DATA SOURCES:Nationally representative Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data from the 2005-2007 H...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Miller GE,Selden TM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The volume and cost of services consumed by persons with AIDS (PWAs) during their last months of life are examined in this study. DATA SOURCES:This study utilizes data from the AIDS Costs and Service Utilization Survey (ACSUS). The ACSUS is the most comprehensive survey of medical services that are consumed ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Hellinger FJ,Fleishman JA,Hsia DC

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a scale to measure patients' trust in health insurers, including public and private insurers and both indemnity and managed care. A scale was developed based on our conceptual model of insurer trust. The scale was analyzed for its factor structure, internal consistency, construct validity, and othe...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Zheng B,Hall MA,Dugan E,Kidd KE,Levine D

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare process of care and outcome after acute myocardial infarction, for patients with and without mental illness, cared for in the Veterans Health Administration (VA) health care system. DATA SOURCES/SETTING:Primary clinical data from 81 VA hospitals. STUDY DESIGN:This was a retrospective cohort study...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Petersen LA,Normand SL,Druss BG,Rosenheck RA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on organization theory and the work of Roemer and Friedman, seven dimensions of hospital medical staff organization structure are proposed and examined. The data are based on a 1973 nationwide survey of hospital medical staffs conducted by the American Hospital Association. Factor analysis yielded six relatively...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Shortell SM,Getzen TE

更新日期：1979-07-01 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 investigate how changes in insurer participation and composition as well as state policies affect health plan affordability for individual market enrollees. DATA SOURCES:2014-2019 Qualified Health Plan Landscape Files augmented with supplementary insurer-level information. STUDY DESIGN:We measured plan a...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Drake C,Abraham JM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We study the association between the timing of the Great Recession (GR) and health spending among uninsured adults distinguishing by citizenship/nativity status and time of U.S. residence. DATA SOURCE:Uninsured U.S. citizens and noncitizens from the 2005-2006 and 2008-2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Vargas Bustamante A,Chen J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess costs, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) augmenting bronchodilator treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). DATA SOURCES:Claims between 1997 and 2005 from a large managed care database. STUDY DESIGN:Individual-level, fixed-effects regression ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Akazawa M,Stearns SC,Biddle AK

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine how the addition of generalist care managers and collaborative information technology to an ambulatory team affects the care of patients with diabetes. STUDY SETTING:Multiple ambulatory clinics within Intermountain Health Care (IHC), a large integrated delivery network. STUDY DESIGN:A retrospec...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Dorr DA,Wilcox A,Donnelly SM,Burns L,Clayton PD

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of the Delphi iteration procedure in developing explicit criteria for ambulatory care assessment. Practicing internists chose items they believed to be essential with regard to the care of certain specified conditions. The initial responses were tabulated and "fed-back" to the participants. The ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Romm FJ,Hulka BS

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of partisan political control on financial performance, structure, and outcomes of for-profit and not-for-profit US nursing homes. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Nineteen-year panel (1996-2014) of state election outcomes, financial performance data from nursing home cost reports, operation...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Blankart CR,Foster AD,Mor V

更新日期：2019-02-01 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:This paper analyzes whether the rise in managed care during the 1990s caused the increase in hospital concentration. DATA SOURCES:We assemble data from the American Hospital Association, InterStudy and government censuses from 1990 to 2000. STUDY DESIGN:We employ linear regression analyses on long differenc...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Town RJ,Wholey D,Feldman R,Burns LR

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop novel, scalable, and valid literacy profiles for identifying limited health literacy patients by harnessing natural language processing. DATA SOURCE:With respect to the linguistic content, we analyzed 283 216 secure messages sent by 6941 diabetes patients to physicians within an integrated system'...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Schillinger D,Balyan R,Crossley SA,McNamara DS,Liu JY,Karter AJ

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00