DAVID A Kindig
Biographic Data
| ID | 5541303 |
|---|---|
| NAME | DAVID A Kindig |
| GIVEN NAMES | DAVID A |
| FAMILY NAME | Kindig |
| SIGNATURE | KINDIG D A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Trends in infants born at low birthweight and disparities by maternal race and education from 2003 to 2018 in the United States
Recent reversals in progress in percentage of LBW, as well as increasing disparities particularly by race, are troubling. Future study is needed to continue monitoring these trends and analyzing these issues at additional levels. Targets must be set and solutions must be tailored to population subgroups to effectively make progress towards equitable birth outcomes and maternal health
What Do We Know About the Drivers of Health and Equity? A Narrative Review of Graphic Representations
Reduction in US Health Care Spending Required to Meet the Institute of Medicine’s 2030 Target
Objectives. To quantify changes in US health care spending required to reach parity with high-resource nations by 2030 or 2040 and identify historical precedents for these changes. Methods. We analyzed multiple sources of historical and projected spending from 1970 through 2040. Parity was defined as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) median or 90th percentile for per capita health care spending. Results. Sustained …
Joinpoint Trend Analysis of Infant Mortality Disparities in Wisconsin, 1999–2016
Objectives. To address shortcomings of previous research exploring trends in racial, educational, and race by educational disparities in infant mortality rates (IMRs) by using nonlinear methods to compare improvement within and between disparity domains. Methods. We used joinpoint regression modeling to perform a cross-sectional analysis of IMR trends from linked birth and death certificates in Wisconsin between 1999 and 2016. Results. In the rac…
Considering mean and inequality health outcomes together
Mean and inequality health outcomes can be combined into a single Population Health Performance Index for use by public and private policy makers, like the GDP is used as a summary metric to measure economic output. The index can allow for varying degrees of inequality aversion, an individual's or jurisdiction's value choice that can substantially impact the value of this new summary population health metric
Separate and Sick
Meeting the Institute of Medicine's 2030 US Life Expectancy Target
Objectives. To quantify the improvement in US life expectancy required to reach parity with high-resource nations by 2030, to document historical precedent of this rate, and to discuss the plausibility of achieving this rate in the United States. Methods. We performed a demographic analysis of secondary data in 5-year periods from 1985 to 2015. Results. To achieve the United Nations projected mortality estimates for Western Europe in 2030, the US…
What “Community Building” Activities Are Nonprofit Hospitals Reporting as Community Benefit
In 2008, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revised and standardized the reporting policy for community benefit expenses for non-profit hospitals. These expenses are required for tax-exemption. At that time, the IRS designated some categories of activities as non-eligible as a community benefit, but still mandated their reporting on hospitals’ Form 990- the annual tax filing for non-profit organizations. One such category was community building, …
Inequalities in multiple health outcomes by education, sex, and race in 93 US counties
It is feasible to extend population health reporting to include reporting of a subpopulation group breakdown of each indicator of the health of the population at a small jurisdictional level using publicly available data. No single group characteristic or health outcome represents the whole picture of health inequalities in a population. Examining multiple group characteristics and outcomes in a comparable manner is essential in reporting health …
Message Design Strategies to Raise Public Awareness of Social Determinants of Health and Population Health Disparities
Context: Raising public awareness of the importance of social determinants of health (SDH) and health disparities presents formidable communication challenges. Methods: This article reviews three message strategies that could be used to raise awareness of SDH and health disparities: message framing, narratives, and visual imagery. Findings: Although few studies have directly tested message strategies for raising awareness of SDH and health dispar…
Ranking Community Health Status to Stimulate Discussion of Local Public Health Issues
United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings, which ranks the states from “least healthy” to “healthiest,” receives wide press coverage and promotes discussion of public health issues. The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute used the United Health Foundation’s model to develop the Wisconsin County Health Rankings (“Health Rankings”) from existing county-level data. The institute first released the rankings in 2004. A surve…
Population Health Improvement and Rural Hospital Balanced Scorecards
Variation in Chinese population health related quality of life
Health Literacy
To maintain their own health and the health of their families and communities, consumers rely heavily on the health information that is available to them. This information is at the core of the partnerships that patients and their families forge with today?s complex modern health systems. This information may be provided in a variety of forms ? ranging from a discussion between a patient and a health care provider to a health promotion advertisem…
What Is Population Health
Population health is a relatively new term that has not yet been precisely defined. Is it a concept of health or a field of study of health determinants? We propose that the definition be “the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group,” and we argue that the field of population health includes health outcomes, patterns of health determinants, and policies and interventions that link th…
The role of academic health systems in promoting population health
Nursing Supply and Characteristics in the Nonmetropolitan Areas of the United States
This study examines the supply and selected characteristics of nurses working in nonmetropolitan areas of the United States using the most recent data reported in the third national sample survey of registered nurses in 1988. Nursing supply is analyzed in terms of the ratio of registered nurses per 100,000 people for three standard nonmetropolitan census county size classifications and nine regional groupings of states. Seven dimensions relating …
The Relationship Between Commuting Patterns and Health Resources in Nonmetropolitan Counties of the United States
From the Health Management Training Center, Beijing Medical University School of Public Health, Beijing, China †From Programs in Health Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Preventive Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin
Determining Adequacy of Physicians and Nurses for Rural Populations
Medical Practice and Satisfaction of Physicians in Sparsely Populated Rural Counties of the United States
The results are reported from a mail survey to a 25 percent sample of all allopathic and osteopathic physicians practicing in counties less than 10,000 population in 1988. Overall, 71 percent of respondents indicated that they were satisfied with their practice in those areas but 23 percent indicated dissatisfaction and 26 percent planned to leave those areas within five years. Factors associated with practice dissatisfaction included lower incom…
Task Analysis in National Health Service Corps Field Stations
An occupational survey using a task inventory as survey instrument was conducted at four National Health Service Corps clinics providing primary ambulatory care. The prime objective of the study was to determine whether the methodology of task analysis could validly be applied to obtain data of potential value in improving personnel management in clinics. It is concluded that the taskinventory could generate such data. A first level analysis prov…
What Is Population Health
Population health is a relatively new term that has not yet been precisely defined. Is it a concept of health or a field of study of health determinants? We propose that the definition be “the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group,” and we argue that the field of population health includes health outcomes, patterns of health determinants, and policies and interventions that link th…
Separate and Sick
Meeting the Institute of Medicine's 2030 US Life Expectancy Target
Objectives. To quantify the improvement in US life expectancy required to reach parity with high-resource nations by 2030, to document historical precedent of this rate, and to discuss the plausibility of achieving this rate in the United States. Methods. We performed a demographic analysis of secondary data in 5-year periods from 1985 to 2015. Results. To achieve the United Nations projected mortality estimates for Western Europe in 2030, the US…
Ranking Community Health Status to Stimulate Discussion of Local Public Health Issues
United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings, which ranks the states from “least healthy” to “healthiest,” receives wide press coverage and promotes discussion of public health issues. The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute used the United Health Foundation’s model to develop the Wisconsin County Health Rankings (“Health Rankings”) from existing county-level data. The institute first released the rankings in 2004. A surve…
Reduction in US Health Care Spending Required to Meet the Institute of Medicine’s 2030 Target
Objectives. To quantify changes in US health care spending required to reach parity with high-resource nations by 2030 or 2040 and identify historical precedents for these changes. Methods. We analyzed multiple sources of historical and projected spending from 1970 through 2040. Parity was defined as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) median or 90th percentile for per capita health care spending. Results. Sustained …
Task Analysis in National Health Service Corps Field Stations
An occupational survey using a task inventory as survey instrument was conducted at four National Health Service Corps clinics providing primary ambulatory care. The prime objective of the study was to determine whether the methodology of task analysis could validly be applied to obtain data of potential value in improving personnel management in clinics. It is concluded that the taskinventory could generate such data. A first level analysis prov…
Medical Practice and Satisfaction of Physicians in Sparsely Populated Rural Counties of the United States
The results are reported from a mail survey to a 25 percent sample of all allopathic and osteopathic physicians practicing in counties less than 10,000 population in 1988. Overall, 71 percent of respondents indicated that they were satisfied with their practice in those areas but 23 percent indicated dissatisfaction and 26 percent planned to leave those areas within five years. Factors associated with practice dissatisfaction included lower incom…
Determining Adequacy of Physicians and Nurses for Rural Populations
Nursing Supply and Characteristics in the Nonmetropolitan Areas of the United States
This study examines the supply and selected characteristics of nurses working in nonmetropolitan areas of the United States using the most recent data reported in the third national sample survey of registered nurses in 1988. Nursing supply is analyzed in terms of the ratio of registered nurses per 100,000 people for three standard nonmetropolitan census county size classifications and nine regional groupings of states. Seven dimensions relating …
The Relationship Between Commuting Patterns and Health Resources in Nonmetropolitan Counties of the United States
From the Health Management Training Center, Beijing Medical University School of Public Health, Beijing, China †From Programs in Health Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Preventive Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin
The role of academic health systems in promoting population health
What Is Population Health
Population health is a relatively new term that has not yet been precisely defined. Is it a concept of health or a field of study of health determinants? We propose that the definition be “the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group,” and we argue that the field of population health includes health outcomes, patterns of health determinants, and policies and interventions that link th…
Health Literacy
To maintain their own health and the health of their families and communities, consumers rely heavily on the health information that is available to them. This information is at the core of the partnerships that patients and their families forge with today?s complex modern health systems. This information may be provided in a variety of forms ? ranging from a discussion between a patient and a health care provider to a health promotion advertisem…
Variation in Chinese population health related quality of life
Population Health Improvement and Rural Hospital Balanced Scorecards
Message Design Strategies to Raise Public Awareness of Social Determinants of Health and Population Health Disparities
Context: Raising public awareness of the importance of social determinants of health (SDH) and health disparities presents formidable communication challenges. Methods: This article reviews three message strategies that could be used to raise awareness of SDH and health disparities: message framing, narratives, and visual imagery. Findings: Although few studies have directly tested message strategies for raising awareness of SDH and health dispar…
Ranking Community Health Status to Stimulate Discussion of Local Public Health Issues
United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings, which ranks the states from “least healthy” to “healthiest,” receives wide press coverage and promotes discussion of public health issues. The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute used the United Health Foundation’s model to develop the Wisconsin County Health Rankings (“Health Rankings”) from existing county-level data. The institute first released the rankings in 2004. A surve…
Inequalities in multiple health outcomes by education, sex, and race in 93 US counties
It is feasible to extend population health reporting to include reporting of a subpopulation group breakdown of each indicator of the health of the population at a small jurisdictional level using publicly available data. No single group characteristic or health outcome represents the whole picture of health inequalities in a population. Examining multiple group characteristics and outcomes in a comparable manner is essential in reporting health …
What “Community Building” Activities Are Nonprofit Hospitals Reporting as Community Benefit
In 2008, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revised and standardized the reporting policy for community benefit expenses for non-profit hospitals. These expenses are required for tax-exemption. At that time, the IRS designated some categories of activities as non-eligible as a community benefit, but still mandated their reporting on hospitals’ Form 990- the annual tax filing for non-profit organizations. One such category was community building, …
Considering mean and inequality health outcomes together
Mean and inequality health outcomes can be combined into a single Population Health Performance Index for use by public and private policy makers, like the GDP is used as a summary metric to measure economic output. The index can allow for varying degrees of inequality aversion, an individual's or jurisdiction's value choice that can substantially impact the value of this new summary population health metric
Separate and Sick
Meeting the Institute of Medicine's 2030 US Life Expectancy Target
Objectives. To quantify the improvement in US life expectancy required to reach parity with high-resource nations by 2030, to document historical precedent of this rate, and to discuss the plausibility of achieving this rate in the United States. Methods. We performed a demographic analysis of secondary data in 5-year periods from 1985 to 2015. Results. To achieve the United Nations projected mortality estimates for Western Europe in 2030, the US…
Joinpoint Trend Analysis of Infant Mortality Disparities in Wisconsin, 1999–2016
Objectives. To address shortcomings of previous research exploring trends in racial, educational, and race by educational disparities in infant mortality rates (IMRs) by using nonlinear methods to compare improvement within and between disparity domains. Methods. We used joinpoint regression modeling to perform a cross-sectional analysis of IMR trends from linked birth and death certificates in Wisconsin between 1999 and 2016. Results. In the rac…
What Do We Know About the Drivers of Health and Equity? A Narrative Review of Graphic Representations
Reduction in US Health Care Spending Required to Meet the Institute of Medicine’s 2030 Target
Objectives. To quantify changes in US health care spending required to reach parity with high-resource nations by 2030 or 2040 and identify historical precedents for these changes. Methods. We analyzed multiple sources of historical and projected spending from 1970 through 2040. Parity was defined as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) median or 90th percentile for per capita health care spending. Results. Sustained …
Trends in infants born at low birthweight and disparities by maternal race and education from 2003 to 2018 in the United States
Recent reversals in progress in percentage of LBW, as well as increasing disparities particularly by race, are troubling. Future study is needed to continue monitoring these trends and analyzing these issues at additional levels. Targets must be set and solutions must be tailored to population subgroups to effectively make progress towards equitable birth outcomes and maternal health
Medicine (20 works) · Environmental health (13 works) · Population (13 works) · Public health (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Nursing (9 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Gerontology (6 works)