Quality of Care for Work-Associated Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
In: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Jg. 59 (2017), Heft 1, S. 47-53
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Objective: To evaluate the quality of care provided to individuals with workers' compensation claims related to Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and identify patient characteristics associated with receiving better care.
Methods: We recruited subjects with new claims for CTS from 30 occupational clinics affiliated with Kaiser Permanente Northern California. We applied 45 process-oriented quality measures to 477 subjects' medical records, and performed multivariate logistic regression to identify patient characteristics associated with quality.
Results: Overall, 81.6% of care adhered to recommended standards. Certain tasks related to assessing and managing activity were underused. Patients with classic/probable Katz diagrams, positive electrodiagnostic tests, and higher incomes received better care. However, age, sex, and race/ethnicity were not associated with quality.
Conclusions: Care processes for work-associated CTS frequently adhered to quality measures. Clinical factors were more strongly associated with quality than demographic and socioeconomic ones.
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Quality of Care for Work-Associated Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Nuckols, T ; Conlon, C ; Robbins, M ; Dworsky, M ; Lai, J ; Roth, CP ; Levitan, B ; Seabury, S ; Seelam, R ; Asch, SM |
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Zeitschrift: | Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Jg. 59 (2017), Heft 1, S. 47-53 |
Veröffentlichung: | Hagerstown, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ; <i>Original Publication</i>: Baltimore, MD : Williams & Wilkins, c1995-, 2017 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1536-5948 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000916 |
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