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| Nina A BickellSummaryAffiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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Quality of breast cancer care: perception versus practiceNina A Bickell
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Clin Oncol 30:1791-5. 2012..We undertook this descriptive cohort study to assess key predictors of women's perceived quality of their breast cancer care and actual guideline-concordant quality of care received...
Understanding reasons for underuse: an approach to improve quality and reduce disparities in breast cancer treatmentNina A Bickell
Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Mt Sinai J Med 75:23-30. 2008..We describe the application of a conceptual model to direct, design, and implement trials to reduce underuse of effective adjuvant breast cancer treatments...
Lost opportunities: physicians' reasons and disparities in breast cancer treatmentNina A Bickell
Department of Health Policy and Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:2516-21. 2007..Women with breast cancer do not consistently receive adjuvant treatments that have been shown to increase survival. Acquiring an understanding of the reasons for these lost opportunities may inform strategies for quality improvement...- What affects time to care in emergency room appendicitis patients?Nina A Bickell
Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Med Care 46:417-22. 2008..Emergency departments (EDs) provide a safety net for seriously ill individuals. Little is known about factors that affect time to diagnosis and treatment of patients with time-sensitive conditions within the ED... - A tracking and feedback registry to reduce racial disparities in breast cancer careNina A Bickell
Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:1717-23. 2008..We implemented a tracking and feedback registry to close the referral loop between surgeons and oncologists... - Missed opportunities: racial disparities in adjuvant breast cancer treatmentNina A Bickell
Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Clin Oncol 24:1357-62. 2006..We sought to measure a racial disparity in the underuse of adjuvant treatments for early-stage breast cancer and to identify associated factors... - Underuse of breast cancer adjuvant treatment: patient knowledge, beliefs, and medical mistrustNina A Bickell
Departments of Health Policy and Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Clin Oncol 27:5160-7. 2009..Little is known about why women with breast cancer who have surgery do not receive proven effective postsurgical adjuvant treatments... - The quality of early-stage breast cancer treatment: what can we do to improve?Nina A Bickell
Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1077, New York, NY 10029, USA
Surg Oncol Clin N Am 14:103-17, vi. 2005.... - Time and the risk of ruptured tubal pregnancyNina A Bickell
Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, New York 10029, USA
Obstet Gynecol 104:789-94. 2004..Tubal pregnancy remains an important cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. We sought to quantify the relationship of time between symptom onset and treatment and the risk of tubal rupture... - Physicians' reasons for failing to deliver effective breast cancer care: a framework for underuseNina A Bickell
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Health Policy, New York, New York 10029, USA
Med Care 41:442-6. 2003..Little is known about causes of underuse of effective cancer treatments. We sought to understand these causes to design effective interventions to improve care... - Using community-based participatory research to reduce health disparities in East and Central HarlemCarol R Horowitz
Health Policy, Box 1077, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 East 100th Street, New York, NY 10029, USA
Mt Sinai J Med 71:368-74. 2004..We developed an approach to educate and work together with Harlem residents to study health disparities, and to use peer-led classes to improve chronic disease management and outcomes... - Fragmentation of care for frequently hospitalized urban residentsDeborah Schrag
Health Outcomes Research Group, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and the Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10021, USA
Med Care 44:560-7. 2006..Fragmentation across sites of care may impede efficient healthcare delivery... - Factors associated with delays to emergency care for bowel obstructionUla Hwang
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Am J Surg 202:1-7. 2011..Our objective was to determine factors associated with delays to first treatment for emergency department (ED) patients diagnosed with small-bowel obstruction (SBO)... - Race, ethnicity, and disparities in breast cancer: victories and challengesNina A Bickell
Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Womens Health Issues 12:238-51. 2002 - A community-centered approach to diabetes in East HarlemCarol R Horowitz
Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai Medical School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1077, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:542-8. 2003.... - Increased use of computed tomography does not harm patients with acute appendicitisTehillah S Menes
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Am Surg 72:326-9. 2006..The use of CT did not harm patients, but did not translate to better overall outcomes in this group of patients... - How time affects the risk of rupture in appendicitisNina A Bickell
Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Am Coll Surg 202:401-6. 2006..0001). CONCLUSIONS: Risk of rupture in ensuing 12-hour periods rises to 5% after 36 hours of untreated symptoms. Physicians should be cautious about delaying surgery beyond 36 hours from symptom onset in patients with appendicitis... - Understanding the challenges of adjuvant treatment measurement and reporting in breast cancer: cancer treatment measuring and reportingNina A Bickell
Department of Health Evidence and Policy Division of General Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY Division of Health Services Management and Policy, College of Public Health Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Department of Corporate Strategy and Innovation, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland New Haven Veteran s Affairs Medical Center, New Haven, CT
Med Care 51:e35-40. 2013..Healthcare accrediting organizations and insurers increasingly require reporting of clinical data, and cancer treatment is one area of enhanced scrutiny... - Breast cancer treatment decision-making: are we asking too much of patients?Jennifer C Livaudais
Department of Health Evidence and Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1077, New York, NY, 10029, USA
J Gen Intern Med 28:630-6. 2013..We evaluated predisposing factors for, and long-term consequences of, too much and not enough perceived decision-making responsibility among breast cancer patients... - Defining, navigating, and negotiating success: the experiences of mid-career Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar womenAdina L Kalet
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:920-5. 2006..We studied female graduates of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program (CSP, Class of 1984 to 1989) to explore and describe the complexity of creating balance in the life of mid-career academic woman physicians...