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| Christopher B ForrestSummaryAffiliation: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Country: USA Publications
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Improving adherence to otitis media guidelines with clinical decision support and physician feedbackChristopher B Forrest
Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th St and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Pediatrics 131:e1071-81. 2013..To assess the effects of electronic health record-based clinical decision support (CDS) and physician performance feedback on adherence to guidelines for acute otitis media (AOM) and otitis media with effusion (OME)...
Health and school outcomes during children's transition into adolescenceChristopher B Forrest
The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
J Adolesc Health 52:186-94. 2013..This study examined the associations between health (measured as well-being, functioning, symptoms, and chronic conditions) and school outcomes among children aged 9-13 years in 4th-8th grades...- Reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the Child Health and Illness Profile (CHIP) Child-Edition, Parent Report Form (CHIP-CE/PRF)Maria Dolors Estrada
Agència d Avaluació de Tecnologia i Recerca Mèdiques, Roc Boronat 81 95, Barcelona, Spain
Health Qual Life Outcomes 8:78. 2010..S. version... - Early identification of young children at risk for poor academic achievement: preliminary development of a parent-report prediction toolSusmita Pati
Division of Primary Care Pediatrics, State University of New York at Stony Brook and Stony Brook Long Island Children s Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 11:197. 2011..Early school success is clearly related to later health. A prediction index that uses parent report to assess children's risk for poor academic achievement could potentially direct targeted service delivery to improve child outcomes... - Routine care provided by specialists to children and adolescents in the United States (2002-2006)Jose M Valderas
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, The University of Manchester, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 9:221. 2009..Our objective was to quantify and characterize routine and co-managed pediatric healthcare as provided by specialists in community settings... - Health services research doctoral core competenciesChristopher B Forrest
General Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 9:107. 2009.... - A typology of specialists' clinical rolesChristopher B Forrest
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Intern Med 169:1062-8. 2009..The report concludes with a discussion on the implications of the typology for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the primary-specialty care interface... 
Medication, diagnostic, and cost information as predictors of high-risk patients in need of care managementChristopher B Forrest
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, ABR 1335, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Manag Care 15:41-8. 2009..To contrast the advantages and limitations of using medication, diagnostic, and cost data to prospectively identify candidates for care management programs...- School outcomes of children with special health care needsChristopher B Forrest
Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatrics 128:303-12. 2011..To examine the associations between having a special health care need and school outcomes measured as attendance, student engagement, behavioral threats to achievement, and academic achievement... - Specialty referral completion among primary care patients: results from the ASPN Referral StudyChristopher B Forrest
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Ann Fam Med 5:361-7. 2007..This study describes referral completion from the perspectives of patients and primary care physicians and identifies predictors of adherence to the referral recommendation... - Factors promoting or potentially impeding school success: disparities and state variations for children with special health care needsChristina Bethell
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 707 SW Gaines Avenue, CDRC P, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Matern Child Health J 16:S35-43. 2012..Findings support broad, non-condition specific efforts to promote school success for CSHCN and consideration of state school policies, such as case management... - Development of the Healthy Pathways Parent-Report ScalesKatherine B Bevans
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Qual Life Res 21:1755-70. 2012..To describe the development of the Healthy Pathways Parent-Report Scales, measures of health, illness, well-being, and achievement among youth in middle childhood and adolescence... - Conceptual and methodological advances in child-reported outcomes measurementKatherine B Bevans
Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, PA, USA
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 10:385-96. 2010.... - Self-reported adolescent health status of extremely low birth weight children born 1992-1995Maureen Hack
Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Pediatrics 130:46-53. 2012..To compare the self-reported health of extremely low birth weight (ELBW, <1 kg) adolescents with that of normal birth weight (NBW) controls and the children's assessments of their general health at ages 8 versus 14 years... - Correlates of behavioral care management strategies used by primary care pediatric providersJames P Guevara
Division of General Pediatrics, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Ambul Pediatr 7:160-6. 2007..To identify correlates of behavioral management strategies and to test whether children with more severe behavioral problems have care transferred to mental health specialists... - Development of the healthy pathways child-report scalesKatherine B Bevans
The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4399, USA
Qual Life Res 19:1195-214. 2010..The purpose of this study was to revise the CHIP by combining the two editions to create the Healthy Pathways Child-Report Scales... - Electronic medical record use in pediatric primary careAlexander G Fiks
The Pediatric Research Consortium PeRC, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 18:38-44. 2011..To characterize patterns of electronic medical record (EMR) use at pediatric primary care acute visits... - Qualitative development of the PROMIS(R) pediatric stress response item banksKatherine B Bevans
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4399, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 38:173-91. 2013..To describe the qualitative development of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) Pediatric Stress Response item banks... - Performance measures of the specialty referral process: a systematic review of the literatureJames P Guevara
Center to Bridge Research, Practice, and Policy, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 11:168. 2011..The objective of this study was to systematically review the literature to identify published measures that assess specialty referrals... - Children's eating behavior: the importance of nutrition standards for foods in schoolsKatherine B Bevans
The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Sch Health 81:424-9. 2011..The purpose of this study is to evaluate the contributions of food offerings and participation in school lunch programs on children's overall (both in- and out-of-school) eating behavior... - Research priorities for developmental-behavioral pediatrics: a DBPNet consensus studyNathan J Blum
Department of Pediatrics, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3550 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 33:509-16. 2012..To achieve consensus regarding important clinical, translational, and health services research questions for the field of developmental-behavioral pediatrics (DBP)... - Self-perceived health, functioning and well-being of very low birth weight infants at age 20 yearsMaureen Hack
Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
J Pediatr 151:635-41, 641.e1-2. 2007..To examine the self-perceived health of very low birth weight (VLBW; <1.5 kg) infants during young adulthood... - Adoption of liquid-based cervical cancer screening tests by family physicians and gynecologistsKaren M Rappaport
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Genetics and Public Policy Studies, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Serv Res 39:927-47. 2004..Commercial marketing campaigns appear to contribute to the more rapid rate of diffusion of technology among specialists compared with generalists... - Modernizing pediatric primary care to better manage children's behavioral healthJames P Guevara
Curr Opin Pediatr 18:639-40. 2006 - The mismatch between urban women's preferences for and experiences with primary careChristopher B Forrest
Georgetown University Medical Center, Division of Cancer Prevention, Lombardi Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA
Womens Health Issues 12:191-203. 2002..Differences in primary care attainment are not solely a matter of personal preferences; rather, they appear to be more strongly related to barriers to obtaining care... - Primary care physician specialty referral decision making: patient, physician, and health care system determinantsChristopher B Forrest
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Med Decis Making 26:76-85. 2006..To examine the effects of patient, physician, and health care system characteristics on primary care physicians' (PCPs') specialty referral decision making... - Adherence of low-income women to cancer screening recommendationsAnn S O'Malley
Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, 2233 Wisconsin Ave NW, Suite 440, Washington, D C 20007, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:144-54. 2002..African-American and low-income women have lower rates of cancer screening and higher rates of late-stage disease than do their counterparts... - Beyond the examination room: primary care performance and the patient-physician relationship for low-income womenAnn S O'Malley
Georgetown University Medical Center, Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:66-74. 2002..To assess whether primary care performance of low-income women's primary care delivery sites is associated with the strength of their relationships with their physicians... - Managed care, primary care, and the patient-practitioner relationshipChristopher B Forrest
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:270-7. 2002.... - Family physicians' referral decisions: results from the ASPN referral studyChristopher B Forrest
Health Services Research and Development Center, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Fam Pract 51:215-22. 2002..To examine family physicians' referral decisions, which we conceptualized as having 2 phases: whether to refer followed by to whom to refer... - Variability in physician referral decisionsBarbara Starfield
School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
J Am Board Fam Pract 15:473-80. 2002..The impact of this variability on costs and outcome could be considerable and deserves more intensive study... - Vulnerability and the patient-practitioner relationship: the roles of gatekeeping and primary care performanceLeiyu Shi
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Public Health 93:138-44. 2003.... - Managed health plan effects on the specialty referral process: results from the Ambulatory Sentinel Practice Network referral studyChristopher B Forrest
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Med Care 41:242-53. 2003..This study examines the influence of gatekeeping arrangements and capitated primary care physician (PCP) payment on the specialty referral process in primary care settings... - Primary care attributes and care for depression among low-income African American womenAnn S O'Malley
Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1328-34. 2003..We examined the association between attributes of primary care providers and care for depression, from a patients' perspective, among a sample of predominantly low-income African American women... - Predictors of voluntary disenrollment from Medicare managed careJudy H Ng
National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, District of Columbia 20036, USA
Med Care 45:513-20. 2007..However, total selection bias depends not only on who enrolls, but also on who disenrolls. Few studies examine selectivity in disenrollment; it is unclear how those who leave plans differ from those who remain... - Immunization disparities in older Americans: determinants and future research needsAnn S O'Malley
Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC 20024 2512, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:150-8. 2006..This study sought to assess the contribution that patient, physician, health system, and area-level characteristics make to these racial disparities in immunization... - Comparison of specialty referral rates in the United Kingdom and the United States: retrospective cohort analysisChristopher B Forrest
Health Services Research and Development Center, Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
BMJ 325:370-1. 2002 - Strengthening primary care to bolster the health care safety netChristopher B Forrest
JAMA 295:1062-4. 2006 - Comparing apples with apples in clinical populations: applications of the adjusted Clinical Group System in British ColumbiaRobert J Reid
Department of Healthcare and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Healthc Manage Forum 15:11-6. 2002..The article describes how adjusted clinical groups are being applied to adjust capitation payments for physician groups in British Columbia's Primary Care Demonstration Project and profiles of physician practice activity... - Appendicitis-pediatric surgeons versus general surgeonsScott A Shipman
Pediatrics 109:988-9. 2002 - Perceived health status and use of healthcare services among children and adolescentsSilvina Berra
Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research CAHTA, Barcelona, Spain
Eur J Public Health 16:405-14. 2006.... - Health center trends, 1994-2001: what do they portend for the federal growth initiative?Ann S O'Malley
Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 24:465-72. 2005..There were no disparities in visit-based preventive services delivery by race/ethnicity or insurance status. Continued growth under the initiative is likely to help reduce health disparities and improve care for the underserved... - Specialty referrals made during telephone conversations with parents: a study from the pediatric research in office settings networkGordon B Glade
Pediatric Research in Office Settings PROS, Center for Child Health Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL, USA
Ambul Pediatr 2:93-8. 2002.... - Does community-governed nonprofit primary care improve access to services? Cross-sectional survey of practice characteristicsPeter Crampton
Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, New Zealand
Int J Health Serv 35:465-78. 2005..The findings support the shift to nonprofit community governance occurring in New Zealand and elsewhere... - Adjusting for case mix and social class in examining variation in home visits between practicesCaoimhe O Sullivan
Public Health Policy Unit, School of Public Policy, University College London, UK
Fam Pract 21:355-63. 2004..The purpose of this study was to investigate whether adjusting for clinical case mix and social class explains more of the variation in home visits between general practices than adjusting for age and sex alone... - The Child Report Form of the CHIP-Child Edition: reliability and validityAnne W Riley
Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Med Care 42:221-31. 2004..There is increasing recognition of the importance of obtaining children's reports of their health, but significant challenges must be overcome to do so in a systematic, population-based manner... - Referral of children to specialists in the United States and the United kingdomChristopher B Forrest
Department of Health Policy and Management, Health Services Research and Development Center, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:279-85. 2003..To compare the rates and patterns of children's specialty referrals in the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK)... - Predictors of children's healthcare use: the value of child versus parental perspectives on healthcare needsChristopher B Forrest
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Med Care 42:232-8. 2004..The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between healthcare use and children's healthcare needs as assessed from the perspectives of children themselves, parents, and healthcare practitioners... - The Parent Report Form of the CHIP-Child Edition: reliability and validityAnne W Riley
Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Med Care 42:210-20. 2004.... - Assessment of children's health-related quality of life in the United States with a multidimensional indexAlan E Simon
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Pediatrics 121:e118-26. 2008.... - Comorbidity: implications for the importance of primary care in 'case' managementBarbara Starfield
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Ann Fam Med 1:8-14. 2003..Although comorbidity is very common in the population, little is known about the types of health service that are used by people with comorbid conditions... - Counting child health care professionals: will the United States ever have a coherent workforce policy for children's health care?Christopher B Forrest
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:13-4. 2004 - Childhood behavioral functioning and general pediatricsChristopher B Forrest
Curr Opin Pediatr 15:621-3. 2003 - Diagnostic scope of and exposure to primary care physicians in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States: cross sectional analysis of results from three national surveysAndrew B Bindman
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
BMJ 334:1261. 2007..To compare mix of patients, scope of practice, and duration of visit in primary care physicians in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States... - Which enrollees bypass their gatekeepers in a point-of-service plan?Barbara L Braun
Health Research Center, Park Nicollet Institute, St Louis Park, Minnesota 55416, USA
Med Care 41:836-41. 2003..The main objective of this study was to contrast patients who self-referred with those referred by their primary care physician... - Primary care in the United States: primary care gatekeeping and referrals: effective filter or failed experiment?Christopher B Forrest
Health Services Research and Development Center, Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
BMJ 326:692-5. 2003 - Disparities despite coverage: gaps in colorectal cancer screening among Medicare beneficiariesAnn S O'Malley
Cancer Control Program, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:2129-35. 2005..Despite its effectiveness in reducing mortality, colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates are low, especially among low-income and minority groups; however, physician recommendation can increase screening rates...
Research Grants
- Health and School Performance Among Youth Ages 9-13Christopher Forrest; Fiscal Year: 2007..Our long-term goal for this research is to follow youth into high school and beyond to more fully characterize the evolution of health from childhood to adulthood. ..
- Improving Otitis Media Care with EHR-based Clinical Decision Support and FeedbackChristopher Forrest; Fiscal Year: 2007..Because OM is such a common disorder in children, the widespread adoption of the results from this project has the potential for affecting lives of millions of children. : ..
- Health and School Performance Among Youth Ages 9-13Christopher Forrest; Fiscal Year: 2009..Our long-term goal for this research is to follow youth into high school and beyond to more fully characterize the evolution of health from childhood to adulthood. ..