Laura A. Petersen, MD, MPH

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November 19th 2013

Creating Peer Groups for Assessing and Comparing Nursing Home Performance

Margaret M. Byrne, PhD Christina Daw, PhD Ken Pietz, PhD Brian Reis, BE Laura A. Petersen, MD, MPH

A methodologically sound, empirically based approach to creating peer groupings can and should be adapted to fit the setting of nursing homes.

October 23rd 2012

Financial Incentives and Physician Commitment to Guideline-Recommended Hypertension Management

Sylvia J. Hysong, PhD Kate Simpson, MPH Kenneth Pietz, PhD Richard SoRelle, BS Kristen Broussard Smitham, MBA, MA Laura A. Petersen, MD, MPH

Financial incentives may not be strong enough to influence physician goal commitment to guideline-recommended hypertension care when providers attribute performance to forces beyond their control.

September 19th 2012

Impact of Clinical Complexity on the Quality of Diabetes Care

LeChauncy D. Woodard, MD, MPH Cassie R. Landrum, MPH Tracy H. Urech, MPH Degang Wang, PhD Salim S. Virani, MD Laura A. Petersen, MD, MPH

We examined the impact of clinical complexity defined by comorbidity count and illness burden on comprehensive diabetes care, including blood pressure, glycemic, and lipid management.

September 1st 2007

Do Financial Incentives in a Globally Budgeted Healthcare Payment System Produce Changes in the Way Patients Are Categorized? A Five-year Study

Laura A. Petersen, MD, MPH Tracy H. Urech, MPH Margaret M. Byrne, PhD Kenneth Pietz, PhD