Richard Yaffe
Biographic Data
| ID | 5535272 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Yaffe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Yaffe |
| SIGNATURE | YAFFE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Utility of Synthetic and Regression Estimation
Health planning agencies have long had a need for local area data on issues such as health status, utilization, and preventive care. Synthetic estimation and regression techniques have been advanced for use in adjusting national or regional data from the NCHS Health Interview Survey (HIS) to the local area based on demographic and other pertinent variables. To evaluate the accuracy and utility of these techniques for local health planning, estima…
Assessing the timeliness of ambulatory medical care
The extent to which individuals receive necessary and timely care (timeliness) is one dimension of the process of care that has received little attention. Timeliness can be viewed as the interaction between patient care-seeking behavior and system accessibility,both of which are expected to influence the effectiveness of medical care. This study examines the provider's assessment of the timeliness of care received in the department of medicine of…
Medical Economics Survey-Methods Study
The Medical Economics Survey-Methods Study was conducted under contract for the National Center for Health Statistics during 1975-76. The objective was to determine the cost-effectiveness of a variety of strategies under consideration for application in a national survey in 1977. Detailed data on health care utilization and expenditures were collected periodically from a panel of 691 Maryland households over a seven-month period. Issues tested th…
Medical Economics Survey-Methods Study
This paper describes the background, methodology, data collection, and analytical plan of a pilot investigation conducted under contract for the National Center for Health Statistics during 1975. The objective was to determine the cost effectiveness of a variety of strategies under consideration for national application to develop previously unavailable information on utilization of, and the costs and payments for, health care. Detailed data on h…
Assessing the timeliness of ambulatory medical care
The extent to which individuals receive necessary and timely care (timeliness) is one dimension of the process of care that has received little attention. Timeliness can be viewed as the interaction between patient care-seeking behavior and system accessibility,both of which are expected to influence the effectiveness of medical care. This study examines the provider's assessment of the timeliness of care received in the department of medicine of…
Medical Economics Survey-Methods Study
This paper describes the background, methodology, data collection, and analytical plan of a pilot investigation conducted under contract for the National Center for Health Statistics during 1975. The objective was to determine the cost effectiveness of a variety of strategies under consideration for national application to develop previously unavailable information on utilization of, and the costs and payments for, health care. Detailed data on h…
Assessing the timeliness of ambulatory medical care
The extent to which individuals receive necessary and timely care (timeliness) is one dimension of the process of care that has received little attention. Timeliness can be viewed as the interaction between patient care-seeking behavior and system accessibility,both of which are expected to influence the effectiveness of medical care. This study examines the provider's assessment of the timeliness of care received in the department of medicine of…
Medical Economics Survey-Methods Study
The Medical Economics Survey-Methods Study was conducted under contract for the National Center for Health Statistics during 1975-76. The objective was to determine the cost-effectiveness of a variety of strategies under consideration for application in a national survey in 1977. Detailed data on health care utilization and expenditures were collected periodically from a panel of 691 Maryland households over a seven-month period. Issues tested th…
The Utility of Synthetic and Regression Estimation
Health planning agencies have long had a need for local area data on issues such as health status, utilization, and preventive care. Synthetic estimation and regression techniques have been advanced for use in adjusting national or regional data from the NCHS Health Interview Survey (HIS) to the local area based on demographic and other pertinent variables. To evaluate the accuracy and utility of these techniques for local health planning, estima…
Healthcare Policy and Management (4 works) · Health care (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (3 works) · Statistics (3 works) · Actuarial science (2 works) · Attrition (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Data collection (2 works)