Timothy Hofer

Datos Biográficos

ID5545402
NOMBRETimothy Hofer
NOMBRESTimothy
APELLIDOHofer
FIRMAHOFER T
AFILIACIONESInstitute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS3
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR3
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1998
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2022
ÍNDICE H0

  • Evaluations of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions should not use diarrhoea as (primary) outcome

    Open AccessSam Watson, Samuel I Watson et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    Water, sanitation and hygiene interventions have been the subject of cluster trials of unprecedented size, scale and cost in recent years. However, the question ‘what works in water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH)?’ remains poorly understood. Evaluations of community interventions to prevent infectious disease typically use lab-confirmed infection as a primary outcome; however, WASH trials mostly use reported diarrhoea. While diarrhoea is a significa…

  • Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among non-refugees and refugees in Kenya

    Open AccessRyan Rego, Anthony Ngugi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (which we define as refusal to be vaccinated when asked, resulting in delayed or non- vaccination) are poorly studied in sub-Saharan Africa and among refugees, particularly in Kenya. Using survey data from wave five (March to June 2021) of the Kenya Rapid Response Phone Survey (RRPS), a household survey representative of the population of Kenya, we estimated the self-reported rates and factors as…

  • Interpreting Risk-Adjusted Length of Stay Patterns for VA Hospitals

    J W Thomas, ELIZABETH W BATES et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1998Referencias: 13

    OBJECTIVES: The Veterans Health System must become more competitive with the private sector in terms of efficiency of care. Studies have shown significantly longer lengths-of-stay (LOS) in facilities operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) compared with private sector facilities. Most comparisons, however, have not controlled well for casemix differences or have involved small numbers of patients. The aims of this study were: (1) cont…