Cost implications of hospital unionization: a behavioral analysis.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of substance abuse claims redaction on Medicare spending estimates for beneficiaries with serious mental illness. DATA SOURCES:The 2012 claims and unredacted beneficiary-level Medicare spending totals from CMS's Chronic Conditions Warehouse. STUDY DESIGN:We identified beneficiaries with...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Roberto P,Brandt N,Onukwugha E,Stuart B

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One method used to determine utilization rates of cervical screening is women's self-report. Few studies have assessed the accuracy of this measure--none has been conducted in Australia--although there are a number of reasons for suspecting its validity. This study examined and quantified the accuracy of self-report o...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Bowman JA,Redman S,Dickinson JA,Gibberd R,Sanson-Fisher RW

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of a locally adapted evidence-based quality improvement (EBQI) approach to implementation of smoking cessation guidelines into routine practice. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:We used patient questionnaires, practice surveys, and administrative data in Veterans Health Administration (VA) p...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Yano EM,Rubenstein LV,Farmer MM,Chernof BA,Mittman BS,Lanto AB,Simon BF,Lee ML,Sherman SE

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether Medicaid managed care is associated with lower hospitalization rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions than Medicaid fee-for-service. We also explored whether there was a differential effect of Medicaid managed care by patient's race or ethnicity on the hospitalization rates for am...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Bindman AB,Chattopadhyay A,Osmond DH,Huen W,Bacchetti P

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of varying diagnostic and pharmaceutical criteria on the performance of claims-based algorithms for identifying beneficiaries with hypertension, heart failure, chronic lung disease, arthritis, glaucoma, and diabetes. STUDY SETTING:Secondary 1999-2000 data from two Medicare+Choice healt...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Rector TS,Wickstrom SL,Shah M,Thomas Greeenlee N,Rheault P,Rogowski J,Freedman V,Adams J,Escarce JJ

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Eight grant teams used Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality infrastructure development research grants to enhance the clinical content of and improve race/ethnicity identifiers in statewide all-payer hospital administrative databases. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:Grantees faced common challenges, including recr...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Pine M,Kowlessar NM,Salemi JL,Miyamura J,Zingmond DS,Katz NE,Schindler J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of rural hospital closures on the local economy. DATA SOURCES:U.S. Census Bureau, OSCAR, Medicare Cost Reports, and surveys of individuals knowledgeable about local hospital closures. STUDY DESIGN:Economic data at the county level for 1990-2000 were combined with information on hospita...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Holmes GM,Slifkin RT,Randolph RK,Poley S

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：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:To examine whether parental beliefs about routine checkups are associated with children's receipt of timely preventive care. DATA SOURCES:The 2001 United Way Outcomes and Community Impact Program telephone survey of San Diego County, including 918 households with children between 3 and 19 years of age, where...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Hughes SC,Wingard DL

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examines the degree to which a married individual's health habits and use of preventive medical care are influenced by his or her spouse's behaviors. STUDY DESIGN:Using longitudinal data on individuals and their spouses, we examine changes over time in the health habits of each person as a functio...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Falba TA,Sindelar JL

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of depression treatment in primary care on patients' clinical status and employment, over six months. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Data are from a randomized controlled trial of quality improvement for depression that included 938 adults with depressive disorder in 46 managed primary ca...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Schoenbaum M,Unützer J,McCaffrey D,Duan N,Sherbourne C,Wells KB

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine how frequently patients revisit the emergency department after an initial encounter, and to describe revisit capture rates for the same hospital, health system, and geographic region. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Florida state data from January 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011, from the Healthcare Cost ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Rising KL,Karp DN,Powell RE,Victor TW,Carr BG

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether difficulty walking and the strategies persons use to compensate for this deficit influenced downstream Medicare expenditures. DATA SOURCE:Secondary data analysis of Medicare claims data (1999-2000) for age-eligible Medicare beneficiaries (N=4,997) responding to the community portion of t...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Taylor DH Jr,Hoenig H

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To use statistical process control charts to monitor in-hospital outcomes at the hospital level for a wide range of procedures and diagnoses. DATA SOURCES:Routine English hospital admissions data. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis using risk-adjusted log-likelihood cumulative sum (CUSUM) charts, comparing...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Bottle A,Aylin P

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether nurse practitioner (NP)-assigned patients exhibited differences in utilization, costs, and clinical outcomes compared to medical doctor (MD)-assigned patients. DATA SOURCES:Veterans Affairs (VA) administrative data capturing characteristics, outcomes, and provider assignments of 806 434 VA...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Liu CF,Hebert PL,Douglas JH,Neely EL,Sulc CA,Reddy A,Sales AE,Wong ES

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test whether concordance or discordance of patient participation between patients and physicians is associated with higher satisfaction, and to examine the effects of patients' and physicians' participatory styles on patients' satisfaction with their physicians. DATA:Data collected in the Texas Tech 5000...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Xu KT

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our intention is to determine newborn costs and lengths of stay attributable to prenatal exposure to cocaine and other illicit drugs. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING:All parturients who delivered at a large municipal hospital in New York City between November 18, 1991 and April 11, 1992. STUDY DESIGN:A cross...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Joyce T,Racine AD,McCalla S,Wehbeh H

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare estimates of health coverage from the pre- and post- redesign of the Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:The CPS 2013 Content Test. STUDY DESIGN:A test of the old and new CPS in which the control panel was a subset of the CPS productio...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Pascale J,Boudreaux M,King R

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：: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 determine the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics as well as health services use associated with successful community discharge. DATA SOURCE:Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility-Patient Assessment Instrument and Medicare Provider Analysis and Review files. STUDY DESIGN:We retrospectively examined ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Cary MP Jr,Prvu Bettger J,Jarvis JM,Ottenbacher KJ,Graham JE

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluate the impact of membership in a staff-model health maintenance organization (HMO) on hospital admission rates for patients presenting to an emergency department with acute chest pain. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING:Primary prospective data were gathered from all 3,006 patients presenting with a chi...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Pearson SD,Lee TH,Lindsey E,Hawkins T,Cook EF,Goldman L

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the effects of race/ethnicity, area measures of socioeconomic status (SES) and geographic residency status, and health care supply (HCS) characteristics on breast cancer (BC)-related outcomes. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Female patients in Georgia diagnosed with BC in the years 2000-2009. STUDY DE...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Markossian TW,Hines RB,Bayakly R

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients discharged from a self-managed nursing unit are compared with patients from traditionally managed units on postdischarge outcomes. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING:Primary data were collected on patients discharged from eight nursing units in three clinical areas in one hospital from August through No...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Cassard SD,Weisman CS,Gordon DL,Wong R

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of mandatory HMO enrollment for Medicaid-covered pregnant women on prenatal care use, smoking, Cesarean section (C-section) use, and birth weight. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Linked birth certificate and Medicaid enrollment data from July 1993 to June 1998 in 10 Ohio counties, 6 that imp...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Howell EM,Dubay L,Kenney G,Sommers AS

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Using a socio-ecological model, this study examines the influence of facility characteristics on the transition of nursing home residents to the community after a short stay (within 90 days of admission) or long stay (365 days of admission) across states with different long-term services and supports systems....

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Holup AA,Gassoumis ZD,Wilber KH,Hyer K

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the impact of eliminating cost sharing for screening mammography on mammography rates in a large Medicare Advantage (MA) health plan which in 2010 eliminated cost sharing in anticipation of the Affordable Care Act mandate. STUDY SETTING:Large MA health maintenance organization offering individual-s...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Jena AB,Huang J,Fireman B,Fung V,Gazelle S,Landrum MB,Chernew M,Newhouse JP,Hsu J

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe changes in characteristics of directors of outpatient opioid agonist treatment (OAT) programs, and to examine the association between directors' characteristics and low methadone dosage. DATA SOURCE:Repeated cross-sectional surveys of OAT programs in the United States from 1995 to 2011. STUDY DE...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Frimpong JA,Shiu-Yee K,D'Aunno T

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00