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Joshua Wiener
Researcher at RTI International
Publications - 63
Citations - 1253
Joshua Wiener is an academic researcher from RTI International. The author has contributed to research in topics: Long-term care & Medicaid. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 62 publications receiving 1088 citations. Previous affiliations of Joshua Wiener include Research Triangle Park.
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Potentially avoidable hospitalizations of dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries from nursing facility and Home- and Community-Based Services waiver programs.
TL;DR: The objective of this study was to examine the incidence, costs, and factors associated with potentially avoidable hospitalizations in this population ofBeneficiaries dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.
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Hospital And ED Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia Varies By Setting And Proximity To Death
TL;DR: Among community-dwelling elderly fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries, those who had dementia were significantly more likely than those who did not to have a hospitalization and an ED visit and as death neared, utilization rose sharply across settings and by whether or not beneficiaries had dementia.
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Nursing Home Work Practices and Nursing Assistants' Job Satisfaction
TL;DR: The findings corroborate results of previous studies in showing that compensation and working conditions that provide respect, good relationships with supervisors, and better staffing levels are important to nursing assistant job satisfaction.
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Why Do They Stay? Job Tenure among Certified Nursing Assistants in Nursing Homes.
TL;DR: Wages, fringe benefits, job security, and alternative choices of employment are important determinants of job tenure that should be addressed, in addition to training and organizational culture.
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Estimates of state-level health-care expenditures associated with disability.
TL;DR: State-level disability-associated health-care expenditures (DAHE) for the U.S. adult population vary greatly by state and are borne largely by the public sector, and particularly by Medicaid.