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The changing profile of patients who used emergency department services in the United States: 1996 to 2005K Tom Xu
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430 8143, USA
Ann Emerg Med 54:805-810.e1-7. 2009..The current study aimed to identify raw and population-adjusted time trends for demographic characteristics, socioeconomic characteristics, access to care, utilization of care, and general health of ED users and heavy ED users...- Does being an immigrant make a difference in seeking physician services?Ke Tom Xu
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430 8161, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 19:380-90. 2008..The lower utilization of both preventive and non-preventive care among immigrants may be associated with a combination of better health and more limited enabling resources... 
Ethnic differences in parents' perception of participatory decision-making style of their children's physiciansK Tom Xu
Division of Health Services Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430, USA
Med Care 42:328-35. 2004....- Racial and ethnic disparities in the financial burden of prescription drugs among older AmericansK Tom Xu
School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, USA
J Health Hum Serv Adm 30:28-49. 2007..However, whether health disparities contribute to disparities in the financial burden of prescription drugs requires studies of specific diseases... - Characteristics of rural elderly people who bypass local pharmaciesK Tom Xu
Department of Health Services Research and Management, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock 79430, USA
J Rural Health 19:156-64. 2003..The bypassing of local pharmacies by consumers is an indicator of limited accessibility and, possibly, compromised quality of rural pharmacy services... - Access to prescription drugs among noninstitutionalized elderly people in west TexasK Tom Xu
Department of Health Services Research and Management, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street, Room 1C165, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 60:675-82. 2003..Among the indicators of access to prescription drugs among noninstitutionalized elderly people in west Texas, lack of prescription drug insurance was the most prevalent barrier... 
Older persons' evaluations of health care: the effects of medical skepticism and worry about healthTyrone F Borders
Division of Health Services Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
Health Serv Res 39:35-52. 2004..Alternatively, they may need to target skeptical consumers with educational efforts explaining the benefits of medical care...- The combined effects of participatory styles of elderly patients and their physicians on satisfactionK Tom Xu
Division of Health Services Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
Health Serv Res 39:377-91. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: The current study supports the discordance hypothesis. Participatory physicians and patient-physician communications concerning patient participation can promote higher satisfaction... - Compensating behaviors, regret, and heterogeneity in the dynamics of smoking behaviorK Tom Xu
Department of Health Services Research and Management, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock 79430, USA
Soc Sci Med 54:133-46. 2002..Quitting incentives can be "curative" or "preventive", depending on one's health status. Light smokers' addiction is qualitatively and quantitatively different from heavy smokers'... - Choice of and overall satisfaction with pharmacies among a community-dwelling elderly populationK Tom Xu
Department of Health Services Research and Management, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street, Room 1C165, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
Med Care 40:1283-93. 2002.... - Factors associated with health-related quality of life among an older population in a largely rural western regionTyrone F Borders
Department of Health Services Research and Management, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Tex, USA
J Rural Health 20:67-75. 2004..As elderly people become a larger proportion of the rural population, it is important to identify those at risk for poor health. Predictors of health-related quality of life can be useful in designing interventions... - Are rural residents and Hispanics less satisfied with medical care? Evidence from the Permian BasinTyrone F Borders
Department of Health Services Research and Management, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock 79430, USA
J Rural Health 18:84-92. 2002..The collection and reporting of more specific measures of interpersonal and technical quality would further enable policy-makers, managers, and clinicians to better serve their patient populations... - Day to day variability of the dark-adapted pupil diameterSandra M Brown
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
J Cataract Refract Surg 30:639-44. 2004..To determine the individual variability of the dark-adapted pupil diameter over 2 testing sessions using a standardized dark-adaptation protocol... - Parents' reports of children's medical care access: are there Mexican-American versus non-Hispanic white disparities?Tyrone F Borders
Division of Health Services Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
Med Care 42:884-92. 2004.... - State-level variations in income-related inequality in health and health achievement in the USKe Tom Xu
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, USA
Soc Sci Med 63:457-64. 2006.... - Financial disparities in prescription drug use between elderly and nonelderly AmericansK Tom Xu
School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:210-21. 2003..In particular, low-income elderly people were worse off than were nonelderly adults in the same poverty class and their elderly peers in other poverty classes... - Gender, health, and physician visits among adults in the United StatesK Tom Xu
Department of Health Services Research and Management, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, 79430, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1076-9. 2003 - Economics of suboptimal drug use: cost-savings of using JNC-recommended medications for management of uncomplicated essential hypertensionK Tom Xu
Department of Health Services Research and Management, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Lubbock, Tex 79430, USA
Am J Manag Care 9:529-36. 2003.... - Ancillary community pharmacy services provided to older people in a largely rural and ethnically diverse region: a survey of consumers in West TexasK Tom Xu
Department of Health Services Research and Management, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street, Room 1C165, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
J Rural Health 19:79-86. 2003..It is essential to consider the special needs of rural and Hispanic elderly people to ensure equitable access to ancillary pharmacy services... - Six-month variability of the dark-adapted pupil diameterArshad M Khanani
Department of Ophthalmology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
J Cataract Refract Surg 31:987-90. 2005..CONCLUSION: When a consistent dark-adaptation protocol that controls for alertness and accommodation is used, normal young individuals showed no significant variation in the dark-adapted pupil diameter over a 6-month period... - Comparison of Colvard pupillometer and infrared digital photography for measurement of the dark-adapted pupil diameterJay C Bradley
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
J Cataract Refract Surg 31:2129-32. 2005..5 mm or more in at least 1 dimension. The pupil diameter did not affect the bias. CONCLUSION: The Colvard pupillometer is susceptible to user errors causing unidirectional bias and seems to have a steep and variable learning curve... - Utilization of prescription medications and ancillary pharmacy services among rural elders in west Texas: distance barriers and implications for telepharmacyBrian Collins
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA
J Health Hum Serv Adm 30:75-97. 2007..Our findings suggest that distance is a barrier to access, but telepharmacy regulations in Texas do not exacerbate the impact of distance... - Usual source of care in preventive service use: a regular doctor versus a regular siteK Tom Xu
Department of Health Services Research and Management, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock 79430, USA
Health Serv Res 37:1509-29. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Promoting a stable physician-patient relationship can improve patients' timely receipt of clinical prevention. For certain preventive services, having a regular doctor is more effective than having a regular site... - Patient involvement in medical decision-making and pain among elders: physician or patient-driven?Tyrone F Borders
Department of Health Management and Policy, University of North Texas School of Public Health, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 5:4. 2005..The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether physician-driven and patient-driven participation in decision-making were associated with the odds of frequent and severe pain...