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View article: Hitting or Missing Healthcare Expectations of Chinese Immigrants with Language Barriers
Hitting or Missing Healthcare Expectations of Chinese Immigrants with Language Barriers Open
Introduction: Chinese immigrants are one of the fastest growing yet least studied minority groups in the United States. This study explored the unique experiences of this vulnerable population which experienced language barriers during hea…
View article: Factors Associated With Intent to Leave the Nursing Profession in the United States: An Integrative Review
Factors Associated With Intent to Leave the Nursing Profession in the United States: An Integrative Review Open
The ongoing regional nursing shortages in the United States, exacerbated by the COVID‐19 pandemic, compromise patient safety and quality. Additionally, an aging workforce coupled with an aging population requiring more nursing care service…
View article: IMPACT OF VALUE-BASED PURCHASE MODEL ON RACIAL DISPARITIES IN ACCESSING HIGH-QUALITY HOME HEALTH CARE
IMPACT OF VALUE-BASED PURCHASE MODEL ON RACIAL DISPARITIES IN ACCESSING HIGH-QUALITY HOME HEALTH CARE Open
Home healthcare (HHC) plays a pivotal role in serving Americans who “Age in Place”, particularly persons living with dementia (PLWD). Along with its rapid growth, there are increasing concerns of care disparities under the current HHC syst…
View article: Palliative Nursing in Home Health Care Across the Lifespan
Palliative Nursing in Home Health Care Across the Lifespan Open
Primary palliative nursing in home health care (HHC) can be delivered to medically complex patients across the lifespan. Primary palliative nursing provides patient- and family-centered care for serious illness by alleviating the stress an…
View article: Medicare Advantage and Home Health Care
Medicare Advantage and Home Health Care Open
Objectives: Home health care serves millions of Americans who are “Aging in Place,” including the rapidly growing population of Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees. This study systematically reviewed extant evidence illustrating home health …
View article: Corrigendum: Chain mediations of perceived social support and emotional regulation efficacy between role stress and compassion fatigue: insights from the COVID-19 pandemic
Corrigendum: Chain mediations of perceived social support and emotional regulation efficacy between role stress and compassion fatigue: insights from the COVID-19 pandemic Open
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1269594.].
View article: Improvement of Nurses’ Ability in Addressing Low Health Literacy to Reduce Hospital Readmission in Adult Heart Failure Patients: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Improvement of Nurses’ Ability in Addressing Low Health Literacy to Reduce Hospital Readmission in Adult Heart Failure Patients: A Quality Improvement Initiative Open
Background: Heart failure continues to increase nationally and globally, costing billions of dollars to treat.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services created a Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program to impose financial penalties fo…
View article: IMPACT OF HOME HEALTH VALUE-BASED PURCHASE MODEL ON OWNERSHIP OF HOME HEALTH AGENCY: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS
IMPACT OF HOME HEALTH VALUE-BASED PURCHASE MODEL ON OWNERSHIP OF HOME HEALTH AGENCY: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS Open
Home health care serves over 5 million Americans “aging in place”. In January 2016, home health value-based purchasing model (HHVBP) was introduced and piloted in 9 states in the US with a purpose of improving care quality and efficiency, …
View article: Chain mediations of perceived social support and emotional regulation efficacy between role stress and compassion fatigue: insights from the COVID-19 pandemic
Chain mediations of perceived social support and emotional regulation efficacy between role stress and compassion fatigue: insights from the COVID-19 pandemic Open
Background Nurses at the frontline faced high risks of the COVID-19 infection, undertook heavy workloads of patient care, and experienced tremendous stress that often led to compassion fatigue. Aim This study was to explore the role of pos…
View article: Continuity of Care Versus Language Concordance as an Intervention to Reduce Hospital Readmissions From Home Health Care
Continuity of Care Versus Language Concordance as an Intervention to Reduce Hospital Readmissions From Home Health Care Open
Background: Language concordance between health care practitioners and patients have recently been shown to lower the risk of adverse health events. Continuity of care also been shown to have the same impact. Objective: The purpose of this…
View article: A multi-language qualitative study of limited English proficiency patient experiences in the United States
A multi-language qualitative study of limited English proficiency patient experiences in the United States Open
The multi-language nature of this study and its methodological insights are innovative as most studies have focused on clinicians or patient experiences in a single language.
View article: Psychological distress and its associated factors among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Hunan, China: a cross-sectional study
Psychological distress and its associated factors among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Hunan, China: a cross-sectional study Open
Background : Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience a high risk for psychological distress. Understanding what factors contributing to this risk is vital for developing effective interventions to address COPD…
View article: NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITY PERFORMANCE OF HOME HEALTH AGENCIES: A COHORT STUDY
NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITY PERFORMANCE OF HOME HEALTH AGENCIES: A COHORT STUDY Open
Home health care (HHC) is a core source of home- and community-based services to older adults “aging in place’. This study examined variation in HHC quality by neighborhood characteristics in the US by using 5 years (2014-2019) of national…
View article: HOME HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS
HOME HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS Open
Despite the rapid increase in the needs for home- and community-based services (HCBS), including home health care which is the most commonly used HCBS, workforce shortage has become a critical challenge to home health agencies in providing…
View article: Quality of care in home health agencies with and without accreditation: a cohort study
Quality of care in home health agencies with and without accreditation: a cohort study Open
While home health agencies (HHAs) can seek accreditation to recognize their quality of service, it is unknown whether agencies with accreditation perform better in providing care than those without accreditation. Using 5-year data from nat…
View article: Honoring Asian diversity by collecting Asian subpopulation data in health research
Honoring Asian diversity by collecting Asian subpopulation data in health research Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a substantial human, social, and economic toll causing nearly 1 million deaths in the United States (US). The disproportionate impact of the pandemic on morbidity and mortality in minoritized communities cou…
View article: Data Quality of Automated Comorbidity Lists in Patients With Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
Data Quality of Automated Comorbidity Lists in Patients With Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Open
EHRs provide an opportunity to conduct research on underrepresented oncology populations with mental health and substance use disorders. However, a lack of data quality may introduce unintended bias into EHR data. The objective of this art…
View article: Patient-Rated Performance of Home Health Agencies and Hospitalization Risk: A Propensity-Score Matched Analysis
Patient-Rated Performance of Home Health Agencies and Hospitalization Risk: A Propensity-Score Matched Analysis Open
Home health care is the most commonly used home- and community-based service to older adults “Aging in Place”. Patient experience of healthcare services is a critical aspect of patient-centered care. Indeed, policymakers have linked patien…
View article: Inequities in Access to High-Quality Home Health Agencies Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities With and Without Dementia
Inequities in Access to High-Quality Home Health Agencies Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities With and Without Dementia Open
There are rising concerns of inequities in access to high-quality home health agencies (HHA). Using multiple national data sources that included 574,682 individuals from 8,634 HHA, we examined access to high-quality HHA care among racial a…
View article: Forgotten Front Line: Understanding the Needs of Unionized Home Health Aides in Downstate New York During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Forgotten Front Line: Understanding the Needs of Unionized Home Health Aides in Downstate New York During the COVID-19 Pandemic Open
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, home health aides (HHAs) provided daily medical and personal care to community-dwelling older adults and those with chronic conditions. Prior qualitative studies have found that prov…
View article: Association of Grip Strength with Quality of Life in the Chinese Oldest Old
Association of Grip Strength with Quality of Life in the Chinese Oldest Old Open
Emerging studies have suggested an association between grip strength and health-related quality of life (QOL). However, evidence for which specific domains of QOL are associated with grip strength remains limited and inconsistent. Particul…
View article: The Impact of Covid‐19 on Certified Nursing Assistants in New York City: A <scp>Cross‐Sectional</scp> Study
The Impact of Covid‐19 on Certified Nursing Assistants in New York City: A <span>Cross‐Sectional</span> Study Open
Research Objective In December 2020, the New York Times reported that nursing home (NH) residents and workers accounted for 38% of COVID‐19 related deaths in the U.S. Despite this toll, research documenting the impact of the pandemic from …
View article: Factors associated with difficulty in adapting and intent to leave among new graduate nurses in South Korea
Factors associated with difficulty in adapting and intent to leave among new graduate nurses in South Korea Open
Background New graduate nurses experience difficulty in adapting to a new environment, which affects intent to leave. However, data on the factors contributing to difficulty in adapting and intent to leave among new graduate nurses are ins…