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Deborah A. Freund
Researcher at Claremont Graduate University
Publications - 82
Citations - 3790
Deborah A. Freund is an academic researcher from Claremont Graduate University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicaid & Managed care. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 82 publications receiving 3641 citations. Previous affiliations of Deborah A. Freund include RTI International & Indiana University.
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Health-Related Quality of Life after Knee Replacement. Results of the Knee Replacement Patient Outcomes Research Team Study*
Gillian A. Hawker,James G. Wright,Peter C. Coyte,John E. Paul,Robert S. Dittus,Ruth Croxford,Barry P. Katz,Claire Bombardier,David A. Heck,Deborah A. Freund +9 more
TL;DR: The findings of the present study suggest that age and obesity do not have a negative impact on patient-relevant outcomes (pain and physical function) and have the potential to increase appropriate referrals for knee replacement and thereby reduce the pain and functional disability due to osteoarthrosis of the knee.
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Patient outcomes after knee replacement.
TL;DR: Among voluntarily participating physicians, knee replacement can be a highly effective medical technology with high levels of patient satisfaction and low rates of complications.
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Demographic variation in the rate of knee replacement: A multi-year analysis
Barry P. Katz,Deborah A. Freund,David A. Heck,Robert S. Dittus,John E. Paul,James C. Wright,Peter C. Coyte,Eleanor Holleman,Gillian Hawker +8 more
TL;DR: The practice variation of knee replacements in the elderly over time from 1985-1990 is described in terms of the number of primary, bilateral, and revision KRs; the extent of large area variation in performance rates; and the degree to which demographic variables are the determinants of area rates.
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Emergency room use and primary care case management: evidence from four Medicaid demonstration programs.
TL;DR: The findings suggest that gatekeeping designs can alter patterns of enrollee use with respect to the emergency room and some discussion of these implications is presented.
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Variation in orthopedic surgeons' perceptions of the indications for and outcomes of knee replacement
James G. Wright,Peter C. Coyte,Gillian A. Hawker,Claire Bombardier,D. Cooke,David A. Heck,Robert S. Dittus,Deborah A. Freund +7 more
TL;DR: Orthopedic surgeons demonstrated disagreement about some of the indications for knee replacement, the usefulness of treatments for arthritis of the knee and the perceived outcomes of knee replacement.