Wen-Chieh Lin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5534657 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wen-Chieh Lin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wen-Chieh |
| FAMILY NAME | Lin |
| SIGNATURE | LIN W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monica Bharel is with the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Medical Center, Boston. Wen-Chieh Lin, Jianying Zhang, Elizabeth O’Connell, and Robin E. Clark are with the Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Boston. Wen-Chieh Lin and Robin E. Clark are with the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School. At the time of the study... |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Working on Wellness
In the United States, worksite wellness programs are more often offered by larger employers. The Massachusetts Working on Wellness (WoW) program is an innovative, statewide capacity-building model designed to increase the number of smaller employers (200 or fewer workers) adopting health promotion initiatives. This article describes the WoW program design and approaches to recruitment, implementation, and evaluation. WoW provides employer trainin…
Lin et al. Respond
Lin et al. Respond Affiliation Wen-Chieh Lin PhD, Robin E. Clark PhD, Jianying Zhang MD, MPH, Elizabeth O’Connell MS, and Monica Bharel MD, MPHWen-Chieh Lin, Jianying Zhang, and Elizabeth O’Connell are with the Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shrewsbury. Wen-Chieh Lin is also with and Robin E. Clark is with Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worceste…
Frequent Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Among Homeless People With Medicaid
Objectives. We examined factors associated with frequent hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits among Medicaid members who were homeless. Methods. We included 6494 Massachusetts Medicaid members who received services from a health care for the homeless program in 2010. We used negative binomial regression to examine variables associated with frequent utilization. Results. Approximately one third of the study population had at least…
Health Care Utilization Patterns of Homeless Individuals in Boston
Objectives. We studied 6494 Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) patients to understand the disease burden and health care utilization patterns for a group of insured homeless individuals. Methods. We studied merged BHCHP data and MassHealth eligibility, claims, and encounter data from 2010. MassHealth claims and encounter data provided a comprehensive history of health care utilization and expenditures, as well as associated diagn…
The Effect of a Telephone-based Health Coaching Disease Management Program on Medicaid Members With Chronic Conditions
Compared with a matched comparison group, the telephone-based health coaching disease management program did not demonstrate significant effects on healthcare utilization and expenditures in Medicaid members with chronic conditions
Frequent Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Among Homeless People With Medicaid
Objectives. We examined factors associated with frequent hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits among Medicaid members who were homeless. Methods. We included 6494 Massachusetts Medicaid members who received services from a health care for the homeless program in 2010. We used negative binomial regression to examine variables associated with frequent utilization. Results. Approximately one third of the study population had at least…
Health Care Utilization Patterns of Homeless Individuals in Boston
Objectives. We studied 6494 Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) patients to understand the disease burden and health care utilization patterns for a group of insured homeless individuals. Methods. We studied merged BHCHP data and MassHealth eligibility, claims, and encounter data from 2010. MassHealth claims and encounter data provided a comprehensive history of health care utilization and expenditures, as well as associated diagn…
The Effect of a Telephone-based Health Coaching Disease Management Program on Medicaid Members With Chronic Conditions
Compared with a matched comparison group, the telephone-based health coaching disease management program did not demonstrate significant effects on healthcare utilization and expenditures in Medicaid members with chronic conditions
Health Care Utilization Patterns of Homeless Individuals in Boston
Objectives. We studied 6494 Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) patients to understand the disease burden and health care utilization patterns for a group of insured homeless individuals. Methods. We studied merged BHCHP data and MassHealth eligibility, claims, and encounter data from 2010. MassHealth claims and encounter data provided a comprehensive history of health care utilization and expenditures, as well as associated diagn…
Frequent Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Among Homeless People With Medicaid
Objectives. We examined factors associated with frequent hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits among Medicaid members who were homeless. Methods. We included 6494 Massachusetts Medicaid members who received services from a health care for the homeless program in 2010. We used negative binomial regression to examine variables associated with frequent utilization. Results. Approximately one third of the study population had at least…
Lin et al. Respond
Lin et al. Respond Affiliation Wen-Chieh Lin PhD, Robin E. Clark PhD, Jianying Zhang MD, MPH, Elizabeth O’Connell MS, and Monica Bharel MD, MPHWen-Chieh Lin, Jianying Zhang, and Elizabeth O’Connell are with the Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shrewsbury. Wen-Chieh Lin is also with and Robin E. Clark is with Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worceste…
Working on Wellness
In the United States, worksite wellness programs are more often offered by larger employers. The Massachusetts Working on Wellness (WoW) program is an innovative, statewide capacity-building model designed to increase the number of smaller employers (200 or fewer workers) adopting health promotion initiatives. This article describes the WoW program design and approaches to recruitment, implementation, and evaluation. WoW provides employer trainin…
Medicine (4 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Albumin (1 works) · Alternative medicine (1 works) · Biochemistry (1 works) · Biostatistics (1 works) · Blood flow (1 works)