The evaluation of the National Long Term Care Demonstration. 3. Recruitment and characteristics of channeling clients.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review two indirect methods, geocoding and surname analysis, for estimating race/ethnicity as a means for health plans to assess disparities in care. STUDY DESIGN:Review of published articles and unpublished data on the use of geocoding and surname analyses. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:Few published studies have ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Fiscella K,Fremont AM

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:Does a prepaid group practice relative to comparable fee-for-service plans lead to different mental health outcomes for its beneficiaries? To answer this question, we used data from the RAND Health Insurance Experiment. We observed no statistically significant or clinically meaningful differences in mental health outc...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Wells KB,Manning WG Jr,Valdez RB

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effects of competition for both Medicare and HMO patients on the quality decisions of hospitals in Southern California. DATA SOURCE:Secondary discharge data from the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development for the State of California for the period 1989-1993. STUDY DESIGN:Outcome...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Gozvrisankaran G,Town RJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Patient Activation Measure (PAM) quantifies the extent to which people are informed about and involved in their health care. Objectives were to determine the psychometric properties of PAM among multimorbid older adults and evaluate a theoretical, four-stage model of patient activation. Methods. A cross-...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Skolasky RL,Green AF,Scharfstein D,Boult C,Reider L,Wegener ST

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To translate a set of evidence-based clinical standards designed to allow paramedics to forego unnecessary and potentially harmful resuscitation attempts into a feasible new policy. DATA SOURCES/SETTING:Policy documents, meeting minutes, and personal communications between a large urban Emergency Medical Ser...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Grudzen CR,Richardson LD,Koenig WJ,Hoffman JR,Lorenz KA,Asch SM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if the incidence of psychiatric emergencies involving drugs or alcohol supports the argument that mentally ill persons contribute to elevated mortality during the days following disbursement of private earnings and public income transfers. STUDY DESIGN:Interrupted time-series using Box-Jenkins m...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Catalano R,McConnell W,Forster P,McFarland B,Shumway M,Thornton D

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY QUESTION:Continuous quality improvement (CQI) has been implemented at least to some degree in many health care settings, yet randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of CQI are rare. We ask whether, when, and how RCTs of CQI might be designed. STUDY DESIGN:We consider two applications of CQI: as a general philosophy ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Samsa G,Matchar D

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The primary aim of this article was to identify the latent failures that are perceived to underpin medication errors. STUDY SETTING:The study was conducted within three medical wards in a hospital in the United Kingdom. STUDY DESIGN:The study employed a cross-sectional qualitative design. DATA COLLECTION ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Lawton R,Carruthers S,Gardner P,Wright J,McEachan RR

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare health care utilization between Canadian and U.S. residents. DATA SOURCES:Nationally representative 2007 surveys from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for the United States and the Canadian Community Health Survey for Canada. STUDY DESIGN:We use descriptive and multivariate methods to examine...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Pylypchuk Y,Sarpong EM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine variation in risk-adjusted reinsurance payments across Part D plans, analyze its implications for the program, and explore options to reduce reinsurance payments. DATA/STUDY DESIGN:2007-2015 Part D Plan Payment and Premium data; 2010-2013 Part D Prescription Drug Event data; and 2013 Part D Plan ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Jung J,Feldman R

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To summarize the state of the art in quality improvement, review its application to care for children, and define the information that will be needed so that care for children can be further improved. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:Health services for children exhibit numerous deficiencies in quality of care. The defici...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Homer CJ,Kleinman LC,Goldman DA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship of services for post-acute care (PAC) to stroke patient outcomes. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospitals from two facility-level surveys and extant data files. STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study of veterans hospitalized with acute stroke during ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Hoenig H,Sloane R,Horner RD,Zolkewitz M,Reker D

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:In the last few years there has been a steady uptake of mobile phone short message service (SMS) reminders to increase medical attendance rates. We undertook a review of studies that assessed the effectiveness of SMS reminders at increasing the uptake of appointments in health care settings. ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Guy R,Hocking J,Wand H,Stott S,Ali H,Kaldor J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of health plan benefit design and price on consumers' decisions to purchase health insurance in the nongroup market and their choice of plan. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING:Administrative data from the three largest nongroup insurers in California and survey data about those insured in t...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Marquis MS,Buntin MB,Escarce JJ,Kapur K

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the feasibility, reliability, and validity of comprehensively assessing physician-level performance in ambulatory practice. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Ambulatory-based general internists in 13 states participated in the assessment. STUDY DESIGN:We assessed physician-level performance, adjuste...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Holmboe ES,Weng W,Arnold GK,Kaplan SH,Normand SL,Greenfield S,Hood S,Lipner RS

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine reported experiences of gender discrimination and harassment among US women. DATA SOURCE AND STUDY DESIGN:Data come from a nationally representative, probability-based telephone survey of 1596 women, conducted January-April 2017. METHODS:We calculated the percentages of women reporting gender dis...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： SteelFisher GK,Findling MG,Bleich SN,Casey LS,Blendon RJ,Benson JM,Sayde JM,Miller C

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During welfare reform, Congress passed legislation barring legal immigrants who entered the United States after August 1996 from Medicaid for five years after immigration. This legislation intended to bar only new immigrants (post-1996 immigrants) from Medicaid. However it may have also deterred the enrollme...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Kandula NR,Grogan CM,Rathouz PJ,Lauderdale DS

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many states have passed legislation mandating that health plans provide direct access to obstetricians/gynecologists (hereinafter "ob/gyns") for women, limiting the ability of plans to require referrals or otherwise restrict access. One benefit of these laws may be improved preventive screening rates, but no...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Baker LC,Chan J

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Standard Gamble (SG) technique is recommended for measurement of individuals' preferences under uncertainty and to express the outcome of different therapeutic choices in utility values to be used in clinical decision analysis and health program evaluation. The article alerts users of this technique to pr...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Gafni A

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Building on the original taxonomy of hospital-based health systems from 20 years ago, we develop a new taxonomy to inform emerging public policy and practice developments. DATA SOURCES:The 2016 American Hospital Association's (AHA) Annual Survey; the 2016 IQVIA Healthcare Organizations and Systems (HCOS) dat...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Shortell SM,Gottlieb DJ,Martinez Camblor P,O'Malley AJ

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evidence supporting the use of public reporting of quality information to improve health care quality is mixed. While public reporting may improve reported quality, its effect on quality of care more broadly is uncertain. This study tests whether public reporting in the setting of nursing homes resulted in im...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Werner RM,Konetzka RT,Stuart EA,Norton EC,Polsky D,Park J

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluate the effects of the Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI), which introduced quality measures to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Nursing Home Compare website, on facility performance and consumer demand for services. DATA SOURCES:The nursing home Minimum Data Set facility reports f...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Grabowski DC,Town RJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate new metrics to improve the reporting of patient race and ethnicity (R/E) by hospitals. DATA SOURCES:California Patient Discharge Database (PDD) and birth registry, 2008-2009, Healthcare and Cost Utilization Project's State Inpatient Database, 2008-2011, cancer registry 2000-2008, and 2010 US C...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Zingmond DS,Parikh P,Louie R,Lichtensztajn DY,Ponce N,Hasnain-Wynia R,Gomez SL

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The extent to which patient experiences with hospital care are related to other measures of hospital quality and safety is unknown. METHODS; We examined the relationship between Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores and technical measures of quality and safety using service-...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Isaac T,Zaslavsky AM,Cleary PD,Landon BE

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the relationship between mental health and savings and compare it to the relationship between common chronic physical conditions and savings. DATA SOURCE:Healthcare for Communities, a national survey conducted in 1997/1998 with approximately 10,000 respondents. STUDY DESIGN:We used logistic regre...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Gresenz CR,Sturm R

更新日期：2000-12-01 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 assess the relative impact of clinical factors versus nonclinical factors-such as postacute care (PAC) supply-in determining whether patients receive care from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) or inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) after discharge from acute care. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING:Me...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Buntin MB,Garten AD,Paddock S,Saliba D,Totten M,Escarce JJ

更新日期：2005-04-01 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