WANDA W YOUNG
Biographic Data
| ID | 5536837 |
|---|---|
| NAME | WANDA W YOUNG |
| GIVEN NAMES | WANDA W |
| FAMILY NAME | YOUNG |
| SIGNATURE | YOUNG W W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Radius Health (United States) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Relationship of Provider Characteristics To Outcomes, Process, And Costs of Care for Community-Acquired Pneumonia
OBJECTIVES: The authors describe the relation of provider characteristics to processes, costs, and outcomes of medical care for elderly patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia. METHODS: Using Medicare claims data, Medicare beneficiaries discharged from Pennsylvania hospitals during 1990 with community-acquired pneumonia were identified. Claims data were used to ascertain mortality, readmissions, use of procedures and physician cons…
Dissemination of Clinical Results: Mastectomy Versus Lumpectomy and Radiation Therapy
OBJECTIVES: This study is an assessment of the extent to which clinical findings concerning mastectomy versus lumpectomy with radiation treatment have been disseminated in practice over time. METHODS: The authors examined the use of breast-conserving surgery followed by radiation therapy as an alternative treatment to mastectomy for early-stage breast cancer by analyzing 5 years (1986-1990) of inpatient and outpatient claims data from four insure…
Using Medicare Claims for Outcomes Research
Medicare claims databases have several advantages for use in constructing episodes of care for outcomes research. They are population-based, relatively inexpensive to obtain, include large numbers of cases, and can be used for long-term follow-up. However, the sheer size of these claims databases, along with their primarily administrative (as opposed to clinical) nature, requires that researchers take special care in using them. The 10 PORTs usin…
Disease Staging and PMCs
The Measurement of Hospital Case Mix
This paper describes the design and preliminary results of research being conducted by Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania to measure hospital case mix. The model of patient management used in this research interrelates symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Analyses of detailed patient data have indicated that patient classifications that are based on discharge diagnosis, singly or in combination with other variables such as secondary or multiple dia…
Response to Dr. Cameron and Mr. Knauf
Assessment of the AUTOGRP Patient Classification System
This study was conducted to assess the adaptability of the AUTOGRP Patient Classification System (APCS) to the patient population of western Pennsylvania. The APCS consists of a fixed sex of 383 patient categories, each of which is purported to contain similar patients with respect to resource consumption as measured by length of stay. The assessment of the APCS examines both the reproducibility of the classification using western Pennsylvania pa…
The Effects of Outpatient Psychiatric Utilization on the Costs of Providing Third-Party Coverage
Although previous studies conducted in prepaid group practice settings have indicated that the cost of providing coverage for outpatient psychotherapy may be offset by lower utilization of medical/surgical services among those who receive the benefit, no such studies have been conducted in a fee-for-service setting, nor have actual before and after claims costs been compared. This study establishes a methodology for using routinely collected Blue…
Women's Magazines, 1693-1968
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Women's Magazines, 1693-1968
The Effects of Outpatient Psychiatric Utilization on the Costs of Providing Third-Party Coverage
Although previous studies conducted in prepaid group practice settings have indicated that the cost of providing coverage for outpatient psychotherapy may be offset by lower utilization of medical/surgical services among those who receive the benefit, no such studies have been conducted in a fee-for-service setting, nor have actual before and after claims costs been compared. This study establishes a methodology for using routinely collected Blue…
Assessment of the AUTOGRP Patient Classification System
This study was conducted to assess the adaptability of the AUTOGRP Patient Classification System (APCS) to the patient population of western Pennsylvania. The APCS consists of a fixed sex of 383 patient categories, each of which is purported to contain similar patients with respect to resource consumption as measured by length of stay. The assessment of the APCS examines both the reproducibility of the classification using western Pennsylvania pa…
Response to Dr. Cameron and Mr. Knauf
The Measurement of Hospital Case Mix
This paper describes the design and preliminary results of research being conducted by Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania to measure hospital case mix. The model of patient management used in this research interrelates symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Analyses of detailed patient data have indicated that patient classifications that are based on discharge diagnosis, singly or in combination with other variables such as secondary or multiple dia…
Disease Staging and PMCs
Using Medicare Claims for Outcomes Research
Medicare claims databases have several advantages for use in constructing episodes of care for outcomes research. They are population-based, relatively inexpensive to obtain, include large numbers of cases, and can be used for long-term follow-up. However, the sheer size of these claims databases, along with their primarily administrative (as opposed to clinical) nature, requires that researchers take special care in using them. The 10 PORTs usin…
Dissemination of Clinical Results: Mastectomy Versus Lumpectomy and Radiation Therapy
OBJECTIVES: This study is an assessment of the extent to which clinical findings concerning mastectomy versus lumpectomy with radiation treatment have been disseminated in practice over time. METHODS: The authors examined the use of breast-conserving surgery followed by radiation therapy as an alternative treatment to mastectomy for early-stage breast cancer by analyzing 5 years (1986-1990) of inpatient and outpatient claims data from four insure…
Relationship of Provider Characteristics To Outcomes, Process, And Costs of Care for Community-Acquired Pneumonia
OBJECTIVES: The authors describe the relation of provider characteristics to processes, costs, and outcomes of medical care for elderly patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia. METHODS: Using Medicare claims data, Medicare beneficiaries discharged from Pennsylvania hospitals during 1990 with community-acquired pneumonia were identified. Claims data were used to ascertain mortality, readmissions, use of procedures and physician cons…
Medicine (8 works) · MEDLINE (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (3 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Chronic Disease Management Strategies (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works)