Effectiveness in professional organizations: the impact of surgeons and surgical staff organizations on the quality of care in hospitals.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of post-hospital Medicare home health and informal care on the functional status of 755 Medicare beneficiaries six weeks after hospital discharge for treatment of stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure (CHF), hip procedures, and hip fractures. STU...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Penrod JD,Kane RL,Finch MD,Kane RA

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the ability of two diagnosis-based risk adjustment systems and health self-report to predict short- and long-term mortality. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Data were obtained from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) administrative databases. The study population was 78,164 VA beneficiaries at eig...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Pietz K,Petersen LA

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to determine whether women who have been diagnosed with HIV utilize the same volume of medical care services as men who have been diagnosed with HIV. DATA SOURCES:This study uses data from the first wave of interviews of the AIDS Cost and Service Utilization Survey (ACSUS) conduc...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Hellinger FJ

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate county-level associations between in utero exposure to threatened evictions and preterm birth in the United States. DATA SOURCES:Complete birth records were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics (2009-2016). Threatened evictions were measured at the county level using eviction c...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Khadka A,Fink G,Gromis A,McConnell M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In late 1982, as an alternative to Medicaid, Arizona implemented a prepaid, competitively bid medical care program--the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS). Before its introduction, the poor had been cared for primarily by a network of county-supported centers. Impact of the AHCCCS initiative was exam...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Freeman HE,Kirkman-Liff BL

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether the interaction between individual race/ethnicity and community racial/ethnic composition is associated with health-related home care use among elderly persons in the United States. DATA SOURCES:A nationally representative sample of community-dwelling elders aged 65+ from the 2000 to 2...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Kirby JB,Lau DT

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between dialysis facility chain affiliation and patient mortality. STUDY SETTING:Medicare dialysis population. STUDY DESIGN:Data from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) were used to identify 3,601 free-standing dialysis facilities and 34,914 Medicare patients' incidence t...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Zhang Y,Cotter DJ,Thamer M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the impact of implementing prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) best practices on prescription opioid use. DATA SOURCES:2007-2012 Medicare claims for noncancer pain patients, and PDMP attributes from the Prescription Drug Abuse Policy System. STUDY DESIGN:We derived PDMP composite scores ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Moyo P,Simoni-Wastila L,Griffin BA,Harrington D,Alexander GC,Palumbo F,Onukwugha E

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:A1c levels are widely used to assess quality of diabetes care provided by health care systems. Currently, cross-sectional measures are commonly used for such assessments. OBJECTIVE:To study within-patient longitudinal changes in A1c levels at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities as an alternative to...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Thompson W,Wang H,Xie M,Kolassa J,Rajan M,Tseng CL,Crystal S,Zhang Q,Vardi Y,Pogach L,Safford MM

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare safety climate between diverse U.S. hospitals and Veterans Health Administration (VA) hospitals, and to explore the factors influencing climate in each setting. DATA SOURCES:Primary data from surveys of hospital personnel; secondary data from the American Hospital Association's 2004 Annual Survey ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Singer SJ,Hartmann CW,Hanchate A,Zhao S,Meterko M,Shokeen P,Lin S,Gaba DM,Rosen AK

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the performance of various risk adjustment models in behavioral health applications such as setting mental health and substance abuse (MH/SA) capitation payments or overall capitation payments for populations including MH/SA users. DATA SOURCES/STUDY DESIGN:The 1991-93 administrative data from the...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Ettner SL,Frank RG,McGuire TG,Hermann RC

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

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 explore and understand approaches to user engagement through investigating the range of ways in which health care workers and organizations accommodated the introduction of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and computerized decision support (CDS) for hospital prescribing. STUDY SETTING:Six hospita...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Cresswell KM,Lee L,Mozaffar H,Williams R,Sheikh A,NIHR ePrescribing Programme Team.

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the association between clinician specialization in nursing home (NH) practice and outcomes of patients who received postacute care in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). DATA SOURCES:Medicare claims and NH assessments for 2 118 941 hospital discharges to 14 526 SNFs in January 2012-October 2014 an...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Ryskina KL,Yuan Y,Werner RM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop and validate a disease-specific automated inpatient mortality risk adjustment system primarily using computerized numerical laboratory data and supplementing them with administrative data. To assess the values of additional manually abstracted data. METHODS:Using 1,271,663 discharges in 2000-2001,...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Tabak YP,Sun X,Derby KG,Kurtz SG,Johannes RS

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To extend recent conceptual and methodological advances in disparities research to include the incorporation of genomic information in analyses of racial/ethnic disparities in health care and health outcomes. DATA SOURCES:Published literature on human genetic variation, the role of genetics in disease and re...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Shields AE,Crown WH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether a performance-based contracting (PBC) system provides incentives for nonprofit providers of substance abuse treatment to select less severe clients into treatment. DATA SOURCES:The Maine Addiction Treatment System (MATS) standardized admission and discharge data provided by the Maine O...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Shen Y

更新日期：2003-04-01 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: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 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 examine the factors associated with delivery of preterm infants at neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) hospitals in Arkansas during the period 2001-2006, with a focus on the impact of a Medicaid supported intervention, Antenatal and Neonatal Guidelines, Education, and Learning System (ANGELS), that expande...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Bronstein JM,Ounpraseuth S,Jonkman J,Lowery CL,Fletcher D,Nugent RR,Hall RW

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthroscopic surgery of the knee has reduced in-hospital utilization of 37 percent for surgical treatment of internal derangements of the knee at The Mount Sinai Medical Center. In a study comparing arthrotomies of the knee in 1974 (N = 106) to arthroscopic surgery of the knee in 1984 (N = 221) it was found that while...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Pruzansky ME,Remer S,Freedman B

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test a conceptual model of relationships, reflection, sensemaking, and learning in primary care practices transitioning to patient-centered medical homes (PCMH). DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Primary data were collected as part of the American Academy of Family Physicians' National Demonstration Project of t...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Lanham HJ,Palmer RF,Leykum LK,McDaniel RR Jr,Nutting PA,Stange KC,Crabtree BF,Miller WL,Jaén CR

更新日期：2016-08-01 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 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：:The cost of capital for hospitals is a topic of continuing interest as Medicare's new capital payment policy is implemented. This study examines the determinants of tax-exempt revenue bond yields, the primary source of long-term capital for hospitals. Two important methodological issues are addressed. A probit analysi...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Carpenter CE

更新日期：1992-12-01 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 test whether nonprofit, for-profit, or government hospital ownership affects medical service provision in rural hospital markets, either directly or through the spillover effects of ownership mix. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Data are from the American Hospital Association, U.S. Census, CMS Healthcare Cost ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Horwitz JR,Nichols A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on organization theory and the work of Roemer and Friedman, seven dimensions of hospital medical staff organization structure are proposed and examined. The data are based on a 1973 nationwide survey of hospital medical staffs conducted by the American Hospital Association. Factor analysis yielded six relatively...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Shortell SM,Getzen TE

更新日期：1979-07-01 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