William G Henderson
Biographic Data
| ID | 213179 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William G Henderson |
| GIVEN NAMES | William G |
| FAMILY NAME | Henderson |
| SIGNATURE | HENDERSON W G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Colorado School of Public Health |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1938 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Validation of Psychosocial Measures Assessing American Indian Parental Beliefs Related to Control over Their Children’s Oral Health
Questionnaire items addressing OHLOC functioned in accordance with the theoretical framework in AI participants
Validity of Measures Assessing Oral Health Beliefs of American Indian Parents
Validation of a pediatric oral health-related quality of life scale in Navajo children
Learning from caries‐free children in a high‐caries A merican I ndian population
Effective interventions for ECC prevention in high-caries AI populations may benefit from approaches that support and model naturally salutogenic behaviors
Oral health status in N avajo N ation H ead S tart children
Dental caries in preschool-aged Navajo children is extremely high compared with other US population segments, and dmfs has not appreciably changed for more than a decade
Demographic characteristics and food choices of participants in the Special Diabetes Program for American Indians Diabetes Prevention Demonstration Project
The ubiquitous nature of unhealthy food choices makes them hard to avoid. Food choice differences by gender, age, income, and setting suggest that nutrition education should more effectively target and meets the needs of young AI/AN males
Case Management to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in American Indians and Alaska Natives With Diabetes: Results From the Special Diabetes Program for Indians Healthy Heart Demonstration Project
Objectives. We evaluated cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) with diabetes in the Special Diabetes Program for Indians Healthy Heart (SDPI-HH) Demonstration Project. Methods. Multidisciplinary teams implemented an intensive case management intervention among 30 health care programs serving 138 tribes. The project recruited 3373 participants, with and without current CVD, between 2006 and 2009. We …
Factors Associated with Oral Health Status in American Indian Children
Caregiver Reported Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Young American Indian Children
Assessment of parental oral health knowledge and behaviors among A merican I ndians of a Northern Plains tribe
Surveyed AI parents had reasonably high levels of knowledge about oral health and caries prevention for their children but engaged at relatively lower levels in parental behaviors necessary to promote oral health. Strategies focused on behavior change, rather than knowledge alone, may be most likely to affect oral health outcomes for AI children
Perceived Experiences of Discrimination in Health Care: A Barrier for Cancer Screening Among American Indian Women with Type 2 Diabetes
Health Care Utilization and Expenditure Changes Associated With Bariatric Surgery
CONTEXT: Bariatric surgery provides significant reductions in weight and comorbidity, and has the potential to reduce health care utilization. It is unknown whether health care utilization and expenditures are reduced for veterans after bariatric surgery. OBJECTIVES: To examine health care utilization and expenditures of severely obese individuals before and after bariatric surgery within the Veterans Health Administration. DESIGN, SETTING, AND P…
[Papers on Thailand Archaeology] Pottery Anatomy: Review and selection of basic nomenclature as a step toward a searchable rim form database for the Sakon Nakhon Basin
Patient Satisfaction and Use of Veterans Affairs Versus Non-Veterans Affairs Healthcare Services by Veterans
OBJECTIVES: Chronically ill patients who are not satisfied with their care may change healthcare providers or systems, which could disrupt continuity of care and impede management of their conditions. We examined whether patient satisfaction affected subsequent use of non-Veterans Affairs (VA) services among chronically ill veterans discharged from VA hospitals. METHODS: The data used in this study came from a multicenter trial of increased acces…
Mortality After Noncardiac Surgery: Prediction From Administrative Versus Clinical Data
BACKGROUND: Hospital profiles are increasingly constructed using risk-adjusted clinical data abstracted from patient records. OBJECTIVE: We sought to compare hospital profiles based on risk adjusted death within 30 days of surgery from administrative versus clinical data in a national cohort of surgical patients. DESIGN: This was a cohort study that included 78,546 major noncardiac operations performed between October 1, 1991 and December 31, 199…
Relationship Between Processes of Care and Coronary Bypass Operative Mortality and Morbidity
BACKGROUND: Information is limited regarding the effects of processes of care on cardiac surgical outcomes. Correspondingly, many recommended cardiac surgical processes of care are derived from animal experiments or clinical judgment. This report from the VA Cooperative Study in Health Services, "Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery," focuses on the relationships between 3 process groups (preoperative evaluation, intraoperative …
Postoperative Mortality and Pulmonary Complication Rankings: How Well Do They Correlate at the Hospital Level
BACKGROUND: Postoperative mortality rankings are used alone for quality assessment. OBJECTIVES: To determine the correlation between hospital rankings of postoperative respiratory failure, pneumonia, and mortality rates and to assess the influence of hospital volume, type of surgery, and time on these correlations. To compare hospital outlier detection with and without pulmonary complication rates. RESEARCH DESIGN: Prospective observational study…
Lower Extremity Nontraumatic Amputation Among Veterans With Peripheral Arterial Disease: Is Race an Independent Factor
OBJECTIVES: To determine if race/ethnicity is independently associated with an increased risk for nontraumatic lower extremity amputation versus lower extremity bypass revascularization among patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). METHODS: Data were analyzed from the National VA Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) and from the Veterans Affairs Patient Treatment File (PTF). Race/ethnicity was defined as non-Hispanic white, black…
Racial Variations in Postoperative Outcomes of Carotid Endarterectomy: Evidence From the Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
CONTEXT: Black patients and Hispanic patients receive carotid endarterectomy (CEA) at lower rates than white patients. It is unclear whether worse surgical outcomes are influencing clinical decision-making regarding use of the operation among minority group patients. OBJECTIVE: To determine if there are racial differences in postoperative outcomes for patients undergoing CEA at Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of …
Multisite Randomized Controlled Trials in Health Services Research: Scientific Challenges and Operational Issues
Although well-designed randomized controlled trials (RCT) provide the strongest evidence regarding causation, only relatively recently have they been used by health services researchers to study the organization, delivery, quality, and outcomes of care. More recent yet is the extension of multisite RCTs to health services research. Such studies offer numerous methodological advantages over single-site trials: (1) enhanced external validity; (2) g…
Measuring Costs in Multisite Randomized Controlled Trials: Lessons From the VA Cooperative Studies Program
OBJECTIVES: The interest in the economic impact of new health care interventions has increased dramatically over recent years; however, the results can be highly variable depending upon the economic assumptions made and the approaches taken in collecting the data and in conducting the analyses. This paper describes experiences from the VA Cooperative Studies Program in measuring health care utilization and costs for studies that evaluate clinical…
Statistical Methods and Strategies for Working with Large Data Bases
This article describes the statistical methods and strategies to be used in establishing the linkages between processes and structures of care with risk-adjusted outcomes in a large multicenter Veterans Affairs cooperative study in health services of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The statistical analyses consist of test involving nine specific hypotheses related to the effect of processes and structures of care on risk-adjusted outcomes. F…
The Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery Study Protocol
Recently, a growing interest has arisen in defining and measuring health care outcomes. Although outcome measures may be used as potential quality-of-care screens, outcomes cannot indicate directly how care might be improved. Thus, the Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery (PSOCS) study was designed to investigate the linkages between the processes and structures of care with risk-adjusted outcomes for cardiac surgery car…
Development of an Interactive Data Base Management System for Capturing Large Volumes of Data
Accurate collection and successful management of data are problems common to all scientific studies. For studies in which large quantities of data are collected by means of questionnaires and/or forms, data base management becomes quite laborious and time consuming. Data base management comprises data collection, data entry, data editing, and data base maintenance. In this article, the authors describe the development of an interactive data base …
Evaluating Anesthesia Health Care Delivery for Cardiac Surgery: The Role of Process and Structure Variables
Anesthesia care is an integral component of cardiac surgery. Emphasis on cost-effectiveness and decreased hospital stay has prompted reevaluation of anesthesia practice. However, the role of anesthesia process and structure variables in relation to patient outcomes is largely unknown. Processes, Structures and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery is the first epidemiologic study to collect data on anesthesia processes, such as the pharmacologic co…
Perceived Experiences of Discrimination in Health Care: A Barrier for Cancer Screening Among American Indian Women with Type 2 Diabetes
Case Management to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in American Indians and Alaska Natives With Diabetes: Results From the Special Diabetes Program for Indians Healthy Heart Demonstration Project
Objectives. We evaluated cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) with diabetes in the Special Diabetes Program for Indians Healthy Heart (SDPI-HH) Demonstration Project. Methods. Multidisciplinary teams implemented an intensive case management intervention among 30 health care programs serving 138 tribes. The project recruited 3373 participants, with and without current CVD, between 2006 and 2009. We …
Demographic characteristics and food choices of participants in the Special Diabetes Program for American Indians Diabetes Prevention Demonstration Project
The ubiquitous nature of unhealthy food choices makes them hard to avoid. Food choice differences by gender, age, income, and setting suggest that nutrition education should more effectively target and meets the needs of young AI/AN males
Validity of Measures Assessing Oral Health Beliefs of American Indian Parents
Scottish Late Bronze Age Axes and Swords
A list of all the socketed axes and leaf-shaped swords in Scotland is presented along with maps showing their geographical distribution. From the main body of these two groups, distinctive types have been selected and by comparative study an effort has been made to establish reliable connections with areas outside Scotland. The objects were not evolved here; in common with most of the Scottish Late Bronze Age metal types they originated outside t…
Scottish Late Bronze Age Axes and Swords
A list of all the socketed axes and leaf-shaped swords in Scotland is presented along with maps showing their geographical distribution. From the main body of these two groups, distinctive types have been selected and by comparative study an effort has been made to establish reliable connections with areas outside Scotland. The objects were not evolved here; in common with most of the Scottish Late Bronze Age metal types they originated outside t…
Communist China: An American Appraisal
more than six years of Communist power m China, it is possible to make a preliminary appraisal of the country's prospects under the Peking regime. Despite the mantle of secrecy which the Communists have lowered over China, adequate information for such an assessment is at hand. The Peking government depends for its day-to-day operations on leadership cadres who are geographically dispersed and inadequately serviced by modern communications facili…
The Roots of Neutralism in Southern Asia
Communications
Other| May 01 1963 Communications Chün-tu Hsüeh; Chün-tu Hsüeh Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Michael Gasster; Michael Gasster Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Alex Wayman; Alex Wayman Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google William Henderson William Henderson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Asian Studies (1963) 22 (3): 373–376. https://…
A Statistical Model of Changes in Locations of Primary‐care Dentists in a Rural State
Statistical Methods and Strategies for Working with Large Data Bases
This article describes the statistical methods and strategies to be used in establishing the linkages between processes and structures of care with risk-adjusted outcomes in a large multicenter Veterans Affairs cooperative study in health services of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The statistical analyses consist of test involving nine specific hypotheses related to the effect of processes and structures of care on risk-adjusted outcomes. F…
The Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery Study Protocol
Recently, a growing interest has arisen in defining and measuring health care outcomes. Although outcome measures may be used as potential quality-of-care screens, outcomes cannot indicate directly how care might be improved. Thus, the Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery (PSOCS) study was designed to investigate the linkages between the processes and structures of care with risk-adjusted outcomes for cardiac surgery car…
Development of an Interactive Data Base Management System for Capturing Large Volumes of Data
Accurate collection and successful management of data are problems common to all scientific studies. For studies in which large quantities of data are collected by means of questionnaires and/or forms, data base management becomes quite laborious and time consuming. Data base management comprises data collection, data entry, data editing, and data base maintenance. In this article, the authors describe the development of an interactive data base …
Evaluating Anesthesia Health Care Delivery for Cardiac Surgery: The Role of Process and Structure Variables
Anesthesia care is an integral component of cardiac surgery. Emphasis on cost-effectiveness and decreased hospital stay has prompted reevaluation of anesthesia practice. However, the role of anesthesia process and structure variables in relation to patient outcomes is largely unknown. Processes, Structures and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery is the first epidemiologic study to collect data on anesthesia processes, such as the pharmacologic co…
Variations in Processes and Structures of Cardiac Surgery Practice
It is hypothesized that variations in the processes and structures of the selection of patients and the conduct of the surgical procedure may influence risk-adjusted outcome in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. For this reason, the results of the pilot phase of this Veterans Affairs cooperative study were reviewed to determine the variation in the operative practices at six pilot institutions. There were large variations in the percentage of e…
An Analysis of Interobserver Reliability and Representativeness of Data from the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study on Processes, Structures, and Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery
The authors made some preliminary judgments regarding the reliability and representativeness of the data in the early stages of the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study entitled Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery (PSOCS). Preliminary PSOCS interobserver reliability and potential patient and site selection bias reported were based on comparisons with identical risk, procedure, and outcome data items collected independentl…
Self-Report Measures for Assessing Treatment Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery Patients
Patient self-report measures are increasingly valued as outcome variables in health services research studies. In this article, the authors describe the Functional Status, Health Related Quality of Life, Life Satisfaction, and Patient Satisfaction scales included in the Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery (PSOCS) cooperative study underway within the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system. In addition to reporting on…
Measuring Costs in Multisite Randomized Controlled Trials: Lessons From the VA Cooperative Studies Program
OBJECTIVES: The interest in the economic impact of new health care interventions has increased dramatically over recent years; however, the results can be highly variable depending upon the economic assumptions made and the approaches taken in collecting the data and in conducting the analyses. This paper describes experiences from the VA Cooperative Studies Program in measuring health care utilization and costs for studies that evaluate clinical…
Multisite Randomized Controlled Trials in Health Services Research: Scientific Challenges and Operational Issues
Although well-designed randomized controlled trials (RCT) provide the strongest evidence regarding causation, only relatively recently have they been used by health services researchers to study the organization, delivery, quality, and outcomes of care. More recent yet is the extension of multisite RCTs to health services research. Such studies offer numerous methodological advantages over single-site trials: (1) enhanced external validity; (2) g…
Lower Extremity Nontraumatic Amputation Among Veterans With Peripheral Arterial Disease: Is Race an Independent Factor
OBJECTIVES: To determine if race/ethnicity is independently associated with an increased risk for nontraumatic lower extremity amputation versus lower extremity bypass revascularization among patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). METHODS: Data were analyzed from the National VA Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) and from the Veterans Affairs Patient Treatment File (PTF). Race/ethnicity was defined as non-Hispanic white, black…
Racial Variations in Postoperative Outcomes of Carotid Endarterectomy: Evidence From the Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
CONTEXT: Black patients and Hispanic patients receive carotid endarterectomy (CEA) at lower rates than white patients. It is unclear whether worse surgical outcomes are influencing clinical decision-making regarding use of the operation among minority group patients. OBJECTIVE: To determine if there are racial differences in postoperative outcomes for patients undergoing CEA at Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of …
Postoperative Mortality and Pulmonary Complication Rankings: How Well Do They Correlate at the Hospital Level
BACKGROUND: Postoperative mortality rankings are used alone for quality assessment. OBJECTIVES: To determine the correlation between hospital rankings of postoperative respiratory failure, pneumonia, and mortality rates and to assess the influence of hospital volume, type of surgery, and time on these correlations. To compare hospital outlier detection with and without pulmonary complication rates. RESEARCH DESIGN: Prospective observational study…
Relationship Between Processes of Care and Coronary Bypass Operative Mortality and Morbidity
BACKGROUND: Information is limited regarding the effects of processes of care on cardiac surgical outcomes. Correspondingly, many recommended cardiac surgical processes of care are derived from animal experiments or clinical judgment. This report from the VA Cooperative Study in Health Services, "Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery," focuses on the relationships between 3 process groups (preoperative evaluation, intraoperative …
Patient Satisfaction and Use of Veterans Affairs Versus Non-Veterans Affairs Healthcare Services by Veterans
OBJECTIVES: Chronically ill patients who are not satisfied with their care may change healthcare providers or systems, which could disrupt continuity of care and impede management of their conditions. We examined whether patient satisfaction affected subsequent use of non-Veterans Affairs (VA) services among chronically ill veterans discharged from VA hospitals. METHODS: The data used in this study came from a multicenter trial of increased acces…
Mortality After Noncardiac Surgery: Prediction From Administrative Versus Clinical Data
BACKGROUND: Hospital profiles are increasingly constructed using risk-adjusted clinical data abstracted from patient records. OBJECTIVE: We sought to compare hospital profiles based on risk adjusted death within 30 days of surgery from administrative versus clinical data in a national cohort of surgical patients. DESIGN: This was a cohort study that included 78,546 major noncardiac operations performed between October 1, 1991 and December 31, 199…
[Papers on Thailand Archaeology] Pottery Anatomy: Review and selection of basic nomenclature as a step toward a searchable rim form database for the Sakon Nakhon Basin
Health Care Utilization and Expenditure Changes Associated With Bariatric Surgery
CONTEXT: Bariatric surgery provides significant reductions in weight and comorbidity, and has the potential to reduce health care utilization. It is unknown whether health care utilization and expenditures are reduced for veterans after bariatric surgery. OBJECTIVES: To examine health care utilization and expenditures of severely obese individuals before and after bariatric surgery within the Veterans Health Administration. DESIGN, SETTING, AND P…
Caregiver Reported Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Young American Indian Children
Assessment of parental oral health knowledge and behaviors among A merican I ndians of a Northern Plains tribe
Surveyed AI parents had reasonably high levels of knowledge about oral health and caries prevention for their children but engaged at relatively lower levels in parental behaviors necessary to promote oral health. Strategies focused on behavior change, rather than knowledge alone, may be most likely to affect oral health outcomes for AI children
Perceived Experiences of Discrimination in Health Care: A Barrier for Cancer Screening Among American Indian Women with Type 2 Diabetes
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