Physician involvement in quality assurance.

abstract：:This article assesses the extent to which formally provided comprehensive community care tends to substitute for informal care provided by family and friends to impaired elderly persons living in the community. Using simultaneous equations causal modeling techniques to control for selective targeting and other interve...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Greene VL

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited literacy has repeatedly been linked to problems comprehending health information, although the majority of studies to date have focused on reading various print health materials. We sought to investigate patients' ability to recall spoken medical instructions in the context of a hypothetical clinical...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： McCarthy DM,Waite KR,Curtis LM,Engel KG,Baker DW,Wolf MS

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research has indicated that the needs of persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) for supportive services often go unmet. Although case management has been advocated as a method of decreasing unmet needs for supportive services, its effectiveness is poorly understood. OBJECTIVES:To ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Katz MH,Cunningham WE,Mor V,Andersen RM,Kellogg T,Zierler S,Crystal SC,Stein MD,Cylar K,Bozzette SA,Shapiro MF

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic explanation of the use of traditional medicine among the native American population living in the San Francisco Bay area. Several hypotheses concerning the factors associated with this behavior are tested. These include tribal grouping, socioeconomic and sociocultur...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Fuchs M,Bashshur R

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article summarizes tests of the appropriateness of aggregating specific categories of physical capacities and limitations into aggregate functional status indexes. Self-administered questionnaires were used to gather data from 4,603 people between 14 and 66 years of age. Cumulative indexes defining ranked levels ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Stewart AL,Ware JE Jr,Brook RH

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper the individual is employed as the unit of analysis to examine the extent to which the use of physician care by beneficiaries insured under the Canadian Medicare program is determined by medical needs and sociodemographic characteristics as opposed to economic considerations. The data were derived from th...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Broyles RW,Manga P,Binder DA,Angus DE,Charette A

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An expository account of multiple time series analysis is presented. Modeling several related time series together makes it possible to ascertain dynamic leading, lagging, and feedback relationships among the series; to produce more efficient forecasts and, in some situations; to develop control schemes. Procedures fo...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Tiao GC

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study, like two earlier studies by the author, examines the effects of changing medical technologies on medical care costs by comparing the costs of treatment of a number of common illnesses at two points in time, 1971 and 1981. While the earlier studies, covering the periods 1951-1964 and 1964-1971, showed that ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Scitovsky AA

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Researchers need valid methods to assess whether patients are taking their antidepressant medications. Two important sources of data on drug exposure are patients' self-reports and pharmacy claims. OBJECTIVE:To compare self-report and claims data for antidepressant exposure. RESEARCH DESIGN:Cross-sectional...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kwon A,Bungay KM,Pei Y,Rogers WH,Wilson IB,Zhou Q,Adler DA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The linkage of SEER registry data with Medicare claims allows the longitudinal tracking of health care and outcomes for patients after a cancer diagnosis. One category of outcomes amenable to research using Medicare claims is complications of cancer treatments: the unintentional, adverse side effects or sequ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Potosky AL,Warren JL,Riedel ER,Klabunde CN,Earle CC,Begg CB

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the Cancer Control Supplement of the 1987 Health Interview Survey (NHIS), a nationally representative sample of the United States population, was used to examine rates of six screening tests for cancer. The rates of screening were compared for people who receive their usual source of medical care in an HMO o...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Bernstein AB,Thompson GB,Harlan LC

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Broken appointments have been a major problem at the Anthony L. Jordan Health Center since it opened in 1968. In an earlier 6-month study of broken appointments at the center the authors found 48% of pediatric appointments and 43% of medicine appointments to be broken. Daily broken appointment rates were correlated be...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Morse DL,Coulter MP,Napodano RJ,Hwang HL,Lawrence C

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute health shocks can reduce the ability to work and earn among working-age survivors. The full economic impact includes labor market effects on spouses/partners, but there is a knowledge gap in this area. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to assess how 3 common health shocks, acute myocardial in...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Jeon SH,Stepner M,Rotermann M,Fransoo R,Sanmartin C,Scales DC,Wunsch H,Iwashyna TJ,Garland A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methods to select physicians most likely to benefit from educational interventions to improve the outcome of depression have not been adequately developed. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to identify a combination of primary care provider (PCP) self-report questions to improve the precision of PCP e...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Oxman TE,Korsen N,Hartley D,Sengupta A,Bartels S,Forester B

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of inpatient complications his received substantial attention in recent years because mortality rates and other outcome measures often appear unable to discriminate superior from inferior hospital care. Complication measurement holds out the promise of being more sensitive to variations in patient care...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Brailer DJ,Kroch E,Pauly MV,Huang J

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines evidence of market segmentation on the basis of patients' insurance status, demographic characteristics, and medical condition in selected local markets in California in the years 1983 and 1989. Substantial differences exist in the probability patients may be admitted to particular hospitals based ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Dranove D,White WD,Wu L

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study, based on household interviews of employed individuals and their families, examines the effects of type of health insurance program and various sociodemographic factors on patterns of use of preventive medical services. A major concern of the paper is to explore the issue of whether participants in prepaid ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Slesinger DP,Tessler RC,Mechanic D

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clustering method for the analysis of ambulatory morbidity data is presented. This approach reduces spurious variations resulting from idiosyncratic diagnosis labeling and coding habits of physicians and facilitates the analysis of the content of ambulatory medical care through the use of aggregate morbidity data. T...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Schneeweiss R,Rosenblatt RA,Cherkin DC,Kirkwood CR,Hart G

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Similarities and differences in physician work intensity among specialties are poorly understood but have implications for quality of care, patient safety, practice organization and management, and payment. OBJECTIVE:To determine the magnitude and important dimensions of physician work intensity for 4 speci...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Horner RD,Szaflarski JP,Ying J,Meganathan K,Matthews G,Schroer B,Weber D,Raphaelson M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between psychiatric consultation and antipsychotic prescribing in nursing homes (NH) is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To identify the association between psychiatric consultant groups and NH-level antipsychotic prescribing after adjustment for resident case-mix and facility characteristics. RESEARCH ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Tjia J,Field T,Lemay C,Mazor K,Pandolfi M,Spenard A,Ho SY,Kanaan A,Donovan J,Gurwitz JH,Briesacher B

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac risk assessment may not be routinely performed. Electronic health records (EHRs) offer the potential to automate risk estimation. We compared EHR-based assessment with manual chart review to determine the accuracy of automated cardiac risk estimation and determination of candidates for antiplatelet o...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Persell SD,Dunne AP,Lloyd-Jones DM,Baker DW

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Services targeting social determinants of health-such as income support, housing, and nutrition-have been shown to improve health outcomes and reduce health care costs for older adults. Nevertheless, evidence on the properties of effective collaborative networks across health care and social services sectors...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Brewster AL,Yuan CT,Tan AX,Tangoren CG,Curry LA

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Federal regulation requires hospitals to present patients with a Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) that contains all stipulated content items, is readable by patients, and posted on institutional web sites. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine whether the NPP texts contain the required con...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Paasche-Orlow MK,Jacob DM,Powell JN

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The "Unborn Child" (UC) option provides state Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) programs with a new strategy to extend prenatal coverage to low-income women who would otherwise have difficulty enrolling in or would be ineligible for Medicaid. OBJECTIVES:To examine the association of the UC...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Jarlenski MP,Bennett WL,Barry CL,Bleich SN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To help resolve the current controversy over the validity of early readmission as an indicator of the quality of care, the authors critically reviewed the literature using meta-analysis to derive summary estimates of effect and evaluate inter-study heterogeneity. METHODS:The authors selected reports meeting...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Ashton CM,Del Junco DJ,Souchek J,Wray NP,Mansyur CL

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The differences between female and male general practitioners (GPs) were studied regarding three different factors: 1) Do female GPs see more female patients than their male colleagues in the same practice?; 2) Are female GPs confronted with different types of health problems from their male colleagues?; and 3) Do fem...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Bensing JM,van den Brink-Muinen A,de Bakker DH

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the 1980 to 1981 National Health Interview Survey on morbidity, principally bed-disability days, was age standardized and indexed by region of the United States and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan residence within region. There were substantial differences in both age-specific and age-adjusted morbidity by ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Blumberg MS

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the quality of care of physician's extenders (PEs: 23 physician's assistants, 7 primary care nurse practitioners) in Air Force primary medicine clinics, as part of an evaluation of PEs' assuming a considerable portion of the care, formerly provided by physicians in the military medical system. Physician's...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Goldberg GA,Jolly DM,Hosek S,Chu DS

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) was developed by surveying panels of physicians from single specialties, then merging the specialty-specific results into a common work scale. The merging process involved two steps: 1) specification of links or equivalent services across specialties: and 2) use of links...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Morton SC,Kominski GF,Kahan JP

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most health insurance plans monitor ambulatory care quality using the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS), publicly reporting results at the plan level. Plan-level comparisons obscure the influence of patients served or settings where care is delivered. Mental illness, substance abuse, ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Clark RE,Weir S,Ouellette RA,Zhang J,Baxter JD

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00