Objective: To determine whether a major improvement in access(ie, implementing an open access system) in a large multispecialtymedical group during 2000 was associated with changes in utilizationor ...

Online patient access to health records ups utilization Patients with access to their electronic health records had more office visits, phone and ER encounters, after-hours clinic visits and ...

Once the stepchild of the American health care system, primary care is now the linchpin of efforts to improve the health and health care of individuals and communities and to bring down costs. Factors ...

States that implemented their own health insurance marketplaces and expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) improved people's access to medical care, according to new data from the ...

Objectives: We examine the relationship between health insurance coverage and children's access to and utilization of medical care. Access measures we study are having a usual source of care (USC) and ...

Following a brief discussion on utilization management, experts discuss the current paradigm of patient access to therapy. Neil Minkoff, MD: Dr Stephens, could you also weigh in on how utilization ...

To describe the utilization, accessibility and satisfaction of primary and preventive health-care services to individuals with long-term spinal cord injuries, and compare results among three countries ...

Adults with the common chronic skin condition eczema had higher out-of-pocket health care costs, more lost workdays, poorer overall health, more health care utilization and impaired access to care ...

Alexandria, VA, USA - At the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), held in conjunction with the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental ...

We recruited women with nonmetastatic disease from a survivorship cohort who had undergone mastectomy within 1-5 years for semi-structured interviews to explore experiences with treatment. This ...