ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2017
Quality of Care for Work-Associated Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
Article in Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- The quality of occupational healthcare for carpal tunnel syndrome, healthcare expenditures, and disability outcomes: A prospective observational study.Muscle & nerve · 2023Observational
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A National Survey to Monitor Knowledge and Operating Methods.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Quality of electrodiagnostic testing for carpal tunnel syndrome: adherence to quality measures.Muscle & nerve · 2020Article
- The quality of electrodiagnostic tests for carpal tunnel syndrome: Implications for surgery, outcomes, and expenditures.Muscle & nerve · 2020Observational
- Quality of care and patient-reported outcomes in carpal tunnel syndrome: A prospective observational study.Muscle & nerve · 2018Observational
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Abstract
objectiveTo 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.
methodsWe 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.
resultsOverall, 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.
conclusionsCare 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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