George A Goldberg
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 5534534 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | George A Goldberg |
| NOMBRES | George A |
| APELLIDO | Goldberg |
| FIRMA | GOLDBERG G A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 8 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1974 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1990 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Quality of Ambulatory Care
In this report the data from medical history questionnaires, screening examinations, insurance claims, and a face–to–face physician interview were used to examine the quality of ambulatory care received for 17 chronic conditions by a general population of 5986 adults (≤65) and children (≤14) enrolled in the RAND Health Insurance Experiment. Subjects in six U.S. sites were randomly assigned to insurance plans that were free or that required cost s…
Management of Patients on Psychotropic Drugs in Primary Care Clinics
While nonpsychiatrist physicians account for the majority of prescriptions written for psychotropic drugs, little is known about the quality of their drug management strategy. We studied this issue using data from 16 academic internal medicine group practices. Data on treatment, abstracted from medical records, were compared to criteria for quality care. Eighteen percent of patients used minor tranquilizers or antidepressants. The only individual…
Preventive care
We used insurance claims from enrollees in the Rand Health Insurance Experiment to determine the amount of selected components of preventive care received by a representative sample of the non-aged population in the United States and to determine whether insurance coverage was an important determinant of that amount. Only 45 percent of infants received timely immunization for DPT and polio; 93 per cent received some well child care by 18 months o…
Does Free Care Improve Adults' Health?
Does free medical care lead to better health than insurance plans that require the patient to shoulder part of the cost? In an effort to answer this question, we studied 3958 people between the ages of 14 and 61 who were free of disability that precluded work and had been randomly assigned to a set of insurance plans for three or five years. One plan provided free care; the others required enrollees to pay a share of their medical bills. As previ…
Comparison of a Criteria Map to a Criteria List in Quality-of-Care Assessment for Patients with Chest Pain
In a prospective study we compared the ability of two quality assessment methods--the standard criteria list and the criteria map--to predict the appropriateness of the disposition decision for 421 patients with chest pain who presented to two emergency departments. To evaluate the quality of this decision, each patient was followed at home or in the hospital to determine whether an acute condition requiring hospital admission was present. Among …
Physician??s Extenders?? Performance in Air Force Clinics
We evaluated the quality of care of physician's extenders (PEs: 23 physician's assistants, 7 primary care nurse practitioners) in Air Force primary medicine clinics, as part of an evaluation of PEs' assuming a considerable portion of the care, formerly provided by physicians in the military medical system. Physician's assistants performed at least as well as physicians on 25 out of 28 nonredundant process-of-care criteria; nurse practitioners met…
Emphasizing "Level of Care" over "Length of Stay" in Hospital Utilization Review
Utilization review has heretofore emphasized "length of stay" as the criterion for deciding when the patient is ready to leave the hospital. We suggest that "level of care" (the type, number, and/or intensity of a combination of physician, skilled nursing, and ancillary services) received by the patient should replace length of stay as the major "decision" criterion for deciding on continued hospitalization: "appropriate hospital placement" means…
The Role of a Medical Audit in Assessing Management of Alcoholics with Acute Pancreatitis
A medical audit revealed effective management and treatment of 16 patients hospitalized with acute pancreatitis, but none were referred for alcoholism treatment after hospital discharge
Preventive care
We used insurance claims from enrollees in the Rand Health Insurance Experiment to determine the amount of selected components of preventive care received by a representative sample of the non-aged population in the United States and to determine whether insurance coverage was an important determinant of that amount. Only 45 percent of infants received timely immunization for DPT and polio; 93 per cent received some well child care by 18 months o…
The Role of a Medical Audit in Assessing Management of Alcoholics with Acute Pancreatitis
A medical audit revealed effective management and treatment of 16 patients hospitalized with acute pancreatitis, but none were referred for alcoholism treatment after hospital discharge
Emphasizing "Level of Care" over "Length of Stay" in Hospital Utilization Review
Utilization review has heretofore emphasized "length of stay" as the criterion for deciding when the patient is ready to leave the hospital. We suggest that "level of care" (the type, number, and/or intensity of a combination of physician, skilled nursing, and ancillary services) received by the patient should replace length of stay as the major "decision" criterion for deciding on continued hospitalization: "appropriate hospital placement" means…
Comparison of a Criteria Map to a Criteria List in Quality-of-Care Assessment for Patients with Chest Pain
In a prospective study we compared the ability of two quality assessment methods--the standard criteria list and the criteria map--to predict the appropriateness of the disposition decision for 421 patients with chest pain who presented to two emergency departments. To evaluate the quality of this decision, each patient was followed at home or in the hospital to determine whether an acute condition requiring hospital admission was present. Among …
Physician??s Extenders?? Performance in Air Force Clinics
We evaluated the quality of care of physician's extenders (PEs: 23 physician's assistants, 7 primary care nurse practitioners) in Air Force primary medicine clinics, as part of an evaluation of PEs' assuming a considerable portion of the care, formerly provided by physicians in the military medical system. Physician's assistants performed at least as well as physicians on 25 out of 28 nonredundant process-of-care criteria; nurse practitioners met…
Does Free Care Improve Adults' Health?
Does free medical care lead to better health than insurance plans that require the patient to shoulder part of the cost? In an effort to answer this question, we studied 3958 people between the ages of 14 and 61 who were free of disability that precluded work and had been randomly assigned to a set of insurance plans for three or five years. One plan provided free care; the others required enrollees to pay a share of their medical bills. As previ…
Preventive care
We used insurance claims from enrollees in the Rand Health Insurance Experiment to determine the amount of selected components of preventive care received by a representative sample of the non-aged population in the United States and to determine whether insurance coverage was an important determinant of that amount. Only 45 percent of infants received timely immunization for DPT and polio; 93 per cent received some well child care by 18 months o…
Management of Patients on Psychotropic Drugs in Primary Care Clinics
While nonpsychiatrist physicians account for the majority of prescriptions written for psychotropic drugs, little is known about the quality of their drug management strategy. We studied this issue using data from 16 academic internal medicine group practices. Data on treatment, abstracted from medical records, were compared to criteria for quality care. Eighteen percent of patients used minor tranquilizers or antidepressants. The only individual…
Quality of Ambulatory Care
In this report the data from medical history questionnaires, screening examinations, insurance claims, and a face–to–face physician interview were used to examine the quality of ambulatory care received for 17 chronic conditions by a general population of 5986 adults (≤65) and children (≤14) enrolled in the RAND Health Insurance Experiment. Subjects in six U.S. sites were randomly assigned to insurance plans that were free or that required cost s…
Medicine (8 obras) · Family medicine (5 obras) · Internal Medicine (4 obras) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (4 obras) · Environmental health (3 obras) · Health care (3 obras) · Healthcare Policy and Management (3 obras) · Internal Medicine (3 obras) · MEDLINE (3 obras) · Population (3 obras)