Denise M Lishner
Biographic Data
| ID | 5181425 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Denise M Lishner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Denise M |
| FAMILY NAME | Lishner |
| SIGNATURE | LISHNER D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Modeling the Mental Health Workforce in Washington State
Context: Ensuring an adequate mental health provider supply in rural and urban areas requires accessible methods of identifying provider types, practice locations, and practice productivity. Purpose: To identify mental health shortage areas using existing licensing and survey data. Methods: The 1998‐1999 Washington State Department of Health files on credentialed health professionals linked with results of a licensure renewal survey, 1990 US Cens…
Rural Definitions for Health Policy and Research
The term “rural” suggests many things to many people, such as agricultural landscapes, isolation, small towns, and low population density. However, defining “rural” for health policy and research purposes requires researchers and policy analysts to specify which aspects of rurality are most relevant to the topic at hand and then select an appropriate definition. Rural and urban taxonomies often do not discuss important demographic, cultural, and …
Attitudes of Family Physicians in Washington State Toward Physician‐Assisted Suicide
Context: The topic of physician‐assisted suicide is difficult and controversial. With recent laws allowing physicians to assist in a terminally ill patient's suicide under certain circumstances, the debate concerning the appropriate and ethical role for physicians has intensified. Purpose: This paper utilizes data from a 1997 survey of family physicians (FPs) in Washington State to test two hypotheses: (1) older respondents will indicate greater …
Rural Health Care Providers in the United States
One of the most recalcitrant problems of the rural health landscape is the uneven distribution and relative shortage of medical care providers. Despite considerable efforts by federal and state governments over the past three decades to address these problems, rural provider distribution and shortage issues have persisted. The purpose of this article is to identify the challenges for rural health research and policy regarding health provider supp…
Educating Generalist Physicians for Rural Practice
Although about 20 percent of Americans live in rural areas, only 9 percent of physicians practice there. Physicians consistently and preferentially settle in metropolitan, suburban and other nonrural areas. The last 20 years have seen a variety of strategies by medical education programs and by federal and state governments to promote the choice of rural practice among physicians. This comprehensive literature review was based on MEDLINE and Heal…
Rural Health Research
Rural and urban areas have significant differences in the availability of medical technology, medical practice structures and patient populations. This study uses 1994 Medicare claims data to examine whether these differences are associated with variation in the content of practice between physicians practicing in rural and urban areas. This study compared the number of patients, outpatient visits, and inpatient visits per physician in the differ…
Antitrust Immunity in Rural Washington
State action immunity from antitrust liability has been proposed as an important tool for preserving and strengthening fragile rural health care delivery systems. Washington is a leader in the use of state action immunity, having passed a statute and having approved several applications for immunity. This paper summarizes the current status of state action immunity, both in general and in Washington, including a review of the literature and an ex…
Access to Primary Health Care Among Persons With Disabilities in Rural Areas
Despite the prevalence of disabilities among persons living in rural areas, scarce data exist on their health care needs. While rural residents generally experience barriers to access to primary health care, these problems are further exacerbated for people with disabilities. This article summarizes findings from the published literature on access to primary health care among people with disabilities living in rural locations. A comprehensive com…
The effect of federal grants on medical schools' production of primary care physicians
OBJECTIVES. Title VII of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 was created to encourage the production of primary care physicians. This study explored recent trends in the proportion of US medical school graduates entering primary care in relationship to Title VII funding. METHODS. The American Medical Association Physician Masterfile was used to determine the specialty choice of all students graduating from American medical s…
Part 5
Rural health care facilities commonly employ community health care surveys as marketing research instruments to assess consumer utilization of and satisfaction with local services. However, there is little information on the use of survey findings as a way to design interventions to enhance consumer satisfaction and hospital viability. A community survey was administered in six Northwest rural communities as part of the Rural Hospital Project (RH…
Part 2
A major goal of the Rural Hospital Project (RHP) was to assist communities in defining an optimal scope of hospital and community health services. It was hypothesized that a rational basis for service planning would result in an expansion of locally provided health services, increased local hospital and physician market share, improved hospital workload performance, and higher levels of consumer satisfaction with community‐based services. However…
Delinquency and Drug Abuse
Recent studies have revealed common risk factors for adolescent drug abuse and delinquency. This evidence suggests that efforts to prevent adolescent substance abuse and chronic serious delinquency should target the same factors. The same interventions may decrease the risk of both of these forms of adolescent antisocial behavior. Further, given the high rates of drug use among delinquents, drug-abuse intervention and treatment programs are clear…
Changing Teaching Practices in Mainstream Classrooms to Improve Bonding and Behavior of Low Achievers
This paper reports the effects of a package of instructional methods on the academic achievement, behavior, and social bonding of seventh grade students who were low achievers in math. Proactive classroom management, interactive teaching, and cooperative learning methods were included. Low achievers in experimental classrooms showed more favorable attitudes toward math, more bonding to school, greater expectations for continuing schooling, and le…
Accountability of Social Service Workers at the Front Line
This article considers how social service workers and supervisors in a state public welfare department view their jobs in light of managerial efforts to make these jobs more accountable. While the front-line social service work force values the security, salary, and benefits, particularly in view of the limited alternatives available to them, most believe management to be out of touch with the realities of social service work. They are suspicious…
Rural Definitions for Health Policy and Research
The term “rural” suggests many things to many people, such as agricultural landscapes, isolation, small towns, and low population density. However, defining “rural” for health policy and research purposes requires researchers and policy analysts to specify which aspects of rurality are most relevant to the topic at hand and then select an appropriate definition. Rural and urban taxonomies often do not discuss important demographic, cultural, and …
The effect of federal grants on medical schools' production of primary care physicians
OBJECTIVES. Title VII of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 was created to encourage the production of primary care physicians. This study explored recent trends in the proportion of US medical school graduates entering primary care in relationship to Title VII funding. METHODS. The American Medical Association Physician Masterfile was used to determine the specialty choice of all students graduating from American medical s…
Delinquency and Drug Abuse
Recent studies have revealed common risk factors for adolescent drug abuse and delinquency. This evidence suggests that efforts to prevent adolescent substance abuse and chronic serious delinquency should target the same factors. The same interventions may decrease the risk of both of these forms of adolescent antisocial behavior. Further, given the high rates of drug use among delinquents, drug-abuse intervention and treatment programs are clear…
Changing Teaching Practices in Mainstream Classrooms to Improve Bonding and Behavior of Low Achievers
This paper reports the effects of a package of instructional methods on the academic achievement, behavior, and social bonding of seventh grade students who were low achievers in math. Proactive classroom management, interactive teaching, and cooperative learning methods were included. Low achievers in experimental classrooms showed more favorable attitudes toward math, more bonding to school, greater expectations for continuing schooling, and le…
Accountability of Social Service Workers at the Front Line
This article considers how social service workers and supervisors in a state public welfare department view their jobs in light of managerial efforts to make these jobs more accountable. While the front-line social service work force values the security, salary, and benefits, particularly in view of the limited alternatives available to them, most believe management to be out of touch with the realities of social service work. They are suspicious…
Accountability of Social Service Workers at the Front Line
This article considers how social service workers and supervisors in a state public welfare department view their jobs in light of managerial efforts to make these jobs more accountable. While the front-line social service work force values the security, salary, and benefits, particularly in view of the limited alternatives available to them, most believe management to be out of touch with the realities of social service work. They are suspicious…
Delinquency and Drug Abuse
Recent studies have revealed common risk factors for adolescent drug abuse and delinquency. This evidence suggests that efforts to prevent adolescent substance abuse and chronic serious delinquency should target the same factors. The same interventions may decrease the risk of both of these forms of adolescent antisocial behavior. Further, given the high rates of drug use among delinquents, drug-abuse intervention and treatment programs are clear…
Changing Teaching Practices in Mainstream Classrooms to Improve Bonding and Behavior of Low Achievers
This paper reports the effects of a package of instructional methods on the academic achievement, behavior, and social bonding of seventh grade students who were low achievers in math. Proactive classroom management, interactive teaching, and cooperative learning methods were included. Low achievers in experimental classrooms showed more favorable attitudes toward math, more bonding to school, greater expectations for continuing schooling, and le…
Part 5
Rural health care facilities commonly employ community health care surveys as marketing research instruments to assess consumer utilization of and satisfaction with local services. However, there is little information on the use of survey findings as a way to design interventions to enhance consumer satisfaction and hospital viability. A community survey was administered in six Northwest rural communities as part of the Rural Hospital Project (RH…
Part 2
A major goal of the Rural Hospital Project (RHP) was to assist communities in defining an optimal scope of hospital and community health services. It was hypothesized that a rational basis for service planning would result in an expansion of locally provided health services, increased local hospital and physician market share, improved hospital workload performance, and higher levels of consumer satisfaction with community‐based services. However…
The effect of federal grants on medical schools' production of primary care physicians
OBJECTIVES. Title VII of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 was created to encourage the production of primary care physicians. This study explored recent trends in the proportion of US medical school graduates entering primary care in relationship to Title VII funding. METHODS. The American Medical Association Physician Masterfile was used to determine the specialty choice of all students graduating from American medical s…
Access to Primary Health Care Among Persons With Disabilities in Rural Areas
Despite the prevalence of disabilities among persons living in rural areas, scarce data exist on their health care needs. While rural residents generally experience barriers to access to primary health care, these problems are further exacerbated for people with disabilities. This article summarizes findings from the published literature on access to primary health care among people with disabilities living in rural locations. A comprehensive com…
Antitrust Immunity in Rural Washington
State action immunity from antitrust liability has been proposed as an important tool for preserving and strengthening fragile rural health care delivery systems. Washington is a leader in the use of state action immunity, having passed a statute and having approved several applications for immunity. This paper summarizes the current status of state action immunity, both in general and in Washington, including a review of the literature and an ex…
Rural Health Research
Rural and urban areas have significant differences in the availability of medical technology, medical practice structures and patient populations. This study uses 1994 Medicare claims data to examine whether these differences are associated with variation in the content of practice between physicians practicing in rural and urban areas. This study compared the number of patients, outpatient visits, and inpatient visits per physician in the differ…
Educating Generalist Physicians for Rural Practice
Although about 20 percent of Americans live in rural areas, only 9 percent of physicians practice there. Physicians consistently and preferentially settle in metropolitan, suburban and other nonrural areas. The last 20 years have seen a variety of strategies by medical education programs and by federal and state governments to promote the choice of rural practice among physicians. This comprehensive literature review was based on MEDLINE and Heal…
Rural Health Care Providers in the United States
One of the most recalcitrant problems of the rural health landscape is the uneven distribution and relative shortage of medical care providers. Despite considerable efforts by federal and state governments over the past three decades to address these problems, rural provider distribution and shortage issues have persisted. The purpose of this article is to identify the challenges for rural health research and policy regarding health provider supp…
Attitudes of Family Physicians in Washington State Toward Physician‐Assisted Suicide
Context: The topic of physician‐assisted suicide is difficult and controversial. With recent laws allowing physicians to assist in a terminally ill patient's suicide under certain circumstances, the debate concerning the appropriate and ethical role for physicians has intensified. Purpose: This paper utilizes data from a 1997 survey of family physicians (FPs) in Washington State to test two hypotheses: (1) older respondents will indicate greater …
Rural Definitions for Health Policy and Research
The term “rural” suggests many things to many people, such as agricultural landscapes, isolation, small towns, and low population density. However, defining “rural” for health policy and research purposes requires researchers and policy analysts to specify which aspects of rurality are most relevant to the topic at hand and then select an appropriate definition. Rural and urban taxonomies often do not discuss important demographic, cultural, and …
Modeling the Mental Health Workforce in Washington State
Context: Ensuring an adequate mental health provider supply in rural and urban areas requires accessible methods of identifying provider types, practice locations, and practice productivity. Purpose: To identify mental health shortage areas using existing licensing and survey data. Methods: The 1998‐1999 Washington State Department of Health files on credentialed health professionals linked with results of a licensure renewal survey, 1990 US Cens…
Medicine (11 works) · Business (7 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Health care (7 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (7 works) · Family medicine (6 works) · Global Health Workforce Issues (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (5 works)