2014
Are Comparisons of Patient Experiences Across Hospitals Fair? A Study in Veterans Health Administration Hospitals
Cleary PD, Meterko M, Wright SM, Zaslavsky AM. Are Comparisons of Patient Experiences Across Hospitals Fair? A Study in Veterans Health Administration Hospitals. Medical Care 2014, 52: 619-625. PMID: 24926709, PMCID: PMC4682878, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAttitude of Health PersonnelConfounding Factors, EpidemiologicContinuity of Patient CareFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHealth Services ResearchHospitals, VeteransHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionPatient SatisfactionQuality of Health CareResidence CharacteristicsSocioeconomic FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPatients' clinical characteristicsClinical characteristicsPatient characteristicsPatient experienceInitial acute myocardial infarctionPatient-reported health statusVeterans Health Administration hospitalsVeterans Affairs Medical CenterVA administrative dataPatient experience surveysPatient care experiencesComplex patientsMyocardial infarctionPatient surveyMedical recordsAdministration HospitalClinical dataHospital careMedical CenterClinical informationHOSPITAL scoreInpatient experienceHealth statusHospital
2004
Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life and Treatment Preferences Among Black and White Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease
Hicks LS, Cleary PD, Epstein AM, Ayanian JZ. Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life and Treatment Preferences Among Black and White Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease. Quality Of Life Research 2004, 13: 1129-1138. PMID: 15287279, DOI: 10.1023/b:qure.0000031350.56924.cc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage renal diseaseRenal transplantationPhysical activityRenal diseaseWhite patientsEffect of ESRDOverall healthWhite womenWhite menHealth-related qualityMeasures of HRQLRacial differencesBetter overall healthQuality of lifeBlack womenBlack menBetter HRQLClinical characteristicsBlack patientsHRQL measuresPotential confoundersPatient preferencesTreatment preferencesPatientsAge 18
2001
Detecting Suicide Risk in a Pediatric Emergency Department: Development of a Brief Screening Tool
Horowitz L, Wang P, Koocher G, Burr B, Smith M, Klavon S, Cleary P. Detecting Suicide Risk in a Pediatric Emergency Department: Development of a Brief Screening Tool. Pediatrics 2001, 107: 1133-1137. PMID: 11331698, DOI: 10.1542/peds.107.5.1133.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative predictive valueBrief screening toolScreening toolC-statisticHealth cliniciansPredictive valuePediatric mental health patientsSuicide riskCriterion standard assessmentPediatric emergency departmentCurrent suicidal behaviorMental health patientsEmergency department staffMental health cliniciansQuality improvement initiativesPositive predictive valueCross-sectional surveyMental health concernsClinical characteristicsPediatric EDEmergency departmentPsychiatric reasonsAdolescent patientsHealth patientsTriage nurses
2000
Racial Disparities in Access to Renal Transplantation — Clinically Appropriate or Due to Underuse or Overuse?
Epstein A, Ayanian J, Keogh J, Noonan S, Armistead N, Cleary P, Weissman J, David-Kasdan J, Carlson D, Fuller J, Marsh D, Conti R. Racial Disparities in Access to Renal Transplantation — Clinically Appropriate or Due to Underuse or Overuse? New England Journal Of Medicine 2000, 343: 1537-1544. PMID: 11087884, PMCID: PMC4598055, DOI: 10.1056/nejm200011233432106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWaiting listRenal transplantationRacial disparitiesEnd-stage renal diseaseAppropriateness of patientsRate of referralAppropriate candidatesChart reviewClinical characteristicsDevelopment of interventionsRenal diseaseTransplantation centersWhite patientsBlack patientsAppropriateness CriteriaInappropriate careClinical appropriatenessSurgical proceduresPatientsTransplantationSpecific causesInappropriate candidatesExpert panelDistrict of ColumbiaRacial differences
1994
Differences between men and women undergoing major orthopedic surgery for degenerative arthritis
Katz J, Wright E, Guadagnoli E, Liang M, Karlson E, Cleary P. Differences between men and women undergoing major orthopedic surgery for degenerative arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism 1994, 37: 687-694. PMID: 8185695, DOI: 10.1002/art.1780370512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor orthopedic surgeryWorse functional statusFunctional status scoresFunctional statusSpinal stenosisDegenerative arthritisClinical characteristicsStatus scoreOrthopedic surgeryPreoperative functional status scoreDegenerative lumbar spinal stenosisAdvanced degenerative arthritisTime of laminectomyOutcome of surgeryDegenerative spinal stenosisLumbar spinal stenosisBody mass indexGreater functional improvementTotal knee arthroplastyTotal joint arthroplastyTotal hip arthroplastySelf-administered questionnaireHospital complicationsConsecutive patientsComorbid conditions
1992
A Structured Diagnostic Interview for Hypochondriasis
BARSKY A, CLEARY P, WYSHAK G, SPITZER R, WILLIAMS J, KLERMAN G. A Structured Diagnostic Interview for Hypochondriasis. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 1992, 180: 20-27. PMID: 1538202, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199201000-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnostic InterviewGeneral medical outpatientsClinician-administered instrumentStructured diagnostic interviewHypochondriacal symptomatologyClinical characteristicsComparison patientsClinical featuresSymptom questionnaireMedical outpatientsPhysician ratingsDiagnostic criteriaPatientsDSM-IIIAncillary featuresPredetermined cutoffHypochondriasisSignificant correlationConcurrent validitySDIHDiscriminant validityExternal validityCutoffOutpatientsHypochondriacal