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Capturing the full measure of patient outcome improvement using a self-assessed health adjustment

Long, Michael J.; McQueen, David A.; Lescoe-Long, Mary A.; Schurman, John R. (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2005-10)

Self-assessed health (SAH) status is a very simple four-, or five-category self-reported measure of health status that has been shown to be a powerful predictor of mortality, service use and total cost of medical care ...
Defining the utility of clinically acceptable variations in evidence-based practice guidelines for evaluation of quality improvement activities

Lescoe-Long, Mary A.; Long, Michael J. (Sage Publications, 1999-09)

This study examines the utility of systematically accounting for acceptable physician variations in guideline application. The results argue against assuming that even seemingly noncontentious guideline protocol offer a ...
Does age influence the intensity of care in a managed care organization?

Long, Michael J.; Lescoe-Long, Mary A. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005-04)

The primary objective of this study was to determine whether an inverse relationship between age and the intensity of care prevailed in an elderly, functionally impaired population enrolled in a managed care organization. ...
Marital status and health care expenditures among the elderly in a managed care organization

Cabrera-Alonso, Juliana; Long, Michael J.; Bangalore, Vinay G; Lescoe-Long, Mary A. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003-07)

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of marital status in and health care expenditures among the elderly in a managed care organization. The study population consisted of 277 functionally impaired ...
The relationship between resource constraints and physician problem solving. Implications for improving the process of care

Lescoe-Long, Mary A.; Long, Michael J.; Amidon, Roger L.; Kronenfeld, Jennie J.; Glick, Deborah C. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1996-09)

Research suggests that physicians will engage in more vigilant problem-solving under conditions of resource constraints than under conditions of resource slack. Increased vigilance related to physicians' clinical strategies ...