Physician attitudes and experience regarding the care of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and related disorders (ARC).

abstract：:This study uses a new database containing clinical risk factors for cardiac surgery to investigate the relationship between surgical volume (hospital and surgeon) and inhospital mortality rate for all patients receiving coronary artery bypass surgery in New York State in 1989. Also, hospitals with significantly higher...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Hannan EL,Kilburn H Jr,Bernard H,O'Donnell JF,Lukacik G,Shields EP

更新日期：1991-11-01 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：:Four separate human services programs and their West Philadelphia service consumers were studied by the 1971 Health Network Project: a hospital receiving ward, a community mental health satellite center, a public assistance district office, and a public child welfare agency. The basic hypotheses were that 1) the four ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Leopold EA,Schein L

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of primary health care utilization for a random sample of urban elementary school children in three ethnic groups are described. Visit type, reasons for visit, and frequency of visits remained stable from year to year. More than 50 per cent of the children were non-visitors each year; 72 per cent of those not...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Brink SG,Nader PR

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from a national survey of veterans are analyzed to determine how age, income, health insurance and service-connected disability influence the veteran's choice of Veterans Administration (VA) hospitalization. Log-linear analysis is used to provide a model that expresses in numerically quantifiable terms (odds and ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Page WF

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the most common infectious cause of death in the United States. To understand the effect of efforts to improve quality and efficiency of care in CAP, we examined the trends in mortality and costs among hospitalized CAP patients. METHODS:Using the National Inpatient Samp...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Ruhnke GW,Coca-Perraillon M,Kitch BT,Cutler DM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current health care system reform proposals center on reducing the number of uninsured by extending private health insurance coverage. Discussion has also included enrolling Medicaid recipients in private programs. Much of the deliberation concerning extending coverage has centered on cost, but largely has not address...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Hahn B

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The effectiveness of case-managed residential care (CMRC) in reducing substance abuse, increasing employment, decreasing homelessness, and improving health was examined. METHODS:A five-year prospective experiment included 358 homeless addicted male veterans 3, 6, and 9 months during their enrollment and at ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Conrad KJ,Hultman CI,Pope AR,Lyons JS,Baxter WC,Daghestani AN,Lisiecki JP Jr,Elbaum PL,McCarthy M Jr,Manheim LM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The economic impact of trauma in older persons is a matter of increasing concern to public health practitioners and planners, yet it is an issue that has not been widely studied. Available evidence does suggest, however, that falls are the costliest category of injury among older persons. METHODS:This study...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Rizzo JA,Friedkin R,Williams CS,Nabors J,Acampora D,Tinetti ME

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Many patients have limited English proficiency and require an interpreter. The authors evaluated the effect of current interpreting practices on Spanish-speaking patients' satisfaction with the patient-provider relationship. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was conducted of 457 patients seen in a public hos...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Baker DW,Hayes R,Fortier JP

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Veterans Health Administration does not routinely collect and document sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data, despite existing health disparities among sexual and gender minority Veterans. Because of the legacy of previous Department of Defense (DoD) policies that prohibited disclosure of se...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Ruben MA,Blosnich JR,Dichter ME,Luscri L,Shipherd JC

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has estimated the effect of children's health care needs on women's market and nonmarket roles. This article reports the results of a study on the impact of health care for disabled children on women's nonmarket work. (Effects on women's market work are reported elsewhere.) Data from 369 families of ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Breslau N

更新日期：1983-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This paper describes the history of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs), CBOC Performance Evaluation Project, and characteristics of CBOCs within the VA, and summarizes the findings and implications of the CBOC Performance Evaluation Project. SUBJECTS:There were...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Chapko MK,Borowsky SJ,Fortney JC,Hedeen AN,Hoegle M,Maciejewski ML,VanDeusen Lukas C

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade physicians have identified the need to expand patient assessment to include global function and quality of life. During the same period, the busy clinic has evolved into the location where this assessment seems most appropriate. Integrating functional health assessment into a busy clinical practice ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Wasson J,Keller A,Rubenstein L,Hays R,Nelson E,Johnson D

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persons with behavioral disorders incur higher healthcare costs. Although they utilize behavioral health (BH) services others do not, they also have higher utilization of medical services OBJECTIVES:: To determine the degree to which higher costs for persons with BH disorders are attributable to utilization...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Freeman E,McGuire CA,Thomas JW,Thayer DA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:: Previous research suggests, but does not definitively establish, that a high level of uninsurance in a community may negatively affect access to and quality of health care for insured persons. OBJECTIVE:: To assess the effect of the level of uninsurance in a community on access to and satisfaction with ca...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Gresenz CR,Escarce JJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to project the lifetime cost of medical care for human immunodefiency virus (HIV)-infected adults using current antiretroviral therapy (ART) standards. METHODS:Medical visits and hospitalizations for any reason were from the HIV Research Network, a consortium of high-volume HIV primary care sites. ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Schackman BR,Gebo KA,Walensky RP,Losina E,Muccio T,Sax PE,Weinstein MC,Seage GR 3rd,Moore RD,Freedberg KA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the association between on-site gynecology and availability of sex-specific services and policies in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) emergency departments (EDs). RESEARCH DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis using data from a VA national inventory of emergency services for women and gynecologist s...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Gray KE,Katon JG,Callegari LS,Cordasco KM,Zephyrin LC

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a large randomized trial involving over 2,000 women with abnormal cervical cytology (pap smear), three clinic-based interventions were tested as strategies to increase return rates for screening follow-up: 1) a personalized follow-up letter and pamphlet; 2) a slide-tape program on pap smears; and 3) transportation ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Marcus AC,Crane LA,Kaplan CP,Reading AE,Savage E,Gunning J,Bernstein G,Berek JS

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of continuity of care (COC) on health care outcomes are well established. However, the mechanism of this association is not fully understood. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between COC and medication adherence, as well as to investigate the mediating effect...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Chen CC,Tseng CH,Cheng SH

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2002 British Columbia, Canada began redistributing its hospital services. OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN:We used administrative data and interrupted time series analyses to determine how recent hospital closures affected patient outcomes. SUBJECTS:All adult acute myocardial infarction (AMI), stroke, and trauma ev...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Panagiotoglou D,Law MR,McGrail K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Econometric modeling of healthcare costs and expenditures has become an important component of decision-making across a wide array of real-world settings. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this article is to provide a brief summary of important conceptual and analytical issues involved in econometric healthcare c...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Mullahy J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of older patients enrolling in health maintenance organizations (HMOs) is increasing. Concerns have been raised that older patients may be targeted by HMOs for more stringent cost-containment mechanisms, including reduced access to expensive specialty care. OBJECTIVES:We investigated the relation...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Smith MA,Shahar E,McGovern PG,Kane RL,Doliszny KM,Arnett DK,Luepker RV

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care providers and health care training institutions need more specific, relevant, and useful information for providing culturally sensitive health care. OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine what patients considered to be culturally sensitive health care. RESEARCH DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS:We conducted 20...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Tucker CM,Herman KC,Pedersen TR,Higley B,Montrichard M,Ivery P

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The SF-12 is a multidimensional generic measure of health-related quality of life. It has become widely used in clinical trials and routine outcome assessment because of its brevity and psychometric performance, but it cannot be used in economic evaluation in its current form. OBJECTIVES:We sought to derive...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Brazier JE,Roberts J

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare trends in office-based treatment of mental disorders between Hispanics and non-Hispanics. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:Analysis of a nationally representative sample of visits to office-based physicians conducted between 1993 and 2002 (N = 251,905). Visits were grouped into 3 discrete time pe...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Blanco C,Patel SR,Liu L,Jiang H,Lewis-Fernández R,Schmidt AB,Liebowitz MR,Olfson M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When suffering becomes unbearable for patients they might request for euthanasia. OBJECTIVE:To study which patients request for euthanasia and which requests actually resulted in euthanasia in relation with diagnosis, care setting at the end of life, and patient demographics. DESIGN:A cross-sectional study...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD,Rurup ML,Pasman HR,van der Heide A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Collaborative Chronic Care Models represent an evidence-based way to structure care for chronic conditions, including mental health conditions. Few studies, however, have examined the cost implications of collaborative care for mental health. OBJECTIVE:We aimed to conduct an economic analysis of implementin...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Miller CJ,Griffith KN,Stolzmann K,Kim B,Connolly SL,Bauer MS

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the characteristics of the practices and patients of recent graduates of family practice and general internal medicine residency programs. National samples of 104 family physicians and 134 general internists completed questionnaires and provided log-diary data for more than 7,500 office visits and ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Cherkin DC,Rosenblatt RA,Hart LG,Schleiter MK

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00