Sarah A Birken
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6484492 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Sarah A Birken |
| PRENOMES | Sarah A |
| SOBRENOME | Birken |
| ASSINATURA | BIRKEN S A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill NC USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0591-4800 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Geographic distance to Commission on Cancer‐accredited and nonaccredited hospitals in the United States
PURPOSE: The Commission on Cancer (CoC) establishes standards to support multidisciplinary, comprehensive cancer care. CoC-accredited cancer programs diagnose and/or treat 73% of patients in the United States. However, rural patients may experience diminished access to CoC-accredited cancer programs. Our study evaluated distance to hospitals by CoC accreditation status, rurality, and Census Division. METHODS: All US hospitals were identified from…
Mechanisms to enhance racial equity in health care
Background: As medical and public health professional organizations call on researchers and policy makers to address structural racism in health care, guidance on evidence-based interventions to enhance health care equity is needed. The most promising organizational change interventions to reduce racial health disparities use multilevel approaches and are tailored to specific settings. This study examines the Accountability for Cancer Care throug…
Geographic differences in community oncology provider and practice location characteristics in the central United States
PURPOSE: How care delivery influences urban-rural disparities in cancer outcomes is unclear. We sought to understand community oncologists' practice settings to inform cancer care delivery interventions. METHODS: We conducted secondary analysis of a national dataset of providers billing Medicare from June 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020 in 13 states in the central United States. We used Kruskal-Wallis rank and Fisher's exact tests to compare physician ch…
Use of the consolidated framework for implementation research to assess determinants of silver diamine fluoride implementation in safety net dental clinics
The determinants of SDF protocol implementation identified in this study will be useful to guide future efforts to implement the SDF protocol
Gender Differences in Work-Family Guilt in Parents of Young Children
A systematic review of the use of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research
Medicare Managed Care Enrollment by Disability-Eligible and Age-Eligible Veterans
OBJECTIVE: To assess factors associated with enrollment in a Medicare advantage (MA) plan versus Medicare fee-for-service plan in 2000-2004 by Medicare-eligible veterans. We also assessed whether these factors differed between disability-eligible veterans and age-eligible veterans. METHODS: Medicare claims data, VA administrative data, and 2000 census data were constructed in a retrospective cohort study of 20,581 age-eligible veterans and 7541 d…
Medicare Managed Care Enrollment by Disability-Eligible and Age-Eligible Veterans
OBJECTIVE: To assess factors associated with enrollment in a Medicare advantage (MA) plan versus Medicare fee-for-service plan in 2000-2004 by Medicare-eligible veterans. We also assessed whether these factors differed between disability-eligible veterans and age-eligible veterans. METHODS: Medicare claims data, VA administrative data, and 2000 census data were constructed in a retrospective cohort study of 20,581 age-eligible veterans and 7541 d…
A systematic review of the use of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research
Gender Differences in Work-Family Guilt in Parents of Young Children
Use of the consolidated framework for implementation research to assess determinants of silver diamine fluoride implementation in safety net dental clinics
The determinants of SDF protocol implementation identified in this study will be useful to guide future efforts to implement the SDF protocol
Geographic differences in community oncology provider and practice location characteristics in the central United States
PURPOSE: How care delivery influences urban-rural disparities in cancer outcomes is unclear. We sought to understand community oncologists' practice settings to inform cancer care delivery interventions. METHODS: We conducted secondary analysis of a national dataset of providers billing Medicare from June 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020 in 13 states in the central United States. We used Kruskal-Wallis rank and Fisher's exact tests to compare physician ch…
Mechanisms to enhance racial equity in health care
Background: As medical and public health professional organizations call on researchers and policy makers to address structural racism in health care, guidance on evidence-based interventions to enhance health care equity is needed. The most promising organizational change interventions to reduce racial health disparities use multilevel approaches and are tailored to specific settings. This study examines the Accountability for Cancer Care throug…
Geographic distance to Commission on Cancer‐accredited and nonaccredited hospitals in the United States
PURPOSE: The Commission on Cancer (CoC) establishes standards to support multidisciplinary, comprehensive cancer care. CoC-accredited cancer programs diagnose and/or treat 73% of patients in the United States. However, rural patients may experience diminished access to CoC-accredited cancer programs. Our study evaluated distance to hospitals by CoC accreditation status, rurality, and Census Division. METHODS: All US hospitals were identified from…
Medicine (5 obras) · Family medicine (3 obras) · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (3 obras) · Nursing (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Environmental health (2 obras) · Geography (2 obras) · Global Health Workforce Issues (2 obras) · Health care (2 obras) · Medical education (2 obras)