1997
Evaluation of the HEDIS measure of behavioral health care quality. Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set
Druss B, Rosenheck R. Evaluation of the HEDIS measure of behavioral health care quality. Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set. Psychiatric Services 1997, 48: 71-75. PMID: 9117504, DOI: 10.1176/ps.48.1.71.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAlcoholismBehavior TherapyCombat DisordersComorbidityDepressive DisorderFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth Benefit Plans, EmployeeHumansInformation ServicesMaleMental DisordersMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient ReadmissionQuality of Health CareSchizophreniaSubstance-Related DisordersUnited StatesVeteransConceptsHealth Plan Employer DataSubstance use disordersReadmission ratesHEDIS measuresPsychiatric disordersUse disordersEmployer DataNational Veterans Affairs databaseVeterans Affairs databaseBehavioral health quality measuresHEDIS quality measuresBehavioral health plansMajor affective disordersHealth quality measuresHealth care plansBehavioral health careHealth care qualityOutpatient followOutpatient careCare plansInpatient measuresVA hospitalsAffective disordersHealth plansCare quality
1991
Psychiatric inpatient care in the VA: before, during, and after DRG- based budgeting
Rosenheck R, Massari L. Psychiatric inpatient care in the VA: before, during, and after DRG- based budgeting. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1991, 148: 888-891. PMID: 1905110, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.148.7.888.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnosis-related groupsMedical-surgical careNumber of episodesInpatient carePsychiatric careReadmission ratesMore episodesVeterans Affairs Medical CenterComputerized discharge abstractsHigher readmission ratesInpatient psychiatric careNon-VA hospitalsPsychiatric inpatient careVA inpatient careMedicare diagnosis-related groupsNonpsychiatric hospitalizationsUnduplicated patientsUnique patientsBed daysDischarge abstractsMedical CenterCareProspective payment systemMean lengthNumber of discharges