scholarly journals Obesity, Health Services Use, and Health Care Costs Among Members of a Health Maintenance Organization

1998 ◽  
Vol 158 (5) ◽  
pp. 466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles P. Quesenberry ◽  
Bette Caan ◽  
Alice Jacobson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
Health Maintenance Organization ◽  
Health Services Use ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Care Costs ◽  
Services Use

scholarly journals Health Services Use and Health Care Costs of Obese and Nonobese Individuals

2004 ◽  
Vol 164 (19) ◽  
pp. 2135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marsha A. Raebel ◽  
Daniel C. Malone ◽  
Douglas A. Conner ◽  
Stanley Xu ◽  
Julie A. Porter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
Health Services Use ◽  
Care Costs ◽  
Services Use

HMOs and Health Services Research: The Penalty of Taking the Lead

1996 ◽  
Vol 53 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 18-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy B. Bernstein ◽  
Jill Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Health Services Research ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Health Maintenance Organization ◽  
Services Research ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Future Evolution ◽  
Different Types

Although health maintenance organization (HMO) structures and databases are not uniform across plans, there are unique characteristics of HMO data in general that make them useful in examining health policy and delivery issues. The authors examine differences in data generated by different types of HMOs. After discussing why health services research using HMO data is needed by HMOs, other providers, practitioners, payers, and consumers of health care, the authors examine ways in which HMOs can provide sound answers to crucially important questions about the future of health care. They conclude that although the need for research on HMOs is compelling, researchers need to understand the information needs of HMOs and the incentives that are shaping the industry's approach to system delivery and clinical outcomes research. If HMOs do not take the lead in conducting health services research, they will diminish their role in shaping policies that will shape their future evolution.

Filters on the pathway to mental health care, II. Sociodemographic factors

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 1149-1160 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Gallo ◽  
S. Marino ◽  
D. Ford ◽  
J. C. Anthony
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽  
Health Services Use ◽  
Relative Odds ◽  
Services Use

SynopsisThis study uses the prospectively gathered data of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program, a multi-site interview survey of mental disturbances among adult household residents in the United States, to compare health services use by individuals with different sociodemographic characteristics, accounting for the first-time occurrence of psychiatric disorder, over the course of a 1-year follow-up interval. Case ascertainment was by means of a standardized interview method, the Diagnostic Interview Schedule. In the present investigation, 13400 continuing participants in the household sample who reported no contact with mental health services in the 6 months prior to the initial interview were studied with regard to health services use and sociodemographic characteristics. Separately, and before the mental health assessments were made, respondents were asked about their use of health and mental health services. African-Americans were significantly less likely than whites to have consulted with a specialist in mental health (estimated relative odds, 0·22, 95% confidence interval 0·10 to 0·52), even accounting for coincident psychiatric disorder, gender, and other covariates known to be associated with differential use of health care services. Hispanics and other minorities were also less likely to have consulted a specialist in mental health (estimated relative odds, 0·37 and 0·26, respectively). This large community study extends previous work on mental health services and ethnicity.

scholarly journals Rural American Indian Medicaid Health Care Services Use and Health Care Costs in California

2006 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina T. Wong ◽  
Chi Kao ◽  
James A. Crouch ◽  
Carol C. Korenbrot
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Care Costs ◽  
Services Use

scholarly journals Health services use in eating disorders

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 1465-1474 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Striegel-Moore ◽  
L. DeBar ◽  
G. T. Wilson ◽  
J. Dickerson ◽  
F. Rosselli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Plan ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Primary Care Visit ◽  
Health Services Use ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Services Use

BackgroundThis study examined healthcare services used by adults diagnosed with an eating disorder (ED) in a large health maintenance organization in the Pacific Northwest.MethodElectronic medical records were used to collect information on all out-patient and in-patient visits and medication dispenses, from 2002 to 2004, for adults aged 18–55 years who received an ED diagnosis during 2003. Healthcare services received the year prior to, and following, the receipt of an ED diagnosis were examined. Cases were matched to five comparison health plan members who had a health plan visit close to the date of the matched case's ED diagnosis.ResultsIncidence of EDs (0.32% of the 104 130 females, and 0.02% of the 93 628 males) was consistent with prior research employing treatment-based databases, though less than community-based samples. Most cases (50%) were first identified during a primary-care visit and psychiatric co-morbidity was high. Health services use was significantly elevated in all service sectors among those with an ED when compared with matched controls both in the year preceding and that following the receipt of the incident ED diagnosis. Contrary to expectations, healthcare utilization was found to be similarly high across the spectrum of EDs (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and eating disorders not otherwise specified).ConclusionsThe elevation in health service use among women both before and after diagnosis suggests that EDs merit identification and treatment efforts commensurate with other mental health disorders (e.g. depression) which have similar healthcare impact.

scholarly journals Health Literacy Levels and Affecting Factors of Patients Who Applied to A University Hospital Polyclinic

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35
Author(s):  
Burkay Yakar ◽  
Mehtap Gömleksiz ◽  
Edibe Pirinççi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Affecting Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Costs

Aim: It is known that increasing health literacy can increase people's quality of life, enable them to benefit from health services more effectively and contribute to reducing health care costs. Inadequate health literacy has been reported to lead to insufficient health information, high risk of ill health, low level of understanding of treatment methods and increase in health care costs. Today, increasing number of chronic diseases, increasing the elderly population and increasing the budget allocated to health services have also increased the importance of health literacy levels. In this context, it is aimed to investigate health literacy levels and factors affecting our country. Methods: Our cross-sectional study was conducted in voluntary patients who applied to the family medicine outpatient clinic of a university. In our study, sociodemographic questionnaire form and Turkish Health Literacy Scale were used for data collection. Chi-square test was used for statistical analysis and p Results: 225 volunteers were included in our study. 62,1% of them were women. The mean score of the health literacy scale was 25.5±10.2. 50.6% of the participants were inadequate, and 25.1% of them had problematic health literacy level. The level of health literacy was found to be significantly lower in women, who had low education level, who were married and had children and who had vision problems. Conclusion: The data obtained from our study showed that our health literacy levels are low. We need to develop policies that increase our levels

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