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Applying diabetes-related Prevention Quality Indicators to a national cohort of veterans with diabetesDrew A Helmer
Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey 07018, USA
Diabetes Care 26:3017-23. 2003..We identified patient-level characteristics associated with hospitalization for metabolic decompensation, developed a risk-adjustment model for the measures, and compared regional network performance using these PQIs...- Seasonal patterns in monthly hemoglobin A1c valuesChin Lin Tseng
Center for Health Care Knowledge Management, Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System, 385 Tremont Avenue 129, East Orange, NJ 07018, USA
Am J Epidemiol 161:565-74. 2005.... 
Diabetes care among veteran women with disabilityChin Lin Tseng
Center for Healthcare Knowledge and Management, Veterans Administration New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey 07018, USA
Womens Health Issues 16:361-71. 2006..The primary objective of this study was to analyze predictors of diabetes care consistent with performance standards among women Veterans Health Administration (VHA) clinic users with disability enrollment status...- Are there gender differences in diabetes care among elderly Medicare enrolled veterans?Chin Lin Tseng
Center for Health Care Knowledge and Management, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, NJ 07018, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:S47-53. 2006..To examine gender differences in diabetes care process measures and intermediate outcomes among veteran clinic users... 
Can ambulatory care prevent hospitalization for metabolic decompensation?Drew A Helmer
Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management, Veterans Administration New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey, USA
Med Care 46:148-57. 2008..Metabolic decompensations (MD) are hospitalizations considered preventable with appropriate ambulatory care. We tested for associations between diabetes care and MD...- Diabetes healthcare quality report cards: how accurate are the grades?Leonard Pogach
Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, USA
Am J Manag Care 11:797-804. 2005..To evaluate the accuracy and precision of random sampling in identifying healthcare system outliers in diabetes performance measures... - Facility variation in utilization of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers in patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney diseaseAnjali Tiwari
DVA New Jersey Healthcare System, East Orange, NJ 07018, USA
Am J Manag Care 13:73-9. 2007..To evaluate facility-level variation in prescription rates of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) or angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) medications for patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and chronic kidney disease (CKD)... - Evaluation of regional variation in total, major, and minor amputation rates in a national health-care systemChin Lin Tseng
DVA New Jersey Healthcare System, Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management, East Orange, NJ 07018, USA
Int J Qual Health Care 19:368-76. 2007..Health-care systems need actionable information on amputation rates in order to improve foot-care delivery... - Does diabetes care differ by type of chronic comorbidity?: An evaluation of the Piette and Kerr frameworkSri Ram Pentakota
Department of Veterans Affairs, Center for Health Care Knowledge and Management, Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey, USA
Diabetes Care 35:1285-92. 2012..To evaluate the relationship between diabetes care and types of comorbidity, classified by the degree to which their treatment is concordant with that for diabetes... - Initial nontraumatic lower-extremity amputations among veterans with diabetesUsha Sambamoorthi
HSR and D Center for Health Care Knowledge and Management, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey, USA
Med Care 44:779-87. 2006..We sought to identify initial nontraumatic lower-extremity amputations (ILEAs) and compare rates of ILEAs with different coding algorithms and varying lengths of observation period prior (look-back) to the first observed amputation... 
Chronic illness with complexity: implications for performance measurement of optimal glycemic controlPramod Meduru
Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management, VA New Jersey Healthcare System, 385 Tremont Ave 129, East Orange, NJ 07018, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:408-18. 2007..To evaluate the association between chronic illness with complexity (CIC) and optimal glycemic control...- Short-term statin exposure is associated with reduced all-cause mortality in persons with diabetesQuanwu Zhang
Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Healthcare System, Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management, East Orange, New Jersey 07018, USA
Med Care 45:308-14. 2007..The survival benefit of statins in nontrial populations of persons with diabetes is unknown... - Survival benefit of nephrologic care in patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney diseaseChin Lin Tseng
Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, NJ 07018, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:55-62. 2008..The association of nephrologic care and survival in patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease is unknown... - Impact of self-reported patient characteristics upon assessment of glycemic control in the Veterans Health AdministrationMiriam Maney
VA HSR and D Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management Research, VA New Jersey Healthcare System, 385 Tremont Avenue, East Orange, NJ, USA
Diabetes Care 30:245-51. 2007..The purpose of this article was to evaluate the impact of self-reported patient factors on quality assessment of Veterans Health Administration medical centers in achieving glycemic control... - The association between mental health functioning and nontraumatic lower extremity amputations in veterans with diabetesChin Lin Tseng
Department of Veteran Affairs Center for Health Care Knowledge and Management, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, NJ 07018, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29:537-46. 2007..The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between mental health functioning and lower extremity amputations (LEAs) in veterans with diabetes... - Opting out of an integrated healthcare system: dual-system use is associated with poorer glycemic control in veterans with diabetesDrew Helmer
VA New Jersey Health Care System Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management, East Orange, NJ, USA
Prim Care Diabetes 2:73-80. 2008..To test for an association between quality of care and patient choice to obtain care outside an integrated healthcare delivery system... - Trends in initial lower extremity amputation rates among Veterans Health Administration health care System users from 2000 to 2004Chin Lin Tseng
Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Healthcare System Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management, East Orange, New Jersey, USA
Diabetes Care 34:1157-63. 2011..To evaluate temporal trends in rates of initial lower extremity amputation (ILEA) among patients with diabetes in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)... - Individualized, non-age-based glycemic control in elderly veterans with diabetesDrew A Helmer
Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management, Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey, USA
Diabetes Care 31:728-31. 2008..To examine the role of age and endocrinology care in glycemic testing and control in elderly veterans with diabetes... - Use of administrative data to risk adjust amputation rates in a national cohort of medicare-enrolled veterans with diabetesChin-Lin Tseng
Center for Healthcare Knowledgement Management, DVA-New Jersey Healthcare System, East Orange, New Jersey 07018, USA
Med Care 43:88-92. 2005..The authors suggest that this model be validated in other settings with availability of individual-level claims data... - Dual-system utilization affects regional variation in prevention quality indicators: the case of amputations among veterans with diabetesChin-Lin Tseng
Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management, Veterans Affairs-New Jersey Healthcare System, East Orange, NJ 07018, USA
Am J Manag Care 10:886-92. 2004..Our findings demonstrate the importance of evaluating dual-system utilization when conducting program evaluations for healthcare systems with a substantial number of dual enrollees... - Hidden complexities in assessment of glycemic outcomes: are quality rankings aligned with treatment?Leonard M Pogach
Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Healthcare System, East Orange, New Jersey, USA
Diabetes Care 33:2133-9. 2010..To evaluate facility rankings in achieving <7% A1C levels based on the complexity of glycemic treatment regimens using threshold and continuous measures... - Spinal fluid abnormalities in patients with chronic fatigue syndromeBenjamin H Natelson
CFS Cooperative Research Center and Department of Neurosciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 12:52-5. 2005.... - Assessing quality of diabetes care by measuring longitudinal changes in hemoglobin A1c in the Veterans Health AdministrationWes Thompson
Deep South Center on Effectiveness at the Birmingham VA Medical Center and the University of Alabama, 35294, USA
Health Serv Res 40:1818-35. 2005..We propose that evaluation of change in A1c levels over time can be used as a new measure to reflect quality of care provided to populations of individuals with chronic disease... - Failure of ICD-9-CM codes to identify patients with comorbid chronic kidney disease in diabetesElizabeth F O Kern
Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Department of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106-4951, USA
Health Serv Res 41:564-80. 2006..1, p=.0330) CONCLUSIONS: CKD is a common comorbidity for patients with diabetes in the VA system. Diagnosis codes in administrative records from Medicare and VA systems are insensitive, but specific markers for patients with CKD... - Facility-level variations in patient-reported footcare knowledge sufficiency: implications for diabetes performance measurementMangala Rajan
Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management, Department of Veteran Affairs New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, NJ, United States
Prim Care Diabetes 1:147-53. 2007..To evaluate medical center variation in self-reported knowledge of footcare practices by veterans at high risk for lower extremity complications...