Susan L Lovejoy
Biographic Data
| ID | 7738936 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan L Lovejoy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan L |
| FAMILY NAME | Lovejoy |
| SIGNATURE | LOVEJOY S L |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Tackling Persistent and Large Disparities in Birth Outcomes in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Evaluation of a Center of Excellence Program for Spine Surgery
BACKGROUND: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and many private health plans are encouraging patients to seek orthopedic care at hospitals designated as centers of excellence. No evaluations have been conducted to compare patient outcomes and costs at centers of excellence versus other hospitals. The objective of our study was to assess whether hospitals designated as spine surgery centers of excellence by a group of over 25 health pl…
Evaluation of Centers of Excellence Program for Knee and Hip Replacement
BACKGROUND: Medicare and private plans are encouraging individuals to seek care at hospitals that are designated as centers of excellence. Few evaluations of such programs have been conducted. This study examines a large national initiative that designated hospitals as centers of excellence for knee and hip replacement. OBJECTIVE: Comparison of outcomes and costs associated with knee and hip replacement at designated hospitals and other hospitals…
Measuring Success for Health Care Quality Improvement Interventions
BACKGROUND: The lack of a standard measure of quality improvement (QI) success and the use of subjective or self-reported measures of QI success has constrained efforts to formally evaluate QI programs and to understand how the various contextual factors impact QI success. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to assess how best to measure "QI success" by comparing self-reported and externally rated measures of QI success. RESEARCH DESIGN: …
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Measuring Success for Health Care Quality Improvement Interventions
BACKGROUND: The lack of a standard measure of quality improvement (QI) success and the use of subjective or self-reported measures of QI success has constrained efforts to formally evaluate QI programs and to understand how the various contextual factors impact QI success. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to assess how best to measure "QI success" by comparing self-reported and externally rated measures of QI success. RESEARCH DESIGN: …
Evaluation of a Center of Excellence Program for Spine Surgery
BACKGROUND: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and many private health plans are encouraging patients to seek orthopedic care at hospitals designated as centers of excellence. No evaluations have been conducted to compare patient outcomes and costs at centers of excellence versus other hospitals. The objective of our study was to assess whether hospitals designated as spine surgery centers of excellence by a group of over 25 health pl…
Evaluation of Centers of Excellence Program for Knee and Hip Replacement
BACKGROUND: Medicare and private plans are encouraging individuals to seek care at hospitals that are designated as centers of excellence. Few evaluations of such programs have been conducted. This study examines a large national initiative that designated hospitals as centers of excellence for knee and hip replacement. OBJECTIVE: Comparison of outcomes and costs associated with knee and hip replacement at designated hospitals and other hospitals…
Tackling Persistent and Large Disparities in Birth Outcomes in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Medicine (4 works) · Excellence (2 works) · Medical physics (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (2 works) · Psychological intervention (2 works) · Center (category theory) (1 work) · Center of excellence (1 work) · Child and Adolescent Health (1 work)