Xinhua Steve Ren
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 838392 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Xinhua Steve Ren |
| PRENOMES | Xinhua Steve |
| SOBRENOME | Ren |
| ASSINATURA | REN X S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Tufts Medical Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0412-4134 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 119 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1994 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2007 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Change in health status and mortality as indicators of outcomes
Risk-Adjusted Mortality as an Indicator of Outcomes
BACKGROUND: The Medicare Advantage Program (MAP) and the Veterans' Health Administration (VHA) currently provide many services that benefit the elderly, and a comparative study of their risk-adjusted mortality rates has the potential to provide important information regarding these 2 systems of care. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this retrospective study was to compare mortality rates between the MAP and the VHA after controlling for case-mix diffe…
Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life in Rural and Urban Veterans
Objectives. We sought to determine whether disparities in health-related quality of life exist between veterans who live in rural settings and their suburban or urban counterparts. Methods. We determined health-related quality-of-life scores (physical and mental health component summaries) for 767109 veterans who had used Veterans Health Administration services within the past 3 years. We used rural/urban commuting area codes to categorize vetera…
Use of Antidepressant Medications
BACKGROUND: Information on the effectiveness of newer antidepressants like serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors in terms of healthcare utilization is limited. Treatment guidelines affect evaluation. Second-line medications are usually prescribed to patients with higher utilization. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to compare antidepressants within the Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system on the basis of the number of outpati…
Equivalence of Chinese and US–English Versions of the SF-36 Health Survey
Racial Differences in Health-Related Beliefs, Attitudes, and Experiences of VA Cardiac Patients
OBJECTIVES: To deternine whether there are racial differences in patients' health-related attitudes, beliefs, and experiences regarding invasive cardiac procedures, and to develop psychometrically and conceptually valid scales and single items to assess these dimensions. METHODS: A survey was designed and administered to 854 white and black patients with ischemic heart disease at five VA medical centers. Patients were queried about the domains pr…
Risk-Adjusted Mortality Rates as a Potential Outcome Indicator for Outpatient Quality Assessments
OBJECTIVE: The quality of outpatient medical care is increasingly recognized as having an important impact on mortality. We examined whether a clinically credible risk adjustment methodology can be developed for outpatient quality assessments. RESEARCH DESIGN: This study used data from the 1998 National Survey of Ambulatory Care Patients, a prospective monitoring system of outcomes of patients receiving ambulatory care in the Veterans Affairs (VA…
Social support, social selection and self-assessed health status
Comparing Generic and Disease-Specific Measures of Physical and Role Functioning
OBJECTIVES: This study compared the performance of generic measures of Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36-Item Health Survey physical functioning and role limitations with disease-specific measures of physical functioning and role limitations using specific disease attributions for chronic lung disease, chronic low back pain, and osteoarthritis of the knee. METHODS: Data were analyzed from the Veterans Health Study among patients receiving Veter…
Marital status and quality of relationships
Racial and ethnic disparities in self‐assessed health status
We examined racial and ethnic disparities in global health assessment and functional limitations of daily activities among whites, blacks and Hispanics, and within the Hispanic origin among Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and 'Others'. Logistic regression were employed to estimate the log odds of reporting 'poor health' and 'having functional limitations' among 12,814 respondents from the 1987-1988 National Survey of Families and Households. Com…
Race and self assessed health status
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate relative odds ratios and to ascertain the relative contribution of each socioeconomic covariate in explaining racial disparities in self assessed health status (for example, global health perceptions and functional limitations of daily activities). DESIGN: National representative data from the 1987-88 national survey of families and households, a multistage, stratified probability sample of non-institutionalised Ameri…
Regional variation in infant survival in China
From retrospective survey reports 1985-87, the study examined the determinants of neonatal and post-neonatal survival in three provinces in China. Conditional logistic regression models were employed to estimate the effects of macro- and micro-level factors (such as socioeconomic conditions, familial relationships, as well as biosocial determinants) on the survivorship of neonatal and post-neonatal infants in China. The study yielded two findings…
American children
Birth spacing dynamics in China
Life before birth
Sex differences in infant and child mortality in three provinces in China
Infant and child survival in Shaanxi, China
Marital status and quality of relationships
Social support, social selection and self-assessed health status
Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life in Rural and Urban Veterans
Objectives. We sought to determine whether disparities in health-related quality of life exist between veterans who live in rural settings and their suburban or urban counterparts. Methods. We determined health-related quality-of-life scores (physical and mental health component summaries) for 767109 veterans who had used Veterans Health Administration services within the past 3 years. We used rural/urban commuting area codes to categorize vetera…
Racial and ethnic disparities in self‐assessed health status
We examined racial and ethnic disparities in global health assessment and functional limitations of daily activities among whites, blacks and Hispanics, and within the Hispanic origin among Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and 'Others'. Logistic regression were employed to estimate the log odds of reporting 'poor health' and 'having functional limitations' among 12,814 respondents from the 1987-1988 National Survey of Families and Households. Com…
Race and self assessed health status
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate relative odds ratios and to ascertain the relative contribution of each socioeconomic covariate in explaining racial disparities in self assessed health status (for example, global health perceptions and functional limitations of daily activities). DESIGN: National representative data from the 1987-88 national survey of families and households, a multistage, stratified probability sample of non-institutionalised Ameri…
Sex differences in infant and child mortality in three provinces in China
Infant and child survival in Shaanxi, China
Birth spacing dynamics in China
Life before birth
Infant and child survival in Shaanxi, China
Birth spacing dynamics in China
Life before birth
Sex differences in infant and child mortality in three provinces in China
Racial and ethnic disparities in self‐assessed health status
We examined racial and ethnic disparities in global health assessment and functional limitations of daily activities among whites, blacks and Hispanics, and within the Hispanic origin among Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and 'Others'. Logistic regression were employed to estimate the log odds of reporting 'poor health' and 'having functional limitations' among 12,814 respondents from the 1987-1988 National Survey of Families and Households. Com…
Race and self assessed health status
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate relative odds ratios and to ascertain the relative contribution of each socioeconomic covariate in explaining racial disparities in self assessed health status (for example, global health perceptions and functional limitations of daily activities). DESIGN: National representative data from the 1987-88 national survey of families and households, a multistage, stratified probability sample of non-institutionalised Ameri…
Regional variation in infant survival in China
From retrospective survey reports 1985-87, the study examined the determinants of neonatal and post-neonatal survival in three provinces in China. Conditional logistic regression models were employed to estimate the effects of macro- and micro-level factors (such as socioeconomic conditions, familial relationships, as well as biosocial determinants) on the survivorship of neonatal and post-neonatal infants in China. The study yielded two findings…
American children
Marital status and quality of relationships
Comparing Generic and Disease-Specific Measures of Physical and Role Functioning
OBJECTIVES: This study compared the performance of generic measures of Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36-Item Health Survey physical functioning and role limitations with disease-specific measures of physical functioning and role limitations using specific disease attributions for chronic lung disease, chronic low back pain, and osteoarthritis of the knee. METHODS: Data were analyzed from the Veterans Health Study among patients receiving Veter…
Social support, social selection and self-assessed health status
Racial Differences in Health-Related Beliefs, Attitudes, and Experiences of VA Cardiac Patients
OBJECTIVES: To deternine whether there are racial differences in patients' health-related attitudes, beliefs, and experiences regarding invasive cardiac procedures, and to develop psychometrically and conceptually valid scales and single items to assess these dimensions. METHODS: A survey was designed and administered to 854 white and black patients with ischemic heart disease at five VA medical centers. Patients were queried about the domains pr…
Risk-Adjusted Mortality Rates as a Potential Outcome Indicator for Outpatient Quality Assessments
OBJECTIVE: The quality of outpatient medical care is increasingly recognized as having an important impact on mortality. We examined whether a clinically credible risk adjustment methodology can be developed for outpatient quality assessments. RESEARCH DESIGN: This study used data from the 1998 National Survey of Ambulatory Care Patients, a prospective monitoring system of outcomes of patients receiving ambulatory care in the Veterans Affairs (VA…
Equivalence of Chinese and US–English Versions of the SF-36 Health Survey
Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life in Rural and Urban Veterans
Objectives. We sought to determine whether disparities in health-related quality of life exist between veterans who live in rural settings and their suburban or urban counterparts. Methods. We determined health-related quality-of-life scores (physical and mental health component summaries) for 767109 veterans who had used Veterans Health Administration services within the past 3 years. We used rural/urban commuting area codes to categorize vetera…
Use of Antidepressant Medications
BACKGROUND: Information on the effectiveness of newer antidepressants like serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors in terms of healthcare utilization is limited. Treatment guidelines affect evaluation. Second-line medications are usually prescribed to patients with higher utilization. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to compare antidepressants within the Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system on the basis of the number of outpati…
Risk-Adjusted Mortality as an Indicator of Outcomes
BACKGROUND: The Medicare Advantage Program (MAP) and the Veterans' Health Administration (VHA) currently provide many services that benefit the elderly, and a comparative study of their risk-adjusted mortality rates has the potential to provide important information regarding these 2 systems of care. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this retrospective study was to compare mortality rates between the MAP and the VHA after controlling for case-mix diffe…
Change in health status and mortality as indicators of outcomes
Medicine (14 obras) · Demography (11 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Demography (8 obras) · Psychology (8 obras) · Population (7 obras) · Environmental health (6 obras) · Gerontology (6 obras) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 obras) · Geography (5 obras)