Lincoln Polissar
Biographic Data
| ID | 1740051 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lincoln Polissar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lincoln |
| FAMILY NAME | Polissar |
| SIGNATURE | POLISSAR L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fred Hutch Cancer Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Factors Associated With Length of Stay in Hospice
Moinpour, Carol McMillen PhD*; Polissar, Lincoln PhD*; Conrad, Douglas A. PhD† Author Information
Factors affecting place of death of hospice and non-hospice cancer patients
We identified factors associated with death at home for 28,828 hospice and non-hospice cancer patients in 13 counties of western Washington State. Hospice participation was found to be the variable most strongly associated with death at home. Admission to hospice appears to override the tendency for certain subgroups of patients, such as the extreme elderly and those diagnosed close to death, to die in an institutional setting. These findings are…
Time trends and key factors in the choice of one-step or two-step biopsy and surgery for breast cancer
Care of Patients With Colorectal Cancer
The presence of a population-based cancer registry in a community with a health maintenance organization (HMO) enabled a detailed, longitudinal comparison to be made of care given for colorectal cancer in an HMO with traditional fee-for-services (FFS) care. An interview survey of 39 HMO and 150 FFS patients was supplemented with data from the cancer registry. Patients seen by the two provider groups were similar with respect to sociodemographic c…
Regression Analysis in Health Services Research
Dummy variables frequently are used in regression analysis but often in an incorrect fashion. A brief review of examples in the medical care literature showed that the interpretation of dummy variable regression coefficients and their significance was often incorrect or unclear. This article shows how dummy variables can be used and assessed properly. The importance of testing for the joint effect of a group of dummy variables is stressed. It als…
Factors affecting place of death of hospice and non-hospice cancer patients
We identified factors associated with death at home for 28,828 hospice and non-hospice cancer patients in 13 counties of western Washington State. Hospice participation was found to be the variable most strongly associated with death at home. Admission to hospice appears to override the tendency for certain subgroups of patients, such as the extreme elderly and those diagnosed close to death, to die in an institutional setting. These findings are…
Regression Analysis in Health Services Research
Dummy variables frequently are used in regression analysis but often in an incorrect fashion. A brief review of examples in the medical care literature showed that the interpretation of dummy variable regression coefficients and their significance was often incorrect or unclear. This article shows how dummy variables can be used and assessed properly. The importance of testing for the joint effect of a group of dummy variables is stressed. It als…
Care of Patients With Colorectal Cancer
The presence of a population-based cancer registry in a community with a health maintenance organization (HMO) enabled a detailed, longitudinal comparison to be made of care given for colorectal cancer in an HMO with traditional fee-for-services (FFS) care. An interview survey of 39 HMO and 150 FFS patients was supplemented with data from the cancer registry. Patients seen by the two provider groups were similar with respect to sociodemographic c…
Time trends and key factors in the choice of one-step or two-step biopsy and surgery for breast cancer
Factors affecting place of death of hospice and non-hospice cancer patients
We identified factors associated with death at home for 28,828 hospice and non-hospice cancer patients in 13 counties of western Washington State. Hospice participation was found to be the variable most strongly associated with death at home. Admission to hospice appears to override the tendency for certain subgroups of patients, such as the extreme elderly and those diagnosed close to death, to die in an institutional setting. These findings are…
Factors Associated With Length of Stay in Hospice
Moinpour, Carol McMillen PhD*; Polissar, Lincoln PhD*; Conrad, Douglas A. PhD† Author Information
Medicine (4 works) · Cancer (3 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Cancer registry (2 works) · Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Disease (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works)