John T Chang

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Do proxies reflect patients' health concerns about urinary incontinence and gait problems?
    Takahiro Higashi
    Department of Epidemiology and Healthcare Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606 8501, Japan
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 3:75. 2005
  2. ncbi Interventions for the prevention of falls in older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
    John T Chang
    Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    BMJ 328:680. 2004
  3. ncbi A practice-based intervention to improve primary care for falls, urinary incontinence, and dementia
    Neil S Wenger
    RAND, Santa Monica, California, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 57:547-55. 2009
  4. ncbi Multimorbidity is associated with better quality of care among vulnerable elders
    Lillian C Min
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095 1687, USA
    Med Care 45:480-8. 2007
  5. ncbi The effect of a quality improvement initiative on the quality of other aspects of health care: the law of unintended consequences?
    David A Ganz
    Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
    Med Care 45:8-18. 2007
  6. ncbi Quality of osteoarthritis care for community-dwelling older adults
    David A Ganz
    Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, V A Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, STAR Program, University of California Los Angeles, 911 Broxton Plaza 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
    Arthritis Rheum 55:241-7. 2006
  7. ncbi An update on assessing development in the pediatric office: has anything changed after two policy statements?
    Alma D Guerrero
    UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, Los Angeles, Calif 90024, USA
    Acad Pediatr 10:400-4. 2010
  8. ncbi Predictors of overall quality of care provided to vulnerable older people
    Lillian C Min
    Division of Geriatrics, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1705-11. 2005
  9. ncbi Detection and management of falls and instability in vulnerable elders by community physicians
    Laurence Z Rubenstein
    UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 52:1527-31. 2004
  10. ncbi The quality of medical care provided to vulnerable community-dwelling older patients
    Neil S Wenger
    RAND Health, Santa Monica, California, USA
    Ann Intern Med 139:740-7. 2003

Detail Information

Publications18

  1. ncbi Do proxies reflect patients' health concerns about urinary incontinence and gait problems?
    Takahiro Higashi
    Department of Epidemiology and Healthcare Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606 8501, Japan
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 3:75. 2005
    ..While falls and urinary incontinence are prevalent among older patients, who sometimes rely on proxies to provide their health information, the validity of proxy reports of concern about falls and urinary incontinence remains unknown...
  2. ncbi Interventions for the prevention of falls in older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
    John T Chang
    Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    BMJ 328:680. 2004
    ..To assess the relative effectiveness of interventions to prevent falls in older adults to either a usual care group or control group...
  3. ncbi A practice-based intervention to improve primary care for falls, urinary incontinence, and dementia
    Neil S Wenger
    RAND, Santa Monica, California, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 57:547-55. 2009
    ..To determine whether a practice-based intervention can improve care for falls, urinary incontinence, and cognitive impairment...
  4. ncbi Multimorbidity is associated with better quality of care among vulnerable elders
    Lillian C Min
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095 1687, USA
    Med Care 45:480-8. 2007
    ..Possible reasons include competing guidelines for individual conditions, burden of numerous recommendations, and difficulty implementing treatments for multiple conditions...
  5. ncbi The effect of a quality improvement initiative on the quality of other aspects of health care: the law of unintended consequences?
    David A Ganz
    Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
    Med Care 45:8-18. 2007
    ..Policymakers and clinicians are concerned that initiatives to improve the quality of care for some conditions may have unintended negative consequences for quality in other conditions...
  6. ncbi Quality of osteoarthritis care for community-dwelling older adults
    David A Ganz
    Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, V A Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, STAR Program, University of California Los Angeles, 911 Broxton Plaza 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
    Arthritis Rheum 55:241-7. 2006
    ..To describe the quality of osteoarthritis care provided to community-dwelling elderly patients and to characterize arthritis-related function in these patients...
  7. ncbi An update on assessing development in the pediatric office: has anything changed after two policy statements?
    Alma D Guerrero
    UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, Los Angeles, Calif 90024, USA
    Acad Pediatr 10:400-4. 2010
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  8. ncbi Predictors of overall quality of care provided to vulnerable older people
    Lillian C Min
    Division of Geriatrics, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1705-11. 2005
    ..In this study, the influences of clinical conditions, types of care processes, and sociodemographic characteristics on the quality of care received by vulnerable older people were evaluated...
  9. ncbi Detection and management of falls and instability in vulnerable elders by community physicians
    Laurence Z Rubenstein
    UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 52:1527-31. 2004
    ..To investigate quality of care for falls and instability provided to vulnerable elders...
  10. ncbi The quality of medical care provided to vulnerable community-dwelling older patients
    Neil S Wenger
    RAND Health, Santa Monica, California, USA
    Ann Intern Med 139:740-7. 2003
    ..Previous studies have focused on general medical conditions aimed at prolonging life, not on geriatric issues important for quality of life...
  11. ncbi The quality of medical care provided to vulnerable older patients with chronic pain
    Joshua Chodosh
    Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 52:756-61. 2004
    ..To assess the quality of chronic pain care provided to vulnerable older persons...
  12. ncbi Quality indicators for falls and mobility problems in vulnerable elders
    John T Chang
    Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, and Speciality Training and Advanced Research Program, University of California at Lost Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 55:S327-34. 2007
  13. ncbi Reporting randomized, controlled trials: where quality of reporting may be improved
    Clifford Y Ko
    Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine and Public Health, Los Angeles, California 90095-6904, USA
    Dis Colon Rectum 45:443-7. 2002
    ..Improved reporting might be best facilitated by having authors adhere to a list of explicitly determined elements that should be included...
  14. ncbi The quality of care provided to vulnerable older community-based patients with urinary incontinence
    Nallini Gnanadesigan
    Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging, 7150 Tampa Avenue, Reseda, CA, USA
    J Am Med Dir Assoc 5:141-6. 2004
    ..The objective of this study was to assess the quality of care provided to vulnerable older community-based patients with urinary incontinence (UI)...
  15. ncbi Patients' global ratings of their health care are not associated with the technical quality of their care
    John T Chang
    the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California; RAND Health, Santa Monica, California; and RAND Health, Arlington, Virginia
    Ann Intern Med 144:665-72. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Vulnerable elders' global ratings of care should not be used as a marker of technical quality of care. Assessments of quality of care should include both patient evaluations and independent assessments of technical quality...
  16. ncbi Comparison of administrative data and medical records to measure the quality of medical care provided to vulnerable older patients
    Catherine H Maclean
    Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, California, USA
    Med Care 44:141-8. 2006
    ..However, it is unclear how performance based on administrative data and medical records compare...
  17. ncbi Quality of care is associated with survival in vulnerable older patients
    Takahiro Higashi
    RAND Health, Santa Monica, California 90407-2138, USA
    Ann Intern Med 143:274-81. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Better performance on process quality measures is strongly associated with better survival among community-dwelling vulnerable older adults...
  18. ncbi The quality of pharmacologic care for vulnerable older patients
    Takahiro Higashi
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, and the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
    Ann Intern Med 140:714-20. 2004
    ....