Mary Beth Hamel

Biographic Data

ID5539451
NAMEMary Beth Hamel
GIVEN NAMESMary Beth
FAMILY NAMEHamel
SIGNATUREHAMEL M B
AFFILIATIONSHarvard University Press
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
H-INDEX1

  • Mapping Health Status Measures to a Utility Measure in a Study of Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia

    Keith Goldfeld, Keith S Goldfeld et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2012References: 18

    BACKGROUND: Nursing home residents with advanced dementia commonly experience burdensome and costly interventions (eg, hospitalization) of questionable clinical benefit. To facilitate cost-effectiveness analyses of these interventions, utility-based measures are needed in order to estimate quality-adjusted outcomes. METHODS: Nursing home residents with advanced dementia in 22 facilities were followed for 18 months (N=319). Validated health status…

  • Health Care Expenditures Associated With Overweight and Obesity Among US Adults: Importance of Age and Race

    Christina C Wee, Richard S Phillips et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2005Cited by: 6References: 22

    Objectives. We estimated health care expenditures associated with overweight and obesity and examined the influence of age, race, and gender. Methods. Using 1998 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data, we employed 2-stage modeling to estimate annual health care expenditures associated with high body mass index (BMI) and examine interactions between demographic factors and BMI. Results. Overall, the mean per capita annual health care expenditure (c…

  • Generalists and Oncologists Show Similar Care Practices and Outcomes for Hospitalized Late-Stage Cancer Patients

    Julia Hannum Rose, Elizabeth E O???Toole et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2000References: 50

    OBJECTIVE: The objective of this work was to identify similarities and differences in primary attending physicians' (generalists' versus oncologists') care practices and outcomes for seriously ill hospitalized patients with malignancy. DESIGN: This was a prospective cohort study (SUPPORT project). SETTING: Subjects were recruited from 5 US teaching hospitals; data were gathered from 1989 to 1994. SUBJECTS: Included in the study was a matched samp…

  • Does Clinical Evidence Support ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding of Complications

    Ellen P McCarthy, Lisa I Iezzoni et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2000References: 23

    BACKGROUND: Hospital discharge diagnoses, coded by use of the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), increasingly determine reimbursement and support quality monitoring. Prior studies of coding validity have investigated whether coding guidelines were met, not whether the clinical condition was actually present. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether clinical evidence in medical records confirms selecte…

  • Use of Administrative Data to Find Substandard Care: Validation of the Complications Screening Program

    Saul N Weingart, Lisa I Iezzoni et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2000References: 34

    OBJECTIVE: The use of administrative data to identify inpatient complications is technically feasible and inexpensive but unproven as a quality measure. Our objective was to validate whether a screening method that uses data from standard hospital discharge abstracts identifies complications of care and potential quality problems. DESIGN: This was a case-control study with structured implicit physician reviews. SETTING: Acute-care hospitals in Ca…