2014
Are Comparisons of Patient Experiences Across Hospitals Fair? A Study in Veterans Health Administration Hospitals
Cleary PD, Meterko M, Wright SM, Zaslavsky AM. Are Comparisons of Patient Experiences Across Hospitals Fair? A Study in Veterans Health Administration Hospitals. Medical Care 2014, 52: 619-625. PMID: 24926709, PMCID: PMC4682878, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAttitude of Health PersonnelConfounding Factors, EpidemiologicContinuity of Patient CareFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHealth Services ResearchHospitals, VeteransHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionPatient SatisfactionQuality of Health CareResidence CharacteristicsSocioeconomic FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPatients' clinical characteristicsClinical characteristicsPatient characteristicsPatient experienceInitial acute myocardial infarctionPatient-reported health statusVeterans Health Administration hospitalsVeterans Affairs Medical CenterVA administrative dataPatient experience surveysPatient care experiencesComplex patientsMyocardial infarctionPatient surveyMedical recordsAdministration HospitalClinical dataHospital careMedical CenterClinical informationHOSPITAL scoreInpatient experienceHealth statusHospital
2011
Factors affecting the use of patient survey data for quality improvement in the Veterans Health Administration
Davies EA, Meterko MM, Charns MP, Nealon Seibert M, Cleary PD. Factors affecting the use of patient survey data for quality improvement in the Veterans Health Administration. BMC Health Services Research 2011, 11: 334. PMID: 22151714, PMCID: PMC3266219, DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-334.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAttitude of Health PersonnelClinical CompetenceHealth Care SurveysHospitals, VeteransHumansInterviews as TopicMedical Staff, HospitalOrganizational Case StudiesOrganizational CulturePatient SatisfactionPatient-Centered CareQuality ImprovementSocial SupportSurgicentersSurveys and QuestionnairesSystems AnalysisUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs
2010
Mortality among Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Influences of Patient‐Centered Care and Evidence‐Based Medicine
Meterko M, Wright S, Lin H, Lowy E, Cleary PD. Mortality among Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Influences of Patient‐Centered Care and Evidence‐Based Medicine. Health Services Research 2010, 45: 1188-1204. PMID: 20662947, PMCID: PMC2965500, DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01138.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAttitude to HealthEvidence-Based MedicineFemaleHealth Care SurveysHospitals, VeteransHumansLength of StayMaleMarkov ChainsMonte Carlo MethodMultivariate AnalysisMyocardial InfarctionOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient-Centered CarePeer Review, Health CareProportional Hazards ModelsQuality of Health CareSurveys and QuestionnairesSurvival RateUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPatient-centered careMyocardial infarctionInitial acute myocardial infarctionPatient health-related behaviorsVeterans Affairs Medical CenterBetter patient-centered carePatients' sociodemographic characteristicsPatient's clinical conditionRecent prospective studiesInfluence of patientImportant clinical benefitsProportional hazards modelEvidence-based treatmentsHealth-related behaviorsEvidence-based medicinePatient-physician relationshipPicker questionnaireCardiac symptomsPatient characteristicsAMI patientsClinical benefitProspective studyAMI careClinical conditions