Hospital Administration - Managed Care News & Articles

1 Glycemic Outcome Not Predicted by Baseline Psychological Measures in a Diabetes Management Program Population Health Management, May 22, 2012

2 Diagnosis and management of acute coronary syndrome in an outpatient setting: good guideline adherence in Swiss primary care Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, May 22, 2012

3 Association between family doctors’ practices characteristics and patient evaluation of care Health Policy, May 22, 2012

4 Can quantification of congestive heart failure care convince medical doctors to use a care pathway? A process analysis Journal of Integrated Care Pathways, May 22, 2012

5 Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Benefit from Primary Care-Based Disease Management: A Propensity Score Matched Survival Time Analysis Population Health Management, May 21, 2012

6 The promoting effective advance care for elders (peace) randomized pilot study: theoretical framework and study design Population Health Management, May 21, 2012

7 Improving Direct-Care Compensation in Nursing Homes: Medicaid Wage Pass-through Adoption, 1999 – 2004 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, May 18, 2012

8 Long term follow-up of health-related quality of life in young adults born very preterm or with a very low birth weight Health and Quality of Life Outcomes , May 17, 2012

9 Consideration of social values in the establishment of accountable care organizations in the USA Journal of Health, Organisation and Management , May 17, 2012

10 Early return visits by primary care patients: a retail nurse practitioner clinic versus standard medical office care Population Health Management, May 16, 2012

11 Using theory and evidence to guide the use of educational outreach to improve patient care American Journal of Medical Quality, May 16, 2012

12 Efficacy of a computerized simulation in promoting walking in individuals with diabetes Full Text Journal of Medical Internet Research, May 15, 2012

13 Adherence to preventive recommendations: experience of a cohort presenting for executive health care Population Health Management, May 15, 2012

14 Design of an mHealth App for the Self-management of Adolescent Type 1 Diabetes: A Pilot Study Full Text Journal of Medical Internet Research, May 11, 2012

15 Medical futility at the end of life: the perspectives of intensive care and palliative care clinicians Journal of Medical Ethics, May 11, 2012

16 The role of proximity to death in need-based approaches to health care Health Policy, May 11, 2012

17 Washington state exhibits wide regional variation in proportion of medicaid-eligible children who get needed mental health care Health Affairs, May 10, 2012

18 Cost-effectiveness analysis of dronedarone versus other anti-arrhythmic drugs for the treatment of atrial fibrillation—results for canada, italy, sweden and switzerland The European Journal of Health Economics, May 9, 2012

19 Interdisciplinary Geriatric and Psychiatric Care Reduces Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in the Hospital: Interventional Study in 150 Acutely Ill Elderly Patients with Mental and Somatic Comorbid Conditions Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, May 9, 2012

20 A nonparametric statistical method that improves physician cost of care analysis Health Services Research, May 9, 2012

1 Medicaid tests paying for emergency psychiatric care HealthDataManagement, March 15, 2012

2 The Effectiveness of Chronic Care Management for Heart Failure: Meta-Regression Analyses to Explain the Heterogeneity in Outcomes Health Services Research, March 16, 2012

3 The leap of faith from disease treatment to lifestyle prevention: the genealogy of a policy idea Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, March 19, 2012

4 Delays in seeking conventional medical care and complementary and alternative medicine utilization Health Services Research, April 6, 2012

5 Resource utilization and costs before and after total joint arthroplasty BMC Health Services Research, March 30, 2012    Free full text

6 Variations in hospital standardised mortality ratios (HSMR) as a result of frequent readmissions BMC Health Services Research, April 5, 2012    Free full text

7 Patient Experience of Care in the Safety Net: Current Efforts and Challenges The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, March 14, 2012

8 Quality of maternity care practices of skilled birth attendants in Cambodia International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, March 30, 2012

9 Mutual powerlessness in client participation practices in mental health care Health Expectations, March 15, 2012

10 Measuring chronic care delivery: patient experiences and clinical performance International Journal for Quality in Health Care, April 9, 2012

11 Combining process indicators to evaluate quality of care for surgical patients with colorectal cancer: are scores consistent with short-term outcome Quality & Safety in Health Care, April 6, 2012

12 Comparison of Distribution- and Anchor-Based Approaches to Infer Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life of Prostate Cancer Survivors Health Services Research, March 15, 2012

13 How family caregivers' medical and moral assumptions influence decision making for patients in the vegetative state: a qualitative interview study Journal of Medical Ethics, March 7, 2012

14 Managing asthma in primary care through imperative outcomes Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, March 23, 2012

15 Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of chronic care management for diabetes: investigating heterogeneity in outcomes Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, March 7, 2012

16 Development of Web-Based Computer-Tailored Advice to Promote Physical Activity Among People Older Than 50 Years Journal of Medical Internet Research, March 6, 2012    Free full text

17 Does cultural context make a difference to women’s experiences of maternity care? A qualitative study comparing the perspectives of breast-feeding women of Bangladeshi origin and health practitioners Health Expectations, April 5, 2012

18 Associations between rationing of nursing care and inpatient mortality in Swiss hospitals International Journal for Quality in Health Care, March 29, 2012

19 Clinicians' adherence versus non adherence to practice guidelines in the management of patients with sarcoma: a cost-effectiveness assessment in two European regions BMC Health Services Research, March 29, 2012    Free full text

20 A cohort study of the recovery of health and wellbeing following colorectal cancer (CREW study): protocol paper BMC Health Services Research, April 5, 2012    Free full text