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| Leighton ChanSummaryAffiliation: University of Washington Country: USA Publications
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Discharge disposition from acute care after traumatic brain injury: the effect of insurance typeL Chan
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98185, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 82:1151-4. 2001....- Geographic access to health care for rural Medicare beneficiariesLeighton Chan
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195 6490, USA
J Rural Health 22:140-6. 2006..Patients in rural areas may use less medical care than those living in urban areas. This could be due to differences in travel distance and time and a utilization of a different mix of generalists and specialists for their care... - Design and validation of a methodology using the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, to identify secondary conditions in people with disabilitiesLeighton Chan
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 86:1065-9. 2005..To design and validate a methodology that identifies secondary conditions using International Classification of Disease, 9th Revision (ICD-9) codes... - An analysis of Medicare's Incentive Payment program for physicians in health professional shortage areasLeighton Chan
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash, USA
J Rural Health 20:109-17. 2004..Medicare's Incentive Payment (MIP) program provides a 10% bonus payment to providers who treat Medicare patients in rural and urban areas where there is a shortage of generalist physicians... - The relationship between electrodiagnostic findings and patient symptoms and function in carpal tunnel syndromeLeighton Chan
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 88:19-24. 2007.... - Impact of physician reminders on the use of influenza vaccinations: a randomized trialLeighton Chan
Division of Clinical Standards and Quality, Health Care Financing Administration, MS RX 42, Region 10, 2201 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 83:371-5. 2002..To analyze the impact of mailed physician reminders to immunize their patients... - Disability and health care costs in the Medicare populationLeighton Chan
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 83:1196-201. 2002..To determine the effect of activity limitations on health care expenditures... - Managing activity difficulties at home: a survey of Medicare beneficiariesBrian J Dudgeon
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 6490, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 89:1256-61. 2008..To describe assistance from helpers and use of assistive technology and environmental modification by community-dwelling people with difficulties in activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)... - Association of mobility limitations with health care satisfaction and use of preventive care: a survey of Medicare beneficiariesJeanne M Hoffman
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 6490, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 88:583-8. 2007..To examine the association between satisfaction with health care, the use of preventive health care, and mobility limitation... - Change in inpatient rehabilitation admissions for individuals with traumatic brain injury after implementation of the medicare inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment systemJeanne M Hoffman
Dept of Rehabilitation Medicine, Box 356490, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 6490, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 93:1305-12. 2012..To evaluate the impact of Medicare's inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS) on use of inpatient rehabilitation for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI)... - Effect of communication disability on satisfaction with health care: a survey of medicare beneficiariesJeanne M Hoffman
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 6490, USA
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 14:221-8. 2005..To examine the prevalence and characteristics of community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries reporting a communication disability and the relationship between that disability and dissatisfaction with medical care... - Quality of care for myocardial infarction in rural and urban hospitalsLaura Mae Baldwin
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Rural Health 26:51-7. 2010..Since then, overall AMI care quality has improved. This study uses more recent data to determine whether rural-urban AMI quality gaps have persisted... - Falls in the Medicare population: incidence, associated factors, and impact on health careAnne Shumway-Cook
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 6490, USA
Phys Ther 89:324-32. 2009..The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of falls, associated factors, health care costs, and provider response to falls among Medicare beneficiaries... - Personal bankruptcy after traumatic brain or spinal cord injury: the role of medical debtAnnemarie Relyea-Chew
Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 90:413-9. 2009..To estimate the prevalence of medical debt among traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) patients who discharged their debts through bankruptcy... - Surgery versus non-surgical therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomised parallel-group trialJeffrey G Jarvik
Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Lancet 374:1074-81. 2009..Our aim was to compare surgical versus multi-modality, non-surgical treatment for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome without denervation. We hypothesised that surgery would result in improved functional and symptom outcomes... - Understanding the use of weights in the analysis of data from multistage surveysMarcia A Ciol
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 87:299-303. 2006..Our objective is to help readers to understand and interpret results of research articles using this methodology. Examples using the MCBS data are provided to clarify the concepts presented in the article... - Early mortality among Medicare beneficiaries undergoing bariatric surgical proceduresDavid R Flum
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash 98195 7183, USA
JAMA 294:1903-8. 2005..Case series demonstrate that bariatric surgery can be performed with a low rate of perioperative mortality (0.5%), but the rate among high-risk patients and the community at large is unknown... - Mobility limitations in the Medicare population: prevalence and sociodemographic and clinical correlatesAnne Shumway-Cook
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1217-21. 2005..To examine the prevalence of and clinical markers associated with mobility limitations in Medicare Current Beneficiary Community Survey (MCBS) respondents... - Minority disparities in disability between Medicare beneficiariesMarcia A Ciol
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:444-53. 2008..To examine racial and ethnic disparities in mobility limitation, activities of daily living (ADLs), and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) in older adults enrolled in Medicare... - Potential impact of the new medicare prospective payment system on reimbursement for traumatic brain injury inpatient rehabilitationJeanne M Hoffman
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 84:1165-72. 2003..To evaluate the potential impact of the new Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) on traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation... - Compliance with electrodiagnostic guidelines for patients undergoing carpal tunnel releaseSeneca Storm
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 86:8-11; quiz 180. 2005..Policymakers should consider mandating an appropriate electrodiagnostic test before approving CTR... - Geographic variation in epidural steroid injection use in medicare patientsJanna Friedly
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Center for Comparative Effectiveness, Cost and Outcomes Research, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Box 358740, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98127, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 90:1730-7. 2008..We also sought to determine whether greater rates of epidural steroid injections are associated with lower rates of lumbar surgery... - Epidemiology of spine care: the back pain dilemmaJanna Friedly
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 21:659-77. 2010..This dilemma poses a difficult challenge for medical providers treating individual patients who suffer from back pain... - Estimating transition probabilities in mobility and total costs for medicare beneficiariesJeanne M Hoffman
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195 6490, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 91:1849-55. 2010..To examine how persons move back and forth along levels of mobility disability... - Commentary on the comparative effectiveness of alternative settings for joint replacement rehabilitationMargaret G Stineman
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 90:1257-9. 2009..It is important to look beyond the question of which setting is best, toward gaining a deeper understanding of the elements within these settings that most enhance outcomes... - Increases in lumbosacral injections in the Medicare population: 1994 to 2001Janna Friedly
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98127, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 32:1754-60. 2007..Anecdotal reports and limited data suggest that the use of spinal injections is increasing, despite equivocal evidence about efficacy... - Quality of care for acute myocardial infarction in rural and urban US hospitalsLaura Mae Baldwin
University of Washington, Department of Family Medicine, Box 354982, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Rural Health 20:99-108. 2004..Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a common and important cause of admission to US rural hospitals, as transport of patients with AMI to urban settings can result in unacceptable delays in care... - Complications and mortality associated with cervical spine surgery for degenerative disease in the United StatesMarjorie C Wang
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 32:342-7. 2007..Retrospective cohort... - Respiratory sinus arrhythmia is associated with efficiency of pulmonary gas exchange in healthy humansNicholas D Giardino
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 SE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284:H1585-91. 2003..40, P = 0.03). These results are consistent with previous studies and further support the theory that RSA may improve the efficiency of pulmonary gas exchange... - Intraoperative cholangiography and risk of common bile duct injury during cholecystectomyDavid R Flum
The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, The Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 6410, USA
JAMA 289:1639-44. 2003..Intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) may decrease the risk of common bile duct (CBD) injury during cholecystectomy by helping to avoid misidentification of the CBD... - Management patterns in acute low back pain: the role of physical therapyAlfred Campbell Gellhorn
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 37:775-82. 2012..Retrospective cohort study... - Combined heart rate variability and pulse oximetry biofeedback for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: preliminary findingsNicholas D Giardino
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 29:121-33. 2004..We conclude that our intervention is feasible for patients with COPD and that further research using a randomized controlled design is warranted... - Sex, depression, and risk of hospitalization and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseVincent S Fan
Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108 1597, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:2345-53. 2007.... - Bile duct injury during cholecystectomy and survival in medicare beneficiariesDavid R Flum
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 6410, USA
JAMA 290:2168-73. 2003..Common bile duct (CBD) injury during cholecystectomy is a significant source of patient morbidity, but its impact on survival is unclear... - Population-based trends in volumes and rates of ambulatory lumbar spine surgeryDarryl T Gray
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 31:1957-63; discussion 1964. 2006..Sequential cross-sectional study... - Dissatisfaction with medical services among Medicare beneficiaries with disabilitiesAmitabh Jha
Craig Hospital, Denver Health Medical Center, and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, CO 80110, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 83:1335-41. 2002..To test the hypothesis that Medicare beneficiaries who have difficulties performing activities of daily living (ADLs) are more likely to report dissatisfaction with their health care than those without ADL difficulties... - Continuous oxygen use in nonhypoxemic emphysema patients identifies a high-risk subset of patients: retrospective analysis of the National Emphysema Treatment TrialMichael B Drummond
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Chest 134:497-506. 2008..Little is known regarding the clinical characteristics and survival of nonhypoxemic emphysema patients using continuous oxygen. Analysis of data from the National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT) offers insight into this population... - Longitudinal change in the BODE index predicts mortality in severe emphysemaFernando J Martinez
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 0360, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 178:491-9. 2008..We hypothesized that decrease in a modified BODE (mBODE) would predict survival in National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT) patients... - Legislative issues. The federal financing and regulation of physical medicine and rehabilitation servicesRichard E Verville
Powers, Pyles, Sutter and Verville, PC, 1875 Eye Street, NW, Twelfth Floor, Washington, DC 20006 5409, USA
Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 13:195-211, vii. 2002..This information should assist PMR professionals in better understanding the legal regulatory system in which they provide services and support to their patients... - The state-of-the-science: challenges in designing postacute care payment policyLeighton Chan
Rehabilitation Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 88:1522-5. 2007..It assesses the payment systems' impact on PAC services, referencing relevant works in progress. Suggestions are made for future research... - A longitudinal evaluation of persons with disabilities: does a longitudinal definition help define who receives necessary care?Leighton Chan
Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Clinical Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1604, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 89:1023-30. 2008..To assess, using a longitudinal definition, the impact of disability on a broad range of objective health care quality indicators... - Rehabilitation medicine summit: building research capacity. Executive summaryWalter R Frontera
Harvard Medical School Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 87:148-52. 2006..Small group discussions and plenary sessions generated an array of problems, possible solutions, and recommended actions. A post-Summit, multiorganizational initiative is called for to pursue the agendas outlined in this report... - Rehabilitation medicine summit: building research capacityWalter R Frontera
Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Top Stroke Rehabil 12:68-80. 2005..The small group discussions and plenary sessions generated an array of problems, possible solutions, and recommended actions. A post-Summit, multi-organizational initiative is called to pursue the agendas outlined in this report... - Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity--executive summaryWalter R Frontera
Harvard Medical School Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Phys Ther 86:285-98; discussion 299-300. 2006..The small-group discussions and plenary sessions generated an array of problems, possible solutions, and recommended actions. A post-Summit, multi-organizational initiative is called to pursue the agendas outlined in this report... - Peer review: issues in physical medicine and rehabilitationAmy K Wagner
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Safar Center for Resucitation Research University of pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 82:790-802. 2003..It also provides suggestions for editorial considerations and improvements in the peer-review process for physical medicine and rehabilitation research journals... - Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity--executive summaryWalter R Frontera
Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Assist Technol 18:2-14. 2006..The "Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity" was conceptualized as a way of fashioning a long-term plan to foster the required developments... - Rehabilitation medicine summit: building research capacityWalter R Frontera
Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Disabil Rehabil 28:71-5. 2006 - How gender impacts career development and leadership in rehabilitation medicine: a report from the AAPM&R research committeeAmy K Wagner
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 88:560-8. 2007..To examine the role that gender plays in meeting the medical academic mission by assessing career development, leadership, and research productivity among rehabilitation researchers... - Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity-Executive SummaryWalter R Frontera
J Rehabil Res Dev 42:x-xxiii. 2005..The small group discussions and plenary sessions generated an array of problems, possible solutions, and recommended actions. A post-Summit, multiorganizational initiative is called to pursue the agendas outlined in this report...