abstract：RESEARCH OBJECTIVE:To investigate disenrollment from public insurance at the 6-year transitional birthday when eligibility for many children moves from Medicaid to State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP). DATA SOURCES:Data from Georgia's S-CHIP (PeachCare) and Medicaid programs from 2000 to 2002. STUDY DES...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Ketsche P,Adams EK,Snyder A,Zhou M,Minyard K,Kellenberg R

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of health plan benefit design and price on consumers' decisions to purchase health insurance in the nongroup market and their choice of plan. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING:Administrative data from the three largest nongroup insurers in California and survey data about those insured in t...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Marquis MS,Buntin MB,Escarce JJ,Kapur K

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：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：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 test the hypothesis that a greater commitment to strategic adaptation, as exhibited by more extensive implementation of a subacute/rehabilitation care strategy in nursing homes, will be associated with superior performance. DATA SOURCES:Online Survey, Certification, and Reporting (OSCAR) data from 1997 to...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Zinn JS,Mor V,Feng Z,Intrator O

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of out-migration of nurses on the health systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). SETTING:The countries of SSA. DESIGN AND METHODS:Review of secondary sources: existing publications and country documents on the health workforce; documents prepared for the Joint Learning Initiative Global Hu...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Dovlo D

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the ability of two diagnosis-based risk adjustment systems and health self-report to predict short- and long-term mortality. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Data were obtained from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) administrative databases. The study population was 78,164 VA beneficiaries at eig...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Pietz K,Petersen LA

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explain variation in direct care resource use (RU) of nursing home residents based on the Resource Utilization Groups III (RUG-III) classification system and other resident- and unit-level explanatory variables. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Primary data were collected on 5,314 nursing home residents in 156 ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Arling G,Kane RL,Mueller C,Lewis T

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：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:This paper analyzes whether the rise in managed care during the 1990s caused the increase in hospital concentration. DATA SOURCES:We assemble data from the American Hospital Association, InterStudy and government censuses from 1990 to 2000. STUDY DESIGN:We employ linear regression analyses on long differenc...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Town RJ,Wholey D,Feldman R,Burns LR

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigate the factors driving the downward trend in employer sponsored health insurance (ESI) coverage between 1999 and 2002 for low- and middle-income workers, and assess their insurance options in the absence of ESI coverage. DATA:We use the 1999 and 2002 rounds of the National Survey of America's Fam...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Shen YC,Long SK

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the estimated effects of dialysis center profit status on patient survival using alternative estimation strategies with retrospective data. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Patient and provider-level retrospective data from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS), 1996-1999. STUDY DESIGN:Observatio...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Brooks JM,Irwin CP,Hunsicker LG,Flanigan MJ,Chrischilles EA,Pendergast JF

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:. To examine the effect of premiums and benefits on the health plan choices of older enrollees who choose Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) health plans as their primary payer. DATA SOURCES:Administrative enrollment data from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and plan premiums and bene...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Florence CS,Atherly A,Thorpe KE

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organizations are increasingly becoming dynamic and unstable. This evolution has given rise to greater reliance on teams and increased complexity in terms of team composition, skills required, and degree of risk involved. High-reliability organizations (HROs) are those that exist in such hazardous environments where t...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Baker DP,Day R,Salas E

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review two indirect methods, geocoding and surname analysis, for estimating race/ethnicity as a means for health plans to assess disparities in care. STUDY DESIGN:Review of published articles and unpublished data on the use of geocoding and surname analyses. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:Few published studies have ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Fiscella K,Fremont AM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether difficulty walking and the strategies persons use to compensate for this deficit influenced downstream Medicare expenditures. DATA SOURCE:Secondary data analysis of Medicare claims data (1999-2000) for age-eligible Medicare beneficiaries (N=4,997) responding to the community portion of t...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Taylor DH Jr,Hoenig H

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examination of the extent to which federal surveys provide the data needed to estimate the coverage/cost impacts of policy alternatives to address the problem of uninsurance. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Assessment of the major federal household surveys that regularly provide information on health insurance an...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Kenney G,Holahan J,Nichols L

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To produce cost estimates of proposed health insurance benefit mandates for the California legislature. DATA SOURCES:The 2001 California Health Interview Survey, 2002 Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research and Education Trust California Employer Health Benefits Survey, Milliman Health Cost Guidelines, and ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Kominski GF,Ripps JC,Laugesen MJ,Cosway RG,Pourat N

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of rural hospital closures on the local economy. DATA SOURCES:U.S. Census Bureau, OSCAR, Medicare Cost Reports, and surveys of individuals knowledgeable about local hospital closures. STUDY DESIGN:Economic data at the county level for 1990-2000 were combined with information on hospita...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Holmes GM,Slifkin RT,Randolph RK,Poley S

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the insurance status of workers at small businesses, and to describe the status of uninsured persons by the employment characteristics (employment status, firm size, and whether the employer offers insurance) of the head of household. DATA SOURCES:Data from the March and February 2001 Current Pop...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Kronick R,Olsen LC

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of hospital volume on 30-day mortality for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) using administrative and clinical data in conventional regression and instrumental variables (IV) estimation models. DATA SOURCES:The primary data consisted of longitudinal information on comorbid co...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Tsai AC,Votruba M,Bridges JF,Cebul RD

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：CONTEXT:A1c levels are widely used to assess quality of diabetes care provided by health care systems. Currently, cross-sectional measures are commonly used for such assessments. OBJECTIVE:To study within-patient longitudinal changes in A1c levels at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities as an alternative to...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Thompson W,Wang H,Xie M,Kolassa J,Rajan M,Tseng CL,Crystal S,Zhang Q,Vardi Y,Pogach L,Safford MM

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care have been documented; the elimination of such disparities is currently part of a national agenda. In order to meet this national objective, it is necessary that measures identify accurately the true prevalence of the construct of interest across diverse...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Ramírez M,Ford ME,Stewart AL,Teresi JA

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine how the addition of generalist care managers and collaborative information technology to an ambulatory team affects the care of patients with diabetes. STUDY SETTING:Multiple ambulatory clinics within Intermountain Health Care (IHC), a large integrated delivery network. STUDY DESIGN:A retrospec...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Dorr DA,Wilcox A,Donnelly SM,Burns L,Clayton PD

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the impact of rising health insurance premiums on coverage rates. DATA SOURCES & STUDY SETTING:Our analysis is based on two cohorts of nonelderly Americans residing in 64 large metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) surveyed in the Current Population Survey in 1989-1991 and 1998-2000. Measures of...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Chernew M,Cutler DM,Keenan PS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine facility variation in data quality of the level of pain documented in the minimum data set (MDS) as a function of level of hospice enrollment in nursing homes (NHs). DATA SOURCE:Clinical assessments on 3,469 nonhospice residents from 178 NHs were merged with On-line Survey Certification and Report...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Wu N,Miller SC,Lapane K,Roy J,Mor V

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relative impact of clinical factors versus nonclinical factors-such as postacute care (PAC) supply-in determining whether patients receive care from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) or inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) after discharge from acute care. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING:Me...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Buntin MB,Garten AD,Paddock S,Saliba D,Totten M,Escarce JJ

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether Medicaid managed care is associated with lower hospitalization rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions than Medicaid fee-for-service. We also explored whether there was a differential effect of Medicaid managed care by patient's race or ethnicity on the hospitalization rates for am...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Bindman AB,Chattopadhyay A,Osmond DH,Huen W,Bacchetti P

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RESEARCH OBJECTIVE:To track response rates across time for surveys of pediatricians, to explore whether response bias is present for these surveys, and to examine whether response bias increases with lower response rates. DATA SOURCE/STUDY SETTING:A total of 63,473 cases were gathered from 50 different surveys of pedi...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Cull WL,O'Connor KG,Sharp S,Tang SF

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Diabetes is a highly prevalent condition that results in substantial morbidity and premature mortality. We investigated how diabetes-associated mortality, disability, early retirement, and work absenteeism impacts workforce participation. DATA SOURCE:We used the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a national ...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Vijan S,Hayward RA,Langa KM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of varying diagnostic and pharmaceutical criteria on the performance of claims-based algorithms for identifying beneficiaries with hypertension, heart failure, chronic lung disease, arthritis, glaucoma, and diabetes. STUDY SETTING:Secondary 1999-2000 data from two Medicare+Choice healt...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Rector TS,Wickstrom SL,Shah M,Thomas Greeenlee N,Rheault P,Rogowski J,Freedman V,Adams J,Escarce JJ

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the effects of informal caregiver availability and public funding on formal long-term care (LTC) expenditures in developed countries. DATA SOURCE/STUDY SETTING:Secondary data were acquired for 15 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries from 1970 to 2000. STUDY DESI...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Yoo BK,Bhattacharya J,McDonald KM,Garber AM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNF) on the delivery of rehabilitation therapy to residents. DATA SOURCES:Resident-level data are based on the Resident Assessment Instrument Minimum Data Set for nursing facilities. All elderly residents a...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Wodchis WP

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During welfare reform, Congress passed legislation barring legal immigrants who entered the United States after August 1996 from Medicaid for five years after immigration. This legislation intended to bar only new immigrants (post-1996 immigrants) from Medicaid. However it may have also deterred the enrollme...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Kandula NR,Grogan CM,Rathouz PJ,Lauderdale DS

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare medical care costs and utilization in a consumer-driven health plan (CDHP) to other health insurance plans. STUDY DESIGN:We examine claims and employee demographic data from one large employer that adopted a CDHP in 2001. A quasi-experimental pre-post design is used to assign employees to three co...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Parente ST,Feldman R,Christianson JB

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of mandatory HMO enrollment for Medicaid-covered pregnant women on prenatal care use, smoking, Cesarean section (C-section) use, and birth weight. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Linked birth certificate and Medicaid enrollment data from July 1993 to June 1998 in 10 Ohio counties, 6 that imp...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Howell EM,Dubay L,Kenney G,Sommers AS

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the hospital coding response to a payment model using a case-mix measurement system based on multiple diagnoses and the resulting impact on a hospital cost model. DATA SOURCES:Financial, clinical, and supplementary data for all Ontario short stay hospitals from years 1997 to 2002. STUDY DESIGN:Di...

journal_title：Health services research

authors： Preyra C

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00