Neil S. Wenger — Publications

Association Between Physician Age and Patterns of End-of-Life Care Among Older Americans

2024
Changes Over Time in POLST Use and Content by Race and Ethnicity Among California Nursing Home Residents

2023
Relationship of POLST to Hospitalization and ICU Care Among Nursing Home Residents in California

2023
Care Preferences in Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment in California Nursing Homes

2022
POLST Completion and Continuity in California Nursing Homes

2021
The Association Between Hospital Occupancy and Mortality Among Medicare Patients

2020
How Community and Unity Can Help Americans Survive

2020
The Association of Inpatient Occupancy with Hospital-Acquired Clostridium Difficile Infection

2018
Does Medicare Advantage Enrollment Affect Home Healthcare Use?

2017
Development of an Algorithm to Identify Fall-Related Injuries and Costs in Medicare Data

2016
Differences in Nursing Home Quality Between Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare Patients

2016
Patient and Caregiver Goals for Dementia Care

2016
Possible Legal Barriers for PCP Access to Mental Health Treatment Records

2016
The Quality of Care Provided to Women with Urinary Incontinence in 2 Clinical Settings

2016
Appropriateness of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Ordering Before and After Implementation of Clinical Decision Support Systems

2015
Challenges in Assessing the Process-Outcome Link in Practice

2015
A Cross-Sectional Study of Provider and Patient Characteristics Associated with Outpatient Disclosures of Dietary Supplement Use

2015
Measuring the Quality of Care Provided to Women with Pelvic Organ Prolapse

2015
Radiologists' Perceptions of Computerized Decision Support: A Focus Group Study from the Medicare Imaging Demonstration Project

2015
Medicare Imaging Demonstration Final Evaluation: Report to Congress

2014
The Opportunity Cost of Futile Treatment in the ICU

2014
Factors Associated with Palliative Withdrawal of Mechanical Ventilation and Time to Death After Withdrawal

2013
The Frequency and Cost of Treatment Perceived to Be Futile in Critical Care

2013
Impact of Consideration of Transplantation on End-of-Life Care for Patients During a Terminal Hospitalization

2013
Physician-patient Communication About Dietary Supplements

2013
Quality-of-care Indicators for Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Development of an Infrastructure for Quality Assessment

2013
Assessment and Management of Patients with Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Primary Care

2012
Nurse Care Manager Contribution to Quality of Care in a Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plan

2012
Provider Views About Responsibility for Medication Adherence and Content of Physician-Older Patient Discussions

2012
When Patients Don't Take Their Medicine: What Role Do Doctors Play in Promoting Prescription Adherence?

2012
Does Better Quality of Care for Falls and Urinary Incontinence Result in Better Participant-Reported Outcomes?

2011
Missed Opportunities: Use of an End-of-Life Symptom Management Order Protocol Among Inpatients Dying Expected Deaths

2011
Quality of Care Provided in a Special Needs Plan Using a Nurse Care Manager Model

2011
Review of the Current Literature on Outcome Measures Applicable to the Medicare Population for Use in a Quality Improvement Program: Project Deliverable 2a, 2b

2011
Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders--Alzheimer's Disease: A Pilot Study of a Practice Redesign Intervention to Improve the Quality of Dementia Care

2010
Improving the Quality of Care for Dementia

2010
Practice Redesign to Improve Care for Falls and Urinary Incontinence: Primary Care Intervention for Older Patients

2010
The Quality of Care Provided to Hospitalized Patients at the End of Life

2010
Measuring the Quality of Care Provided to Dually Enrolled Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries Living in Nursing Homes

2009
A Practice-Based Intervention to Improve Primary Care for Falls, Urinary Incontinence, and Dementia

2009
The Vulnerable Elders-13 Survey Predicts 5-Year Functional Decline and Mortality Outcomes in Older Ambulatory Care Patients

2009
Which Providers Should Communicate Which Critical Information About a New Medication? Patient, Pharmacist, and Physician Perspectives

2009
Evidence-based Recommendations for Information and Care Planning in Cancer Care

2008
Improving the Quality of Health Care for Older Adults

2008
A Short Functional Survey Is Responsive to Changes in Functional Status in Vulnerable Older People

2008
Acculturation and End-of-Life Decision Making: Comparison of Japanese and Japanese-American Focus Groups

2007
Appendix to Application of ACOVE-3 Quality Indicators to Patients with Advanced Dementia and Poor Prognosis: Appendices 1 & 2 and Figures 1 & 2

2007
Application of Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders-3 Quality Indicators to Patients with Advanced Dementia and Poor Prognosis

2007
The Effect of a Quality Improvement Initiative on the Quality of Other Aspects of Health Care: The Law of Unintended Consequences?

2007
Introduction to the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders-3 Quality Indicators Measurement Set

2007
Measuring the Quality of Care Provided to Community Dwelling Vulnerable Elders Dually Enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid

2007
Multimorbidity Is Associated with Better Quality of Care Among Vulnerable Elders

2007
Quality Indicators for Continuity and Coordination of Care in Vulnerable Elders

2007
Quality Indicators for Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Vulnerable Elders

2007
Quality Indicators for the Care of Depression in Vulnerable Elders

2007
Relationship Between Number of Medical Conditions and Quality of Care

2007
Repeated Measures Analyses of Dose Timing of Antiretroviral Medication and Its Relationship to HIV Virologic Outcomes

2007
Comparison of Administrative Data and Medical Records to Measure the Quality of Medical Care Provided to Vulnerable Older Patients

2006
A Comprehensive Evaluation of Survey Questions for Adherence to Antiretroviral Medications and Exploratory Analyses for Identifying Optimal Sets of Survey Questions

2006
Disparities in Care for HIV Patients: Results of the HCSUS Study

2006
Higher Vulnerable Elders Survey Scores Predict Death and Functional Decline in Vulnerable Older People

2006
Patients' Global Ratings of Their Health Care Are Not Associated with the Technical Quality of Their Care

2006
Physician Communication About the Cost and Acquisition of Newly Prescribed Medications

2006
Physician Communication When Prescribing New Medications

2006
A Practical Method to Calibrate Self-Reported Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy

2006
Quality of Osteoarthritis Care for Community-Dwelling Older Adults

2006
Repeated Measures Longitudinal Analyses of HIV Virologic Response as a Function of Percent Adherence, Dose Timing, Genotypic Sensitivity, and Other Factors

2006
Variations in Provider Conceptions of Integrative Medicine

2006
Do Proxies Reflect Patients’ Health Concerns About Urinary Incontinence and Gait Problems?

2005
Predictors of Overall Quality of Care Provided to Vulnerable Older People

2005
Quality of Care Is Associated With Survival in Vulnerable Older Patients

2005
Religiousness and Spirituality Among HIV-infected Americans

2005
A Self-Report Measure of Clinicians' Orientation Toward Integrative Medicine

2005
Trust in One's Physician: The Role of Ethnic Match, Autonomy, Acculturation, and Religiosity Among Japanese and Japanese Americans

2005
Detection and Management of Falls and Instability in Vulnerable Elders by Community Physicians

2004
Developing Quality Indicators for Older Adults: Transfer from the USA to the UK Is Feasible

2004
Disparities in HIV Treatment and Physician Attitudes About Delaying Protease Inhibitors for Nonadherent Patients

2004
Feasibility of Quality Indicators for the Management of Geriatric Syndromes in Nursing Home Residents

2004
Interdisciplinary Education: Evaluation of a Palliative Care Training Intervention for Pre-Professionals

2004
A New Approach to Developing Cross-Cultural Communication Skills

2004
No Evidence of an Association Between Transient HIV Viremia (Blips) and Lower Adherence to the Antiretroviral Medication Regimen

2004
Physician Recognition of Cognitive Impairment: Evaluating the Need for Improvement

2004
Physicians' Religiosity and End-of-Life Care Attitudes and Behaviors

2004
Preventing and Managing Visual Disability in Primary Care: Clinical Applications

2004
Quality Indicators for the Care of Depression in Vulnerable Elders

2004
Quality Indicators for the Management of Medical Conditions in Nursing Home Residents

2004
Quality Indicators of Continuity and Coordination of Care for Vulnerable Elder Persons

2004
Quality Indicators of Hypertension for Vulnerable Elder Persons

2004
The Quality of Care Provided to Vulnerable Older Community-Based Patients with Urinary Incontinence

2004
Quality of Health Care Received by Older Adults

2004
The Quality of Medical Care Provided to Vulnerable Older Patients with Chronic Pain

2004
The Quality of Pharmacologic Care for Vulnerable Older Patients

2004
Appropriateness of Quality Indicators for Older Patients with Advanced Dementia and Poor Prognosis

2003
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use and Substitution for Conventional Therapy by HIV-infected Patients

2003
Didactic Teaching Conferences for IM Residents: Who Attends, and Is Attendance Related to Medical Certifying Examination Scores?

2003
Differences in Symptom Expression in Older HIV-positive Patients: The Veterans Aging Cohort 3 Site Study and HIV Cost and Service Utilization Study Experience

2003
The Diverse Older HIV-positive Population: A National Profile of Economic Circumstances, Social Support, and Quality of Life

2003
Knowledge of Antiretroviral Regimen Dosing and Adherence: A Longitudinal Study

2003
Physician Specialization and Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV: Adoption and Use in a National Probability Sample of Persons Infected with HIV

2003
Quality of Care for Older Persons at the Dawn of the Third Millennium

2003
The Quality of Medical Care Provided to Vulnerable Community-Dwelling Older Patients

2003
Restructuring Primary Care Practices to Manage Geriatric Syndromes: The ACOVE-2 Intervention

2003
Acculturation of Attitudes Toward End-of-Life Care: A Cross-Cultural Survey of Japanese Americans and Japanese

2002
Impact of Antiretroviral Regimen Switches on Adherence

2002
A Prospective Study of Predictors of Adherence to Combination Antiretroviral Medication

2002
Specialty Training and Specialization Among Physicians Who Treat HIV/AIDS in the United States

2002
Use of Complementary/Alternative Therapies by Women with Advanced-Stage Breast Cancer

2002
ACOVE Quality Indicators

2001
Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders: Acove Project Overview

2001
Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders: Methods for Developing Quality Indicators

2001
Changes in Health-Promoting Behavior Following Diagnosis with HIV: Prevalence and Correlates in a National Probability Sample

2001
Effects of Drug Abuse and Mental Disorders on Use and Type of Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-infected Persons

2001
End-of-life Discussions and Preferences Among Persons with HIV

2001
Quality Indicators for End-of-Life Care in Vulnerable Elders

2001
Quality Indicators for Pain Management in Vulnerable Elders

2001
The Vulnerable Elders Survey: A Tool for Identifying Vulnerable Older People in the Community

2001
Access of Vulnerable Groups to Antiretroviral Therapy Among Persons in Care for HIV Disease in the United States

2000
Age Differences in Care Practices and Outcomes for Hospitalized Patients with Cancer

2000
Decision-Making and Outcomes of Prolonged ICU Stays in Seriously Ill Patients

2000
Development of a Brief Scale to Measure Acculturation Among Japanese Americans

2000
Electroacupuncture for Control of Myeloablative Chemotherapy-Induced Emesis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2000
Family Satisfaction with End-of-Life Care in Seriously Ill Hospitalized Adults

2000
Identifying a Short Functional Disability Screen for Older Persons

2000
Patient Characteristics Associated with Care by a Cardiologist Among Adults Hospitalized with Severe Congestive Heart Failure

2000
Physician Understanding of Patient Resuscitation Preferences: Insights and Clinical Implications

2000
Predicting Functional Status Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients Aged 80 Years and Older

2000
Prediction of Survival for Older Hospitalized Patients: The HELP Survival Model

2000
Prevalence and Predictors of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Use in Patients with HIV Infection in the United States

2000
A Prospective Study of Patient-Physician Communication About Resuscitation

2000
Selecting Target Conditions for Quality of Care Improvement in Vulnerable Older Adults

2000
Withholding Versus Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment: Patient Factors and Documentation Associated with Dialysis Decisions

2000
Patient Age and Decisions to Withhold Life-Sustaining Treatments from Seriously Ill, Hospitalized Adults

1999
Depressed Mood and Survival in Seriously Ill Hospitalized Adults

1998
Outcomes, Preferences for Resuscitation, and Physician-Patient Communication Among Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

1998
Patient Empowerment and Feedback Did Not Decrease Pain in Seriously Ill Hospitalized Adults

1998
Relationship Between Cancer Patients' Predictions of Prognosis and Their Treatment Preferences

1998
Changes Over Time in the Use of Do Not Resuscitate Orders and the Outcomes of Patients Receiving Them

1997
Do Advance Directives Provide Instructions That Direct Care?

1997
Functional Status Among Survivors of In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

1997
Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of Initiating Dialysis and Continuing Aggressive Care in Seriously Ill Hospitalized Adults

1997
Pain During Hospitalization Is Associated with Continued Pain Six Months Later in Survivors of Serious Illness

1997
Pain in the Oldest-Old During Hospitalization and Up to One Year Later

1997
Patient Preferences for Communication with Physicians About End-of-Life Decisions

1997
Patients with DNR Orders in the Operating Room: Surgery, Resuscitation, and Outcomes

1997
Perceptions by Family Members of the Dying Experience of Older and Seriously Ill Patients

1997
Relationship of Body Mass Index to Subsequent Mortality Among Seriously Ill Hospitalized Patients

1997
The Relationship of Nausea and Dyspnea to Pain in Seriously Ill Patients

1997
Surrogate and Physician Understanding of Patients* Preferences for Living Permanently in a Nursing Home

1997
Choices of Seriously Ill Patients About Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Correlates and Outcomes

1996
Factors Associated with Change in Resuscitation Preference of Seriously Ill Patients

1996
Factors Associated with Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: Patients' Preferences, Prognoses, and Physicians' Judgments

1996
Pain and Satisfaction with Pain Control in Seriously Ill Hospitalized Adults: Findings from the SUPPORT Research Investigations

1996
The Stability of DNR Orders on Hospital Readmission

1996
Epidemiology of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: Disparity By Age, Diagnosis, Gender, Race, and Functional Impairment

1995
Outcomes of Patients with Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: Toward an Understanding of What Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders Mean and How They Affect Patients

1995
Preferences for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Physician-Patient Agreement and Hospital Resource Use

1995
The Impact of Serious Illness on Patients' Families

1994
Prior Capacity of Patients Lacking Decision Making Ability Early in Hospitalization: Implications for Advance Directive Administration

1994
Prognosis-based Futility Guidelines: Does Anyone Win?

1994

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Neil S. Wenger — Publications

Association Between Physician Age and Patterns of End-of-Life Care Among Older Americans

Changes Over Time in POLST Use and Content by Race and Ethnicity Among California Nursing Home Residents

Relationship of POLST to Hospitalization and ICU Care Among Nursing Home Residents in California

Care Preferences in Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment in California Nursing Homes

POLST Completion and Continuity in California Nursing Homes

The Association Between Hospital Occupancy and Mortality Among Medicare Patients

How Community and Unity Can Help Americans Survive

The Association of Inpatient Occupancy with Hospital-Acquired Clostridium Difficile Infection

Does Medicare Advantage Enrollment Affect Home Healthcare Use?

Development of an Algorithm to Identify Fall-Related Injuries and Costs in Medicare Data

Differences in Nursing Home Quality Between Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare Patients

Patient and Caregiver Goals for Dementia Care

Possible Legal Barriers for PCP Access to Mental Health Treatment Records

The Quality of Care Provided to Women with Urinary Incontinence in 2 Clinical Settings

Appropriateness of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Ordering Before and After Implementation of Clinical Decision Support Systems

Challenges in Assessing the Process-Outcome Link in Practice

A Cross-Sectional Study of Provider and Patient Characteristics Associated with Outpatient Disclosures of Dietary Supplement Use

Measuring the Quality of Care Provided to Women with Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Radiologists' Perceptions of Computerized Decision Support: A Focus Group Study from the Medicare Imaging Demonstration Project

Medicare Imaging Demonstration Final Evaluation: Report to Congress

The Opportunity Cost of Futile Treatment in the ICU

Factors Associated with Palliative Withdrawal of Mechanical Ventilation and Time to Death After Withdrawal

The Frequency and Cost of Treatment Perceived to Be Futile in Critical Care

Impact of Consideration of Transplantation on End-of-Life Care for Patients During a Terminal Hospitalization

Physician-patient Communication About Dietary Supplements

Quality-of-care Indicators for Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Development of an Infrastructure for Quality Assessment

Assessment and Management of Patients with Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Primary Care

Nurse Care Manager Contribution to Quality of Care in a Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plan

Provider Views About Responsibility for Medication Adherence and Content of Physician-Older Patient Discussions

When Patients Don't Take Their Medicine: What Role Do Doctors Play in Promoting Prescription Adherence?

Does Better Quality of Care for Falls and Urinary Incontinence Result in Better Participant-Reported Outcomes?

Missed Opportunities: Use of an End-of-Life Symptom Management Order Protocol Among Inpatients Dying Expected Deaths

Quality of Care Provided in a Special Needs Plan Using a Nurse Care Manager Model

Review of the Current Literature on Outcome Measures Applicable to the Medicare Population for Use in a Quality Improvement Program: Project Deliverable 2a, 2b

Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders--Alzheimer's Disease: A Pilot Study of a Practice Redesign Intervention to Improve the Quality of Dementia Care

Improving the Quality of Care for Dementia

Practice Redesign to Improve Care for Falls and Urinary Incontinence: Primary Care Intervention for Older Patients

The Quality of Care Provided to Hospitalized Patients at the End of Life

Measuring the Quality of Care Provided to Dually Enrolled Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries Living in Nursing Homes

A Practice-Based Intervention to Improve Primary Care for Falls, Urinary Incontinence, and Dementia

The Vulnerable Elders-13 Survey Predicts 5-Year Functional Decline and Mortality Outcomes in Older Ambulatory Care Patients

Which Providers Should Communicate Which Critical Information About a New Medication? Patient, Pharmacist, and Physician Perspectives

Evidence-based Recommendations for Information and Care Planning in Cancer Care

Improving the Quality of Health Care for Older Adults

A Short Functional Survey Is Responsive to Changes in Functional Status in Vulnerable Older People

Acculturation and End-of-Life Decision Making: Comparison of Japanese and Japanese-American Focus Groups

Appendix to Application of ACOVE-3 Quality Indicators to Patients with Advanced Dementia and Poor Prognosis: Appendices 1 & 2 and Figures 1 & 2

Application of Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders-3 Quality Indicators to Patients with Advanced Dementia and Poor Prognosis

The Effect of a Quality Improvement Initiative on the Quality of Other Aspects of Health Care: The Law of Unintended Consequences?

Introduction to the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders-3 Quality Indicators Measurement Set

Measuring the Quality of Care Provided to Community Dwelling Vulnerable Elders Dually Enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid

Multimorbidity Is Associated with Better Quality of Care Among Vulnerable Elders

Quality Indicators for Continuity and Coordination of Care in Vulnerable Elders

Quality Indicators for Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Vulnerable Elders

Quality Indicators for the Care of Depression in Vulnerable Elders

Relationship Between Number of Medical Conditions and Quality of Care

Repeated Measures Analyses of Dose Timing of Antiretroviral Medication and Its Relationship to HIV Virologic Outcomes

Comparison of Administrative Data and Medical Records to Measure the Quality of Medical Care Provided to Vulnerable Older Patients

A Comprehensive Evaluation of Survey Questions for Adherence to Antiretroviral Medications and Exploratory Analyses for Identifying Optimal Sets of Survey Questions

Disparities in Care for HIV Patients: Results of the HCSUS Study

Higher Vulnerable Elders Survey Scores Predict Death and Functional Decline in Vulnerable Older People

Patients' Global Ratings of Their Health Care Are Not Associated with the Technical Quality of Their Care

Physician Communication About the Cost and Acquisition of Newly Prescribed Medications

Physician Communication When Prescribing New Medications

A Practical Method to Calibrate Self-Reported Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy

Quality of Osteoarthritis Care for Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Repeated Measures Longitudinal Analyses of HIV Virologic Response as a Function of Percent Adherence, Dose Timing, Genotypic Sensitivity, and Other Factors

Variations in Provider Conceptions of Integrative Medicine

Do Proxies Reflect Patients’ Health Concerns About Urinary Incontinence and Gait Problems?

Predictors of Overall Quality of Care Provided to Vulnerable Older People

Quality of Care Is Associated With Survival in Vulnerable Older Patients

Religiousness and Spirituality Among HIV-infected Americans

A Self-Report Measure of Clinicians' Orientation Toward Integrative Medicine

Trust in One's Physician: The Role of Ethnic Match, Autonomy, Acculturation, and Religiosity Among Japanese and Japanese Americans

Detection and Management of Falls and Instability in Vulnerable Elders by Community Physicians

Developing Quality Indicators for Older Adults: Transfer from the USA to the UK Is Feasible