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Dennis Z. Kuo
Researcher at University at Buffalo
Publications - 73
Citations - 5570
Dennis Z. Kuo is an academic researcher from University at Buffalo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Population. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 69 publications receiving 4253 citations. Previous affiliations of Dennis Z. Kuo include Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine & University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
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Children With Medical Complexity: An Emerging Population for Clinical and Research Initiatives
Eyal Cohen,Dennis Z. Kuo,Rishi Agrawal,Jay G. Berry,Santi K. M. Bhagat,Tamara D. Simon,Rajendu Srivastava +6 more
TL;DR: This article presents a definitional framework of CMC that consists of substantial family-identified service needs, characteristic chronic and severe conditions, functional limitations, and high health care use and suggests a research agenda that uses a uniform definition.
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Family-Centered Care: Current Applications and Future Directions in Pediatric Health Care
Dennis Z. Kuo,Dennis Z. Kuo,Amy J. Houtrow,Polly Arango,Karen Kuhlthau,Jeffrey M. Simmons,John M. Neff,John M. Neff +7 more
TL;DR: The core principles of FCC in pediatric health care are enumerated, recent advances applying FCC principles to clinical practice are described, and an agenda for practitioners, hospitals, and health care groups to translate FCC into improved health outcomes, health care delivery, andhealth care system transformation is proposed.
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Hospital Utilization and Characteristics of Patients Experiencing Recurrent Readmissions Within Children's Hospitals
Jay G. Berry,David E. Hall,Dennis Z. Kuo,Eyal Cohen,Rishi Agrawal,Chris Feudtner,Matthew Hall,Jacqueline Kueser,William D. Kaplan,John M. Neff +9 more
TL;DR: Tests for trend indicated that as the number of readmissions increased from 0 to 4 or more, the prevalences increased for a complex chronic condition and the prevalence decreased for readmissions associated with an ambulatory care-sensitive condition.
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A National Profile of Caregiver Challenges Among More Medically Complex Children With Special Health Care Needs
TL;DR: Extraordinary and diverse needs are common among family caregivers of more complex CSHCN and enhanced care coordination support, respite care, and direct home care may begin to address the substantial economic burden and the multiple unmet needs that many of these families face.
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Patient- and Family-Centered Care Coordination: A Framework for Integrating Care for Children and Youth Across Multiple Systems
Renee M. Turchi,Richard C. Antonelli,Kenneth W. Norwood,Richard C. Adams,Timothy J. Brei,Robert Burke,Beth Ellen Davis,Sandra L. Friedman,Amy J. Houtrow,Dennis Z. Kuo,Susan E. Levy,Susan Wiley,Miriam A. Kalichman,Nancy A. Murphy,Carolyn Bridgemohan,Marie Y. Mann,Georgina Peacock,Bonnie Strickland,Nora Wells,Max Wiznitzer,Stephanie M. Mucha,W. Carl Cooley,Joan Jeung,Beverly Johnson,Thomas S. Klitzner,Jennifer Lail,Linda L. Lindeke,Amy Mullins,Lee Partridge,William E. Schwab,Christopher Stille Debra Waldron,Calvin Sia,Colleen A. Kraft,Thomas F. Long,Michelle Esquivel,Angela Tobin +35 more
TL;DR: Coordination of care across settings permits an integration of services that is centered on the comprehensive needs of the patient and family, leading to decreased health care costs, reduction in fragmented care, and improvement in the patient/family experience of care.