Improving Access to Subspecialty Care for Patients at Community Health Centers
October 26, 2012 | Story
RWJF Clinical Scholar explores the variety of models community health centers use to access subspecialty care for patients.
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GAO Report: Medicaid and CHIP Children Have Harder Time Finding Specialty Care
July 8, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
A newly released study from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have a much harder time obtaining care from medical specialists than do children ...
Shortage of On-Call Surgical Specialists in Nation's Emergency Rooms, RWJF Clinical Scholar Finds
February 4, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
In nearly three-quarters of the nation’s emergency rooms, patients might not be getting the urgent care they need because of inadequate on-call coverage by surgical specialists. RWJF Clinical Scholar Mitesh Rao, M.D, M.H.S. and his colleagues found ...
Role Reversal: When the Specialist Plays General Practitioner
July 1, 2002 | Program Results Report
From 1995 to 1998, researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, studied the impact on patient care when specialist physicians assume the generalist role.
Planning for a Managed Care Plan that Welcomes Specialists
September 1, 1997 | Program Results Report
During 1992 and 1993, staff at the Johns Hopkins Health System created a plan to develop and market a managed care product offering capitated specialist care for the employed chronically ill.
Specialists Understanding of the Health Care Preferences of Chronically Ill Adolescents
April 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Patient-centered health care promotes improved health outcomes and satisfaction with care.
Variability in the Labeling of Asthma Among Pediatricians
April 24, 2013 | Journal Article
Practicing pediatricians use various terms to describe standardized symptoms of asthma.
The Cost Of Overtriage
September 9, 2013 | Journal Article
Researchers compare the adjusted total cost of acute injury care to hospital admission costs transported by EMS to acute care hospitals in the western U.S.
Study Shows Physician Profiling Software Can Rank the Cost-Effectiveness of Some Specialties
December 15, 2007 | Program Results Report
Researchers at the University of Southern Maine examined the feasibility of using physician profiling software systems to rank physician specialists by their "cost efficiency".
Evaluation of Existing Research Shows the Need for More Studies on the Generalist/Specialist Mix
July 1, 2002 | Program Results Report
The University of Washington School of Medicine studied the feasibility and necessity of a new research project on the differences and similarities in the care provided by generalist and specialist physicians.