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Cesarean and VBAC rates among immigrant vs. native-born women: a retrospective observational study from Taiwan Cesarean delivery and VBAC among immigrant women in TaiwanJung Chung Fu
Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung, ROC, Taiwan
BMC Public Health 10:548. 2010....
Management training of physician executives, their leadership style, and care management performance: an empirical studySudha Xirasagar
University of South Carolina, Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Am J Manag Care 12:101-8. 2006..To examine associations between management training of physician executives and their leadership styles, as well as effectiveness in achieving disease management goals...
Neonatal outcomes for immigrant vs. native-born mothers in Taiwan: an epidemiological paradoxSudha Xirasagar
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Matern Child Health J 15:269-79. 2011..Findings can be used to initiate public education to reverse the widespread negative perceptions and attitudes towards immigrant spouses in Taiwan...- Physician leadership styles and effectiveness: an empirical studySudha Xirasagar
University of South Carolina, USA
Med Care Res Rev 62:720-40. 2005..Results support the hypothesis and suggest that physician leadership development using the transformational leadership model may result in improved health care quality and cost control... - Transformational, transactional among physician and laissez-faire leadership among physician executivesSudha Xirasagar
Arnold School of Public Health, Department of Health Services Policy and Management, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
J Health Organ Manag 22:599-613. 2008..The purpose of this paper is to examine the empirical validity of transformational, transactional and laissez-faire leadership and their sub-scales among physician managers... - Restaurant industry preparedness against intentional food contamination: results of a South Carolina surveySudha Xirasagar
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 16:E18-30. 2010..Of concern, there is much variation in practices by geographic region. On the basis of the survey, recommendations are made to improve restaurant preparedness against food-borne outbreaks from terrorism and malevolent contamination... - Preventing intentional food contamination: a survey to assess restaurant preparednessSudha Xirasagar
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 16:E7-E17. 2010..The resulting survey remains sensitive to the hospitality industry while encompassing all vulnerable points... - Small group health insurance: ranking the states on the depth of reform, 1999Sudha Xirasagar
University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Health Soc Policy 19:1-35. 2004..The conceptual linkages between specific regulations and the documented small group market problems lead to normative expectations of an association between the depth of state reforms and the prevalence of uninsurance... - Reducing the numbers of the uninsured: policy implications from state-level data analysisSudha Xirasagar
University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Columbia 29208, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 11:72-8. 2005..The findings indicate substantial potential for reducing uninsurance through targeted state policies. Policy recommendations are made to alleviate the insurance hurdles faced by immigrant and small business employee populations... - Colonoscopy screening rates among patients of colonoscopy-trained African American primary care physiciansSudha Xirasagar
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Cancer 117:5151-60. 2011..Training primary care physicians (PCPs) to perform colonoscopy may improve screening rates among underserved high-risk populations... - Quality and safety of screening colonoscopies performed by primary care physicians with standby specialist supportSudha Xirasagar
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Med Care 48:703-9. 2010..This study examined the quality of colonoscopies by primary care physicians (PCPs) with standby specialist support at a licensed ambulatory surgery center... - Providing shelter to nursing home evacuees in disasters: lessons from Hurricane KatrinaSarah B Laditka
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Am J Public Health 98:1288-93. 2008..We examined nursing home preparedness needs by studying the experiences of nursing homes that sheltered evacuees from Hurricane Katrina... - The impact of states' small group health insurance reforms on uninsurance ratesSudha Xirasagar
University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Health Soc Policy 20:11-50. 2005..Possible reasons for the lack of impact are discussed... - Seasonality in adult asthma admissions, air pollutant levels, and climate: a population-based studyChi-Hung Chen
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
J Asthma 43:287-92. 2006..Air quality control programs and early public warning systems on pollution and atmospheric factors are needed to enable predisposed individuals and their physicians to preempt attacks through primary and secondary preventive measures... - Role of meteorological factors in duodenal ulcer seasonality: a nation-wide, population-based studySudha Xirasagar
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1439-46. 2007..Understanding disease seasonality can provide guidance for future biomedical research... - A comprehensive snapshot of States' small group market reforms on insurer pricing & rating practices, 1999Sudha Xirasagar
University of South Carolina, School of Public Health, Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Columbia, SC, USA
J Health Soc Policy 19:61-81. 2004..The variety in pricing and rating reforms illustrate the differences in the depth of reforms across states, and represent a far wider range of potential actuarial combinations than the sample of reforms documented in past literature... - Physician supply, supplier-induced demand and competition: empirical evidence from a single-payer systemSudha Xirasagar
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, USA
Int J Health Plann Manage 21:117-31. 2006..Empirically, our data suggest that the average market effect of physicians on one another is synergic when all specialties are considered together, but competitive within each specialty... - Do group practices have lower caesarean rates than solo practice obstetric clinics? Evidence from TaiwanSudha Xirasagar
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
Health Policy Plan 21:319-25. 2006..This study examined physicians' propensity for caesarean deliveries at solo versus group practice obstetrics/gynaecology (ob/gyn) clinics in Taiwan... - A comparison snapshot of states' small group market reform on access and enhancing valued plan features, 1999Sudha Xirasagar
Department of Health Services Policy and Managment, University of South Carolina, School of Public Health, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Health Soc Policy 19:67-90. 2004..Past studies have evaluated the impact of selected major reforms in isolation, and, thus, have been inadequate to provide definitive conclusions on the reforms' impact... - Maternal request CS--role of hospital teaching status and for-profit ownershipSudha Xirasagar
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 132:27-34. 2007..To examine whether hospitals' for-profit (FP) ownership and non-teaching status are associated with greater likelihood of maternal request cesarean (CS) relative to public and not-for-profit (NFP) and teaching status, respectively... - Relationship between presence of a reported medical home and emergency department use among children with asthmaAbdoulaye Diedhiou
South Carolina Public Health Consortium, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter Street, Suite 309, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Med Care Res Rev 67:450-75. 2010..93; 95% confidence interval = 0.89-0.97). A medical home in which physicians and parents share responsibility for ensuring that children have access to needed services may improve child and family outcomes for children with asthma... - Reducing cancer disparities through innovative partnerships: a collaboration of the South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network and Federally Qualified Health CentersDaniela B Friedman
Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Cancer Educ 27:59-61. 2012..These activities identify unique opportunities for public health and primary care collaborations... - Seasonality in pediatric asthma admissions: the role of climate and environmental factorsSudha Xirasagar
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Eur J Pediatr 165:747-52. 2006..CONCLUSION: Seasonality in pediatric asthma admissions vary by age in a subtropical island setting... - African Americans' decisions not to evacuate New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina: a qualitative studyKeith Elder
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Am J Public Health 97:S124-9. 2007..We examined the psychosocial and personal factors that influenced African Americans' decision not to evacuate New Orleans, La, before Hurricane Katrina's landfall... - Effects of payment incentives, hospital ownership and competition on hospitalization decisions for ambulatory surgical proceduresSudha Xirasagar
University of South Carolina, Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Columbia, SC, USA
Health Policy 76:26-37. 2006..Differences in the relevance of inpatient care for hernia and cataract surgery may account for the lack of admission convergence of public hospitals and FPs under high competition among cataract surgery group... - Academic partnerships with historically black colleges and universities: a public health professions projectSaundra H Glover
Health Disparities and Social Justice, Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 20:18-28. 2009..The program offered fellowships to African American students, from high school through graduate programs, along with structured learning experiences in public health advocacy, practice, and research... - Protecting nursing home residents during emergencies or disasters: an exploratory study from South CarolinaSarah B Laditka
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
Prehosp Disaster Med 22:42-8. 2007.... - Infant health care costs for Medicaid-insured infants in South Carolina enrolled in three insurance plans from birth to 24 monthsWilliam B Pittard
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Epidemiology and Health Systems Research, MUSC, 165 Ashley Avenue, P.O. Box 250917, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J S C Med Assoc 103:234-7. 2007 - Exporting doctoral education: experience of a state-supported universityCarleen H Stoskopf
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
J Health Adm Educ 24:301-19. 2007..Our experience is that there are many challenges, but it is also rewarding from academic, scholarly, and financial perspectives... - Costs per discharge and hospital ownership under prospective payment and cost-based reimbursement systems in TaiwanHerng-Ching Lin
Taipei Medical University, School of Health Care Administration, Taipei, Taiwan
Health Policy Plan 19:166-76. 2004..cost shifting from case payment diagnoses to cost-reimbursed diagnoses, and (3). patient dumping. Longitudinal studies using detailed hospital-level information with patient tracking facility are needed to clarify these issues... - Patient perceptions of service quality in group versus solo practice clinicsHerng Ching Lin
Taipei Medical University, School of Health Care Administration, Taipei, Taiwan
Int J Qual Health Care 16:437-45. 2004..To compare patient perceptions of service quality at solo and group practices, and to examine the association of perceptions with 'potential patient loyalty' (PPL), the potential for seeking future service from the same clinic... - Association between physician volume and hospitalization costs for patients with stroke in Taiwan: a nationwide population-based studyHerng Ching Lin
School of Health Care Administration and the Topnotch Stroke Research Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
Stroke 38:1565-9. 2007..There is little information available on this aspect of stroke care. We used nationwide population-based data to explore the association between physician case volume and costs per discharge for patients with stroke... - Providers' responses to global budgeting in Taiwan: what were the initial effects?Fen Ju Chen
Department of Health Management, I Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
Health Serv Manage Res 20:113-20. 2007.... - Does physicians' case volume impact inpatient care costs for pneumonia cases?Hsiu Chen Lin
Department of Pediatric Infection, Taipei Medical University and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
J Gen Intern Med 23:304-9. 2008..Increasing physician case volumes are documented to reduce costs and improve outcomes for many surgical procedures but not for medical conditions such as pneumonia that consume significant health care resources... - Enhancing the care continuum in rural areas: survey of community health center-rural hospital collaborationsMichael E Samuels
Department of Family and Community Medicine, and Office of Health Research and Development, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536 0284, USA
J Rural Health 24:24-31. 2008..Community Health Centers (CHCs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) play a significant role in providing health services for rural residents across the United States... - Physician's case volume of intensive care unit pneumonia admissions and in-hospital mortalityHerng Ching Lin
School of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 177:989-94. 2008..Although several studies have investigated volume-outcome relationships for surgical procedures, there has been no such study of intensive care unit (ICU) patients admitted for pneumonia... - Infant health outcomes differ notably among Medicaid insurance models: evidence of a successful case management program in South CarolinaWilliam B Pittard
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Epidemiology and Health Systems Research, MUSC, 165 Ashley Avenue, P.O. Box 250917, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J S C Med Assoc 103:228-33. 2007 - Institutional factors in cesarean delivery rates: policy and research implicationsHerng Ching Lin
School of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
Obstet Gynecol 103:128-36. 2004..To examine the association of health care institutional characteristics with cesarean delivery...