Influence of knowledge and attitudes on the quality of physicians' transfusion practice.

abstract：:A combined optimization-simulation model is used to examine the extent of productivity and economic benefits to be gained from adding a physician's assistant to a one-physician ambulatory health care practice. It is shown that previous models (which have predicted productivity gains as large as 90 per cent) have overs...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Hershey JC,Kropp DH

更新日期：1979-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:As clinical data are increasingly collected and stored electronically, their potential use for comparative effectiveness research (CER) grows. Despite this promise, challenges face those wishing to leverage such data. In this paper we aim to enumerate some of the knowledge management and informatics issues c...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Embi PJ,Hebert C,Gordillo G,Kelleher K,Payne PR

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study was conducted to determine the influence of primary care patients' health perceptions on their utilization of health care services. Patients' health perceptions were measured using the RAND Corporation's General Health Perceptions Questionnaire. Physicians provided scores of how they thought the...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Connelly JE,Philbrick JT,Smith GR Jr,Kaiser DL,Wymer A

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association of drug users' outpatient patterns of care with subsequent intensity of antiretroviral therapy (ART). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Annual types of ART in 8897 New York State Medicaid drug users who were prescribed ART for > or =6 months in 1996 or 1997 were determined. From pharmacy claim...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Laine C,Hauck WW,Turner BJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to identify hospital organizational characteristics consistently associated with adherence to multiple clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). We examined the relationship between organizational and patient population characteristics and adherence to three screening CPGs implemented...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Vaughn TE,McCoy KD,BootsMiller BJ,Woolson RF,Sorofman B,Tripp-Reimer T,Perlin J,Doebbeling BN

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the Longitudinal Survey of Income and Program Participation were used to examine the dynamics of health insurance among persons 55 to 64 years of age. Persons in this age range are especially vulnerable to incurring high health care costs. Between the summer of 1983 and early 1986, 21% of persons 55 to 64 ye...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Jensen GA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of standardized, patient-centered label (PCL) instructions to improve comprehension of prescription drug use compared with typical instructions. METHODS:A total of 500 adult patients recruited from 2 academic and 2 community primary care clinics in Chicago, IL and Shreveport, LA...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Wolf MS,Davis TC,Curtis LM,Webb JA,Bailey SC,Shrank WH,Lindquist L,Ruo B,Bocchini MV,Parker RM,Wood AJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Teamwork in health care settings is widely recognized as an important factor in providing high-quality patient care. However, the behaviors that comprise effective teamwork, the organizational factors that support teamwork, and the relationship between teamwork and patient outcomes remain empirical questions...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Valentine MA,Nembhard IM,Edmondson AC

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data were obtained from the American Medical Association on Iranian physicians practicing in the U.S., and from the Iranian Medical Registry on U.S.-trained Iranian physicians who have returned to practice in Iran. There were 2,066 Iranian physicians practicing in the U.S. in 1972, 1,234 (60%) of whom were not undergo...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Ronaghy HA,Zeighami E,Zeighami B

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Latinos make up the largest group of minority children in the United States. Despite great diversity among Latino children, studies have traditionally treated them as a monolithic group. Few studies have examined patterns and determinants of access to and use of health care for different subgroups of Latino ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Perez VH,Fang H,Inkelas M,Kuo AA,Ortega AN

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although studies have shown that a high rate of uninsurance in a community reduces access to and satisfaction with health care among the insured population, little is known about whether the community uninsurance rate also affects quality of care and clinical outcomes among the insured. OBJECTIVE:To assess ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Escarce JJ,Edgington SE,Roan Gresenz C

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：IMPORTANCE:Hospitals that serve poorer populations have higher readmission rates. It is unknown whether these hospitals effectively lowered readmission rates in response to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP). OBJECTIVE:To compare pre-post differences in readmission rates among hospitals with different ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Wasfy JH,Bhambhani V,Healy EW,Choirat C,Dominici F,Wadhera RK,Shen C,Wang Y,Yeh RW

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:If shape of a person's utility function is associated with his health status, as is predicted by Prospect Theory, the use of utilities from the healthy could result in 'de facto' discrimination against the sick. OBJECTIVES:To determine if patients' utilities for hypothetical states and for their current hea...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Lenert LA,Treadwell JR,Schwartz CE

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate estimation of medical care costs raises a host of issues, both practical and methodological. OBJECTIVES:This article reviews methods for estimating the long-term medical care costs associated with a cancer diagnosis. METHODS:The authors consider data from administrative claims databases and descri...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Etzioni R,Riley GF,Ramsey SD,Brown M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence that medical error is a systemic problem requiring systemic solutions continues to expand. Developing a "safety culture" is one potential strategy toward improving patient safety. A reliable and valid self-report measure of safety culture is needed that is both grounded in concrete behaviors and is ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Vogus TJ,Sutcliffe KM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population-based, retrospective analysis of Medicare Part A and Blue Cross hospital insurance claims data was used to determine whether hospice home care cost savings to third-party insurers are substantial and result from the substitution of less expensive home care visits for more costly hospital inpatient days. T...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Brooks CH,Smyth-Staruch K

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estimating population-level obesity rates is important for informing policy and targeting treatment. The current gold standard for obesity measurement in the United States-the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)-samples <0.1% of the population and does not target state-level or health s...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Funk LM,Shan Y,Voils CI,Kloke J,Hanrahan LP

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary care teams face daily time pressures both during patient encounters and outside of appointments. OBJECTIVES:We theorize 2 types of time pressure, and test hypotheses about organizational determinants and patient consequences of time pressure. RESEARCH DESIGN:Cross-sectional, observational analysis ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： McDonald KM,Rodriguez HP,Shortell SM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Continuity of the relationship between patients and primary care providers (PCPs) is an important component of care from the consumer perspective that may be affected by variation in cost containment strategies within managed care. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of cost containment strategies on the cont...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Meredith LS,Sturm R,Camp P,Wells KB

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nearly half of US births are financed by Medicaid, and one-third of births occur by cesarean delivery, at double the cost of vaginal delivery. With the goal of reducing unnecessary cesarean use and improving value, in 2009 Minnesota's Medicaid program introduced a blended payment rate for uncomplicated birth...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kozhimannil KB,Graves AJ,Ecklund AM,Shah N,Aggarwal R,Snowden JM

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess drug prescribing by primary care physicians in France for various types of conditions, and to identify patterns and risk factors for poor prescribing quality. METHODS:The orders (n = 23,080) written for patients with five target diseases (acute nasopharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, essential hyperten...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Coste J,Venot A

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Growing adoption of electronic health records and increased emphasis on the reuse and integration of clinical care and administration data require a robust informatics infrastructure to inform health care effectiveness in real-world settings. The Scalable Architecture for Federated Translational Inquiries ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kahn MG,Batson D,Schilling LM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare trends in office-based treatment of mental disorders between Hispanics and non-Hispanics. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:Analysis of a nationally representative sample of visits to office-based physicians conducted between 1993 and 2002 (N = 251,905). Visits were grouped into 3 discrete time pe...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Blanco C,Patel SR,Liu L,Jiang H,Lewis-Fernández R,Schmidt AB,Liebowitz MR,Olfson M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The appropriate use of medications can influence quality performance measures and costs. Drug-related morbidity and mortality represents a public health challenge due to the ineffective and unsafe consequences of medication use. This article addresses the impact of team-based care that incorporates comprehen...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Isetts BJ,Brummel AR,de Oliveira DR,Moen DW

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Performance measurement at the provider group level is increasingly advocated, but different methods for selecting patients when calculating provider group performance have received little evaluation. OBJECTIVE:We compared 2 currently used methods according to characteristics of the patients selected and im...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Thorpe CT,Flood GE,Kraft SA,Everett CM,Smith MA

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:When studying variation in medicine, traditional hypothesis-testing procedures are too limited to obtain useful inferences except in special situations. More generally, full probability modelling is necessary. Even a relatively simple example can illustrate this point rather dramatically. The development and applicati...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Rubin DB

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most common neoplasm in North American women. The psychosocial impact of breast cancer has been extensively studied, and a number of investigators have attempted to characterize women who are at high risk for increased psychosocial morbidity. Although a detailed interview performed by a profession...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Ganz PA,Hirji K,Sim MS,Schag CA,Fred C,Polinsky ML

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00