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| Mark D NeumanSummaryAffiliation: University of Pennsylvania Country: USA Publications
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Comparative effectiveness of regional versus general anesthesia for hip fracture surgery in adultsMark D Neuman
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Anesthesiology 117:72-92. 2012..Hip fracture is a common, morbid, and costly event among older adults. Data are inconclusive as to whether epidural or spinal (regional) anesthesia improves outcomes after hip fracture surgery...
What we talk about when we talk about risk: refining surgery's hazards in medical thoughtMark D Neuman
University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
Milbank Q 90:135-59. 2012..To gain perspective on how the hazards of surgery have been defined and redefined in medical thought, we examine changes over time in notions of risk related to operative care...
The relationship between short-term mortality and quality of care for hip fracture: a meta-analysis of clinical pathways for hip fractureMark D Neuman
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:2046-54. 2009..To assess the association between use of clinical pathways for hip fracture and changes in the rates of five inpatient complications and short-term mortality...
Changing access to emergency care for patients undergoing outpatient procedures at ambulatory surgery centers: evidence from FloridaMark D Neuman
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Med Care Res Rev 68:247-58. 2011..Further research defining the risks associated with these changes in access to emergency care is needed to inform future ASC policy development and regulation...
Hospital protocols for the inpatient care of older adults: results from a statewide surveyMark D Neuman
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:1959-64. 2010..To assess the prevalence of protocols or guidelines for selected domains of inpatient care for older adults; to explore associations between hospital characteristics and adoption of these guidelines or protocols...
The changing geography of outpatient proceduresGuy David
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 919104, USA
LDI Issue Brief 16:1-4. 2011..This Issue Brief summarizes evidence from one state about the changing geography of outpatient procedures and the possible risks associated with these changes...
Physician division of labor and patient selection for outpatient proceduresGuy David
Health Care Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6218, USA
J Health Econ 30:381-91. 2011..e. HOPDs). This discrepancy shrinks with increasing procedural risk and with increasing distance between ASCs and acute care hospitals...
Medical and financial risks associated with surgery in the elderly obeseJeffrey H Silber
Center for Outcomes Research, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Ann Surg 256:79-86. 2012..To study the medical and financial outcomes associated with surgery in elderly obese patients and to ask if obesity itself influences outcomes above and beyond the effects from comorbidities that are known to be associated with obesity...
Nonoperative care for hip fracture in the elderly: the influence of race, income, and comorbiditiesMark D Neuman
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Med Care 48:314-20. 2010..Operative repair is the standard of care, maximizing the chances of functional recovery. Not receiving operative care may condemn patients to a lifetime of pain and potential immobility...
Affording to wait: Medicare initiation and the use of health careGuy David
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Health Econ 21:1030-6. 2012....
"If I had only known"--on choice and uncertainty in the ICUJesse M Raiten
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, USA
N Engl J Med 367:1779-81. 2012..She's one of a new subcategory of ICU patients: the chronically critically ill. Their stories reveal shortcomings of common perspectives on medical decision making...
Variations in ambulance use in the United States: the role of health insuranceZachary F Meisel
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, The Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Acad Emerg Med 18:1036-44. 2011..The purpose of this study was to describe the associations between individual health insurance and ambulance utilization using a national sample of patients who receive emergency department (ED) care...
