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David C. Goodman

Researcher at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Publications -  145
Citations -  9768

David C. Goodman is an academic researcher from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Population. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 137 publications receiving 8592 citations. Previous affiliations of David C. Goodman include American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology & Dartmouth College.

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Trends, Major Medical Complications, and Charges Associated with Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Older Adults

TL;DR: Examining trends in use of different types of stenosis operations and the association of complications and resource use with surgical complexity found that in 2007, compared with decompression, simple fusion and complex fusion were associated with increased risk of major complications, 30-day mortality, and resourceUse.
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Change in End-of-Life Care for Medicare Beneficiaries: Site of Death, Place of Care, and Health Care Transitions in 2000, 2005, and 2009

TL;DR: Among Medicare beneficiaries who died in 2009 and 2005 compared with 2000, a lower proportion died in an acute care hospital, although both ICU use and the rate of health care transitions increased in the last month of life.
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Geographic Access to Health Care for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries

TL;DR: The results suggest that most rural residents do not rely on urban areas for much of their care, particularly true for rural residents with specific diagnoses or those undergoing specific procedures.
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Trends and variation in incidence, surgical treatment, and repeat surgery of proximal humeral fractures in the elderly.

TL;DR: Although the incidence of proximal humeral fractures in the elderly did not change from 1999 to 2005, the rate of surgical treatment increased significantly, and marked regional variation in the rates ofurgical treatment highlights the need for better consensus regarding optimal treatment.
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Geographic access to cancer care in the U.S.

TL;DR: This study estimated travel time to specialized cancer care settings for the continental U.S. population and calculated per capita oncologist supply.