Dustin D French
Biographic Data
| ID | 5533784 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dustin D French |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dustin D |
| FAMILY NAME | French |
| SIGNATURE | FRENCH D D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4064-3206 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Revealing the Blind Spots
A Blurry Bottom Line
Ophthalmology is both a procedure driven and high-cost technology intensive area of medicine that commonly treats age related conditions such as cataract and diabetic eye disease which are also some of the most common, high volume, and total dollar billable services in the Medicare program. However, ophthalmologists' payment and financial viability have a delicate financial relationship tied to Medicare reimbursement. This paper examines inflatio…
Using the Stratum-Specific Likelihood Ratio Method to Derive Outcome-Based Hospital Volume Categories for Total Knee Replacement
BACKGROUND: Evidence of higher hospital volume being associated with improved outcomes for patients undergoing total knee replacement (TKR) is mostly based on arbitrary distribution-based thresholds. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to define outcome-based volume thresholds using data from a national database. METHODS: We used the MedPAR Limited Data Set inpatient data from 2010-2015 to identify patients who had undergone primary TKR. Surgical and TKR specifi…
Effects of 2 Forms of Practice Facilitation on Cardiovascular Prevention in Primary Care
BACKGROUND: Effective quality improvement (QI) strategies are needed for small practices. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare practice facilitation implementing point-of-care (POC) QI strategies alone versus facilitation implementing point-of-care plus population management (POC+PM) strategies on preventive cardiovascular care. DESIGN: Two arm, practice-randomized, comparative effectiveness study. PARTICIPANTS: Small and mid-siz…
Did the Affordable Care Act Decrease Veteran Enrollment in the Veterans Health Administration
BACKGROUND: Provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provided nonelderly individuals, including Veterans, with additional health care coverage options. This may impact enrollment for health care through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). National enrollment data was used to: (1) compare characteristics of enrollees at 3 time points in relation to the implementation of ACA insurance provisions (2012); and (2) examine enrollment trends. M…
Risk management of emergency service vehicle crashes in the United States fire service
Proactive RM of ESVCs in three US fire departments was positively received and supported the establishment of interventions tailored to each department's needs and priorities
Lower Provider Volume is Associated With Higher Failure Rates for Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
BACKGROUND: Among physicians who perform endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), the relationship between procedure volume and outcome is unknown. OBJECTIVE: Quantify the ERCP volume-outcome relationship by measuring provider-specific failure rates, hospitalization rates, and other quality measures. RESEARCH DESIGN: Retrospective cohort. SUBJECTS: A total of 16,968 ERCPs performed by 130 physicians between 2001 and 2011, identified…
Evaluation of Specialized Medication Packaging Combined With Medication Therapy Management
BACKGROUND: This study evaluates the effect of a program combing specialized medication packaging and telephonic medication therapy management on medication adherence, health care utilization, and costs among Medicaid patients. RESEARCH DESIGN: A retrospective cohort design compared Medicaid participants who voluntarily enrolled in the program (n = 1007) compared with those who did not (n = 13,614). Main outcome measures were medication adherence…
Comparison of Complication Rates in Veterans Receiving Cataract Surgery Through the Veterans Health Administration and Medicare
BACKGROUND: To compare the 90-day rates of select secondary procedures after cataract extraction in patients having fee-for-service surgery under Medicare to surgeries provided through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) during the same calendar year. METHODS: Medicare, VHA, and VHA Fee Basis Program data for calendar year 2007 were merged to identify a cohort of veterans that had outpatient cataract surgery. Secondary surgeries were tracked…
Reoperation Rates and Administrative Databases
French, Dustin D. PhD; Margo, Curtis E. MD, MPH; Campbell, Robert R. JD, MPH, PhD Author Information
Rethinking History, Dictatorship and War
Richard Overy's work has focused on three of the most important themes in modern history: the ways in which history is written, the nature of dictatorships, and how modern European powers have fought their wars. All three themes are reflected in this collection of essays written by his friends, colleagues and former pupils and edited by Claus-Christian W. Szejnmann, which has now appeared to mark his sixtieth birthday. Each of the three sections …
Churchill and War
WHEN it came to war, Winston Churchill was a doer and a thinker. Geoffrey Best estimates that by the end of his second premiership he had spent nearly sixty years studying wars and fifteen years fighting them. His personal experiences of war began when he was a subaltern on the North West Frontier of India, and ended when he left Downing Street in 1955, a disappointed man because he had failed in his efforts to persuade the two Super Powers to ho…
Shorter note. The Politics of the British Army. Hew Strachan
Journal Article Shorter note. The Politics of the British Army. Hew Strachan Get access D French D French University College London, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 114, Issue 457, June 1999, Pages 795–796, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/114.457.795 Published: 01 June 1999
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Shorter note. The Politics of the British Army. Hew Strachan
Journal Article Shorter note. The Politics of the British Army. Hew Strachan Get access D French D French University College London, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 114, Issue 457, June 1999, Pages 795–796, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/114.457.795 Published: 01 June 1999
Churchill and War
WHEN it came to war, Winston Churchill was a doer and a thinker. Geoffrey Best estimates that by the end of his second premiership he had spent nearly sixty years studying wars and fifteen years fighting them. His personal experiences of war began when he was a subaltern on the North West Frontier of India, and ended when he left Downing Street in 1955, a disappointed man because he had failed in his efforts to persuade the two Super Powers to ho…
Rethinking History, Dictatorship and War
Richard Overy's work has focused on three of the most important themes in modern history: the ways in which history is written, the nature of dictatorships, and how modern European powers have fought their wars. All three themes are reflected in this collection of essays written by his friends, colleagues and former pupils and edited by Claus-Christian W. Szejnmann, which has now appeared to mark his sixtieth birthday. Each of the three sections …
Evaluation of Specialized Medication Packaging Combined With Medication Therapy Management
BACKGROUND: This study evaluates the effect of a program combing specialized medication packaging and telephonic medication therapy management on medication adherence, health care utilization, and costs among Medicaid patients. RESEARCH DESIGN: A retrospective cohort design compared Medicaid participants who voluntarily enrolled in the program (n = 1007) compared with those who did not (n = 13,614). Main outcome measures were medication adherence…
Comparison of Complication Rates in Veterans Receiving Cataract Surgery Through the Veterans Health Administration and Medicare
BACKGROUND: To compare the 90-day rates of select secondary procedures after cataract extraction in patients having fee-for-service surgery under Medicare to surgeries provided through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) during the same calendar year. METHODS: Medicare, VHA, and VHA Fee Basis Program data for calendar year 2007 were merged to identify a cohort of veterans that had outpatient cataract surgery. Secondary surgeries were tracked…
Reoperation Rates and Administrative Databases
French, Dustin D. PhD; Margo, Curtis E. MD, MPH; Campbell, Robert R. JD, MPH, PhD Author Information
Lower Provider Volume is Associated With Higher Failure Rates for Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
BACKGROUND: Among physicians who perform endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), the relationship between procedure volume and outcome is unknown. OBJECTIVE: Quantify the ERCP volume-outcome relationship by measuring provider-specific failure rates, hospitalization rates, and other quality measures. RESEARCH DESIGN: Retrospective cohort. SUBJECTS: A total of 16,968 ERCPs performed by 130 physicians between 2001 and 2011, identified…
Risk management of emergency service vehicle crashes in the United States fire service
Proactive RM of ESVCs in three US fire departments was positively received and supported the establishment of interventions tailored to each department's needs and priorities
Effects of 2 Forms of Practice Facilitation on Cardiovascular Prevention in Primary Care
BACKGROUND: Effective quality improvement (QI) strategies are needed for small practices. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare practice facilitation implementing point-of-care (POC) QI strategies alone versus facilitation implementing point-of-care plus population management (POC+PM) strategies on preventive cardiovascular care. DESIGN: Two arm, practice-randomized, comparative effectiveness study. PARTICIPANTS: Small and mid-siz…
Did the Affordable Care Act Decrease Veteran Enrollment in the Veterans Health Administration
BACKGROUND: Provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provided nonelderly individuals, including Veterans, with additional health care coverage options. This may impact enrollment for health care through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). National enrollment data was used to: (1) compare characteristics of enrollees at 3 time points in relation to the implementation of ACA insurance provisions (2012); and (2) examine enrollment trends. M…
Using the Stratum-Specific Likelihood Ratio Method to Derive Outcome-Based Hospital Volume Categories for Total Knee Replacement
BACKGROUND: Evidence of higher hospital volume being associated with improved outcomes for patients undergoing total knee replacement (TKR) is mostly based on arbitrary distribution-based thresholds. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to define outcome-based volume thresholds using data from a national database. METHODS: We used the MedPAR Limited Data Set inpatient data from 2010-2015 to identify patients who had undergone primary TKR. Surgical and TKR specifi…
A Blurry Bottom Line
Ophthalmology is both a procedure driven and high-cost technology intensive area of medicine that commonly treats age related conditions such as cataract and diabetic eye disease which are also some of the most common, high volume, and total dollar billable services in the Medicare program. However, ophthalmologists' payment and financial viability have a delicate financial relationship tied to Medicare reimbursement. This paper examines inflatio…
Revealing the Blind Spots
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