Health Services Research & Development

Mixed Method Designs in Implementation Research

This paper describes the application of mixed method designs in implementation research in 22 mental health services research studies published in peer-reviewed journals over th...

Patients, privacy and trust: Patients’ willingness to allow researchers to access their medical records

Severity Measurement Methods and Judging Hospital Death Rates for Pneumonia

Payers and policymakers are increasingly examining hospital mortality rates as indicators of hospital quality. To be meaningful, these death rates must be adjusted for patient s...

How severity measures rate hospitalized patients

Screening for psychiatric Illness with a combined screening and diagnostic instrument

Psychiatric Diagnosis and Intervention in Older and Younger Patients in a Primary Care Clinic: Effect of a Screening and Diagnostic Instrument

OBJECTIVES : To determine whether patient age is associated with psychiatric diagnosis or provider intervention in a busy primary care clinic, and, if so, whether a screening an...