However, because there is little information on how state policy makers select and evaluate such policies, in-depth telephone interviews were conducted with key informants in Medicaid programs that had recently made changes in cost-sharing policies. Among the barriers to evidence-based policy making ...
We considered variables in the Interstudy database that we hypothesized might be related to health plan performance. These included the number of years the plan had been in operation; model type: group/staff (the health plan employs the physicians or contracts with a single group), independent ...
Design Cross-sectional telephone survey of parents of children and adolescents aged 2 to 16 years with asthma, insured by Medicaid, and enrolled in 1 of 5 managed care plans. The main outcome was parent-reported underuse of controllers among children with persistent asthma. Survey items included...
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BRFSS is an ongoing, state-based, telephone survey of adults in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. The survey collects data on health-risk behaviors, chronic diseases and conditions, among other variables. Pregnant women were excluded from the present analyses, as ...
Up to 3 telephone reminders were made, with the option to complete the survey over the telephone. If requested, the survey and accompanying materials were available in Spanish. Overall, the response rate was 28.3%, consistent with other Medicaid mail surveys.27,28 Compared with nonresponders, ...
although the health care needs of cshcn often are not met, mcc have an even higher number of unmet needs, both within the health care system and with community-based services. primary care providers often acknowledge a lack of comfort, time, and resources in treating and coordinating the care...
Data from this telephone triage line show that after its inception, it received more than 350 calls per month from concerned parents. Of those calls, home care advice (ie, no referral to the ED) was given in more than 70% of the cases. Direct data on the number of ED visits averted ...
The BRFSS is a nationally representative telephone survey administered each year by the CDC to more than 400 000 noninstitutionalized individuals 18 years or older in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia, and 3 US territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands). The survey ...
Association of Area Deprivation With Primary Hypertension Diagnosis Among Youth Medicaid Recipients in Delaware Carissa M. Baker-Smith, MD, MPH, MS1; Wei Yang, PhD2; Mary J. McDuffie, MA3; et al Erin P. Nescott, MS3; Bethany J. Wolf, PhD4; Cathy H. Wu, PhD5; Zugui Zhang, PhD6;...