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Predictors of functional recovery for hip fractured elders during 12 months following hospital discharge: a prospective study on a Taiwanese sample
(Springer-Verlag; International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation, 2004-06)
To examine the longitudinal changes in overall and individual physical activities of daily living (PADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after hospital discharge in elderly ...
The mental health care context and patient characteristics: Implications for provider job satisfaction
(Springer-Verlag; Association of Behavioral Healthcare Management, NCCBH, 2002-08)
This research examines job satisfaction among 282 staff providing mental health care to 574 patients with serious mental illness. The mental health staff worked in 18 Department of Veterans Affairs inpatient and outpatient ...
Characteristics of primary care physicians and their practices associated with mammography rates for older women Barbara Threatt, M.D., was a consultant regarding mammography practice and physician's interactions with older women.
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2003-11-01)
BACKGROUND Mammography screening rates are below national recommendations for older women. Understanding the relation between the characteristics of primary care physicians (PCPs) and mammography rates for older women can ...
Who Will Volunteer? Religiosity, Everyday Racism, and Social Participation Among African American Men
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2004-10)
This study explores the relative importance of everyday racism, empathic concern, communalism, and religiosity as predictors of pro-social involvement (i.e., volunteerism and membership in political/social justice ...
Measurement Error in Prenatal Care Utilization: Evidence of Attenuation Bias in the Estimation of Impact on Birth Weight
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-03)
Objective: Errors in the measurement of the timing and number of prenatal care visits may produce downward bias in estimates of the impact of prenatal care use on birth outcomes. This paper examines the extent of attenuation ...
The Effect of Legal and Hospital Policies on Physician Response to Prenatal Substance Exposure
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-09)
Objectives : To determine the influence of a state's legal environment and a hospital's Prenatal Substance Exposure (PSE) protocol on physicians' propensity to respond when prenatal substance exposure is suspected. Methods ...
Take-Up of Medicare Part D and the SSA Subsidy: Early Results from the Health and Retirement Study
(Michigan Retirement Research Center, University of Michigan, P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, 2007-10)
We analyze newly available data from the Health and Retirement Study on senior citizens’ take-up of Medicare Part D and the associated SSA Low-Income Subsidy. We
find that economic factors – specifically, demand for ...
Evaluation of Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 Taiwan version in assessing elderly patients with hip fracture
(Springer-Verlag; International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation, 2004-07)
The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36) is a widely used measure of generic health related quality of life. The purpose of this study is to establish the validity and reliability of the SF-36, Taiwan Version, when ...
The rise of human service chains: antecedents to acquisitions and their effects on the quality of care in US nursing homes
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2002-06)
This paper studies acquisitions of nursing home facilities by chains. We first test alternative ‘cream-skimming’ and ‘turn-around’ arguments concerning nursing home acquisitions. We then consider post-acquisition changes ...