Evelyn M Kuhn

Datos Biográficos

ID5539699
NOMBREEvelyn M Kuhn
NOMBRESEvelyn M
APELLIDOKuhn
FIRMAKUHN E M
AFILIACIONESMedical College of Wisconsin
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS8
TOTAL DE CITAS17
TOTAL COMO AUTOR8
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1989
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN1999
ÍNDICE H2

  • Prestige of Training Programs and Experience of Bypass Surgeons As Factors in Adjusted Patient Mortality Rates

    Arthur J Hartz, Evelyn M Kuhn et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1999Referencias: 18

    OBJECTIVES: The relation of physician performance to physician training and experience is not well understood. The aim of this study was to examine whether indicators of physician background and experience were associated with an objective measure of physician performance. METHODS: Physician background information obtained from the Directory of Board-Certified Medical Specialists was linked to physician risk-adjusted mortality rates obtained from…

  • Hospitalization Costs Associated with Homelessness in New York City

    Sharon A Salit, Evelyn M Kuhn et al.ARTICLENew England Journal of Medicine1998

    BACKGROUND: Homelessness is believed to be a cause of health problems and high medical costs, but data supporting this association have been difficult to obtain. We compared lengths of stay and reasons for hospital admission among homeless and other low-income persons in New York City to estimate the hospitalization costs associated with homelessness. METHODS: We obtained hospital-discharge data on 18,864 admissions of homeless adults to New York…

  • Are the best coronary artery bypass surgeons identified by physician surveys

    Arthur J Hartz, José S Pulido et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1997Citada por: 2Referencias: 12

    OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the validity of surveys for identifying the best coronary artery bypass surgeons. METHODS: Data on physicians who performed coronary artery bypass surgery were available from New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Data on physicians' reputation were obtained from one national and five city surveys. The measure of surgical performance was the mortality ratio (MR), that is, the ratio of the observed to the predicted …

  • Comparing hospitals that perform coronary artery bypass surgery

    Arthur J Hartz, Evelyn M KuhnARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1994Citada por: 15Referencias: 28

    OBJECTIVES. The relative quality of hospital care often is judged by comparing risk-adjusted rates of adverse outcomes. This study evaluated whether hospital quality comparisons are affected by the choice of outcome and the use of administrative data instead of clinical data. METHODS. The data were collected from 2687 coronary artery bypass surgery patients from 17 hospitals. All patients were on Medicare. For 10 hospitals with 94 to 713 patients…

  • The Relationship of Hospital Ownership and Teaching Status to 30- and 180-Day Adjusted Mortality Rates

    Evelyn M Kuhn, Arthur J Hartz et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1994

    Hospital characteristics have been shown previously to be associated with variations in the probability of death within 30 days of admission. In the current study, the authors extend the examination of the relationship between hospital type to both short-term and long-term adjusted mortality. Observed and predicted 1988 hospital mortality rates were obtained from the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). A total of 3,782 acute care hospita…

  • Assessing providers of coronary revascularization

    Arthur J Hartz, Evelyn M Kuhn et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1992

    OBJECTIVES. Current methods to evaluate quality of care are usually limited to reviews of individual cases or comparisons of hospital mortality rates. We present an alternative method that compares complication rates adjusted for patient characteristics. METHODS. Detailed clinical data that were specifically designed for quality comparisons of providers of revascularization procedures were abstracted from the medical records of 1998 Medicare pati…

  • The Relationship of Hospital Characteristics and the Results of Peer Review in Six Large States

    Evelyn M Kuhn, Arthur J Hartz et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1991

    To determine which characteristics of hospitals may be related to a higher quality of care, the association of hospital characteristics with the outcomes of medical record review by state Peer Review Organizations (PROs) was studied. The two data sources were: 1) the AHA 1986 Annual Survey of Hospitals and 2) reviews completed between July 1987 through June 1988 from six large PROs. For each hospital the percentage of cases that failed physician …

  • Hospital Characteristics and Mortality Rates

    Arthur J Hartz, Henry Krakauer et al.ARTICLENew England Journal of Medicine1989

    The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) publishes hospital mortality rates each year. We undertook a study to identify characteristics of hospitals associated with variations in these rates. To do so, we obtained data on 3100 hospitals from the 1986 HCFA mortality study and the American Hospital Association's 1986 annual survey of hospitals. The mortality rates were adjusted for each hospital's case mix and other characteristics of its pa…