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Nurse-staffing levels and the quality of care in hospitals.
- J. Needleman, P. Buerhaus, S. Mattke, M. Stewart, Katya Zelevinsky
- Medicine
- The New England journal of medicine
- 2002
BACKGROUND
It is uncertain whether lower levels of staffing by nurses at hospitals are associated with an increased risk that patients will have complications or die.
METHODS
We used administrative… Expand
Systematic Review: The Evidence That Publishing Patient Care Performance Data Improves Quality of Care
- C. Fung, Yee-Wei Lim, S. Mattke, C. Damberg, P. Shekelle
- Medicine
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- 15 January 2008
Although recent reports on the quality of U.S. health care document improvement in many clinical areas (1, 2) quality deficits remain (35). Studies suggest that the U.S. health care system often… Expand
Workplace Wellness Programs Study: Final Report.
This article investigates the characteristics of workplace wellness programs, their prevalence, their impact on employee health and medical cost, facilitators of their success, and the role of… Expand
Factors Affecting Physician Professional Satisfaction and Their Implications for Patient Care, Health Systems, and Health Policy.
- M. Friedberg, P. Chen, +9 authors M. Tutty
- Medicine
- Rand health quarterly
- 9 October 2013
The American Medical Association asked RAND Health to characterize the factors that affect physician professional satisfaction. RAND researchers sought to identify high-priority determinants of… Expand
A review of methods to measure health-related productivity loss.
- S. Mattke, A. Balakrishnan, G. Bergamo, S. Newberry
- Medicine
- The American journal of managed care
- 1 April 2007
BACKGROUND
Annual US health-related productivity losses are estimated to reach some $260 billion, attributable not only to absenteeism but also to presenteeism (being present at work but working at a… Expand
Nurse staffing in hospitals: is there a business case for quality?
- J. Needleman, P. Buerhaus, M. Stewart, Katya Zelevinsky, S. Mattke
- Medicine
- Health affairs
- 2006
We construct national estimates of the cost of increasing hospital nurse staffing and associated reductions in days, deaths, and adverse outcomes. Raising the proportion of nursing hours provided by… Expand
Evidence for the effect of disease management: is $1 billion a year a good investment?
OBJECTIVE
To assess the evidence for the effect of disease management on quality of care, disease control, and cost, with a focus on population-based programs.
STUDY DESIGN
Literature review.
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Selecting indicators for the quality of diabetes care at the health systems level in OECD countries.
- A. Nicolucci, S. Greenfield, S. Mattke
- Medicine
- International journal for quality in health care…
- 1 September 2006
PURPOSE
In the context of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Quality Indicators Project, a set of quality indicators for diabetes care was developed, to be used for… Expand
Systematic review of the impact of worksite wellness programs.
- K. Osilla, K. van Busum, C. Schnyer, J. W. Larkin, C. Eibner, S. Mattke
- Medicine
- The American journal of managed care
- 1 February 2012
OBJECTIVES
To analyze the impact of worksite wellness programs on health and financial outcomes, and the effect of incentives on participation.
METHODS
Sources were PubMed, CINAHL and EconLit,… Expand