Jacob Needleman
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 343668 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jacob Needleman |
| NOMBRES | Jacob |
| APELLIDO | Needleman |
| FIRMA | NEEDLEMAN J |
| AFILIACIONES | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2875-0589 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 32 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 62 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1965 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The Role of Screentime and Family Resiliency in Overweight/Obesity in Children and Children with Developmental Disabilities Before and During Covid-19
Prevalence of overweight/obesity in all children and children with DD during the COVID-19 pandemic continued to rise. Screentime was found to be a key determinant in increased weight status. Contrary to our hypothesis, family resilience failed to emerge as a significant protective factor for OW/OB; additional research is needed to explore the protective role of family resiliency on childhood obesity. Study findings may provide insights into devel…
Disparities in prevalence of screening/monitoring in children with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Introduction About one in six children in the US, about 17% of the population, have one or more intellectual or developmental disabilities. Increases in disability due to neurodevelopmental or mental health conditions have increased by 21% in the last decade. Early intervention based on developmental screening and provider-initiated monitoring can significantly improve long-term health and cognitive outcomes. This paper assesses whether differenc…
Risk Behaviors Associated with Patterns of Sexualized Stimulant and Alcohol Use among Men Who Have Sex with Men
How Do Clinicians of Different Specialties Perceive and Use Opioid Risk Mitigation Strategies? A Qualitative Study
Background In response to the opioid crisis, states and health systems are encouraging clinicians to use risk mitigation strategies aimed at assessing a patient’s risk for opioid misuse or abuse: opioid agreements, prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), and urine drug tests (UDT). Objective: The objective of this qualitative study was to understand how clinicians perceived and used risk mitigation strategies for opioid abuse/misuse and id…
The relationship between educational attainment and hospitalizations among middle-aged and older adults in the United States
Educational attainment is a strong predictor of hospitalizations for middle-aged and older US adults. Health mediates most of the education-hospitalization gradients. The heterogeneous results across age, gender, race, and ethnicity groups should inform further research on health disparities
Discontinuity of Women Veterans’ Care in Patient-Centered Medical Homes
Understanding Gender Sensitivity of the Health Care Workforce at the Veterans Health Administration
Comorbidity Assessment Is Uneven Across Veterans Health Administration and Medicare for the Same Patient
OBJECTIVE: Compare comorbidity identification in Medicare and Veterans Health Administration (VA) data for the purposes of risk adjustment. DATA SOURCES: Analysis of Medicare and VA datasets for dually-enrolled Veterans receiving care in both settings, fiscal years 2010-2014. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of administrative data for a national sample of cancer decedents. DATA EXTRACTION METHODS: Comorbidities were evaluated using Elixhaus…
Association between homelessness and opioid overdose and opioid-related hospital admissions/emergency department visits
Sufism and American Literary Masters
Explores the influence of Sufism on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century writers. This book reveals the rich, but generally unknown, influence of Sufism on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American literature. The translation of Persian poets such as Hafiz and Sa'di into English and the ongoing popularity of Omar Khayyam offered intriguing new spiritual perspectives to some of the major American literary figures. As editor Mehdi Aminraz…
Whose social capital matters? The case of U.S. urban public hospital closures and conversions to private ownership
Assessing Low Mortality in Magnet Hospitals
Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles CA The author declares no conflict of interest. Reprints: Jack Needleman, PhD, FAAN, Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, 650 Charles E. Young Dr. S., Room 31-236B CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772. E-mail: [email protected]
Nurse Staffing and Patient Care Costs in Acute Inpatient Nursing Units
OBJECTIVE: Studies suggest that a business case for improving nurse staffing can be made to increase registered nurse (RN) skill mix without changing total licensed nursing hours. It is unclear whether a business case for increasing RN skill mix can be justified equally among patients of varying health needs. This study evaluated whether nursing hours per patient day (HPPD) and skill mix are associated with higher inpatient care costs within acut…
The Effect of Neonatal Intensive Care Level and Hospital Volume on Mortality of Very Low Birth Weight Infants
OBJECTIVE: To determine the adjusted effect of hospital level of care and volume on mortality of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants in the state of California, where deregionalization of perinatal care has occurred. RESEARCH DESIGN: Secondary data analysis of California maternal-infant hospital discharge data from 1997 to 2002 was performed. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the odds of mortality among VLBW infants by hospital level of n…
Line Authority for Nurse Staffing and Costs for Acute Inpatient Care
There is little empirical evidence evaluating the effects of recent, widespread changes in nurse executive roles and nursing management structures on the costs of patient care. This retrospective cross-sectional study examined the relationship between line authority for nurse staffing and patient care costs (total, nursing, and non-nursing cost) using data from 124 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers. After controlling for patient…
The Association Between Nursing Factors and Patient Mortality in the Veterans Health Administration
CONTEXT: Nurse staffing is not the same across an entire hospital. Nursing care is delivered in geographically-based units, with wide variation in staffing levels. In particular, staffing in intensive care is much richer than in nonintensive care acute units. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association of in-hospital patient mortality with registered nurse staffing and skill mix comparing hospital and unit level analysis using data from the Veterans H…
Identifying In-Hospital Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
BACKGROUND: Efforts to identify hospital-acquired complications from claims data by applying exclusion rules to discharge diagnosis codes exhibit low positive predictive value (PPV). The PPV improves when a variable is added to each secondary diagnosis to indicate whether the condition was "present-on-admission" (POA) or "hospital-acquired". Such indicator variables will soon be required for Medicare reimbursement. No estimates are available, how…
Failure-to-Rescue
From the *Department of Health Services, University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California; and the †Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, Institute for Medicine & Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee. Reprints: Jack Needleman, PhD, Department of Health Services, Room 31-236B CHS, University of California, Los Ang…
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and U.S. Hospital Operations
The Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 initiated several changes to Medicare payment policy in an effort to slow the growth of hospital Medicare payments and ensure the future of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. Although subsequent federal legislation relaxed some original proposals, restored funds were limited and directed to specific types of hospitals. In addition, these Medicare policy changes came at a time when hospitals faced pri…
Evaluating the Role of Patient Sample Definitions for Quality Indicators Sensitive to Nurse Staffing Patterns
BACKGROUND: Administrative data are an attractive data source for the construction of quality indicators to assess and monitor quality of nursing care in hospitals. Current approaches to constructing measures from discharge abstracts apply substantial restrictions to exclude patients at high risk or with preexisting conditions. This study evaluates whether broader sample definitions combined with risk adjustment would allow for larger samples and…
Nurse-Staffing Levels and the Quality of Care in Hospitals
BACKGROUND: It is uncertain whether lower levels of staffing by nurses at hospitals are associated with an increased risk that patients will have complications or die. METHODS: We used administrative data from 1997 for 799 hospitals in 11 states (covering 5,075,969 discharges of medical patients and 1,104,659 discharges of surgical patients) to examine the relation between the amount of care provided by nurses at the hospital and patients' outcom…
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations and Emergency Visits
BACKGROUND: Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) serve as regular sources of preventive and primary care for low-income families within their communities and are key parts of the health care safety net. OBJECTIVES: Compare admissions and emergency room visits for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) among Medicaid beneficiaries relying on FQHCs to other Medicaid beneficiaries. RESEARCH DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of 1992 Medicaid…
Money and the Meaning of Life
Consciousness & Tradition
Lost Christianity
Journal Article “Lost Christianity,” by Jacob Needleman. New York: Doubleday, 1980, ix + 228 pp. $9.95 Get access David Martin David Martin London School of Economics, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 42, Issue 2, Summer 1981, Pages 186–187, https://doi.org/10.2307/3710600 Published: 01 July 1981
Failure-to-Rescue
From the *Department of Health Services, University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California; and the †Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, Institute for Medicine & Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee. Reprints: Jack Needleman, PhD, Department of Health Services, Room 31-236B CHS, University of California, Los Ang…
The Primary World of Senses
Association between homelessness and opioid overdose and opioid-related hospital admissions/emergency department visits
Being-in-the-World
Whose social capital matters? The case of U.S. urban public hospital closures and conversions to private ownership
Risk Behaviors Associated with Patterns of Sexualized Stimulant and Alcohol Use among Men Who Have Sex with Men
Being-in-the-World
The Primary World of Senses
The New Religions
The New Religions
Religion for a New Generation
Journal Article Religion for a New Generation edited by Jacob Needleman, A. K. Bierman and James A. Gould. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1973, 599 pp. $7.95 Get access Rosemary S. Bannan Rosemary S. Bannan DePaul University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 38, Issue 3, Fall 1977, Pages 277–278, https://doi.org/10.2307/3709814 Published: 01 October 1977
Understanding the New Religions
Journal Article Understanding the New Religions, ed. by Jacob Needleman and George Baker. New York: Seabury Press, 1978, xxi. + 298 pp. $8.95 Get access Meredith B. McGuire Meredith B. McGuire Montclair State College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 40, Issue 3, Fall 1979, Pages 272–274, https://doi.org/10.2307/3710251 Published: 01 October 1979
Understanding the New Religions
Lost Christianity
Journal Article “Lost Christianity,” by Jacob Needleman. New York: Doubleday, 1980, ix + 228 pp. $9.95 Get access David Martin David Martin London School of Economics, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 42, Issue 2, Summer 1981, Pages 186–187, https://doi.org/10.2307/3710600 Published: 01 July 1981
Consciousness & Tradition
Money and the Meaning of Life
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations and Emergency Visits
BACKGROUND: Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) serve as regular sources of preventive and primary care for low-income families within their communities and are key parts of the health care safety net. OBJECTIVES: Compare admissions and emergency room visits for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) among Medicaid beneficiaries relying on FQHCs to other Medicaid beneficiaries. RESEARCH DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of 1992 Medicaid…
Nurse-Staffing Levels and the Quality of Care in Hospitals
BACKGROUND: It is uncertain whether lower levels of staffing by nurses at hospitals are associated with an increased risk that patients will have complications or die. METHODS: We used administrative data from 1997 for 799 hospitals in 11 states (covering 5,075,969 discharges of medical patients and 1,104,659 discharges of surgical patients) to examine the relation between the amount of care provided by nurses at the hospital and patients' outcom…
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and U.S. Hospital Operations
The Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 initiated several changes to Medicare payment policy in an effort to slow the growth of hospital Medicare payments and ensure the future of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. Although subsequent federal legislation relaxed some original proposals, restored funds were limited and directed to specific types of hospitals. In addition, these Medicare policy changes came at a time when hospitals faced pri…
Evaluating the Role of Patient Sample Definitions for Quality Indicators Sensitive to Nurse Staffing Patterns
BACKGROUND: Administrative data are an attractive data source for the construction of quality indicators to assess and monitor quality of nursing care in hospitals. Current approaches to constructing measures from discharge abstracts apply substantial restrictions to exclude patients at high risk or with preexisting conditions. This study evaluates whether broader sample definitions combined with risk adjustment would allow for larger samples and…
Failure-to-Rescue
From the *Department of Health Services, University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California; and the †Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, Institute for Medicine & Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee. Reprints: Jack Needleman, PhD, Department of Health Services, Room 31-236B CHS, University of California, Los Ang…
The Association Between Nursing Factors and Patient Mortality in the Veterans Health Administration
CONTEXT: Nurse staffing is not the same across an entire hospital. Nursing care is delivered in geographically-based units, with wide variation in staffing levels. In particular, staffing in intensive care is much richer than in nonintensive care acute units. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association of in-hospital patient mortality with registered nurse staffing and skill mix comparing hospital and unit level analysis using data from the Veterans H…
Identifying In-Hospital Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
BACKGROUND: Efforts to identify hospital-acquired complications from claims data by applying exclusion rules to discharge diagnosis codes exhibit low positive predictive value (PPV). The PPV improves when a variable is added to each secondary diagnosis to indicate whether the condition was "present-on-admission" (POA) or "hospital-acquired". Such indicator variables will soon be required for Medicare reimbursement. No estimates are available, how…
Line Authority for Nurse Staffing and Costs for Acute Inpatient Care
There is little empirical evidence evaluating the effects of recent, widespread changes in nurse executive roles and nursing management structures on the costs of patient care. This retrospective cross-sectional study examined the relationship between line authority for nurse staffing and patient care costs (total, nursing, and non-nursing cost) using data from 124 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers. After controlling for patient…
The Effect of Neonatal Intensive Care Level and Hospital Volume on Mortality of Very Low Birth Weight Infants
OBJECTIVE: To determine the adjusted effect of hospital level of care and volume on mortality of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants in the state of California, where deregionalization of perinatal care has occurred. RESEARCH DESIGN: Secondary data analysis of California maternal-infant hospital discharge data from 1997 to 2002 was performed. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the odds of mortality among VLBW infants by hospital level of n…
Nurse Staffing and Patient Care Costs in Acute Inpatient Nursing Units
OBJECTIVE: Studies suggest that a business case for improving nurse staffing can be made to increase registered nurse (RN) skill mix without changing total licensed nursing hours. It is unclear whether a business case for increasing RN skill mix can be justified equally among patients of varying health needs. This study evaluated whether nursing hours per patient day (HPPD) and skill mix are associated with higher inpatient care costs within acut…
Assessing Low Mortality in Magnet Hospitals
Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles CA The author declares no conflict of interest. Reprints: Jack Needleman, PhD, FAAN, Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, 650 Charles E. Young Dr. S., Room 31-236B CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772. E-mail: [email protected]
Sufism and American Literary Masters
Explores the influence of Sufism on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century writers. This book reveals the rich, but generally unknown, influence of Sufism on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American literature. The translation of Persian poets such as Hafiz and Sa'di into English and the ongoing popularity of Omar Khayyam offered intriguing new spiritual perspectives to some of the major American literary figures. As editor Mehdi Aminraz…
Whose social capital matters? The case of U.S. urban public hospital closures and conversions to private ownership
Association between homelessness and opioid overdose and opioid-related hospital admissions/emergency department visits
Understanding Gender Sensitivity of the Health Care Workforce at the Veterans Health Administration
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