Interpreter use and satisfaction with interpersonal aspects of care for Spanish-speaking patients.

abstract：:There are various reasons why physicians order laboratory tests. Earlier studies have shown that in many cases test-ordering behavior lacks efficiency, resulting in excessive laboratory utilization. Throughout the years various attempts have been made to improve this situation. This review, based on the literature of ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Axt-Adam P,van der Wouden JC,van der Does E

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RESEARCH OBJECTIVE:Pharmacists are an expensive and limited resource in the hospital and outpatient setting. A pharmacist can spend up to 25% of their day planning. Time spent planning is time not spent delivering an intervention. A readmission risk adjustment model has potential to be used as a universal outcome-based...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Kabue S,Greene J,Kipnis P,Lawson B,Rinetti-Vargas G,Liu V,Escobar G

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-eight interviews of hospitalized patients by freshmen medical students were examined for common response patterns. Response profiles were constructed for each medical student and subjected to cluster analysis. Four common response patterns were identified: Questioning Facilitators, Declaring Facilitators, Elabor...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Brent EE,Beckett DE

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to measure the dissemination of comparative provider quality information (CPQI) and evaluate its impact on consumers' awareness and use of CPQI. DATA SOURCES:Two-period, random-digit-dial panel survey of chronically ill consumers residing in 14 regions of the United States; su...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Bhandari N,Scanlon DP,Shi Y,Smith RA

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the key federal programs that finance in-home services to the elderly, the Medicare program represents the largest and fastest growing. Although Medicare is a federal program, utilization and expenditures for home care vary widely across the states. Building on the work of Feldstein, Scanlon, and others, theory and...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Benjamin AE

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited research suggests that rates of suicide death among transgender people may be higher than their nontransgender peers. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to compare rates of suicide deaths by different means between transgender and nontransgender patients. RESEARCH DESIGN:This secondary analy...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Blosnich JR,Boyer TL,Brown GR,Kauth MR,Shipherd JC

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Care for patients with chronic conditions often requires coordination between multiple physicians and delivery sites. Electronic Health Record (EHR) use could improve care quality and efficiency in part by facilitating care coordination. OBJECTIVE:We examined the association between EHR use and clinician pe...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Graetz I,Reed M,Shortell SM,Rundall TG,Bellows J,Hsu J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cost-benefit (CBA) and cost-effectiveness analyses (CEA) are methods that enumerate the costs and consequences associated with health-related technologies, services, and programs. This article examines the trends in published CBA and CEA of personal health services from 1979 through 1990. It is based on a bibliography...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Elixhauser A,Luce BR,Taylor WR,Reblando J

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence with medications to prevent fractures is suboptimal. Patients' perceived need for medication is an important predictor of medication-use behavior. OBJECTIVE:Estimate the associations of patients' perceived need of medication for fracture prevention with objective indicators of fracture risk, patie...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Schousboe JT,Davison ML,Dowd B,Thiede Call K,Johnson P,Kane RL

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1989 and 1992, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) awarded funding to 14 special projects known as Patient Outcomes Research Teams (PORTs). These large, complex projects form the centerpiece of the first generation of research under the Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program. In carrying ou...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Maklan CW,Greene R,Cummings MA

更新日期：1994-07-01 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:Without advanced preparation of legal documents, state law determines who may serve as a surrogate decision maker for patients in hospitals. OBJECTIVES:To examine the relationship characteristics associated with traditional versus nontraditional health care surrogates who are making medical decisions for pa...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Comer AR,Slaven JE,Montz A,Burke E,Inger L,Torke A

更新日期：2018-04-01 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:Cost-utility analyses using formulas to convert depression-free days (DFDs) to utility-weighted scores are increasingly common. These formulas are based on linear extrapolation of data documenting the correlation between depression symptom severity and generic health-related quality of life. OBJECTIVE:We so...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Pyne JM,Tripathi S,Williams DK,Fortney J

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the reported medical practice of euthanasia in Belgium since implementation of the euthanasia law. RESEARCH DESIGN:Analysis of the anonymous database of all euthanasia cases reported to the Federal Control and Evaluation Committee Euthanasia. SUBJECTS:All euthanasia cases reported by physicians fo...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Smets T,Bilsen J,Cohen J,Rurup ML,Deliens L

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The author highlights changes in hospital utilization that have occurred in association with restructuring of Ontario hospitals. The basic features of the epidemiology of hospital utilization described link the analysis of the organizational and structural components of hospitals with a more comprehensive ev...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Anderson GM

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines changes in the service mix of California hospitals as part of their response to shifts in the system of reimbursement between 1983 and 1988. The Hospital Discharge Data Set and the Annual Hospital Disclosure Report produced by California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development were us...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Zwanziger J,Melnick GA,Simonson L

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:An important factor contributing to the steep rise in health care costs in the late 1960s was a reversal from the predominance of acute illness to that of chronic disease. Beginning with the philosophy of Illich and Levin, and the practical instruments of Fries, Sehnert, Vickery, and Ferguson, a new movement...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Shoor S,Lorig KR

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although much is known about who pays the annual aggregate nursing home bill, relatively little is known about payment-source patterns of individuals during their lifetimes. In this article, lifetime payment-source patterns are analyzed for elderly nursing home users, particularly the extent to which they spend down a...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Spillman BC,Kemper P

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there are large-scale forces that influence the economic behavior of the health care delivery system, it is the physician who has primary authority to make decisions about the use of resources. Consequently, when considering alternative options for controlling rising health care expenditures, it is useful to ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Grossman RM

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Medicare Part D benefit is complicated and may be costly, especially for vulnerable low-income populations where lack of resources and limited English proficiency may be barriers to optimal plan selection. OBJECTIVES:To identify vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries and lower their expected annual out-of-po...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Cutler TW,Stebbins MR,Smith AR,Patel RA,Lipton HL

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are currently no Medicare claims-based algorithms to identify patients receiving nursing home care (NHC). This constitutes an important limitation in outcome studies using population-based data. OBJECTIVES:To assess the ability of claims data to identify patients receiving NHC, using the nursing home ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Koroukian SM,Xu F,Murray P

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study compared Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and non-VA mental health service use among male and female veterans. Because female veterans are a distinct minority in VA, it was hypothesized that they would be less likely to use VA mental health care than would male veterans. METHODS:Using data fro...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Hoff RA,Rosenheck RA

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incorporating patients' preferences into colorectal cancer (CRC) screening recommendations has been identified as a potential mechanism for increasing adherence. This study used conjoint analysis to describe variation in CRC screening preferences among racially/ethnically diverse primary care patients. METH...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Hawley ST,Volk RJ,Krishnamurthy P,Jibaja-Weiss M,Vernon SW,Kneuper S

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Disabled Americans who qualify for Medicare coverage typically have multiple chronic conditions, are highly dependent on effective drug therapy, and have limited financial resources, putting them at risk for cost-related medication nonadherence (CRN). Since 2006, the Part D benefit has helped Medicare benefi...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Naci H,Soumerai SB,Ross-Degnan D,Zhang F,Briesacher BA,Gurwitz JH,Madden JM

更新日期：2014-11-01 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:Self-reported racial discrimination in healthcare has been associated with negative health outcomes, but little is known about its association with diabetes outcomes. METHODS:We used data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to investigate associations between self-reported healthcare discrim...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Peek ME,Wagner J,Tang H,Baker DC,Chin MH

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study evaluated alternative patient classification systems for skilled nursing facility and rehabilitation facility patients. METHODS:Medicare patients were selected from a random sample of 27 rehabilitation facilities and 65 skilled nursing facilities participating in a national longitudinal st...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Eilertsen TB,Kramer AM,Schlenker RE,Hrincevich CA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00