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Browsing by Subject "Health Care Surveys"
Now showing items 1-14 of 14
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A survey-based study of wrong-level lumbar spine surgery: the scope of the problem and current practices in place to help avoid these errors.
(World neurosurgery, 2013-03)<h4>Objective</h4>To understand better the scope of wrong-level lumbar spine surgery and current practices in place to help avoid such errors.<h4>Methods</h4>The Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves ... -
Assessment of Impact of Long-Cassette Standing X-Rays on Surgical Planning for Cervical Pathology: An International Survey of Spine Surgeons.
(Neurosurgery, 2016-05)<h4>Background</h4>Understanding the role of regional segments of the spine in maintaining global balance has garnered significant attention recently. Long-cassette radiographs (LCR) are necessary to evaluate global spinopelvic ... -
Availability of post-hospital services supporting community reintegration for children with identified surgical need in Uganda.
(BMC health services research, 2018-09-20)BACKGROUND:Community services and supports are essential for children transitioning home to recover from the hospital after surgery. This study assessed the availability and geographic capacity of rehabilitation, assistive ... -
Caring for Alaska Native prostate cancer survivors in primary care: a survey of Alaska Tribal Health System providers.
(Int J Circumpolar Health, 2014)BACKGROUND: Little is known about the constraints of optimizing health care for prostate cancer survivors in Alaska primary care. OBJECTIVE: To describe the experiences and attitudes of primary care providers within the ... -
Characteristics and Delivery of Diabetes Shared Medical Appointments in North Carolina.
(North Carolina medical journal, 2019-09)BACKGROUND Successful diabetes care requires patient engagement and health self-management. Diabetes shared medical appointments (SMAs) are an evidence-based approach that enables peer support, diabetes group education, ... -
Community-Based Long-Term Care Services: If We Build It, Will They Come?
(Journal of aging and health, 2016-03)<h4>Objective</h4>This study examines the relationship between caregivers' perception of community-based long-term care (CBLTC) services and the service use.<h4>Method</h4>We used first two waves of the longitudinal data ... -
Gaps in receipt of regular eye examinations among medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with diabetes or chronic eye diseases.
(Ophthalmology, 2014-12)OBJECTIVE: To examine a wide range of factors associated with regular eye examination receipt among elderly individuals diagnosed with glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, or diabetes mellitus (DM). DESIGN: Retrospective ... -
Perception Versus Actual Performance in Timely Tissue Plasminogen Activation Administration in the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke.
(J Am Heart Assoc, 2015-07-22)BACKGROUND: Timely thrombolytic therapy can improve stroke outcomes. Nevertheless, the ability of US hospitals to meet guidelines for intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) remains suboptimal. What is unclear is ... -
Private health insurance coverage for substance abuse and mental health services, 1995 to 1998.
(Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 2004-02)Four years of data from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse were combined to examine the characteristics of underinsurance in a sample of privately insured Americans aged 18 to 64. Among these adults, 38 percent ... -
Spousal concordance in health behavior change.
(Health Serv Res, 2008-02)OBJECTIVE: This study examines the degree to which a married individual's health habits and use of preventive medical care are influenced by his or her spouse's behaviors. STUDY DESIGN: Using longitudinal data on individuals ... -
Substance use, dependence, and service utilization among the US uninsured nonelderly population.
(American journal of public health, 2003-12)OBJECTIVES:We examined the prevalence and correlates of substance use, dependence, and service utilization among uninsured persons aged 12 to 64 years. METHODS:We drew study data from the 1998 National Household Survey on ... -
Survey of current practices among US epileptologists of antiepileptic drug withdrawal after epilepsy surgery.
(Epilepsy Behav, 2013-02)In order to identify the current practices of antiepileptic drug (AED) withdrawal after epilepsy surgery, a survey was administered to 204 adult and pediatric epileptologists. The responses from 58 epileptologists revealed ... -
United States Emergency Department Use of Medications with Pharmacogenetic Recommendations.
(The western journal of emergency medicine, 2021-09-23)<h4>Introduction</h4>Emergency departments (ED) use many medications with a range of therapeutic efficacy and potential significant side effects, and many medications have dosage adjustment recommendations based on the patient's ... -
Use of substance abuse treatment services by persons with mental health and substance use problems.
(Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 2003-03)OBJECTIVES: This study provided population estimates of mental syndromes and substance use problems and examined whether the co-occurrence of mental health and substance use problems was associated with the use of substance ...
