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Neil S. WengerSanta Monica Office Director, Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (ACOVE) project, RAND Corporation; Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California, Los Angeles; Director, UCLA Healthcare Ethics Center EducationM.D. in health services, University of California, Los Angeles; B.S. in biochemistry, University of California, Davis |
Research Focus
Aging; clinical ethics; end-of-life medical care; quality of care
RAND Research Areas
Recent Projects
- ACOVE-3 quality indicators
Selected Publications
T. Higashi et al., "Quality of Care Is Associated with Survival in Vulnerable Older Patients", Annals of Internal Medicine, 143(4), 2005
D. S. Zingmond and N. S. Wenger, "Regional and Institutional Variation in the Initiation of Early Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders", Archives of Internal Medicine, 165, 2005
UCLA Medical Center Ethics Committee and UCLA Renal Transplant Program, "Surrogate Consent for Living Related Organ Donation", Journal of the American Medical Association, 291, 2004
, "The Quality of Medical Care Provided to Vulnerable Community-Dwelling Older Patients", Annals of Internal Medicine, 139, 2003
Research Focus
Aging, clinical ethics, end-of-life medical care, quality of care
Recent Projects
- ACOVE-3 quality indicators
Selected Publications
"Quality of Care Is Associated with Survival in Vulnerable Older Patients," T. Higashi et al., Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 143, No. 4, Aug 2005
"Regional and Institutional Variation in the Initiation of Early Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders," D. S. Zingmond and N. S. Wenger, Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol. 165, 2005
"Surrogate Consent for Living Related Organ Donation," UCLA Medical Center Ethics Committee and UCLA Renal Transplant Program, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 291, 2004
"The Quality of Medical Care Provided to Vulnerable Community-Dwelling Older Patients," Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 139, 2003
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: Aging & Elder Health Week; Health & Medicine Week; Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report; Managed Care Weekly Digest; United Press International; USA Today; WashingtonPost.com
To arrange an interview:
Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.
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