Multiple-site physician practices and their effect on service distribution.

abstract：:This article examines the effect of owning long-term care insurance policies on the amount of out-of-pocket costs incurred by the elderly during their nursing home stays, and the importance of different policy features and restrictions. Data were drawn from the 1985 National Nursing Home Survey, and from copies of lon...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Rice T,Thomas K,Weissert W

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prevalence of seven social factors using physician notes as compared to claims and structured electronic health records (EHRs) data and the resulting association with 30-day readmissions. STUDY SETTING:A multihospital academic health system in southeastern Massachusetts. STUDY DESIGN:An obse...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Navathe AS,Zhong F,Lei VJ,Chang FY,Sordo M,Topaz M,Navathe SB,Rocha RA,Zhou L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the key features of the first three Cash and Counseling demonstration programs and identify those which the programs have in common and those on which they differ. STUDY SETTING:Demonstration Cash and Counseling programs in Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey. DATA SOURCES:Interviews with program ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Phillips B,Schneider B

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thresholds for medical decision making are the probabilities of disease at which clinicians choose to initiate testing or therapy. A descriptive analysis of clinicians' decision making can derive their test and test-treatment thresholds and has the potential to explain variations in test utilization. A previously desc...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Young MJ,Eisenberg JM,Williams SV,Hershey JC

更新日期：1986-02-01 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 examine the predictors of unit and item nonresponse, the magnitude of nonresponse bias, and the need for nonresponse weights in the Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospital Survey. METHODS:A common set of 11 administrative variables (41 degrees of freedom) was used to pred...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Elliott MN,Edwards C,Angeles J,Hambarsoomians K,Hays RD

更新日期：2005-12-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the influence of relational climate on quality of diabetes care. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:The study was conducted at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA All Employee Survey (AES) was used to measure relational climate. Patient and facility characteristics were gathered from VA adminis...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Soley-Bori M,Benzer JK,Burgess JF Jr

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of the Nursing Home Value-Based Purchasing demonstration on quality of care and Medicare spending. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Administrative and qualitative data from Arizona, New York, and Wisconsin nursing homes over the base-year (2008-2009) and 3-year (2009-2012) demonstration peri...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Grabowski DC,Stevenson DG,Caudry DJ,O'Malley AJ,Green LH,Doherty JA,Frank RG

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of the Delphi iteration procedure in developing explicit criteria for ambulatory care assessment. Practicing internists chose items they believed to be essential with regard to the care of certain specified conditions. The initial responses were tabulated and "fed-back" to the participants. The ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Romm FJ,Hulka BS

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine measures of need for health care and their relationship to utilization of health services in different racial and ethnic groups in California. DATA SOURCE:Telephone interviews obtained by random-digit dialing and conducted between April 1993 and July 1993 in California, with 7,264 adults (ages 18-...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Osmond DH,Vranizan K,Schillinger D,Stewart AL,Bindman AB

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether community-based health insurance (CBHI) protects household assets in rural Burkina Faso, Africa. DATA SOURCES:Data were used from a household panel survey that collected primary data from randomly selected households, covering 41 villages and one town, during 2004-2007(n = 890). STUDY DE...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Parmar D,Reinhold S,Souares A,Savadogo G,Sauerborn R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the effects of state prescription contraception insurance mandates on unintended, mistimed, and unwanted births in a sample of privately insured recent mothers. DATA:We pooled Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) data from 1997 to 2012 to study 209,964 privately insured recent mothers ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Johnston EM,Adams EK

更新日期：2017-12-01 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 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:Evidence supporting the use of public reporting of quality information to improve health care quality is mixed. While public reporting may improve reported quality, its effect on quality of care more broadly is uncertain. This study tests whether public reporting in the setting of nursing homes resulted in im...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Werner RM,Konetzka RT,Stuart EA,Norton EC,Polsky D,Park J

更新日期：2009-08-01 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:To examine the impact of the Short Stay Transfer Policy (SSTP) on practice patterns. DATA SOURCES:This study uses data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) file, Home Health Standard Analytical File, 1999 Provider of Service file, and data from th...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： FitzGerald JD,Boscardin WJ,Hahn BH,Ettner SL

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether distance to services or diagnosis at a hospital-based medical center compared with a community clinic influences the receipt of psychotherapy versus pharmacotherapy for depression. DATA SOURCE:Veterans Affairs (VA) administrative data for 132,329 depressed veterans between October 2003 and ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Pfeiffer PN,Glass J,Austin K,Valenstein M,McCarthy JF,Zivin K

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a scale to measure patients' trust in health insurers, including public and private insurers and both indemnity and managed care. A scale was developed based on our conceptual model of insurer trust. The scale was analyzed for its factor structure, internal consistency, construct validity, and othe...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Zheng B,Hall MA,Dugan E,Kidd KE,Levine D

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether assigning a dedicated general practitioner (GP) to a nursing home reduces hospitalizations and readmissions. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Secondary data on hospitalizations and deaths by month for the universe of nursing home residents in Denmark from January 2011 through February 2014. S...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Weatherall CD,Hansen AT,Nicholson S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine trends in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage rates and its associated components between 2000 and 2008, to provide a baseline for later evaluations of the Affordable Care Act, and to provide information to policy makers as they design the implementation details of the law. DATA SOURCES:P...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Vistnes J,Zawacki A,Simon K,Taylor A

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To describe the development of an instrument for assessing workforce perceptions of hospital safety culture and to assess its reliability and validity. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Primary data collected between March 2004 and May 2005. Personnel from 105 U.S. hospitals completed a 38-item paper and pencil sur...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Singer S,Meterko M,Baker L,Gaba D,Falwell A,Rosen A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many states have passed legislation mandating that health plans provide direct access to obstetricians/gynecologists (hereinafter "ob/gyns") for women, limiting the ability of plans to require referrals or otherwise restrict access. One benefit of these laws may be improved preventive screening rates, but no...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Baker LC,Chan J

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine changes in children's albuterol use and out-of-pocket (OOP) costs in response to increased copayments after the Food and Drug Administration banned inhalers with chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) propellants. SETTING:Four health maintenance organizations (HMOs), two that increased copayments for albuterol ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Galbraith AA,Fung V,Li L,Butler MG,Nordin JD,Hsu J,Smith D,Vollmer WM,Lieu TA,Soumerai SB,Wu AC

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In response to rising demand and increased costs for home care services for frail elderly and disabled Medicaid clients, New York City implemented cluster care, a shared-aide model of home care. Our objective: to evaluate the effects of cluster care on home care hours and costs, client functioning, depressiv...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Feldman PH,Latimer E,Davidson H

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if the incidence of psychiatric emergencies involving drugs or alcohol supports the argument that mentally ill persons contribute to elevated mortality during the days following disbursement of private earnings and public income transfers. STUDY DESIGN:Interrupted time-series using Box-Jenkins m...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Catalano R,McConnell W,Forster P,McFarland B,Shumway M,Thornton D

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the implications of serious and chronic health problems on the willingness of enrollees to switch health plans if they are dissatisfied with their current arrangements. DATA SOURCE:A large (20,283 respondents) survey of employees of three national corporations committed to the model of managed com...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Schlesinger M,Druss B,Thomas T

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine which components of medical homes affect time families spend arranging/coordinating health care for their children with special health care needs (CSHCNs) and providing health care at home. DATA SOURCES:2009-2010 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN), a population-...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Miller JE,Nugent CN,Russell LB

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00