Joan Buchanan

Biographic Data

ID5543335
NAMEJoan Buchanan
GIVEN NAMESJoan
FAMILY NAMEBuchanan
SIGNATUREBUCHANAN J
AFFILIATIONSDebra Saliba is with Health Services Research and Development, Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, Los Angeles, Calif, the University of California, Los Angeles–Veterans Administration Medical Center Multicampus Program in Geriatrics, and the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif. Joan Buchanan is with the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Mass. Raynard S. Kington is with the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1983
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
H-INDEX1

  • Function and Response of Nursing Facilities During Community Disaster

    Debra Saliba, Joan L Buchanan et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2004Cited by: 2References: 34

    Objectives. We sought to describe the role and function of nursing facilities after disaster. Methods. We surveyed administrators at 144 widely dispersed nursing facilities after the Los Angeles Northridge earthquake. Results. Of the 113 (78%) nursing facilities that responded (11 365 beds), 23 sustained severe damage, 5 closed (625 beds), and 72 lost vital services. Of 87 nursing facilities implementing disaster plans, 56 cited problems that pla…

  • Objective and Subjective Measures of the Quality of Managed Care in Nursing Homes

    John F Schnelle, Joseph G Ouslander et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1999References: 5

    BACKGROUND: The number of nursing home (NH) residents enrolled in managed care plans (HMO) will increase, and there is concern that the quality of their medical care may be compromised by cost-containment pressures. In this study, we evaluated the medical care of residents enrolled in 3 health maintenance organizations (HMO) that developed specific long-term care programs. OBJECTIVES: To compare the medical care received by NH residents enrolled …

  • Comparison of Access and Costs of Medicaid Dental Services in a Hospital Clinic and Community Practices

    Open AccessMillicent Marcus, Marvin Marcus et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry1996

    To understand the mix of utilization rates, visits, and costs, one must take into account the way in which the HMO hospital plan is reimbursed, the way in which the dental department is reimbursed, and the way in which the dental provider is reimbursed

  • Aging, research on aging, and national policy

    Gary R Vandenbos, Joan L Buchanan et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1983

  • Aging, research on aging, and national policy

    Gary R Vandenbos, Joan L Buchanan et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1983