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The relationship between resource constraints and physician problem solving. Implications for improving the process of care

Lescoe-Long, Mary A.; Long, Michael J.; Amidon, Roger L.; Kronenfeld, Jennie J.; Glick, Deborah C. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1996-09)

Research suggests that physicians will engage in more vigilant problem-solving under conditions of resource constraints than under conditions of resource slack. Increased vigilance related to physicians' clinical strategies ...
The relationship between self-assessed health status, mortality, service use, and cost in a managed care setting

Long, Michael J.; Marshall, B. S. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999)

This article explores the extent to which Self-Assessed Health Status (SAH) can contribute to the development of capitation and premium rates by predicting mortality, service use, and service cost in an elderly population ...
The relationship of impending death and age category to treatment intensity in the elderly

Long, Michael J.; Marshall, Brenda Stevenson (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2000-02)

The purpose of this study was to isolate and quantify the age-related treatment intensity differential in elderly clients (n = 278) with functional disability in one managed care setting. For those who died during the ...
Residential care supply, nursing home licensing, and case mix in four states

Swan, James H.; Newcomer, Robert (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2000)

Simulation analyses quantify admission and continuing physical and cognitive impairment patient case-mix changes under two scenarios: with increases in residential care supply and with all nursing homes licensed only as ...
State-imposed limits on Medicaid reimbursement for nursing facility care

Swan, James H.; Harrington, Charlene; de Wit, Susan K.; Zhong, Ming (American Public Health Association, 1997-07)

Nursing cost-center limits were examined, along with their effects on Medicaid.
State Medicaid nursing home reimbursement rates: adjusting for ancillaries

Swan, James H.; Bhagavatula, Valli; Algotar, Amit; Seirawan, Mouhammad; Clemeña, Wendy; Harrington, Charlene (Oxford University Press, 2001-10)

State variation in inclusion of ancillary services in daily Medicaid nursing home reimbursement rates, versus covering ancillary costs outside of such rates, makes rate comparisons difficult. The purpose of this study is ...
The three keys to quality customer service: opening the doors to exceptional performance

Myers, Pennie; Nance, Don W. (Clinical Laboratory Management Association, 2002-07)

Excellence in customer service requires three things. The first is a commitment to a set of principles. These principles reflect beliefs and assumptions that people are valuable and deserve to be treated with dignity and ...
Use of covered services in Medicare home health care

Swan, James H.; Black, Linda B.; Benjamin, A. E.; Fox, P. (Routledge, 1995)

Using data on 295 patients entering Medicare home health care at discharge from Medicare hospital stays, we explain receipt of Medicare home health nursing, PT and OT visits, and length of stay. Care reflected need, but ...
Using self-assessed health to predict patient outcomes after total knee replacement

Long, Michael J.; McQueen, David A.; Bangalore, Vinay G; Schurman, John R. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkin, 2005-05)

Self-assessed health status has been shown to be a powerful predictor of mortality, service use, and total cost of medical care treatment. We investigated the potential for self-assessed health to further serve as a predictor ...
What price an additional day of life? A cost-effectiveness study of case management

Long, Michael J.; Marshall, Brenda S. (Managed Care & Healthcare Communications, 2000-08)

To examine the costs and benefits of a case-management program for an elderly, functionally impaired population in a managed care setting.
Zinc deprivation promotes progression of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced colon tumors but reduces malignant invasion in mice

Carter, John W.; Lancaster, Hugh K.; Hardman, W. Elaine; Cameron, Ivan L. (Routledge, 1997)

The aim of this study was to characterize colon tumor development and invasiveness associated with dietary zinc deprivation. Colon carcinogenesis was initiated by eight weekly subcutaneous injections of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine ...