David Kindig
Biographic Data
| ID | 6057032 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Kindig |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Kindig |
| SIGNATURE | KINDIG D |
| AFFILIATIONS | David Kindig is with the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Jenna Nobles is with the Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Moheb Zidan is with the Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin–Madison. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
I Hear You
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
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 …
Why Did Cross-National Divergences in Life Expectancy and Health Care Expenditures Both Appear in the 1980s
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
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 …
Population Health Improvement and Rural Hospital Balanced Scorecards
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
Population Health Improvement and Rural Hospital Balanced Scorecards
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
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…
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 …
Why Did Cross-National Divergences in Life Expectancy and Health Care Expenditures Both Appear in the 1980s
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
I Hear You
Medicine (9 works) · Population (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Health Policy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (3 works)