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November 17th 2016

Does Medicare Advantage Enrollment Affect Home Healthcare Use?

Daniel A. Waxman, MD, PhD Lillian Min, MD, MSHS Claude M. Setodji, PhD Mark Hanson, PhD Neil S. Wenger, MD, MPH David A. Ganz, MD, PhD

Medicare Advantage beneficiaries use less home healthcare than do their fee-for-service counterparts, but there is marked regional variation in use by both groups.

October 27th 2015

Targeting a High-Risk Group for Fall Prevention: Strategies for Health Plans

Lee A. Jennings, MD, MSHS David B. Reuben, MD Sung-Bou Kim, MPhil Emmett Keeler, PhD Carol P. Roth, RN, MPH David S. Zingmond, MD, PhD Neil S. Wenger, MD, MPH David A. Ganz, MD, PhD

This study evaluates different strategies to identify high fall risk among community-dwelling elders using a combination of easily obtainable administrative data and patient screening questions.

June 20th 2013

Cervical Cancer Screening Overuse and Underuse: Patient and Physician Factors

Cristina M. Almeida, MD, MPH Michael A. Rodriguez, MD, MPH Samuel Skootsky, MD Janet Pregler, MD Neil Steers, PhD Neil S. Wenger, MD, MPH

Cervical cancer screening underuse and overuse occur commonly in clinical practice and identifiable patient and physician factors can be targeted for quality improvement.

December 21st 2010

Nurse Practitioner Comanagement for Patients in an Academic Geriatric Practice

David A. Ganz, MD, PhD Brandon K. Koretz, MD Julia K. Bail, RN, MSN, GNP-C Heather E. McCreath, PhD Neil S. Wenger, MD, MPH Carol P. Roth, RN, MPH David B. Reuben, MD

Nurse practitioner comanagment improved quality of care for 5 chronic conditions in an academic geriatrics practice.

November 1st 2006

Physician Communication About the Cost and Acquisition of Newly Prescribed Medications

Derjung M. Tarn, MD, PhD Debora A. Paterniti, PhD John Heritage, PhD Ron D. Hays, PhD Richard L. Kravitz, MD, MSPH Neil S. Wenger, MD, MPH