Elizabeth A Jacobs

Summary

Affiliation: University of Wisconsin
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi An exploratory study of how trust in health care institutions varies across African American, Hispanic and white populations
    Elizabeth A Jacobs
    Division of General Medicine and Health Innovation Program, University of Wisconsin Madison, 53705, USA
    Commun Med 8:89-98. 2011
  2. ncbi Does a video-interpreting network improve delivery of care in the emergency department?
    Elizabeth A Jacobs
    Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 800 University Bay Drive, Madison, WI 53705, USA
    Health Serv Res 47:509-22. 2012
  3. ncbi Shared networks of interpreter services, at relatively low cost, can help providers serve patients with limited english skills
    Elizabeth A Jacobs
    Health Services Research in the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin Madison, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 30:1930-8. 2011
  4. ncbi Do professional interpreters improve clinical care for patients with limited English proficiency? A systematic review of the literature
    Leah S Karliner
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1701 Divisadero, Suite 500, San Franicsco, CA 94143 1732, USA
    Health Serv Res 42:727-54. 2007
  5. ncbi "Does this doctor speak my language?" Improving the characterization of physician non-English language skills
    Lisa C Diamond
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service, 641 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, USA
    Health Serv Res 47:556-69. 2012
  6. ncbi Differences in blood pressure control in a large population-based sample of older African Americans and non-Hispanic whites
    Jose Delgado
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Hopsital, Washington DC, USA
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 67:1253-8. 2012
  7. ncbi Low rates of colorectal, cervical, and breast cancer screening in Asian Americans compared with non-Hispanic whites: Cultural influences or access to care?
    Namratha R Kandula
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
    Cancer 107:184-92. 2006

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi An exploratory study of how trust in health care institutions varies across African American, Hispanic and white populations
    Elizabeth A Jacobs
    Division of General Medicine and Health Innovation Program, University of Wisconsin Madison, 53705, USA
    Commun Med 8:89-98. 2011
    ..Minority and non-minority patients in the United States have different levels of trust in health care; however, few studies have examined how determinants of trust and distrust in health care vary across diverse groups...
  2. ncbi Does a video-interpreting network improve delivery of care in the emergency department?
    Elizabeth A Jacobs
    Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 800 University Bay Drive, Madison, WI 53705, USA
    Health Serv Res 47:509-22. 2012
    ..To measure the impact of a policy change from use of telephonic and face-to-face interpreting to use of a video-interpreting network on Emergency Department (ED) care...
  3. ncbi Shared networks of interpreter services, at relatively low cost, can help providers serve patients with limited english skills
    Elizabeth A Jacobs
    Health Services Research in the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin Madison, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 30:1930-8. 2011
    ..We also discuss ways in which providers could be compensated for providing interpreter services...
  4. ncbi Do professional interpreters improve clinical care for patients with limited English proficiency? A systematic review of the literature
    Leah S Karliner
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1701 Divisadero, Suite 500, San Franicsco, CA 94143 1732, USA
    Health Serv Res 42:727-54. 2007
    ..To determine if professional medical interpreters have a positive impact on clinical care for limited English proficiency (LEP) patients...
  5. ncbi "Does this doctor speak my language?" Improving the characterization of physician non-English language skills
    Lisa C Diamond
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service, 641 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, USA
    Health Serv Res 47:556-69. 2012
    ..To describe the initial impact of an organizational policy change on measurement of physician non-English language proficiency...
  6. ncbi Differences in blood pressure control in a large population-based sample of older African Americans and non-Hispanic whites
    Jose Delgado
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Hopsital, Washington DC, USA
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 67:1253-8. 2012
    ..African Americans have poorer blood pressure control than non-Hispanic whites. Little is known about whether this difference persists in older ages or the factors that contribute to this racial gap...
  7. ncbi Low rates of colorectal, cervical, and breast cancer screening in Asian Americans compared with non-Hispanic whites: Cultural influences or access to care?
    Namratha R Kandula
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
    Cancer 107:184-92. 2006
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