Determinants of the quality of restorative dental care.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between registered nurse (RN) staffing and patient outcomes in acute care hospitals. STUDY SELECTION:Twenty-eight studies reported adjusted odds ratios of patient outcomes in categories of RN-to-patient ratio, and met inclusion criteria. Information was abstracted using a standardi...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kane RL,Shamliyan TA,Mueller C,Duval S,Wilt TJ

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Seattle Prepaid Health Care Evaluation Project is a comparative study designed to assess the care received by persons enrolled in either a large prepaid group practice (PGP) or in a prepaid, independent practice setting in which physicians are reimbursed on a fee-for-service basis (IPP). As part of the study we as...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： LoGerfo JP,Efird RA,Diehr PK,Richardson WC

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:With the goal of improving clinical efficiency and effectiveness, programs to enhance care coordination are a major focus of health care reform. OBJECTIVE:To examine whether "care density"--a claims-based measure of patient sharing by office-based physicians--is associated with measures of quality. Care den...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Pollack CE,Lemke KW,Roberts E,Weiner JP

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Regret after one of the many decisions and interventions that health care professionals make every day can have an impact on their own health and quality of life, and on their patient care practices. OBJECTIVES:To validate a new care-related regret intensity scale (RIS) for health care professionals. RESEA...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Courvoisier DS,Cullati S,Haller CS,Schmidt RE,Haller G,Agoritsas T,Perneger TV

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among older women with early-stage breast cancer, patients with a short life expectancy (LE) are much less likely to benefit from adjuvant radiation therapy (RT). Little is known about the impact of physicians and regional factors on the use of RT across LE groups. OBJECTIVE:To determine the relative contri...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Feinstein AJ,Soulos PR,Long JB,Herrin J,Roberts KB,Yu JB,Gross CP

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prescribing of exogenous testosterone is increasing. Because of the risks associated with testosterone, it is important to follow evidence-based procedures when initiating therapy. OBJECTIVE:We evaluated whether dispensing of testosterone was preceded by appropriate ascertainment of androgen deficiency, and...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Jasuja GK,Bhasin S,Reisman JI,Berlowitz DR,Rose AJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate differences in self-rated health (SRH) between web and mail questionnaires in a mixed mode survey and to provide a model that explains those differences. SUBJECTS:A total of 15,200 mail respondents and 17,829 web respondents from the 2008 US National Health Survey conducted by the Gallup Panel...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Shim JM,Shin E,Johnson TP

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that the ability of physicians to speak the same language as asthmatic patients promotes patient compliance and the use of scheduled office appointments in preference to emergency services, the charts of 96 Spanish-speaking patients with asthma were reviewed. Of these patients, 65 were cared for...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Manson A

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Each physician's ability to treat disease is limited by his/her ability to discriminate among patients on the basis of risk. The relationship of physician expectation of outcome (prognosis) to actual outcome and to cost were determined for 1,757 patients seeking primary care. Outcome was measured by a seven-level func...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Wright DD,Kane RL

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug provision within the German statutory health insurance system has undergone several reforms, including the introduction of drug macrobudgets in 1993. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to investigate the extent to which statutorily (SHI) and fully privately (PHI) health-insured patients were pro...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Krobot KJ,Miller WC,Kaufman JS,Christensen DB,Preisser JS,Ibrahim MA

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the 2 months immediately after a premium rate increase, the Genesee Valley Group Health Association (Group Health) lost over 600 subscriber contracts. A survey was conducted to determine the reasons for disenrollment and compare the demographic and utilization characteristics of disenrollees with those of all membe...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Wersinger RP,Sorensen AA

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of health plan enrollment [health maintenance organizations (HMO) or fee-for-service (FFS)], a change in Medicare reimbursement policy which allowed for annual rather than biennial mammograms, and Health Plan Employer Data Information Set (HEDIS) measures on stage at diagnosis among old...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Habermann EB,Virnig BA,Riley GF,Baxter NN

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chinese Americans are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States; however, language and cultural obstacles have challenged health workers and policy makers seeking to understand the health status and needs of this population. OBJECTIVES:This study is the first to use a large-scale probabi...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Chang DF,Chun CA,Takeuchi DT,Shen H

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to describe the self-reported health status of the general adult U.S. population using 3 multi-attribute preference-based measures: the EQ-5D, Health Utilities Index Mark 2 (HUI2), and Mark 3 (HUI3). METHODS:We surveyed the general adult U.S. population using a probability sample with oversa...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Luo N,Johnson JA,Shaw JW,Feeny D,Coons SJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, changes in the number, site, and source of follow-up visits and allowed charges were examined for follow-up visits provided to Medicare surgical patients between 1984 and 1986. Among the 21 surgical procedures studied, follow-up visits decreased by 5.2%, after adjusting for case mix. Despite the physici...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kominski GF,Biddle AK

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent combat operations have involved large numbers of personnel. Long-term health effects of military deployment remain largely unknown. OBJECTIVES:To examine patterns and trends in long-term disability among combat veterans and to relate disability to aspects of wartime experience. PARTICIPANTS:A total ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Clarke PM,Gregory R,Salomon JA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple claims-based proxy measures of poor function have been developed to address confounding in observational studies of drug effects in older adults. We evaluated agreement between these measures and their associations with treatment receipt and mortality in a cohort of older colon cancer patients. MET...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Mayer SE,Tan HJ,Peacock Hinton S,Sanoff HK,Stürmer T,Hester LL,Faurot KR,Jonsson Funk M,Lund JL

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Validly interpreting scores based on patients' reports of their experiences using scales depends on a valid scoring system. The possibility exists that, although the creators of a scale intended to create a scale measuring a single construct, the questions may seem to measure more than one construct. Howev...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Carle AC,Weech-Maldonado R

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given strict residency controls and geographic imbalances in health care resources, China may experience serious urban-rural health disparities. OBJECTIVES:To investigate urban-rural disparities in the patterns of health status and health care utilization in China and to examine the evolution of these dispa...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Fang H,Chen J,Rizzo JA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between volume of patients treated and quality of care has important implications for patient referral policies and approaches to quality improvement. Most studies have focused on hospital volume alone and health outcomes. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this work was to examine the association ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Willison DJ,Soumerai SB,Palmer RH

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study uses Medicare physician-claims data to examine patient and physician contributions to variations in cataract surgery rates across U.S. metropolitan areas. Utilization is modelled as having two phases: the decision to seek an ophthalmologist's care, which is made by patients, and the decision to perform surg...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Escarce JJ

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The intensity of end-of-life care varies substantially both within and between areas. Differing practice patterns of individual physicians are likely influenced by their peers. OBJECTIVE:To assess whether intensity of end-of-life care previously provided by a physician's peers influences patterns of care at...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Keating NL,O'Malley AJ,Onnela JP,Gray SW,Landon BE

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines practice mobility among young physicians, based on a large nationwide 1987 survey of physicians under age 40 years and in their second through fifth years of practice. Averaged across all physicians, there is a 10% to 12% chance of changing practices for each of the first 3 years, and about one in ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Willke RJ

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Reliability and validity are as necessary for predrafted advance directive forms as they are for all clinical assessment instruments. Performance of predrafted advance directive forms with both lay persons and clinicians is relevant. Evidence relating to test- retest reliability, content validity, and criter...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Alpert HR,Hoijtink H,Fischer GS,Emanuel L

更新日期：1996-10-01 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:State Medicaid programs introduce many types of prescribing restrictions to manage pharmaceutical use and expenditure. Little is known about the differential effect of implementing prior authorization (PA) policies at market entry versus waiting until several years later when prescribing behavior may already...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Roughead EE,Zhang F,Ross-Degnan D,Soumerai S

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors tested the "uncertainty hypothesis," which holds that variations in rates of hospitalization or surgeries across small geographic areas reflect differences in physicians' decision making when confronting uncertainty. A small-areas variation analysis of suspected acute cardiac ischemia (ACI) admissions in n...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Green LA,Becker MP

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to determine whether parents rate their children's care differently when they also rate their own care than when they do not. METHODS:Subjects were employees of Washington State who had been enrolled in a health plan for at least 6 months and who had at least one covered child. Sub...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Shaul JA,Fowler FJ Jr,Zaslavsky AM,Homer CJ,Gallagher PM,Cleary PD

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00