Amy E Wallace
Biographic Data
| ID | 1724735 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy E Wallace |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy E |
| FAMILY NAME | Wallace |
| SIGNATURE | WALLACE A E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dartmouth College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Impact of Rural Residence on Survival of Male Veterans Affairs Patients After Age 65
OBJECTIVES: More than 1 in 5 Veterans Affairs (VA) users lives in a rural setting. Rural veterans face different barriers to health care than their urban counterparts, but their risk of death relative to their urban counterparts is unknown. The objective of our study was to compare survival between rural and urban VA users. METHODS: We linked the Large Health Survey of Veteran Enrollees conducted in 1999 to the Veterans Administration vital statu…
A Longitudinal Analysis of Rural and Urban Veterans’ Health-Related Quality of Life
CONTEXT: Cross-sectional studies have identified rural-urban disparities in veterans' health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) scores. PURPOSE: To determine whether longitudinal analyses confirmed that these disparities in veterans' HRQOL scores persisted. METHODS: We obtained data from the SF-12 portion of the veterans health administration's (VA's) Survey of Healthcare Experiences of Patients (SHEP) collected between 2002 and 2006. During that ti…
Practical and Policy Implications of Using Different Rural‐Urban Classification Systems
Context: Several classification systems exist for defining rural areas, which may lead to different interpretations of rural health services data. Purpose: To compare rural classification systems on their implications for estimating Veterans Administration (VA) utilization. Methods: Using 7 classification systems, we counted VA health care enrollees who lived in each category, and number admitted to VA hospitals or non‐VA hospitals under Medicare…
Do Older Rural and Urban Veterans Experience Different Rates of Unplanned Readmission to VA and Non‐VA Hospitals
Context: Unplanned readmission within 30 days of discharge is an indicator of hospital quality. Purpose: We wanted to determine whether older rural veterans who were enrolled in the VA had different rates of unplanned readmission to VA or non‐VA hospitals than their urban counterparts. Methods: We used the combined VA/Medicare dataset to examine 3,513,912 hospital admissions for older veterans that occurred in VA or non‐VA hospitals between 1997 …
Research on Rural Veterans
Context: The Veterans Health Administration (VA) provides comprehensive health care services to veterans across the United States. Recently, the VA established an Office of Rural Health to address the health care needs of rural veterans. Purpose: To review the literature on rural veterans' health care needs in order to identify areas for future research. Methods: We conducted a literature review of articles listed in the Medline, CINAHL, and BIOS…
Rural–Urban Differences in Primary Care Physicians' Practice Patterns, Characteristics, and Incomes
Context: Low salaries and difficult work conditions are perceived as a major barrier to the recruitment of primary care physicians to rural settings. Purpose: To examine rural–urban differences in physician work effort, physician characteristics, and practice characteristics, and to determine whether, after adjusting for any observed differences, rural primary care physicians' incomes were lower than those of urban primary care physicians. Method…
Comparing the Characteristics, Utilization, Efficiency, and Outcomes of VA and Non-VA Inpatient Care Provided to VA Enrollees
OBJECTIVE: To compare the characteristics, utilization, and outcomes of Veterans Health Administration (VA) and non-VA inpatient care provided to VA enrollees in New York. METHODS: Using VA and New York State administrative and clinical databases, we conducted a retrospective study examining 110,716 residents of New York State who were enrolled in the VA and had 266,869 inpatient admissions in VA and non-VA hospitals in New York. For each admissi…
When VA Patients Have Non-VA Hospitalizations, Who Pays for What Services, and What Are the Research Implications
OBJECTIVE: To determine, for Veterans Health Administration (VA) enrollees who lived and were hospitalized in New York State between 1998 and 2000, the primary payers for their non-VA admissions, whether the primary payer mix varied by condition treated, and whether the Medicare claims data that VA acquired on its Medicare-enrolled patients captured all or most of their non-VA inpatient care. METHODS: Using VA and New York State administrative an…
Reducing Avoidable Deaths Among Veterans
Objectives. We quantified older (65 years and older) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients’ use of the private sector to obtain 14 surgical procedures and assessed the potential impact of directing that care to high-performance hospitals. Methods. Using a merged VHA–Medicare inpatient database for 2000 and 2001, we determined where older VHA enrollees obtained 6 cardiovascular surgeries and 8 cancer resections and whether private-sector c…
Characteristics of Rural and Urban Cadaveric Organ Transplant Donors and Recipients
Context: Health disparities have been found when comparing rural and urban populations. Purpose: To compare characteristics of rural and urban cadaveric transplant donors and recipients. Methods: We used deidentified individual‐level data on 55,929 cadaveric transplant donor‐recipient exchanges between 2000 and 2003 and examined the relative rates of donating and receiving cadaveric transplants for rural compared to urban residents, as defined by…
Rural‐Urban Disparities in Health‐Related Quality of Life Within Disease Categories of Veterans
Context: Compared to their urban counterparts, rural veterans have been found to have lower health‐related quality of life. Purpose: To determine whether these disparities persist when examining disease categories of rural and urban veterans. Methods: We obtained survey data on 748,216 veterans who were current or anticipated Veterans Health Administration patients. Using International Classification of Diseases (ICD)‐9CM codes, we determined whe…
Changes in authorship patterns in prestigious US medical journals
One Thousand Health-Related Quality-of-Life Estimates
OBJECTIVE: Analysts performing cost-effectiveness analyses often do not have the resources to gather original quality-of-life (QOL) weights. Furthermore, variability in QOL for the same health state hampers the comparability of cost-effectiveness analyses. For these reasons, opinion leaders such as the Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine have called for a national repository of QOL weights. Some authors have responded to the call b…
One Thousand Health-Related Quality-of-Life Estimates
OBJECTIVE: Analysts performing cost-effectiveness analyses often do not have the resources to gather original quality-of-life (QOL) weights. Furthermore, variability in QOL for the same health state hampers the comparability of cost-effectiveness analyses. For these reasons, opinion leaders such as the Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine have called for a national repository of QOL weights. Some authors have responded to the call b…
Changes in authorship patterns in prestigious US medical journals
Characteristics of Rural and Urban Cadaveric Organ Transplant Donors and Recipients
Context: Health disparities have been found when comparing rural and urban populations. Purpose: To compare characteristics of rural and urban cadaveric transplant donors and recipients. Methods: We used deidentified individual‐level data on 55,929 cadaveric transplant donor‐recipient exchanges between 2000 and 2003 and examined the relative rates of donating and receiving cadaveric transplants for rural compared to urban residents, as defined by…
Rural‐Urban Disparities in Health‐Related Quality of Life Within Disease Categories of Veterans
Context: Compared to their urban counterparts, rural veterans have been found to have lower health‐related quality of life. Purpose: To determine whether these disparities persist when examining disease categories of rural and urban veterans. Methods: We obtained survey data on 748,216 veterans who were current or anticipated Veterans Health Administration patients. Using International Classification of Diseases (ICD)‐9CM codes, we determined whe…
Reducing Avoidable Deaths Among Veterans
Objectives. We quantified older (65 years and older) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients’ use of the private sector to obtain 14 surgical procedures and assessed the potential impact of directing that care to high-performance hospitals. Methods. Using a merged VHA–Medicare inpatient database for 2000 and 2001, we determined where older VHA enrollees obtained 6 cardiovascular surgeries and 8 cancer resections and whether private-sector c…
Research on Rural Veterans
Context: The Veterans Health Administration (VA) provides comprehensive health care services to veterans across the United States. Recently, the VA established an Office of Rural Health to address the health care needs of rural veterans. Purpose: To review the literature on rural veterans' health care needs in order to identify areas for future research. Methods: We conducted a literature review of articles listed in the Medline, CINAHL, and BIOS…
Rural–Urban Differences in Primary Care Physicians' Practice Patterns, Characteristics, and Incomes
Context: Low salaries and difficult work conditions are perceived as a major barrier to the recruitment of primary care physicians to rural settings. Purpose: To examine rural–urban differences in physician work effort, physician characteristics, and practice characteristics, and to determine whether, after adjusting for any observed differences, rural primary care physicians' incomes were lower than those of urban primary care physicians. Method…
Comparing the Characteristics, Utilization, Efficiency, and Outcomes of VA and Non-VA Inpatient Care Provided to VA Enrollees
OBJECTIVE: To compare the characteristics, utilization, and outcomes of Veterans Health Administration (VA) and non-VA inpatient care provided to VA enrollees in New York. METHODS: Using VA and New York State administrative and clinical databases, we conducted a retrospective study examining 110,716 residents of New York State who were enrolled in the VA and had 266,869 inpatient admissions in VA and non-VA hospitals in New York. For each admissi…
When VA Patients Have Non-VA Hospitalizations, Who Pays for What Services, and What Are the Research Implications
OBJECTIVE: To determine, for Veterans Health Administration (VA) enrollees who lived and were hospitalized in New York State between 1998 and 2000, the primary payers for their non-VA admissions, whether the primary payer mix varied by condition treated, and whether the Medicare claims data that VA acquired on its Medicare-enrolled patients captured all or most of their non-VA inpatient care. METHODS: Using VA and New York State administrative an…
Practical and Policy Implications of Using Different Rural‐Urban Classification Systems
Context: Several classification systems exist for defining rural areas, which may lead to different interpretations of rural health services data. Purpose: To compare rural classification systems on their implications for estimating Veterans Administration (VA) utilization. Methods: Using 7 classification systems, we counted VA health care enrollees who lived in each category, and number admitted to VA hospitals or non‐VA hospitals under Medicare…
Do Older Rural and Urban Veterans Experience Different Rates of Unplanned Readmission to VA and Non‐VA Hospitals
Context: Unplanned readmission within 30 days of discharge is an indicator of hospital quality. Purpose: We wanted to determine whether older rural veterans who were enrolled in the VA had different rates of unplanned readmission to VA or non‐VA hospitals than their urban counterparts. Methods: We used the combined VA/Medicare dataset to examine 3,513,912 hospital admissions for older veterans that occurred in VA or non‐VA hospitals between 1997 …
Impact of Rural Residence on Survival of Male Veterans Affairs Patients After Age 65
OBJECTIVES: More than 1 in 5 Veterans Affairs (VA) users lives in a rural setting. Rural veterans face different barriers to health care than their urban counterparts, but their risk of death relative to their urban counterparts is unknown. The objective of our study was to compare survival between rural and urban VA users. METHODS: We linked the Large Health Survey of Veteran Enrollees conducted in 1999 to the Veterans Administration vital statu…
A Longitudinal Analysis of Rural and Urban Veterans’ Health-Related Quality of Life
CONTEXT: Cross-sectional studies have identified rural-urban disparities in veterans' health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) scores. PURPOSE: To determine whether longitudinal analyses confirmed that these disparities in veterans' HRQOL scores persisted. METHODS: We obtained data from the SF-12 portion of the veterans health administration's (VA's) Survey of Healthcare Experiences of Patients (SHEP) collected between 2002 and 2006. During that ti…
Medicine (13 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (9 works) · Rural area (8 works) · Family medicine (7 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Health care (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Emergency Medicine (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Nursing (5 works)