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| Elbert S HuangSummaryAffiliation: University of Chicago Country: USA Publications
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National patterns in the treatment of urinary tract infections in women by ambulatory care physiciansElbert S Huang
University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC2007, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Arch Intern Med 162:41-7. 2002..Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole has consistently been the recommended drug for uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women. Which antibiotics physicians use has implications for patient outcomes, antimicrobial resistance, and costs...
Projecting the future diabetes population size and related costs for the U.SElbert S Huang
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Diabetes Care 32:2225-9. 2009..We developed a novel population-level model for projecting future direct spending on diabetes. The model can be used in the federal budget process to estimate the cost implications of alternative policies...- The association between the number of prescription medications and incident falls in a multi-ethnic population of adult type-2 diabetes patients: the diabetes and aging studyElbert S Huang
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:141-6. 2010..Use of four or more prescription medications is considered a risk factor for falls in older people. It is unclear whether this polypharmacy-fall relationship differs for adults with diabetes... - The effect of comorbid illness and functional status on the expected benefits of intensive glucose control in older patients with type 2 diabetes: a decision analysisElbert S Huang
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Ann Intern Med 149:11-9. 2008..Physicians are uncertain about when to pursue intensive glucose control among older patients with diabetes... - The cost-effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring in type 1 diabetesElbert S Huang
1Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, USA
Diabetes Care 33:1269-74. 2010..0% in a cohort of all ages). Trial data were integrated into a simulation model of type 1 diabetes complications. The main outcome was the cost per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gained... - The cost consequences of improving diabetes care: the community health center experienceElbert S Huang
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 34:138-46. 2008..The financial impact of the Health Disparities Collaboratives (HDC), a national QI program conducted in community health centers (HCs), was examined... - Racial/ethnic differences in concerns about current and future medications among patients with type 2 diabetesElbert S Huang
Section of General Internal Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Diabetes Care 32:311-6. 2009..To evaluate ethnic differences in medication concerns (e.g., side effects and costs) that may contribute to ethnic differences in the adoption of and adherence to type 2 diabetes treatments... - Appropriate application of evidence to the care of elderly patients with diabetesElbert S Huang
Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5831 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Curr Diabetes Rev 3:260-3. 2007..More direct clinical investigation of elderly diabetes patients will be needed if we are to truly improve the quality of life of this growing subpopulation... - Glycemic control, complications, and death in older diabetic patients: the diabetes and aging studyElbert S Huang
Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Diabetes Care 34:1329-36. 2011..To identify the range of glycemic levels associated with the lowest rates of complications and mortality in older diabetic patients... - Implications of new geriatric diabetes care guidelines for the assessment of quality of care in older patientsElbert S Huang
Sections of General Internal Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Med Care 44:373-7. 2006..Current approaches to assessing quality of diabetes care do not account for the heterogeneity of older patients... - Health care resource utilization associated with a diabetes center and a general medicine clinicElbert S Huang
General Medicine Division, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinoos 60637, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:28-35. 2004..We compared the health care utilization associated with a diabetes center (DC) and a general medicine clinic (GMC)... - Practical challenges of individualizing diabetes care in older patientsElbert S Huang
Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Diabetes Educ 30:558, 560, 562 passim. 2004 - Patient perceptions of quality of life with diabetes-related complications and treatmentsElbert S Huang
Section of General Internal Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Diabetes Care 30:2478-83. 2007..We quantify patients' utilities (a measure of preference) for the full array of diabetes-related complications and treatments... - Self-reported goals of older patients with type 2 diabetes mellitusElbert S Huang
Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:306-11. 2005..The self-reported healthcare goals, factors influencing these goals, and self-care practices of older patients with diabetes mellitus were explored... - The complexity of medication regimens and test ordering for patients with diabetes from 1995 to 2003Elbert S Huang
Section of General Internal Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Curr Med Res Opin 23:1423-30. 2007.... - The impact of patient preferences on the cost-effectiveness of intensive glucose control in older patients with new-onset diabetesElbert S Huang
Section of General Internal Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 2007, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Diabetes Care 29:259-64. 2006..However, these analyses have had limited data on patient preferences concerning diabetic health states. We examined how the cost- effectiveness of intensive glucose control changes with the incorporation of patient preferences... - Variation in treatment preferences and care goals among older patients with diabetes and their physiciansMarshall H Chin
Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Med Care 46:275-86. 2008..Older persons with diabetes are heterogeneous with respect to life expectancy and frailty, and new guidelines recommend individualizing care... - Insurance status and quality of diabetes care in community health centersJames X Zhang
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Am J Public Health 99:742-7. 2009..We used multivariate logistic regression analyses to compare quality of diabetes care according to 6 National Committee for Quality Assurance Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set diabetes processes of care and outcome measures... - Sustaining quality improvement in community health centers: perceptions of leaders and staffMarshall H Chin
Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 31:319-29. 2008..1), data entry (34%), and staff time for QI (26%). Participants also needed help with patient self-management (73%), information systems (77%), and getting providers to follow guidelines (64%)... - The cost-effectiveness of improving diabetes care in U.S. federally qualified community health centersElbert S Huang
The University of Chicago, 5841 S, Maryland Avenue, MC 2007, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Health Serv Res 42:2174-93; discussion 2294-323. 2007..To estimate the incremental cost-effectiveness of improving diabetes care with the Health Disparities Collaborative (HDC), a national collaborative quality improvement (QI) program conducted in community health centers (HCs)... - Development of a safety net medical home scale for clinicsJonathan M Birnberg
Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:1418-25. 2011..Existing tools to measure patient-centered medical home (PCMH) adoption are not designed for research evaluation in safety-net clinics... 
Patient-centered medical home characteristics and staff morale in safety net clinicsSarah E Lewis
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Arch Intern Med 172:23-31. 2012..We sought to determine whether perceived patient-centered medical home (PCMH) characteristics are associated with staff morale, job satisfaction, and burnout in safety net clinics...- Prioritization of care in adults with diabetes and comorbidityNeda Laiteerapong
Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1243:69-87. 2011..These steps should be repeated, especially when the patient's clinical status changes. This patient-centered process emphasizes overall quality of life and functioning rather than a narrow focus on diabetes... - Correlates of quality of life in older adults with diabetes: the diabetes & aging studyNeda Laiteerapong
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Diabetes Care 34:1749-53. 2011..To evaluate associations between health-related quality of life (HRQL) and geriatric syndromes, diabetes complications, and hypoglycemia in older adults with diabetes... - Impact of delaying blood pressure control in patients with Type 2 diabetes: results of a decision analysisNeda Laiteerapong
Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 2007, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Gen Intern Med 27:640-6. 2012..In patients with diabetes, delays in controlling blood pressure are common, but the harms of delays have not been quantified... - Early lessons from an initiative on Chicago's South Side to reduce disparities in diabetes care and outcomesMonica E Peek
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 31:177-86. 2012..Our initiative neatly aligns with, and can inform the implementation of, the accountable care organization-a delivery system reform in which groups of providers take responsibility for improving the health of a defined population... - Communicating with older diabetes patients: self-management and social comparisonRita Gorawara-Bhat
The University of Chicago, Department of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Patient Educ Couns 72:411-7. 2008..The present paper explores this role of social comparison in their self-management practices and develops a conceptual model depicting the process... - Predicting changes in staff morale and burnout at community health centers participating in the health disparities collaborativesJessica E Graber
National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, 55 East Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60603, USA
Health Serv Res 43:1403-23. 2008..To identify predictors of changes in staff morale and burnout associated with participation in a quality improvement (QI) initiative at community health centers (HCs)... - Implications of the new definition of diabetes for health disparitiesAnusha M Vable
Diabetes Research and Training Center, and Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 2007, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 103:219-23. 2011..If the new criterion is widely adopted, over time, we may see an apparent widening of racial/ethnic disparities in diabetes prevalence... - The use of quality improvement and health information technology approaches to improve diabetes outcomes in African American and Hispanic patientsArshiya A Baig
University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Med Care Res Rev 67:163S-197S. 2010.... - Using clinical information to project federal health care spendingElbert S Huang
University of Chicago, School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:w978-90. 2009.... - Estimating costs of quality improvement for outpatient healthcare organisations: a practical methodologySydney E S Brown
Section of General Internal Medicine and the Diabetes Research and Training Center, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Qual Saf Health Care 16:248-51. 2007..Objective and.. - Sexuality among middle-aged and older adults with diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes: a national, population-based studyStacy Tessler Lindau
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Program for Integrative Sexual Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Diabetes Care 33:2202-10. 2010..To describe sexual activity, behavior, and problems among middle-age and older adults by diabetes status... - Classification of older adults who have diabetes by comorbid conditions, United States, 2005-2006Neda Laiteerapong
University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 2007, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 9:E100. 2012..The objective of this study was to classify by comorbid conditions older American adults who have diabetes to identify those who are less likely to benefit from intensive glycemic control... - Interventions to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health careMarshall H Chin
Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Med Care Res Rev 64:7S-28S. 2007..Multifactorial, culturally tailored interventions that target different causes of disparities hold the most promise, but much more research is needed to investigate potential solutions and their implementation... - Diabetes health disparities: a systematic review of health care interventionsMonica E Peek
Section of General Internal Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Med Care Res Rev 64:101S-56S. 2007..More research is needed in the areas of racial/ethnic minorities other than African Americans and Latinos, health disparity reductions, long-term diabetes-related outcomes, and the sustainability of health care interventions over time... - The increasing number of clinical items addressed during the time of adult primary care visitsElmer D Abbo
Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:2058-65. 2008..Primary care physicians report that there is insufficient time to meet patients' needs during clinical visits, but visit time has increased over the past decade... - Cardiovascular health disparities: a systematic review of health care interventionsAndrew M Davis
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Med Care Res Rev 64:29S-100S. 2007..Interventions addressing care transitions, using telephonic outreach, and promoting medication access and adherence merit further exploration... - Public health implications of recommendations to individualize glycemic targets in adults with diabetesNeda Laiteerapong
Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Diabetes Care 36:84-9. 2013..To estimate how many U.S. adults with diabetes would be eligible for individualized A1C targets based on 1) the 2012 American Diabetes Association (ADA) guideline and 2) a published approach for individualized target ranges... - Cultural leverage: interventions using culture to narrow racial disparities in health careThomas L Fisher
The University of Chicago, Section of Emergency Medicine, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Med Care Res Rev 64:243S-82S. 2007..Interventions using cultural leverage show tremendous promise in reducing health disparities, but more research is needed to understand their health effects in combination with other interventions... - The cost-effectiveness of personalized genetic medicine: the case of genetic testing in neonatal diabetesSiri Atma W Greeley
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Adult and Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Diabetes Care 34:622-7. 2011..Although treatment conversion has dramatic benefits, the cost-effectiveness of routine genetic testing is unknown... - Perceptions of quality-of-life effects of treatments for diabetes mellitus in vulnerable and nonvulnerable older patientsSydney E S Brown
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1183-90. 2008..To assess whether patient perceptions of treatments for diabetes mellitus differ according to clinical criteria such as limited life expectancy and functional decline (i.e., vulnerability)... - Continuous glucose monitoring and intensive treatment of type 1 diabetesWilliam V Tamborlane
N Engl J Med 359:1464-76. 2008..Further work is needed to identify barriers to effectiveness of continuous monitoring in children and adolescents. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00406133.).. - Fluoroquinolone prescribing in the United States: 1995 to 2002Jeffrey A Linder
Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02120, USA
Am J Med 118:259-68. 2005..To measure changes in the rate and type of fluoroquinolones prescribed in the United States from 1995 to 2002... - The perceived financial impact of quality improvement efforts in community health centersKaren Cheung
National Opinion Research Center, Washington, DC, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 31:111-9. 2008..As such, a provider's payer mix may need to be considered in the design of QI programs if they are to be sustainable...
Research Grants
- Individualizing Diabetes Care for Older PeopleElbert Huang; Fiscal Year: 2007..Along with more research training, these studies will also help me reach my overall goal of becoming an independent investigator in the areas of geriatric diabetes and cost-effectiveness analysis. ..