Neil S. Wenger — Publications

Care Preferences in Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment in California Nursing Homes 2022
POLST Completion and Continuity in California Nursing Homes 2021
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
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
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

Neil S. Wenger — Publications

Care Preferences in Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment in California Nursing Homes 2022

POLST Completion and Continuity in California Nursing Homes 2021

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

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