Christopher M Murtaugh

Summary

Affiliation: Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Transitions through postacute and long-term care settings: patterns of use and outcomes for a national cohort of elders
    Christopher M Murtaugh
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, New York 10001 1810, USA
    Med Care 40:227-36. 2002
  2. ncbi Just-in-time evidence-based e-mail "reminders" in home health care: impact on patient outcomes
    Penny H Feldman
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, 107 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
    Health Serv Res 40:865-85. 2005
  3. ncbi Just-in-time evidence-based e-mail "reminders" in home health care: impact on nurse practices
    Christopher M Murtaugh
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research, 5 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001-1810, USA
    Health Serv Res 40:849-64. 2005
  4. ncbi Lifetime risk and duration of chronic disease and disability
    Christopher M Murtaugh
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, NY 10001 1810, USA
    J Aging Health 23:554-77. 2011
  5. ncbi Can just-in-time, evidence-based "reminders" improve pain management among home health care nurses and their patients?
    Margaret V McDonald
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, USA
    J Pain Symptom Manage 29:474-88. 2005
  6. ncbi A randomized intervention to improve heart failure outcomes in community-based home health care
    Penny H Feldman
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, NY 10021, USA
    Home Health Care Serv Q 23:1-23. 2004
  7. ncbi Are there racial differences in attitudes toward hospice care? A study of hospice-eligible patients at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York
    Peri Rosenfeld
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, NY 10001, USA
    Am J Hosp Palliat Care 24:408-16. 2007
  8. ncbi Risk adjustment and public reporting on home health care
    Christopher M Murtaugh
    Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Center for Home Care Policy and Research, New York 10001, USA
    Health Care Financ Rev 28:77-94. 2007
  9. ncbi Trends in Medicare home health care use: 1997-2001
    Christopher M Murtaugh
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 22:146-56. 2003
  10. ncbi Improving the transition to home healthcare by rethinking the purpose and structure of the CMS 485: first steps
    Eugenia L Siegler
    Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
    Home Health Care Serv Q 25:27-38. 2006

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Transitions through postacute and long-term care settings: patterns of use and outcomes for a national cohort of elders
    Christopher M Murtaugh
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, New York 10001 1810, USA
    Med Care 40:227-36. 2002
    ..This gap in knowledge is addressed by analyzing the use of postacute and long-term care settings during a 2-year interval by a nationally representative cohort of elders...
  2. ncbi Just-in-time evidence-based e-mail "reminders" in home health care: impact on patient outcomes
    Penny H Feldman
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, 107 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
    Health Serv Res 40:865-85. 2005
    ..It also advances the field's limited understanding of the cost-effectiveness of selected strategies for translating research into practice...
  3. ncbi Just-in-time evidence-based e-mail "reminders" in home health care: impact on nurse practices
    Christopher M Murtaugh
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research, 5 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001-1810, USA
    Health Serv Res 40:849-64. 2005
    ....
  4. ncbi Lifetime risk and duration of chronic disease and disability
    Christopher M Murtaugh
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, NY 10001 1810, USA
    J Aging Health 23:554-77. 2011
    ..To estimate risk and duration of chronic conditions and disability for all older Americans and demographic subgroups...
  5. ncbi Can just-in-time, evidence-based "reminders" improve pain management among home health care nurses and their patients?
    Margaret V McDonald
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, USA
    J Pain Symptom Manage 29:474-88. 2005
    ....
  6. ncbi A randomized intervention to improve heart failure outcomes in community-based home health care
    Penny H Feldman
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, NY 10021, USA
    Home Health Care Serv Q 23:1-23. 2004
    ..074), and a reduction variation in the typical number of visits provided (p < .05), without a significant increase in physician or ED use or patient mortality. Hypothesized improvement in other outcomes did not occur...
  7. ncbi Are there racial differences in attitudes toward hospice care? A study of hospice-eligible patients at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York
    Peri Rosenfeld
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, NY 10001, USA
    Am J Hosp Palliat Care 24:408-16. 2007
    ..These findings suggest that increased referrals to home-based hospice care among home health clients depend on the availability and professional dissemination of accurate, spiritually sensitive information...
  8. ncbi Risk adjustment and public reporting on home health care
    Christopher M Murtaugh
    Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Center for Home Care Policy and Research, New York 10001, USA
    Health Care Financ Rev 28:77-94. 2007
    ..Theory and evidence-based models have the potential to simplify risk adjustment, and thereby improve provider and consumer understanding and confidence in public reporting...
  9. ncbi Trends in Medicare home health care use: 1997-2001
    Christopher M Murtaugh
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 22:146-56. 2003
    ..In addition, average payment per visit increased sharply under the PPS. Little is known about the impact of continued large reductions in home health services since 1999...
  10. ncbi Improving the transition to home healthcare by rethinking the purpose and structure of the CMS 485: first steps
    Eugenia L Siegler
    Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
    Home Health Care Serv Q 25:27-38. 2006
    ..The paper also discusses evaluation plans and a web-based system of communication that will be developed in the second phase of the project...
  11. ncbi Policy implications of an annuity approach to integrating long-term care financing and retirement income
    Brenda C Spillman
    Urban Institute, Washington, D C, USA
    J Aging Health 15:45-73. 2003
    ..Public policy should avoid the distortion of choices created by focusing exclusively on an insurance model...