Mingshan Lu
Biographic Data
| ID | 5544084 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mingshan Lu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mingshan |
| FAMILY NAME | Lu |
| SIGNATURE | LU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6083-1098 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Economic evaluation of acupuncture in treating patients with pain and mental health concerns
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact have heightened the risk of mental health and pain-related issues. The integration of acupuncture with conventional medicine shows promise in improving treatment outcomes for these conditions. The Alberta Complementary Health Integration Project (ABCHIP) aimed to provide acupuncture to youth (aged 24 and under) and seniors (aged 55 and above) experiencing chronic pain, pain management issu…
Trajectories of perceived social support in acute coronary syndrome
How to practice person‐centred care
Systematic Review of Risk Adjustment Models of Hospital Length of Stay (LOS)
Referrals, language proficiency, and enrolment for children's mental health services
Male and Female Adult Population Health Status in China
Males had better health status than females in terms of self-perceived wellbeing, presence of illness, chronic disease, and quality of life. However, smoking and frequent alcohol drinking was more prevalent among males than that among females. In contrast with the social-economic gradient in health commonly found in the literature, the wealthier urban population in China was not found to be healthier than the rural population in terms of physicia…
Rural and Urban Disparity in Health Services Utilization in China
OBJECTIVES: To describe patterns in physician and hospital utilization among rural and urban populations in China and to determine factors associated with any differences. METHODS: In 2003, the Third National Health Services Survey in China was conducted to collect information about health services utilization from randomly selected residents. Of the 193,689 respondents to the survey (response rate, 77.8%), 6429 urban and 16,044 rural respondents…
Financial Incentives and Gaming in Alcohol Treatment
This study looks at the effect of performance-based contracting (PBC) on administrative information misreports in substance abuse treatment in Maine. For about 700 alcohol abuse treatment episodes in the period 1990-1995, we constructed clinician report gaming indicators from two data sets: the Maine Addiction Treatment System (MATS) and medical record abstracts. Gaming, in this study, refers to differences in MATS reports and the medical records…
What Does Canada Profit from the For-Profit Debate on Health Care
This paper explores the relevance of the literature on for-profit versus not-for-profit hospital care to the Alberta government's Health Care Protection Act and to contracting-out of health services more generally. Thirty-four studies were identified and most found no difference between for-profit and not-for-profit full- service hospitals with respect to relative costs, quality of care or efficiency - a conclusion that is contrary to more select…
What Does Canada Profit from the For-Profit Debate on Health Care
This paper explores the relevance of the literature on for-profit versus not-for-profit hospital care to the Alberta government's Health Care Protection Act and to contracting-out of health services more generally. Thirty-four studies were identified and most found no difference between for-profit and not-for-profit full- service hospitals with respect to relative costs, quality of care or efficiency - a conclusion that is contrary to more select…
What Does Canada Profit from the For-Profit Debate on Health Care
This paper explores the relevance of the literature on for-profit versus not-for-profit hospital care to the Alberta government's Health Care Protection Act and to contracting-out of health services more generally. Thirty-four studies were identified and most found no difference between for-profit and not-for-profit full- service hospitals with respect to relative costs, quality of care or efficiency - a conclusion that is contrary to more select…
Financial Incentives and Gaming in Alcohol Treatment
This study looks at the effect of performance-based contracting (PBC) on administrative information misreports in substance abuse treatment in Maine. For about 700 alcohol abuse treatment episodes in the period 1990-1995, we constructed clinician report gaming indicators from two data sets: the Maine Addiction Treatment System (MATS) and medical record abstracts. Gaming, in this study, refers to differences in MATS reports and the medical records…
Rural and Urban Disparity in Health Services Utilization in China
OBJECTIVES: To describe patterns in physician and hospital utilization among rural and urban populations in China and to determine factors associated with any differences. METHODS: In 2003, the Third National Health Services Survey in China was conducted to collect information about health services utilization from randomly selected residents. Of the 193,689 respondents to the survey (response rate, 77.8%), 6429 urban and 16,044 rural respondents…
Male and Female Adult Population Health Status in China
Males had better health status than females in terms of self-perceived wellbeing, presence of illness, chronic disease, and quality of life. However, smoking and frequent alcohol drinking was more prevalent among males than that among females. In contrast with the social-economic gradient in health commonly found in the literature, the wealthier urban population in China was not found to be healthier than the rural population in terms of physicia…
Referrals, language proficiency, and enrolment for children's mental health services
Systematic Review of Risk Adjustment Models of Hospital Length of Stay (LOS)
How to practice person‐centred care
Trajectories of perceived social support in acute coronary syndrome
Economic evaluation of acupuncture in treating patients with pain and mental health concerns
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact have heightened the risk of mental health and pain-related issues. The integration of acupuncture with conventional medicine shows promise in improving treatment outcomes for these conditions. The Alberta Complementary Health Integration Project (ABCHIP) aimed to provide acupuncture to youth (aged 24 and under) and seniors (aged 55 and above) experiencing chronic pain, pain management issu…
Medicine (6 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · China (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works)