The effect of assigning dedicated general practitioners to nursing homes.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the issue of nonrepresentative sampling in Medicare Advantage (MA) risk adjustment. DATA SOURCES:Medicare enrollment and claims data from 2008 to 2011. DATA EXTRACTION:Risk adjustment predictor variables were created from 2008 to 2010 Part A and B claims and the Medicare Beneficiary Summary File. ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Bergquist SL,McGuire TG,Layton TJ,Rose S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the impact of multiyear utilization of preventive dental services on downstream dental care utilization and expenditures for children. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:We followed 0.93 million Medicaid-enrolled children who were 3-6 years old in 2005 from 2005 to 2011. We used Medicaid claims data of A...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Lee I,Monahan S,Serban N,Griffin PM,Tomar SL

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine how case managers in a state-funded home care program allocate home care services in response to information about a client's Medicare home health care status, with particular attention to the influence of work environment. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Primary data collected on 355 case managers and...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Corazzini K

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Methodologically sound mixed methods research can improve our understanding of health services by providing a more comprehensive picture of health services than either method can alone. This study describes the frequency of mixed methods in published health services research and compares the presence of meth...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Wisdom JP,Cavaleri MA,Onwuegbuzie AJ,Green CA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

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：:The concept of validity as it applies to measures of health and health status is examined in the context of a set of standard, widely accepted definitions of validity. Criterion validity is shown to be irrelevant to health status measures because of the lack of a single specific, directly observable measure of health ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Kaplan RM,Bush JW,Berry CC

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of an alternative method of paying home health agencies for services to Medicare beneficiaries, based on a demonstration program. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Primary and secondary data collected on participating home health agencies in five states and their patients during the three-year...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Brown R,Phillips B,Bishop C,Thornton C,Ritter G,Klein A,Schochet P,Skwara K

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines forces that influence physicians to change the percentage of their admissions to a hospital (loyalty) and to cease admitting patients to a hospital altogether (exit). Because physicians are both members of a hospital and consumers of its services, their admitting patterns can be described using m...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Burns LR,Wholey DR

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the effectiveness of financial incentives for smoking cessation in the Medicaid population. DATA SOURCES:Secondary data from the Medicaid Incentives for Prevention of Chronic Disease (MIPCD) program and Medicaid claims/encounter data from 2010 to 2015 for five states. STUDY DESIGN:Beneficiaries were...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Witman A,Acquah J,Alva M,Hoerger T,Romaire M

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:An ecological framework is proposed for assessing factors important to consider in allocating funds to promote sound performance of interorganizational programs. DATA SOURCE/STUDY SETTING:This framework is used to examine the first generation of Community Clinical Oncology Programs (CCOPs) funded by the Nati...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Schopler JH

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop and test predictive models of housing instability and homelessness based on responses to a brief screening instrument administered throughout the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Electronic medical record data from 5.8 million Veterans who responded to the VHA's Hom...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Byrne T,Montgomery AE,Fargo JD

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the source of observed lower risk-adjusted mortality for blacks than whites within the Veterans Affairs (VA) system by accounting for hospital site where treated, potential under-reporting of black deaths, discretion on hospital admission, quality improvement efforts, and interactions by age group....

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Volpp KG,Stone R,Lave JR,Jha AK,Pauly M,Klusaritz H,Chen H,Cen L,Brucker N,Polsky D

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the benefits of a high-performance work environment (HPWE) for employees, patients, and hospitals. STUDY SETTING:Forty-five adult, medical-surgical units in nine hospitals in upstate New York. STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. DATA COLLECTION:Surveys were collected from 1,527 unit-based hospit...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Weinberg DB,Avgar AC,Sugrue NM,Cooney-Miner D

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To understand patient loyalty to providers over time, informing effective population health management. STUDY SETTING:Patient care-seeking patterns over a 6-year timeframe in Minnesota, where care systems have a significant portion of their revenue generated by shared-saving contracts with public and private...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Carlin CS

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The case mix-adjusted pattern of use of health care services, especially posthospital care, is compared before and after the introduction of Medicare's Prospective Payment System (PPS). DATA SOURCES:The 1982 and 1984 National Long Term Care Surveys (NLTCS) linked to Medicare administrative records 1982-1986 ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Manton KG,Woodbury MA,Vertrees JC,Stallard E

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify between-unit variability in mean length of stay (LoS) between intensive care units (ICUs) after adjusting for differences in case mix using a method that does not require arbitrary trimming of data. SETTING:An analysis of registry data from pediatric ICUs (PICUs) in Australia and New Zealand. ST...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Straney L,Clements A,Alexander J,Slater A,ANZICS Paediatric Study Group.

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explain variation in direct care resource use (RU) of nursing home residents based on the Resource Utilization Groups III (RUG-III) classification system and other resident- and unit-level explanatory variables. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Primary data were collected on 5,314 nursing home residents in 156 ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Arling G,Kane RL,Mueller C,Lewis T

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test how Certificate of Need laws affect all-cause mortality in the United States. DATA SOURCES:The data of 1992-2011 all-cause mortality are from the Center for Disease Control's Compressed Mortality File; control variables are from the Current Population Survey, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Syste...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Bailey J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effect of a nursing home's share of residents with a serious mental illness (SMI) on the quality of care. DATA SOURCES:Secondary nursing home level data over the period 2000 through 2008 obtained from the Minimum Data Set, OSCAR, and Medicare claims. STUDY DESIGN:We employ an instrumental va...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Rahman M,Grabowski DC,Intrator O,Cai S,Mor V

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the effects of informal caregiver availability and public funding on formal long-term care (LTC) expenditures in developed countries. DATA SOURCE/STUDY SETTING:Secondary data were acquired for 15 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries from 1970 to 2000. STUDY DESI...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Yoo BK,Bhattacharya J,McDonald KM,Garber AM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(1) To identify resident and organizational factors associated with the use of advance care plans pre- and post-implementation of the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA), and (2) to identify changes (pre- and post-implementation of the PSDA) in the relationship between these factors and the use of advance ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Castle NG,Mor V

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between income and health is well established: the higher an individual's income, the better his or her health. However, recent research suggests that health may also be affected by the distribution of income within society. We outline the potential mechanisms underlying the so-called relative income ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Kawachi I,Kennedy BP

更新日期：1999-04-01 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:Evaluate the association between opioid therapy and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in participants with chronic, noncancer pain (CNCP). DATA SOURCES:Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Longitudinal, Medical Conditions, and Prescription Files. STUDY DESIGN:Using a retrospective cohort study design, the ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Hayes CJ,Li X,Li C,Shah A,Kathe N,Bhandari NR,Payakachat N

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of four treatment modalities for substance abuse. DATA SOURCES:The study used data from the Services Research Outcomes Study (SROS), a survey of 3,047 clients in a random sample of 99 drug treatment facilities across the United States. Detailed sociodemograp...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Mojtabai R,Zivin JG

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To synthesize lessons learned from the experiences of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-funded patient safety projects in implementing safe practices. DATA SOURCES:Self-reported data from individual and group interviews with Original, Challenge, and Partnerships in Implementing Patient Safety (PIPS...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Taylor SL,Ridgely MS,Greenberg MD,Sorbero ME,Teleki SS,Damberg CL,Farley DO

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing numbers of Americans are living with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) and disabilities. Addressing health care needs of persons with MCCs or disabilities presents challenges on many levels. For health services researchers, priorities include (1) considering MCCs and disabilities in comparative effectivene...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Iezzoni LI

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide updated estimates of narrow- and broad-spectrum antibiotic use among U.S. children. DATA SOURCES:Linked nationally representative data from the 2004-2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component and the 2000 Decennial Census. STUDY DESIGN:Relationships between individual-, family-, a...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Sarpong EM,Miller GE

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00