Caren Kamberg

Biographic Data

ID5541153
NAMECaren Kamberg
GIVEN NAMESCaren
FAMILY NAMEKamberg
SIGNATUREKAMBERG C
AFFILIATIONSRAND Corporation
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS6
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1985
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
H-INDEX1

  • Multimorbidity is Associated With Better Quality of Care Among Vulnerable Elders

    Lillian C Min, Lillian Min et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2007References: 48

    BACKGROUND: Older patients with multiple chronic conditions may be at higher risk of receiving poorer overall quality of care compared with those with single or no chronic conditions. Possible reasons include competing guidelines for individual conditions, burden of numerous recommendations, and difficulty implementing treatments for multiple conditions. OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine whether coexisting combinations of 8 common chronic condit…

  • The Effect of a Quality Improvement Initiative on the Quality of Other Aspects of Health Care

    David A Ganz, Neil Wenger et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2007References: 20

    PROBLEM: Policymakers and clinicians are concerned that initiatives to improve the quality of care for some conditions may have unintended negative consequences for quality in other conditions. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether a practice redesign intervention that improved care for falls, incontinence, and cognitive impairment by an absolute 15% change also affected quality of care for masked conditions (conditions not targeted by the in…

  • Comparison of Administrative Data and Medical Records to Measure the Quality of Medical Care Provided to Vulnerable Older Patients

    Catherine H MacLean, Rachel Louie et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2006References: 21

    BACKGROUND: Administrative data are used to determine performance for publicly reported in health plan "report cards," accreditation status, and reimbursement. However, it is unclear how performance based on administrative data and medical records compare. METHODS: We compared applicability, eligibility, and performance on 182 measures of health care quality using medical records and administrative data during a 13-month period for a random sampl…

  • Reliability of Clinical Guideline Development Using Mail-Only versus In-Person Expert Panels

    Donna L Washington, STEVEN J BERNSTEIN et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2003References: 19

    BACKGROUND: Clinical practice guidelines quickly become outdated. One reason they might not be updated as often as needed is the expense of collecting expert judgment regarding the evidence. The RAND-UCLA Appropriateness Method is one commonly used method for collecting expert opinion. We tested whether a less expensive, mail-only process could substitute for the standard in-person process normally used. METHODS: We performed a 4-way replication …

  • Variations by Specialty in Physician Ratings of the Appropriateness and Necessity of Indications for Procedures

    James P Kahan, ROLLA EDWARD PARK et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1996References: 16

    The authors compare the appropriateness ratings and mutual influence of panelists from different specialties rating a comprehensive set of indications for six surgical procedures. Nine-member panels rated each procedure: abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery, carotid endarterectomy, cataract surgery, coronary angiography, and coronary artery bypass graft surgery/percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (common panel). Panelists individually rat…

  • Measuring the Necessity of Medical Procedures

    James P Kahan, STEVEN J BERNSTEIN et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1994

    This is a report on the extension of the concept of the appropriateness of a procedure to the necessity, or crucial importance, of that procedure. To state that a procedure is crucial means that withholding the procedure would be deleterious to the patient's health. Appropriateness and necessity ratings for six procedures were obtained using a modified Delphi panel process developed in earlier work. Panels were composed of practicing clinicians w…

  • Quality of Ambulatory Care

    Robert H Brook, CAREN J KAMBERG et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1990

    In this report the data from medical history questionnaires, screening examinations, insurance claims, and a face–to–face physician interview were used to examine the quality of ambulatory care received for 17 chronic conditions by a general population of 5986 adults (≤65) and children (≤14) enrolled in the RAND Health Insurance Experiment. Subjects in six U.S. sites were randomly assigned to insurance plans that were free or that required cost s…

  • How free care improved vision in the health insurance experiment

    Nicole Lurie, Caren Kamberg et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1989Cited by: 6References: 3

    We studied reasons for the improvement in the functional vision of enrollees receiving free care in the Rand Health Insurance Experiment. Among low income enrollees, 78 per cent on the free plan and 59 per cent on the cost-sharing plans had an eye examination; the proportions of those obtaining lenses were 30 per cent and 20 per cent, respectively. Visual acuity outcomes of low income vs non-poor enrollees were more adversely affected by enrollme…

  • Health Status, Sociodemographic Factors, and the Use of Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs

    Kenneth B Wells, Caren Kamberg et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1985

    The relations among sociodemographic factors, health status, and use of prescribed sleeping pills and tranquilizers are examined. The data are from the Rand Health Insurance Experiment, which has a random sample of the nonaged, noninstitutionalized, civilian population in six U.S. sites. Information on sociodemographic factors, health status, and the use of prescribed psychotropic drugs during the previous 3 months was obtained from self-report q…