Kathleen A Foley

Biographic Data

ID5541827
NAMEKathleen A Foley
GIVEN NAMESKathleen A
FAMILY NAMEFoley
SIGNATUREFOLEY K A
AFFILIATIONSMountain Area Health Education Center
ORCID0000-0003-3661-1578
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX0

  • Exploration of the Effects of Rural Obstetric Unit Closures on Birth Outcomes in North Carolina

    Open AccessMargaret H Sullivan, Sheri Denslow et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2021

    PURPOSE: Closures of rural labor and delivery (L/D) units have prompted national and state-based efforts to assess the impact on birth outcomes. This study explores local effects of L/D closures in rural areas of North Carolina (NC). METHODS: This is a retrospective cohort study of birth outcomes of 4,065 women in 5 rural areas of NC with L/D unit closures between 2013 and 2017. Outcomes were abstracted from birth certificate data from the NC Vit…

  • Primary Care Women’s Health Screening: A Case Study of a Community Engaged Human Centered Design Approach to Enhancing the Screening Process

    Open AccessKathleen A Foley, Julie Shelton et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2019

  • Assessment of the Clinical Management of Fragility Fractures and Implications for the New Hedis Osteoporosis Measure

    Kathleen A Foley, Mariano Aguirre Ernst et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2007References: 17

    Although our study found some improvements in the screening for and treatment of osteoporosis among Medicare beneficiaries with a fragility fracture from 2000 through 2005, the overall percent of women screened and/or treated remained low. These data provide a baseline for assessing the impact of the new HEDIS measure in the coming years

  • The Impact of Physician Attitudes and Beliefs on Treatment Decisions: Lipid Therapy in High-Risk Patients

    Kathleen A Foley, Margo A Denke et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2006References: 23

    BACKGROUND: Despite clinical guidelines, many patients with hypercholesterolemia do not achieve treatment goals in clinical practice. OBJECTIVES: This study examined physician attitudes and beliefs about hyperlipidemia and whether they are associated with lipid treatment decisions. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study of 107 physicians who completed a validated survey of attitudes and beliefs about hyperlipidemia and provided treatment histo…

  • The Consensus on Assisted Suicide

    Ellen Moskowitz, Kathleen A Foley et al.ARTICLEThe Hastings Center Report2003

    By the close of 2001, according to Oregon public health officials, physicians in the state had lawfully prescribed a lethal dose of barbiturates for 139 patients. Ninety of these patients ingested the substance and died (http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/news). To date, Oregon remains the sole U.S. state to authorize physicians, as part of recognized medical care (and subject to certain regulatory constraints) to dispense prescription drugs for use i…

  • The Oregon Report: Neutrality at OHD

    Katrina Hedberg, David W Fleming et al.ARTICLEThe Hastings Center Report2000

    Katrina Hedberg, David W. Fleming, Grant K. Higginson, Arthur E. Chin, Samuel I. Greenberg, N. Gregory Hamilton, Kathleen Foley, Herbert Hendin, The Oregon Report: Neutrality at OHD?, The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan. - Feb., 2000), pp. 4-5