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| MAUREEN A contact SMITHSummaryAffiliation: University of Wisconsin Country: USA Publications
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Nutritional status of Palestinian preschoolers in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional studySalwa G Massad
Department of Economics, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestinian Territory
BMC Public Health 12:27. 2012..The authors examined factors associated with nutritional resilience/vulnerability among preschoolers in the Gaza Strip in 2007, where political violence and deprivation are widespread...- Public reporting helped drive quality improvement in outpatient diabetes care among Wisconsin physician groupsMaureen A Smith
Health Innovation Program at the University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 31:570-7. 2012..To fully engage physician groups, accountability metrics should be structured to capture incremental improvements in quality, thereby rewarding both early and ongoing improvement activities... - Health-related quality of life of Palestinian preschoolers in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional studySalwa G Massad
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestinian Territory
BMC Public Health 11:253. 2011.... 
Changes in usual source of care and perceptions of health care access, quality, and useMaureen A Smith
Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA
Med Care 42:975-84. 2004..We sought to evaluate the extent of changes in usual source of care and associations with perceived health care access, quality, and use...- Rehospitalization and survival for stroke patients in managed care and traditional Medicare plansMaureen A Smith
Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin Madison Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin 53705 2397, USA
Med Care 43:902-10. 2005.... - Characterizing hospice services in the United StatesMaureen A Smith
Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 505 WARF Building, 610 Walnut Street, Madison, WI 53726, USA
Gerontologist 48:25-31. 2008..g., continuous home care)... - 30-day survival and rehospitalization for stroke patients according to physician specialtyMaureen A Smith
Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin Madison Medical School, Madison, Wisc, USA
Cerebrovasc Dis 22:21-6. 2006..e., collaborative care), or by another specialist during the index hospitalization... - Overprescribing of lipid lowering agentsM A Smith
Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 505 WARF Bldg, 610 Walnut St, Madison, WI 53726 2397, USA
Qual Saf Health Care 15:251-7. 2006..However, little is known about trends in overprescribing of lipid lowering agents. We examined these trends and their associations with physician, practice, and organisational factors... - To help or hinder: Which is more important in explaining a physician's willingness to recommend a health plan?M A Smith
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison Medical School, USA
Med Care 39:469-77. 2001..To examine how specific health plan practices contribute to physicians' willingness to recommend a health plan to a patient, and whether the relative importance of plan practices is viewed differently when patients are seriously ill... - When do older adults turn to the internet for health information? Findings from the Wisconsin Longitudinal StudyKathryn E Flynn
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27715, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:1295-301. 2006..However, little is known about which older adults seek health information on the internet or when... - The price of bouncing back: one-year mortality and payments for acute stroke patients with 30-day bounce-backsAmy J H Kind
Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:999-1005. 2008..To examine 1-year mortality and healthcare payments of stroke patients experiencing zero, one and two or more bounce-backs within 30 days of discharge... - Bouncing-back: rehospitalization in patients with complicated transitions in the first thirty days after hospital discharge for acute strokeAmy J H Kind
Department of Population Health Sciences, Geriatrics Division, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Wadison, WI, USA
Home Health Care Serv Q 26:37-55. 2007..quot;Bounce-backs" (movements from a less intensive to a more intensive care setting) soon after hospital discharge are common, but reasons for bouncing-back remain unknown... - Personality and health care decision-making styleKathryn E Flynn
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 62:P261-7. 2007..A better understanding of how personality traits relate to patient decision-making styles may help clinicians tailor treatment discussions to the needs and preferences of individual patients... - Bouncing back: patterns and predictors of complicated transitions 30 days after hospitalization for acute ischemic strokeAmy J H Kind
Department of Population Health Sciences, Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, WI 53705, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:365-73. 2007..To identify predictors of complicated transitions within 30 days after discharge from hospitalization for acute stroke... - A typology of preferences for participation in healthcare decision makingKathryn E Flynn
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Soc Sci Med 63:1158-69. 2006.... - Effect of gender and visit length on participation in pediatric visitsElizabeth D Cox
Center for Women s Health Research, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, WI, United States
Patient Educ Couns 65:320-8. 2007..To examine the effect of child, physician and parent genders as well as visit length on participation... - Evaluating deliberation in pediatric primary careElizabeth D Cox
Center for Women s Health Research, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 610 Walnut St, Madison, WI 53726, USA
Pediatrics 120:e68-77. 2007..We objectively assessed the amount of deliberation; the involvement of parents and children in deliberation; and how deliberation is associated with child, physician, parent, and visit characteristics... - Assessment of the physician-caregiver relationship scales (PCRS)Elizabeth D Cox
Center for Women s Health Research, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, United States
Patient Educ Couns 70:69-78. 2008..We develop and validate the physician-caregiver relationship scales (PCRS), incorporating three relationship domains (liking, understanding, dominance)... - Managing febrile infants: impact of literature recommendations published during a physician's residencyElizabeth D Cox
Center for Women's Health Research, University of Wisconsin Medical School, USA
Eval Health Prof 28:328-48. 2005..The association between publication of sepsis workup recommendations during a physician's residency and increased sepsis workup recommendations suggests an unrecognized and enduring impact of such publications... - Older adults' satisfaction with integrated capitated health and long-term careAdam Atherly
Department of Health Policy and Management, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Gerontologist 44:348-57. 2004..Because many older persons are unable to respond to surveys, separate instruments were developed for individuals and for their families... - From physician to consumer: the effectiveness of strategies to manage health care utilizationKathryn E Flynn
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Med Care Res Rev 59:455-81. 2002..If patients become the new locus of decision making in health care, provider-focused mechanisms to influence physician behavior will not disappear but are likely to decline in importance...
Research Grants
- Older Adults and Specialty Care Use in Managed CareMaureen Smith; Fiscal Year: 2002..The proposed research will provide valuable information to clinicians, policymakers and researchers interested in the effects of managed care and health care providers (i.e., hospitals) on acutely-ill older patients. ..
- Guideline Adherence and Short/Long-term Health Outcomes in Patients with DiabetesMaureen Smith; Fiscal Year: 2009..Overall, the results from our investigation will impact diabetes treatment guidelines, development of quality metrics, construction of pay-for-performance thresholds, and targeting of interventions. ..
- Virtual Colonoscopy and Colorectal Cancer ScreeningMAUREEN A contact SMITH; Fiscal Year: 2010..The results from our study are important to understanding how to improve screening and optimize the use of this less invasive test. ..
- Guideline Adherence and Short/Long-term Health Outcomes in Patients with DiabetesMaureen A Smith; Fiscal Year: 2010..Overall, the results from our investigation will impact diabetes treatment guidelines, development of quality metrics, construction of pay-for-performance thresholds, and targeting of interventions. ..