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：:This study, based on household interviews of employed individuals and their families, examines the effects of type of health insurance program and various sociodemographic factors on patterns of use of preventive medical services. A major concern of the paper is to explore the issue of whether participants in prepaid ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Slesinger DP,Tessler RC,Mechanic D

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient care classification in Canada in the past has been largely dictated by insurance coverage and the fiscal policies of the individual provinces. In recent years, however, the Canadian Department of Health and Welfare has been promoting the development of a standard patient care classification based on assessment...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： MacDonell JA

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier efforts of the Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities (CPHA) to develop a patient care data system for long-term care facilities were discontinued for lack of user interest and shortage of funds; however, the facilities were encouraged to participate in the hospital data system (PAS) and to use opt...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Slee VN

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Practice patterns and patient-reported outcomes of care are compared in detail for ten physicians and 12 new health practitioners delivering ambulatory care in two departments of a prepaid group practice, the Columbia Medical Plan (CMP). All providers completed questionnaires for a 50 per cent random sample of patient...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Levine DM,Morlock LL,Mushlin AI,Shapiro S,Malitz FE

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary aim of this paper is to examine the impact of mergers on the performance of hospitals. The study tests the null hypothesis that no significant differences exist in efficiency and effectiveness between hospitals that merge and those which remain independent entities. The performance evaluation model follows...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Treat TF

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retention study was implemented in Marshfield, Massachusetts in May 1974 in order to ascertain if cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills could be retained by secondary school students who had 15 months previously received training in mouth to mouth resuscitation and cardiac compression. The retention study also ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Vanderschmidt H,Burnap TK,Thwaites JK

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent federal legislation has contained the stipulation that participating health maintenance organizations (HMOs) include a quality assurance program which stresses health outcomes. This provision was ostensibly directed at correcting alleged abuses in HMOs serving the urban poor. One version of the outcome method w...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Schroeder SA,Donaldson MS

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic explanation of the use of traditional medicine among the native American population living in the San Francisco Bay area. Several hypotheses concerning the factors associated with this behavior are tested. These include tribal grouping, socioeconomic and sociocultur...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Fuchs M,Bashshur R

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study of patient and bystander responses to medical emergencies revealed serious shortcomings in the public's ability to respond appropriately to such situations. Decision delays at least as long as ambulance response delays were found to be the result of confusion regarding the seriousness of the emergency, conf...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Mogielnicki RP,Stevenson KA,Willemain TR

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four separate human services programs and their West Philadelphia service consumers were studied by the 1971 Health Network Project: a hospital receiving ward, a community mental health satellite center, a public assistance district office, and a public child welfare agency. The basic hypotheses were that 1) the four ...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Leopold EA,Schein L

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilization review has heretofore emphasized "length of stay" as the criterion for deciding when the patient is ready to leave the hospital. We suggest that "level of care" (the type, number, and/or intensity of a combination of physician, skilled nursing, and ancillary services) received by the patient should replace...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Goldberg GA,Holloway DC

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes the relationship between medical student participation in rural training programs, including preceptorships, and the decision to locate medical practice in rural areas. Data consist primarily of responses to questionnaires mailed in 1972 to all graduates of United States medical schools in 1965. St...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Steinwald B,Steinwald C

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To enhance the efficient utilization of health providers, medical care researchers are increasingly concerned with the measurement of task performance. One job analysis methodology that is widely used is the task inventory technique, characterized by retrospective self-reporting. The purpose of this study was to valid...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Nelson EC,Jacobs AR,Breer PE

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health insurance plans are evaluated here in terms of ability to guarantee financial access to a set of basic fertility-related health services. Extent of coverage is determined by whether a service is a contract benefit, its market cost, and how often it is used in a given population in one year. Comprehensive covera...

journal_title：Medical care

authors： Muller C,Krasner M,Jaffe FS

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00