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Comparisons of Latinos, African Americans, and Caucasians with multiple sclerosisRobert J Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Mississippi State University, PO Box PC, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA
Ethn Dis 20:451-7. 2010..Identify racial/ethnic differences among people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in demographics, MS disease characteristics, and health services received...
A pilot study of young adults with multiple sclerosis: demographic, disease, treatment, and psychosocial characteristicsRobert J Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
Disabil Health J 3:262-70. 2010..Although multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common neurologic disease disabling younger adults, very little is known about the characteristics of young adults with MS and the impact of MS on their lives...- Health-related quality of life among informal caregivers assisting people with multiple sclerosisR Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
Disabil Rehabil 33:113-21. 2011..To identify factors affecting the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of informal caregivers assisting people with (multiple sclerosis) MS who have greater functional impairment... - Age-related comparisons of people with multiple sclerosis: demographic, disease, and treatment characteristicsRobert J Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Mississippi State University, MS 39762, USA
NeuroRehabilitation 25:271-8. 2009..To determine if the demographic characteristics and health care needs of younger people with MS differ from older people with MS... - Perceptions of informal care givers: health and support services provided to people with multiple sclerosisRobert Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, USA
Disabil Rehabil 32:500-10. 2010..This study focuses on the care givers to 530 more disabled people with MS, with the objective to learn more about informal care giving to people with greater dependency and need for assistance... - Informal care giving to more disabled people with multiple sclerosisRobert J Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Mississippi State University, Mississippi 39762, USA
Disabil Rehabil 31:1244-56. 2009..This study focusses on the care givers for 530 more disabled people with MS, with the objective of learning more about informal care giving to people with greater dependency and need for assistance... - Burden among male caregivers assisting people with multiple sclerosisRobert J Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Mississippi State University, Mississippi 39762, USA
Gend Med 7:637-46. 2010..Caregiver burden is a multidimensional response to many factors associated with providing assistance to people with multiple sclerosis (MS), including physical, psychological, emotional, and social stressors... - Racial and ethnic comparisons of nursing home residents at admissionRobert J Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 9:568-79. 2008..To present racial/ethnic comparisons of comprehensive profiles of nursing home residents at admission, including whites, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians/Pacific Islanders, and American Indians/Alaska Natives... - Rural-urban analyses of health-related quality of life among people with multiple sclerosisRobert J Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
J Rural Health 24:244-52. 2008..HRQOL gives a broader measure of the burden of disease than physical impairment or disability levels... - Patient perceptions of multiple sclerosis-related care: comparisons by practice specialty of principal care physicianRobert J Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
NeuroRehabilitation 23:267-72. 2008..Patients consider MS-related care superior when it is delivered by neurologists compared to MS patients receiving care from medical internists, family/general practitioners, and other physicians... 
Compassionate conservatism: federal funding for the Ryan White CARE Act during the Bush administrationRobert J Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
Am J Public Health 97:2013-6. 2007..Inadequate CARE Act funding harms the most vulnerable people with HIV...- Urban/rural differences in health insurance coverage among people with multiple sclerosisRobert J Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
Disabil Rehabil 29:1890-8. 2007.... - Urban/rural differences in access and barriers to health care for people with multiple sclerosisRobert J Buchanan
Mississippi State University, USA
J Health Hum Serv Adm 29:360-75. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Greater difficulty accessing MS-related care experienced by people with MS in rural areas has negative implications for the quality of the MS care they receive... - Utilization of rehabilitation therapies by nursing home residents with MS at admissionRobert J Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
NeuroRehabilitation 21:223-32. 2006..To identify factors associated with the utilization of physical and occupational therapies by nursing home residents with multiple sclerosis (MS) at admission to the facility... - Urban/rural differences in the use of physician services by people with multiple sclerosisRobert J Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, P O Box PC, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
NeuroRehabilitation 21:177-87. 2006..to identify any urban/rural differences among people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the utilization of physician services and MS-focused care, as well as differences in patient perceptions of access and quality... - Satisfaction with mental health care among people with multiple sclerosis in urban and rural areasRobert J Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Mississippi State University, MS 39762, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1206-9. 2006..This study explored urban and rural differences in mental health needs and treatments among people with multiple sclerosis, as well as their satisfaction with access to and quality of mental health care... - Racial analyses of longer-stay nursing home residents with multiple sclerosisRobert J Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
Ethn Dis 16:159-65. 2006..Compare profiles of African Americans with multiple sclerosis (MS) to White residents with MS one year after admission to a nursing facility... - Nursing home residents with multiple sclerosis and dementia compared to other multiple sclerosis residentsRobert J Buchanan
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bowen Hall, Mississippi State University, Room 105, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
Mult Scler 11:610-6. 2005..Further clinical analysis of this subgroup would be necessary to support this contention... - Analyses of nursing home residents with cancer at admissionRobert J Buchanan
College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
Cancer Nurs 28:406-14. 2005..Staff at nursing facilities need to address depression, pain management, and the implementation of advance directives to improve the quality of life for residents with cancer...