Melony E Sorbero
Biographic Data
| ID | 5539152 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melony E Sorbero |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melony E |
| FAMILY NAME | Sorbero |
| SIGNATURE | SORBERO M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9222-8798 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Perspectives on Opportunities and Challenges for Medicare Advantage Plans to Address Social Determinants of Health via the CHRONIC Care Act
There is increasing recognition of the role of social determinants of health (SDOH) in the ability of Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees to obtain needed care. The 2018 CHRONIC Care Act established Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI), which for the first time gives MA plans the flexibility to provide supplemental benefits to enrollees to address SDOH. Given the role of SDOH in chronic disease, this represents an opportuni…
Mindfulness Meditation for Chronic Pain
The Quality of Mental Health Care for Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom
BACKGROUND: Some Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans experience serious mental health (MH) problems. As OEF/OIF soldiers leave active military duty, their growing numbers pose a challenge to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in delivering high-quality mental health/substance-use disorder (MH/SUD) care. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the quality of MH/SUD care provided by the VA differs by OEF/OIF veteran s…
The Pen and the Scalpel
Background: As information is disseminated about best practices, variations in patterns of care should diminish over time. Objective: To test the hypotheses that differences in rates of a surgical procedure are associated with type of insurance in an era of evolving practice guidelines and that insurance and site differences diminish with time as consensus guidelines disseminate among the medical community. Methods: We use lymph node dissection a…
Race and Sex Differences in the Receipt of Timely and Appropriate Lung Cancer Treatment
BACKGROUND: Previous research suggests that disparities in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) survival can be explained in part by disparities in the receipt of cancer treatment. Few studies, however, have considered race and sex disparities in the timing and appropriateness of treatment across stages of diagnosis. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship of sex and race with the receipt of timely and clinically appropriate NSCLC treatment for eac…
An Exploration of Urban and Rural Differences in Lung Cancer Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Objectives. We tested the relationship between urban or rural residence as defined by rural–urban commuting area codes and risk of mortality in a sample of Medicare beneficiaries with lung cancer. Methods. We used Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data linked with Medicare claims to build proportional hazards models. The models tested hypothesized relationships between individual and community characteristics and overall survival for a …
Physician Referral Rates
BACKGROUND: Primary care physicians (PCPs) exhibit widely varying referral rates, resulting in dramatic differences in the exposure of their patients to specialists. The relationships between this physician behavior and costs and patient outcomes are unknown. OBJECTIVES: To examine the relationships between PCP referral rates and costs, risk of avoidable hospitalization, health status, and satisfaction. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analyses of claims …
An Exploration of Urban and Rural Differences in Lung Cancer Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Objectives. We tested the relationship between urban or rural residence as defined by rural–urban commuting area codes and risk of mortality in a sample of Medicare beneficiaries with lung cancer. Methods. We used Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data linked with Medicare claims to build proportional hazards models. The models tested hypothesized relationships between individual and community characteristics and overall survival for a …
Physician Referral Rates
BACKGROUND: Primary care physicians (PCPs) exhibit widely varying referral rates, resulting in dramatic differences in the exposure of their patients to specialists. The relationships between this physician behavior and costs and patient outcomes are unknown. OBJECTIVES: To examine the relationships between PCP referral rates and costs, risk of avoidable hospitalization, health status, and satisfaction. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analyses of claims …
An Exploration of Urban and Rural Differences in Lung Cancer Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Objectives. We tested the relationship between urban or rural residence as defined by rural–urban commuting area codes and risk of mortality in a sample of Medicare beneficiaries with lung cancer. Methods. We used Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data linked with Medicare claims to build proportional hazards models. The models tested hypothesized relationships between individual and community characteristics and overall survival for a …
The Pen and the Scalpel
Background: As information is disseminated about best practices, variations in patterns of care should diminish over time. Objective: To test the hypotheses that differences in rates of a surgical procedure are associated with type of insurance in an era of evolving practice guidelines and that insurance and site differences diminish with time as consensus guidelines disseminate among the medical community. Methods: We use lymph node dissection a…
Race and Sex Differences in the Receipt of Timely and Appropriate Lung Cancer Treatment
BACKGROUND: Previous research suggests that disparities in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) survival can be explained in part by disparities in the receipt of cancer treatment. Few studies, however, have considered race and sex disparities in the timing and appropriateness of treatment across stages of diagnosis. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship of sex and race with the receipt of timely and clinically appropriate NSCLC treatment for eac…
The Quality of Mental Health Care for Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom
BACKGROUND: Some Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans experience serious mental health (MH) problems. As OEF/OIF soldiers leave active military duty, their growing numbers pose a challenge to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in delivering high-quality mental health/substance-use disorder (MH/SUD) care. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the quality of MH/SUD care provided by the VA differs by OEF/OIF veteran s…
Mindfulness Meditation for Chronic Pain
Perspectives on Opportunities and Challenges for Medicare Advantage Plans to Address Social Determinants of Health via the CHRONIC Care Act
There is increasing recognition of the role of social determinants of health (SDOH) in the ability of Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees to obtain needed care. The 2018 CHRONIC Care Act established Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI), which for the first time gives MA plans the flexibility to provide supplemental benefits to enrollees to address SDOH. Given the role of SDOH in chronic disease, this represents an opportuni…
Medicine (5 works) · Health care (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Epidemiology (2 works) · Epidemiology (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (2 works) · Lung cancer (2 works)