Carlos O Weiss
Biographic Data
| ID | 5546326 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carlos O Weiss |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carlos |
| FAMILY NAME | O Weiss |
| SIGNATURE | WEISS C O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Evaluating Health Outcomes in the Presence of Competing Risks
BACKGROUND: An evaluation of the effect of a healthcare intervention (or an exposure) must consider multiple possible outcomes, including the primary outcome of interest and other outcomes such as adverse events or mortality. The determination of the likelihood of benefit from an intervention, in the presence of other competing outcomes, is a competing risks problem. Although statistical methods exist for quantifying the probability of benefit fr…
Physician Evaluation and Management of Medicare Home Health Patients
OBJECTIVE: The Medicare home health benefit is predicated on physician referral and involvement. In this study, we investigated (1) the frequency and (2) implications of home health patients' evaluation and management by community physicians. METHODS: The 2005 and 2006 Medicare 5% Standard Analytic Files were linked to the Outcome and Assessment Information Set to examine physician visits among 74,462 fee-for service Medicare beneficiaries with a…
Medicare Home Health Patients’ Transitions Through Acute And Post-Acute Care Settings
OBJECTIVES: To describe Medicare beneficiaries' transitions through home health care within the context of other acute and post-acute services, and to examine agreement between administrative claims and Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) measures of health services use. DATA SOURCES: The 2004 Chronic Condition Data Warehouse, including the Medicare 5% standard analytic file and OASIS. Study participants were 66,510 Medicare beneficiar…
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Medicare Home Health Patients’ Transitions Through Acute And Post-Acute Care Settings
OBJECTIVES: To describe Medicare beneficiaries' transitions through home health care within the context of other acute and post-acute services, and to examine agreement between administrative claims and Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) measures of health services use. DATA SOURCES: The 2004 Chronic Condition Data Warehouse, including the Medicare 5% standard analytic file and OASIS. Study participants were 66,510 Medicare beneficiar…
Physician Evaluation and Management of Medicare Home Health Patients
OBJECTIVE: The Medicare home health benefit is predicated on physician referral and involvement. In this study, we investigated (1) the frequency and (2) implications of home health patients' evaluation and management by community physicians. METHODS: The 2005 and 2006 Medicare 5% Standard Analytic Files were linked to the Outcome and Assessment Information Set to examine physician visits among 74,462 fee-for service Medicare beneficiaries with a…
Evaluating Health Outcomes in the Presence of Competing Risks
BACKGROUND: An evaluation of the effect of a healthcare intervention (or an exposure) must consider multiple possible outcomes, including the primary outcome of interest and other outcomes such as adverse events or mortality. The determination of the likelihood of benefit from an intervention, in the presence of other competing outcomes, is a competing risks problem. Although statistical methods exist for quantifying the probability of benefit fr…
Frailty in Older Adults (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (2 works) · MEDLINE (2 works) · Acute care (1 works) · Acute hospital (1 works) · Advanced Causal Inference Techniques (1 works) · Clinical trial (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works)