B Wright
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 16841 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | B Wright |
| NOMBRES | B |
| APELLIDO | Wright |
| FIRMA | WRIGHT B |
| AFILIACIONES | University of South Carolina |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2674-4951 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 27 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 71 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1971 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Characterizing Guillain-Barré Risk Factors Among Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a rare and potentially life-threatening autoimmune disorder affecting the peripheral nerves. We sought to identify demographic and clinical characteristics associated with GBS onset. In this retrospective case-control study, we used national 2005 to 2020 fee-for-service Medicare claims data to identify beneficiaries with incident GBS using a chart-validated algorithm (N = 16 280), matched 1:1 with non-GBS controls…
Headache Characteristics of Pediatric Sport-Related Concussion
These findings document the trajectory of HAC. Future studies should assess relationships between initial headache characteristics and recovery
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hospital-Based Care Among Dual Eligibles Who Use Health Centers
Introduction: Health center use may reduce hospital-based care among Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles, but racial and ethnic disparities in this population have not been widely studied. We examined the extent of racial and ethnic disparities in hospital-based care among duals using health centers and the degree to which disparities occur within or between health centers. Methods: We used 2012-2018 Medicare claims and health center data to model e…
Changes in Performance Measures and Service Volume at US Federally Qualified Health Centers During the Covid-19 Pandemic
In this cohort study of US FQHCs, nearly all quality measures declined during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with most declines persisting through 2021. Similarly, most visit types declined in 2020; 60% of these remained below prepandemic levels in 2021. By contrast, mental health and substance use visits increased in both years. The pandemic led to forgone care and likely exacerbated behavioral health needs. As such, FQHCs need sustain…
Hospital Performance Under Alternative Readmission Measures Incorporating Observation Stays
OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent to which counting observation stays changes hospital performance on 30-day readmission measures. METHODS: This was a retrospective study of inpatient admissions and observation stays among fee-for-service Medicare enrollees in 2017. We generated 3 specifications of 30-day risk-standardized readmissions measures: the hospital-wide readmission (HWR) measure utilized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service…
Will Community Health Centers Survive Covid‐19
Federally qualified community health centers (CHCs) are the nation's primary care safety net, serving a patient population of whom 68% have incomes below the poverty level, 63% identify as racial/ethnic minorities, and 82% are uninsured or publicly insured.1 Today, nearly 1,400 CHCs operate some 13,000 healthcare delivery sites nationwide,2 providing high-quality, cost-effective, and comprehensive primary care (often including dental and behavior…
Purged from the Rolls
Purpose: To describe the impact of disenrollment from Medicaid because of failure to pay premiums as part of Iowa's Medicaid program's personal responsibility component. Methods: We conducted a mixed method study consisting of in-depth interviews with disenrolled members in 2016 and 2017 (n=72) and a survey of disenrolled members in 2017 (n=225). Results: Many disenrollees did not know why they were disenrolled, were unaware of the personal respo…
The Role of Grit in Determining Engagement and Academic Outcomes for University Students
Evidence of Racial and Geographic Disparities in the Use of Medicare Observation Stays and Subsequent Patient Outcomes Relative to Short-Stay Hospitalizations
PURPOSE: To examine racial and geographic disparities in the use of-and outcomes associated with-Medicare observation stays versus short-stay hospitalizations. METHODS: We used 2007-2010 fee-for-service Medicare claims, including 3,555,994 observation and short-stay hospitalizations for individuals over age 65. We estimated linear probability models with hospital fixed effects to identify within-facility disparities in observation stay use, and e…
The Relationship Between Rural Health Clinic Use and Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries
PURPOSE: High rates of potentially preventable hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits indicate limited primary care access. Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) are intended to increase access to primary care. The goal of this study was to evaluate the role of RHCs and their impact on potentially preventable hospitalizations and ED visits among Medicare beneficiaries based on actual individual-level utilization patterns. METHODS: With Medic…
The Special Issue on Innovation in Health Science Education
Completion of Requirements in Iowa’s Medicaid Expansion Premium Disincentive Program, 2014–2015
Objectives. To evaluate rates of member compliance with Iowa’s Medicaid expansion premium disincentive program. Methods. We used 2014 to 2015 Iowa Medicaid data to construct rolling 12-month cohorts of Wellness Plan and Marketplace Choice members (Iowa’s 2 Medicaid expansion waiver programs for individuals ≤ 100% and 101%–138% of the federal poverty level, respectively), calculated completion rates for required activities (i.e., wellness examinat…
Chest Pain Patients at Veterans Hospitals Are Increasingly More Likely to Be Observed Than Admitted for Short Stays
Observation stays are an outpatient service used to diagnose and treat patients for extended periods of time while a decision is made regarding inpatient admission or discharge. Although the use of observation stays is increasing, little is known about which patients are observed and which are admitted for similar periods of time as inpatients. The aim was to identify patient characteristics associated with being observed rather than admitted for…
Do patients have a voice? The social stratification of health center governing boards
CONTEXT: To ensure community responsiveness, federally qualified health centres (FQHCs) in the United States are required to be governed by a patient majority. However, to the extent that these patient trustees resemble the typical low-income patients served by FQHCs, status generalization theory suggests that they will be passed over for leadership positions within the board in favour of more prestigious individuals. METHODS: Using 4 years of da…
Footsteps with character
This essay explores the history of Foley sound performance and style with a particular emphasis on how the institutional demands of Hollywood sound production, coupled with the freelance structure of the contemporary film industry, necessitated a shift in professional designation from ‘Foley walker’ to ‘Foley artist’ in the 1980s and 1990s. By addressing the labour structure of Hollywood sound professionals and the stylistic goals of Foley sound …
The Origin and Disposition of Medicare Observation Stays
BACKGROUND: Growing use of hospital observation care continues unabated despite growing concerns from Medicare beneficiaries, patient advocacy groups, providers, and policy makers. Unlike inpatient stays, outpatient observation stays are subject to 20% coinsurance and do not count toward the 3-day stay required for Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility (SNF) care. Despite the policy relevance, we know little about where patients originate…
Trends in Observation Care Among Medicare Fee‐for‐Service Beneficiaries at Critical Access Hospitals, 2007‐2009
PURPOSE: Observation care is used to evaluate patients prior to admission or discharge. Often beneficial, such care also imposes greater financial liability on Medicare beneficiaries. While the use of observation care has increased recently, critical access hospitals (CAHs) face different policies than prospective payment (PPS) hospitals, which may influence their observation care use. METHODS: We used 100% Medicare inpatient and outpatient claim…
AAPA Presentation Schedule
The history of infectious disease in humans (and to a lesser extent other primates) has been studied from different perspectives including those of bioarchaeology, medical history, and evolutionary genetics. Technical advances in nucleotide sequencing as well as in the ability to obtain genetic material from difficult sources (such as feces and ancient materials) have enhanced our ability to examine both ancient pathogens and pathogens that are d…
Consumer Governance and the Provision of Enabling Services That Facilitate Access to Care at Community Health Centers
BACKGROUND: Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are primary care clinics, governed by a consumer majority, which accept patients regardless of ability to pay and provide nonclinical enabling services that facilitate patients' access to care. Understanding how FQHCs decide which services to provide is important, because enabling services are not typically reimbursed. OBJECTIVE: To model enabling service provision as a function of FQHC board…
The road to efficiency? Re-examining the impact of the primary care physician workforce on health care utilization rates
Care in the Country
From 1978 to 1983, researchers at the University of North Carolina conducted a National Evaluation of Rural Primary Care Programs. Thirty years later, many of the programs they studied have closed, but the challenges of providing rural health care have persisted. I explored the histories of 4 surviving rural primary care programs and identified factors that contributed to their sustainability. These included physician advocates, innovative practi…
Craniodental biomechanics and dietary toughness in the genus
That other historian, the illustrator
Journal Article ‘That Other Historian, the Illustrator’: Voices and Vignettes in Mid-Nineteenth Century France Get access Beth S. Wright Beth S. Wright Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Oxford Art Journal, Volume 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113–136, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxartj/23.1.113 Published: 01 March 2000
Doing It the Hard Way
Part 1 Women, technology and the corporations: sex stratification, technology and organizational change - a longitudinal case study of AT farming out the home - women and the agribusiness technological change and women's role in agribusiness - methods of research in social action. Part 2 Gender and the culture of technology: the culture of engineering - women, workplace and machines engineering the shape of work mathematization of engineering - l…
Aborigines - Was It Smallpox
When the fleet of British warships and transports led by H.M.S. Supply entered Botany Bay on the 18th of January 1788, the white invasion of Aboriginal Australia had begun. Captain Arthur Phillip in Supply was followed over the next two days by H.M.S. Sirius, six transports and three store ships. On the 26th January the Frenchman, La Perouse, with the ships La Boussole and L'Astrolabe, arrived at Botany Bay and remained there until the 10th of Ma…
Craniodental biomechanics and dietary toughness in the genus
The road to efficiency? Re-examining the impact of the primary care physician workforce on health care utilization rates
Care in the Country
From 1978 to 1983, researchers at the University of North Carolina conducted a National Evaluation of Rural Primary Care Programs. Thirty years later, many of the programs they studied have closed, but the challenges of providing rural health care have persisted. I explored the histories of 4 surviving rural primary care programs and identified factors that contributed to their sustainability. These included physician advocates, innovative practi…
Urbanization and the Plural Society
Bowdler, Sandra - Revealing the Past
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Aborigines - Was It Smallpox
When the fleet of British warships and transports led by H.M.S. Supply entered Botany Bay on the 18th of January 1788, the white invasion of Aboriginal Australia had begun. Captain Arthur Phillip in Supply was followed over the next two days by H.M.S. Sirius, six transports and three store ships. On the 26th January the Frenchman, La Perouse, with the ships La Boussole and L'Astrolabe, arrived at Botany Bay and remained there until the 10th of Ma…
Doing It the Hard Way
Part 1 Women, technology and the corporations: sex stratification, technology and organizational change - a longitudinal case study of AT farming out the home - women and the agribusiness technological change and women's role in agribusiness - methods of research in social action. Part 2 Gender and the culture of technology: the culture of engineering - women, workplace and machines engineering the shape of work mathematization of engineering - l…
That other historian, the illustrator
Journal Article ‘That Other Historian, the Illustrator’: Voices and Vignettes in Mid-Nineteenth Century France Get access Beth S. Wright Beth S. Wright Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Oxford Art Journal, Volume 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113–136, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxartj/23.1.113 Published: 01 March 2000
Craniodental biomechanics and dietary toughness in the genus
Care in the Country
From 1978 to 1983, researchers at the University of North Carolina conducted a National Evaluation of Rural Primary Care Programs. Thirty years later, many of the programs they studied have closed, but the challenges of providing rural health care have persisted. I explored the histories of 4 surviving rural primary care programs and identified factors that contributed to their sustainability. These included physician advocates, innovative practi…
The road to efficiency? Re-examining the impact of the primary care physician workforce on health care utilization rates
Consumer Governance and the Provision of Enabling Services That Facilitate Access to Care at Community Health Centers
BACKGROUND: Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are primary care clinics, governed by a consumer majority, which accept patients regardless of ability to pay and provide nonclinical enabling services that facilitate patients' access to care. Understanding how FQHCs decide which services to provide is important, because enabling services are not typically reimbursed. OBJECTIVE: To model enabling service provision as a function of FQHC board…
Trends in Observation Care Among Medicare Fee‐for‐Service Beneficiaries at Critical Access Hospitals, 2007‐2009
PURPOSE: Observation care is used to evaluate patients prior to admission or discharge. Often beneficial, such care also imposes greater financial liability on Medicare beneficiaries. While the use of observation care has increased recently, critical access hospitals (CAHs) face different policies than prospective payment (PPS) hospitals, which may influence their observation care use. METHODS: We used 100% Medicare inpatient and outpatient claim…
AAPA Presentation Schedule
The history of infectious disease in humans (and to a lesser extent other primates) has been studied from different perspectives including those of bioarchaeology, medical history, and evolutionary genetics. Technical advances in nucleotide sequencing as well as in the ability to obtain genetic material from difficult sources (such as feces and ancient materials) have enhanced our ability to examine both ancient pathogens and pathogens that are d…
Footsteps with character
This essay explores the history of Foley sound performance and style with a particular emphasis on how the institutional demands of Hollywood sound production, coupled with the freelance structure of the contemporary film industry, necessitated a shift in professional designation from ‘Foley walker’ to ‘Foley artist’ in the 1980s and 1990s. By addressing the labour structure of Hollywood sound professionals and the stylistic goals of Foley sound …
The Origin and Disposition of Medicare Observation Stays
BACKGROUND: Growing use of hospital observation care continues unabated despite growing concerns from Medicare beneficiaries, patient advocacy groups, providers, and policy makers. Unlike inpatient stays, outpatient observation stays are subject to 20% coinsurance and do not count toward the 3-day stay required for Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility (SNF) care. Despite the policy relevance, we know little about where patients originate…
Do patients have a voice? The social stratification of health center governing boards
CONTEXT: To ensure community responsiveness, federally qualified health centres (FQHCs) in the United States are required to be governed by a patient majority. However, to the extent that these patient trustees resemble the typical low-income patients served by FQHCs, status generalization theory suggests that they will be passed over for leadership positions within the board in favour of more prestigious individuals. METHODS: Using 4 years of da…
Chest Pain Patients at Veterans Hospitals Are Increasingly More Likely to Be Observed Than Admitted for Short Stays
Observation stays are an outpatient service used to diagnose and treat patients for extended periods of time while a decision is made regarding inpatient admission or discharge. Although the use of observation stays is increasing, little is known about which patients are observed and which are admitted for similar periods of time as inpatients. The aim was to identify patient characteristics associated with being observed rather than admitted for…
The Role of Grit in Determining Engagement and Academic Outcomes for University Students
Evidence of Racial and Geographic Disparities in the Use of Medicare Observation Stays and Subsequent Patient Outcomes Relative to Short-Stay Hospitalizations
PURPOSE: To examine racial and geographic disparities in the use of-and outcomes associated with-Medicare observation stays versus short-stay hospitalizations. METHODS: We used 2007-2010 fee-for-service Medicare claims, including 3,555,994 observation and short-stay hospitalizations for individuals over age 65. We estimated linear probability models with hospital fixed effects to identify within-facility disparities in observation stay use, and e…
The Relationship Between Rural Health Clinic Use and Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries
PURPOSE: High rates of potentially preventable hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits indicate limited primary care access. Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) are intended to increase access to primary care. The goal of this study was to evaluate the role of RHCs and their impact on potentially preventable hospitalizations and ED visits among Medicare beneficiaries based on actual individual-level utilization patterns. METHODS: With Medic…
The Special Issue on Innovation in Health Science Education
Completion of Requirements in Iowa’s Medicaid Expansion Premium Disincentive Program, 2014–2015
Objectives. To evaluate rates of member compliance with Iowa’s Medicaid expansion premium disincentive program. Methods. We used 2014 to 2015 Iowa Medicaid data to construct rolling 12-month cohorts of Wellness Plan and Marketplace Choice members (Iowa’s 2 Medicaid expansion waiver programs for individuals ≤ 100% and 101%–138% of the federal poverty level, respectively), calculated completion rates for required activities (i.e., wellness examinat…
Purged from the Rolls
Purpose: To describe the impact of disenrollment from Medicaid because of failure to pay premiums as part of Iowa's Medicaid program's personal responsibility component. Methods: We conducted a mixed method study consisting of in-depth interviews with disenrolled members in 2016 and 2017 (n=72) and a survey of disenrolled members in 2017 (n=225). Results: Many disenrollees did not know why they were disenrolled, were unaware of the personal respo…
Will Community Health Centers Survive Covid‐19
Federally qualified community health centers (CHCs) are the nation's primary care safety net, serving a patient population of whom 68% have incomes below the poverty level, 63% identify as racial/ethnic minorities, and 82% are uninsured or publicly insured.1 Today, nearly 1,400 CHCs operate some 13,000 healthcare delivery sites nationwide,2 providing high-quality, cost-effective, and comprehensive primary care (often including dental and behavior…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hospital-Based Care Among Dual Eligibles Who Use Health Centers
Introduction: Health center use may reduce hospital-based care among Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles, but racial and ethnic disparities in this population have not been widely studied. We examined the extent of racial and ethnic disparities in hospital-based care among duals using health centers and the degree to which disparities occur within or between health centers. Methods: We used 2012-2018 Medicare claims and health center data to model e…
Changes in Performance Measures and Service Volume at US Federally Qualified Health Centers During the Covid-19 Pandemic
In this cohort study of US FQHCs, nearly all quality measures declined during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with most declines persisting through 2021. Similarly, most visit types declined in 2020; 60% of these remained below prepandemic levels in 2021. By contrast, mental health and substance use visits increased in both years. The pandemic led to forgone care and likely exacerbated behavioral health needs. As such, FQHCs need sustain…
Hospital Performance Under Alternative Readmission Measures Incorporating Observation Stays
OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent to which counting observation stays changes hospital performance on 30-day readmission measures. METHODS: This was a retrospective study of inpatient admissions and observation stays among fee-for-service Medicare enrollees in 2017. We generated 3 specifications of 30-day risk-standardized readmissions measures: the hospital-wide readmission (HWR) measure utilized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service…
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