John L. Adams

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Senior Statistician
Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. in statistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; B.S. in statistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Overview

Recent Projects

  • Do Policies That Target Physicians Who Make Medical Malpractice Payments Reduce Negligent Injuries?

Selected Publications

John L. Adams, Does ambulatory process of care predict health-related quality of life outcomes for patients with chronic disease, RAND, 2007

John L. Adams, Patient centered experiences in breast cancer: predicting long-term adherence to tamoxifen use, RAND, 2007

John L. Adams, Reducing medical malpractice by targeting physicians making medical malpractice payments, RAND, 2007

John L. Adams, Relationship between number of medical conditions and quality of care, RAND, 2007

John L. Adams, The quality of obstructive lung disease care for adults in the United States as measured by adherence to recommended processes, RAND, 2006

Statistics

Recent Projects

  • Measuring the quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States
  • Developing a reliable, valid, and feasible plan for quality-of-care measurement for cancer
  • Measuring the quality of pharmacologic care for vulnerable older patients

Selected Publications

Hofer TP, Asch SM, Hayward RA, Rubenstein LV, Hogan MM, Adams JL, Kerr EA, "Profiling quality of care: Is there a role for peer review?" BMC Health Serv Res., 4(9), 2004

Kerr EA, McGlynn EA, Adams JL, Keesey J, Asch SM, "Profiling the quality of care in twelve communities: results from the CQI study," Health Aff (Millwood), 23(3):247-56, 2004

Adams JL, Schonlau M, Escarce JJ, Kilgore M, Schoenbaum M, Goldman DP, "Sampling patients within and across health care providers: multi-stage non-nested samples in health services research," Health Serv Outcomes Res Methodol., 4(3):151-167, 2004

Higashi T, Shekelle PG, Solomon DH, Knight EL, Roth C, Chang JT, Kamberg CJ, MacLean CH, Young RT, Adams JL, Reuben DB, Avorn J, Wenger NS, "The quality of pharmacologic care for vulnerable older patients," Ann Int Med., 140:714-20, 2004

Linden A, Adams JL, Roberts N, "An assessment of the total population approach for evaluating disease management program effectiveness," Dis Manage., 6(2):93-102, 2003

Kahn KL, Liu H, Adams JL, Chen W-P, Tisnado DM, Carlisle DM, Hays RD, Mangione CM, Damberg CL, "Methodological challenges associated with patient responses to follow-up longitudinal surveys regarding quality of care," Health Serv Res., 38(6):1579-1598, 2003

Adams JL, Wickstrom SL, Burgess MJ, Lee PP, Escarce JJ, "Sampling patients within physician practices and health plans: multistage cluster samples in health services research," Health Serv Res., 38(6):1625-40, 2003

McGlynn EA, Asch SM, Adams J, Keesey J, Hicks J, DeCristofaro A, Kerr EA, "The quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States," N Engl J Med., 348(26):2635-45, 2003

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