... whether beneficiaries residing in low-expenditure regions perceive receiving lower-quality of care than those in high-expenditure regions, according to background information in the article.
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... (www.bloodthevitalconnection.org), designed to educate the public about this and other common blood conditions.
Quality of Care in Hospitalizations for Sickle Cell Disease in the U.S.: Do Low ...
... function (partial nephrectomy).
"The notion that the kind of insurance you have can affect the quality of the care you receive has implications for the ongoing discussion about national health care ...
... efficiency at hospitals, which could result in long-term cost savings and improved quality of care. In an attempt to reduce or eliminate potentially harmful medication errors, the Institute of ...
... within their Partners program suggest that educational interventions by academic cancer centers can improve quality of care for cancer patients at community hospitals. The study, to be presented at ...
... and unintended consequences for health," say the authors. "Keeping the focus on quality care—through patient-centered policies on drug choice, diagnostics, delivery, and M&E—will help the ...
... "Information providers cannot present 'just the facts,'" the authors wrote. If helped to integrate quality-of-care information into their judgments and reduce reliance on cost, people can make better ...
... to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s 9th Scientific Forum on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke. Researchers observed 53,936 Veteran ...
... urgent need to improve end-of-life care for older people in the final stages of dementia, ... healthcare disciplines can work together to enhance the quality of care they provide older people in the end ...
... . Incentive programs such as public reporting and pay for performance may improve quality of care at many hospitals. However, these incentives may have unintended consequences, including exacerbating ...
... 55 years or older and had to have visited a primary care physician for any health reason in the two ... meant to provide a view to the bone health and quality of care of “typical” community-dwelling women ...
... kinship settings can only alleviate a shortage of quality foster care families best able to provide ... support these families as much as we would a foster care family. The data speaks to the value of kin ...
... resources beyond income alone. "Strengthening the quality of parenting should also include services aimed ... family literacy and education, reducing parental stress, and providing high-quality child care ...
... lives."
Methodology: In developing the scorecard, researchers used the Institute of Medicine's framework for quality of care and drew on indicators developed by the U.S. Department of Health and ...
... gene mutations.
"My interest is in how to improve the quality of care for youth and young adults with childhood ... time during office visits, might limit their ability to provide high quality primary ...
