Meredith A Fordyce
Biographic Data
| ID | 7735849 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meredith A Fordyce |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meredith A |
| FAMILY NAME | Fordyce |
| SIGNATURE | FORDYCE M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Geographic Differences in Use of Home Oxygen for Obstructive Lung Disease
RATIONALE: Home oxygen is the most expensive equipment item that Medicare purchases ($1.7 billion/year). OBJECTIVES: To assess geographic differences in supplemental oxygen use. METHODS: Retrospective cohort analysis of oxygen claims for a 20% random sample of Medicare patients hospitalized for obstructive lung disease in 1999 and alive at the end of 2000. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: While 33.7% of the 34,916 hospitalized patients used supplem…
Do International Medical Graduates (IMGs) “Fill the Gap” in Rural Primary Care in the United States? A National Study
Context: The contribution that international medical graduates (IMGs) make to reducing the rural‐urban maldistribution of physicians in the United States is unclear. Quantifying the extent of such “gap filling” has significant implications for planning IMG workforce needs as well as other state and federal initiatives to increase the numbers of rural providers. Purpose: To compare the practice location of IMGs and US medical graduates (USMGs) pra…
The migration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States of America
BACKGROUND: The objective of this paper is to describe the numbers, characteristics, and trends in the migration to the United States of physicians trained in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: We used the American Medical Association 2002 Masterfile to identify and describe physicians who received their medical training in sub-Saharan Africa and are currently practicing in the USA. RESULTS: More than 23% of America's 771 491 physicians received their …
How Well Do Birth Certificates Describe the Pregnancies They Report? The Washington State Experience with Low-Risk Pregnancies
Obstetric care and payment source
OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether Medicaid-insured women at low risk receive less adequate obstetrical care than privately insured women. METHODS: Low-risk women who were cared for by a random sample of obstetrical providers in Washington State were randomly selected. Information on all prenatal and intrapartum services was abstracted from medical records. Service information was aggregated into standardized resource-use units. Results comp…
Obstetric care and payment source
OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether Medicaid-insured women at low risk receive less adequate obstetrical care than privately insured women. METHODS: Low-risk women who were cared for by a random sample of obstetrical providers in Washington State were randomly selected. Information on all prenatal and intrapartum services was abstracted from medical records. Service information was aggregated into standardized resource-use units. Results comp…
How Well Do Birth Certificates Describe the Pregnancies They Report? The Washington State Experience with Low-Risk Pregnancies
Obstetric care and payment source
OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether Medicaid-insured women at low risk receive less adequate obstetrical care than privately insured women. METHODS: Low-risk women who were cared for by a random sample of obstetrical providers in Washington State were randomly selected. Information on all prenatal and intrapartum services was abstracted from medical records. Service information was aggregated into standardized resource-use units. Results comp…
The migration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States of America
BACKGROUND: The objective of this paper is to describe the numbers, characteristics, and trends in the migration to the United States of physicians trained in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: We used the American Medical Association 2002 Masterfile to identify and describe physicians who received their medical training in sub-Saharan Africa and are currently practicing in the USA. RESULTS: More than 23% of America's 771 491 physicians received their …
Do International Medical Graduates (IMGs) “Fill the Gap” in Rural Primary Care in the United States? A National Study
Context: The contribution that international medical graduates (IMGs) make to reducing the rural‐urban maldistribution of physicians in the United States is unclear. Quantifying the extent of such “gap filling” has significant implications for planning IMG workforce needs as well as other state and federal initiatives to increase the numbers of rural providers. Purpose: To compare the practice location of IMGs and US medical graduates (USMGs) pra…
Geographic Differences in Use of Home Oxygen for Obstructive Lung Disease
RATIONALE: Home oxygen is the most expensive equipment item that Medicare purchases ($1.7 billion/year). OBJECTIVES: To assess geographic differences in supplemental oxygen use. METHODS: Retrospective cohort analysis of oxygen claims for a 20% random sample of Medicare patients hospitalized for obstructive lung disease in 1999 and alive at the end of 2000. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: While 33.7% of the 34,916 hospitalized patients used supplem…
Medicine (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Global Health Workforce Issues (2 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (2 works) · Medicaid (2 works)