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Rural Health Clinic Costs And Medicare Reimbursement, John A. Gale Ms, Zachariah T. Croll Mph, Andrew F. Coburn Phd

Rural Health Clinics

The Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Program is one of the nation’s oldest rural primary care programs. A key feature of the RHC Program is Medicare and Medicaid volume-appropriate, cost-based reimbursement, which is designed to sustain these vulnerable rural primary care providers. Medicare currently pays RHCs for the lesser of reasonable costs (expressed as an adjusted cost per visit) for a defined package of RHC services or a per-visit reimbursement cap, from which provider-based RHCs owned by hospitals with fewer than 50 beds are exempt. Although the per-visit cap is updated periodically, RHC administrators, policymakers, and stakeholders question whether the updates …

Analisis Produk Layanan Rawat Inap Di Rsud Wangaya Denpasar Berdasarkan Stp (Segmenting, Targeting, Positioning) Dan 4 P (Product, Price, Place, Promotion), Ni Putu Sri Wahyuni

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

Service marketing strategy will increase the level of customer satisfaction with marketing mix consisting of 4 P (product, price, place, promotion) and supported by modern STP marketing strategies (Segmenting, Targeting and Positioning) as a technique to look for market opportunities, so that the hospital is able to provide health services according to customer needs. Descriptive research has been conducted to describe a situation objectively, to solve the problem being faced. The data used are secondary data that includes inpatient visit data, occupancy data for inpatient rooms, and community satisfaction data in inpatient rooms. Based on the results of the study, …

Improving Patient Safety And Hospital Service Quality Through Electronic Medical Record: A Systematic Review, Muhammad Firdaus

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

To understand the Electronic medical records (EMR) role in improving patient safety and hospital’s service quality. Articles that included and assessed for the eligibility in this review was an article that show an effect of patient’ safety, and product quality in hospital in correlation on using EMR. The most important function of EMR implementation is to improve patient safety in hospital, in addition to reducing cost. EMR reduce excess cost of Hospital Acquired Condition (HAC) by 16%, reduce death due to HAC by 34%. Doctor and nurse’s belief that the quality of patient data is better when EMR are easier …

Analisis Kinerja Dokter Verifikator Internal Dalam Menurunkan Angka Klaim Pending Di Rsud Koja Tahun 2018, Ayu Nadya Kusumawati, Pujianto Pujianto

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

The doctor's internal verifier has an important task in reducing the number of pending claims especially for controlling the suitability of coding with diagnoses on medical resumes. This research explain that the performance of internal verifier doctors in reducing the number of pending claims in Koja Hospital in 2018 by reviewing claims files and observations on claim data from 2017 to 2019. This study uses an intervention evaluation study design by analyzing quantitative and qualitative data. The method used is to compare data coding errors on pending hospitalization claims Pre-intervention and Post-Intervention doctor internal verifiers both in number of claims …

Analisis Ketidaklengkapan Rekam Medis Pasien Rawat Inap Di Rumah Sakit Dharma Kerti Tabanan, Made Karma Maha Wirajaya, Ni Made Umi Kartika Dewi

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

One parameter to determine the quality of health services in hospitals are information from medical records that is good and complete. Based on observations, there are some pieces of missing medical records and there are still some incomplete medical records. This study aim to analysis the complete inpatients medical records at Dharma Kerti Tabanan Hospital. This study was descriptive study conducted at the Dharma Kerti Tabanan Hospital. This study use 232 inpatients medical records and use systematic random sampling. Based on the results of the analysis found that in terms of completeness of identification, classified as incomplete (99.14%). In terms …

Pengaruh Pelaksanaan Code Stemi Terhadap Strategi Pemasaran Rsupn Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo, Eka Ginanjar, Amal Chalik Sjaaf, Wahyu Sulistiadi

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

Nowadays, the competition in the hospital industry business is getting tougher. For this reason, hospitals are required to have innovations and strategies to attract patients. One of the necessary things to encourage patients to come to the hospital is a good hospital marketing strategy. This research aims to identify the impact of CODE STEMI program on the marketing strategy of the Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital. This research uses quantitative methods by tracking medical records and administrative documents, as well as qualitative methods by observation and in-depth interviews. The results showed a decrease in mortality, MACE, door to balloon time, …

Analysis Of Marketing Mix Element Affecting Medical Tourism, Tiara Edithia Natalia, Wahyu Sulistiadi

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

Medical tourism sector, for third world nowadays, is a multifactorial sector that has slowly risen to the point of becoming one of the industries that produces income and pretty competitive in the world, and also has been considered as sophisticated tourism in modern field. This study aims to investigate the elements of the marketing mix and other factors that influence medical tourism. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses (PRISMA) was used in this study From 11 articles reviewed, it’s found that almost all of the marketing mix element were related to medical tourism in a country. Some …

Strategi Pemasaran Pelayanan Home Care Rumah Sakit Umum Bhakti Rahayu Denpasar, I Nyoman Gede Bayu Wiratama Suwedia, Maria Wahyu Daruki

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

Changes in the pattern of diseases to degenerative diseases and chronic diseases are growing lately and many hospitals have not yet developed chronic disease services. Bhakti Rahayu General Hospital has one of them Home Care (HC) services that has been running but has not developed well due to the lack of marketing to patients with categories and diagnoses of diseases that can be treated with HC, so it is necessary to develop and plan strategies in marketing home care services as one of the hospital's earnings. This study was conducted using a pattern of observation and participation; in-depth interviews with …

Factors Influencing Family Burden In Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Encounters, Hannah R. Abrams, Hayden S. Leeds, Heidi V. Russell, Melody B. Hellsten

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews

Purpose: Caring for a child with cancer or hematologic disease places unique stress on a family unit. Families’ subjective experience of this care-related burden mediates the relationship between cost and health-related outcomes. While financial costs are well described for families of pediatric hematology/oncology patients, it is unclear how cost and other factors each contribute to families’ overall experience of care-related burden. This study identifies and groups the challenges that families report and describes their association with overall reported burden.

Methods: This mixed-methods analysis of a cross-sectional single-center study was conducted via structured, self-administered questionnaire provided to inpatient and outpatient caregivers …

"The Healing Of America" And The Next Steps For American Healthcare, Carter A. Hanson

Student Publications

An exploration of three healthcare systems—France, United Kingdom, and Canada—and what can be learned for them. Elements from the three national systems are combined into a proposal for reforming the American healthcare system into a devolved single-payer system.

Regional Variation In Chronic Kidney Disease And Associated Factors In Hypertensive Individuals In Rural South Asia: Findings From Control Of Blood Pressure And Risk Attenuation-Bangladesh, Pakistan And Sri Lanka, Liang Feng, Hithanadura Asita De Silva, Imtiaz Jehan, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Gulshan Himani, Mohammad Abul Hasnat, Tazeen Jafar, Cobra-Bps Study Group

Community Health Sciences

Background: We aimed to determine the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its cross-country variation among hypertensive individuals in rural Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. We also explored the factors associated with CKD in these populations.
Method: We studied baseline data from the Control of Blood Pressure and Risk Attenuation-Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (COBRA-BPS) trial, an ongoing cluster randomized controlled trial on 2643 hypertensive adults ≥40 years of age from 30 randomly selected rural clusters, 10 in each of the three countries. CKD was defined as an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) /min/1.73 m2 or a urine albumin:creatinine …

Understanding Young Adult Survivors Of Childhood Cancers’ Participation In Late Effects Screening: A Mixed Methods Approach, Kristen Trost Mantlo

Health Services Research Dissertations

Significant advancements in the treatment of childhood cancers have helped to increase the 5-year survival rate from 56% in the early 1970s to approximately 80-85% in the early 2000s (Greenlee, Murray, Bolden, & Wingo, 2000; Hampton, 2005). Treatment modalities such as chemotherapy and radiation have led to many serious long-term side effects, known as late effects. Between 60% and 90% of survivors develop some form of long-term chronic condition due to their treatment and up to 40% of those conditions will be life-threatening (Howlader, N. et al., 2013). While the majority of young adult survivors of childhood cancer are at …

The Upper East Side Vs Central Harlem: What Is Responsible For The Dermatology Disparities That Shaped These Communities?, Zakiya Cush, Jeffrey Weinberg

Annual SHSP Student Research and Scholarship Day

Very few studies have been done to understand why there is a paucity of dermatology practices in the Central Harlem (CH) community in Manhattan. This ecological and exploratory study will identify factors such as, geographical location, race, socioeconomic status, health care and medical education, as reasons why there is a disparity between the dermatology services in the CH community versus the Upper East Side (UES) of Manhattan. Thus, examining the differences in the neighborhoods as a mediator, it is hypothesized there is a need for increased dermatology practices to CH, as not catering to the clinical needs of a community …

World Health Organization Cardiovascular Disease Risk Charts: Revised Models To Estimate Risk In 21 Global Regions, Stephen Kaptoge, Lisa Pennells, Dirk De Bacquer, Marie Therese Cooney, Maryam Kavousi, Gretchen Stevens, Leanne Margaret Riley, Stefan Savin, Taskeen Khan, Servet Altay, Carlos J. Crespo, Multiple Additional Authors

OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background: To help adapt cardiovascular disease risk prediction approaches to low-income and middle-income countries, WHO has convened an effort to develop, evaluate, and illustrate revised risk models. Here, we report the derivation, validation, and illustration of the revised WHO cardiovascular disease risk prediction charts that have been adapted to the circumstances of 21 global regions.

Methods: In this model revision initiative, we derived 10-year risk prediction models for fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease (ie, myocardial infarction and stroke) using individual participant data from the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration. Models included information on age, smoking status, systolic blood pressure, history …

Hematological Indices Of Pesticide Exposure Rice Farmers In Southern Thailand, Wiyada Kwanhian, Supabhorn Yimthiang, Siriuma Jawjit, Junjira Mahaboon, Udomratana Vattanasit, Phiman Thirarattanasunthon

Kesmas

The most common pesticides used in rice farming are organophosphates and carbamates. These pesticides inhibit acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity, resulting in excessive levels of acetylcholine accumulation and disrupted neurotransmission. This study compared AChE activity and hematological parameters between pesticide-using rice farmers, non-pesticide using rice farmers, and non-agricultural occupational groups (non-farmers). Pesticide residues that accumulated in rice and the water and soil of the study area were also determined. AChE activity of all participants showed 10 from 87 samples (11.49%) as borderline depressed, with 50% of these being pesticide-using farmers. Most of the hematological parameters were normal in all samples. However, platelet …

Analysis Of Traditional Health Care In Three Community Health Centers In West Java Province, Indonesia, 2018, Adik Wibowo, Evita Diniawati, Than Tun Sein

Kesmas

The National Traditional Health Care set up three objectives for its implementation at the health centers, whereby health staff to be trained on traditional health and provide accupressure care, able to collect data, register and provide technical guidance to traditional healers and guide individuals in the use of traditional medicine and herbs. This qualitative research aimed to analyze the implementation of traditional health care at 3 subdistrict health centers Ciomas, Ciawi and Caringin in district Bogor. Data was collected through document analysis, observation and indepth inteview. Each health center has trained staff in accupressure but care is hindered by lack …

Behavior Problem Impact To Decreasing Kidney Function Among Migrant Workers, Laily Isroin, Made Suandika

Kesmas

Indonesian Workers were undergoing 18% of hemodyalysis from the number of hemodyalysis patients. They did not know about CRF. The study aimed to analyze the behavior of migrant workers who were suffering hemodyalysis. The study used a qualitative design with a phenomenological approach, that is carried out on former migrant workers who suffer from chronic kidney failure. Indepth interview used as data collection. While data validation used triangulation and confirmability. Data analysis techniques was done by reducing and interpreting the data. The study show migrant workers behavior before becoming migrant workers were very pathetic. They often drunk kind of energy …

Effects Of Son Preference On Contraceptive Use In Bangladesh, Mohammad Nazmul Hoq

Kesmas

Son preference resulting from traditional beliefs, social customs and economic benefits including support of aging parents is widespread not only in Bangladesh but also in many Asian and African countries, which are believed for low levels of contraceptive use. To carry out the research task effectively and efficiently, the research work extracted 16,858 currently married women aged 15-49 out of 17,863 ever-married women from a nationally representative 2014 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey Data (BDHS, 2014) set. Levels of contraceptive prevalence rate of the respondents having only daughters is found only 48.4, which is remarkably lower than the national average …

The Risk Of Hypertension In Adulthood As A Consequence Of Adolescent Obesity, Demsa Simbolon, Epti Yorita, Ruzita Abd Talib

Kesmas

Population increase in adolescence are associated with increased overweight and obesity problems. If this problem not early intervention will have an impact on increasing hypertension prevalence and risk of death. This research aimed to explain the consequences of overweight and obesity in adolescent to hypertension in adults. The study used Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) data with a retrospective cohort study. Adolescent BMI measurements on 2007 and the risk of hypertension on 2014. Population are all adolescents aged 10-20 years in 2007. Sample of 1,697 adolescent who randomly IFLS 2007 with the inclusion criteria: biological children and a single birth, …

Duration Of Hormonal Contraception And Risk Of Cervical Cancer, Yuni Kusmiyati, Annisaputri Prasistyami, Heni Puji Wahyuningsih, Hesty Widyasih, Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah Adnani

Kesmas

The use of long hormonal contraceptives can disrupt the balance of estrogen in the body, resulting in abnormal cell changes. This study aimed to determine a correlation between the duration of hormonal contraception and risk of cervical cancer. This study used a case-control design. The population were patients who had examined at a cancer installation and obstetrics-gynecology polyclinic Dr. Sardjito Hospital in 2018. Case samples were 95 women have cervical cancer diagnosis and control were 95 women with a negative pap smear. Sampling with random sampling. Dependent variable cervical cancer and independent variable the duration of hormonal contraception are obtained …