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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Objective: To determine whether patient access to secure patient–physician messaging affects annual adult primary care office visit and documented telephone contact rates. Study Design: ...

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 ...

Despite employees' desire for mental health and wellness support through the workplace, a lack of access to care is still holding some back from the help they need. Research from the American ...

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 ...