Daniel Z Louis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5534473 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Z Louis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel Z |
| FAMILY NAME | Louis |
| SIGNATURE | LOUIS D Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Thomas Jefferson University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Physiciansʼ Empathy and Clinical Outcomes for Diabetic Patients
PURPOSE: To test the hypothesis that physicians' empathy is associated with positive clinical outcomes for diabetic patients. METHOD: A correlational study design was used in a university-affiliated outpatient setting. Participants were 891 diabetic patients, treated between July 2006 and June 2009, by 29 family physicians. Results of the most recent hemoglobin A1c and LDL-C tests were extracted from the patients' electronic records. The results …
Disease Staging Classification System
1Dean and Vice President, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2Managing Director, Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A Comment on ???Domain of Practice and the Quality of Physician Performance
1Vice-President, SysteMetrics, Inc. Santa Barbara, California 2Associate Dean, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Evaluating Inpatient Costs
Inpatient records at a short-term hospital over two years were analyzed according to the stage or degree of severity of their discharge diagnosis to examine their utilization of services. Patients with a more severe disease stage for surgical and medical conditions generated substantially higher total charges, ancillary charges, and had longer lengths of stay. At the 75th percentile (representing that value at which three-quarters of the cases fa…
The Staging Concept???An Approach to the Assessment of Outcome of Ambulatory Care
The paper describes a method to evaluate patient care. The technique is based on the staging concept. Its basic premise is that the seriousness of a patient's condition at some point in the treatment process is a good indicator of the outcome of the previous parts of the process. Data were collected for 5,000 patients who had been admitted to a sample of hospitals in two California cities with a primary diagnosis matching one of the diseases for …
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The Staging Concept???An Approach to the Assessment of Outcome of Ambulatory Care
The paper describes a method to evaluate patient care. The technique is based on the staging concept. Its basic premise is that the seriousness of a patient's condition at some point in the treatment process is a good indicator of the outcome of the previous parts of the process. Data were collected for 5,000 patients who had been admitted to a sample of hospitals in two California cities with a primary diagnosis matching one of the diseases for …
Evaluating Inpatient Costs
Inpatient records at a short-term hospital over two years were analyzed according to the stage or degree of severity of their discharge diagnosis to examine their utilization of services. Patients with a more severe disease stage for surgical and medical conditions generated substantially higher total charges, ancillary charges, and had longer lengths of stay. At the 75th percentile (representing that value at which three-quarters of the cases fa…
A Comment on ???Domain of Practice and the Quality of Physician Performance
1Vice-President, SysteMetrics, Inc. Santa Barbara, California 2Associate Dean, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Disease Staging Classification System
1Dean and Vice President, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2Managing Director, Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Physiciansʼ Empathy and Clinical Outcomes for Diabetic Patients
PURPOSE: To test the hypothesis that physicians' empathy is associated with positive clinical outcomes for diabetic patients. METHOD: A correlational study design was used in a university-affiliated outpatient setting. Participants were 891 diabetic patients, treated between July 2006 and June 2009, by 29 family physicians. Results of the most recent hemoglobin A1c and LDL-C tests were extracted from the patients' electronic records. The results …
Medicine (5 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Surgery (2 works)