M
Megan Crowley-Matoka
Researcher at Northwestern University
Publications - 43
Citations - 2075
Megan Crowley-Matoka is an academic researcher from Northwestern University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Transplantation & Specialty. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 40 publications receiving 1782 citations. Previous affiliations of Megan Crowley-Matoka include Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai & Veterans Health Administration.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Advancing Health Disparities Research Within the Health Care System: A Conceptual Framework
Amy M. Kilbourne,Galen E. Switzer,Galen E. Switzer,Kelly Hyman,Megan Crowley-Matoka,Megan Crowley-Matoka,Michael J. Fine,Michael J. Fine +7 more
TL;DR: This work identified potential selection biases and definitions of vulnerable groups when detecting disparities and identified multilevel determinants of health disparities, including individual beliefs and preferences, effective patient-provider communication, and the organizational culture of the health care system.
Journal ArticleDOI
Understanding the provider contribution to race/ethnicity disparities in pain treatment: insights from dual process models of stereotyping.
Diana J. Burgess,Diana J. Burgess,Mph Michelle Van Ryn PhD,Mph Michelle Van Ryn PhD,Megan Crowley-Matoka,Jennifer Malat +5 more
TL;DR: Dual process models of stereotyping were applied to illustrate how various psychological mechanisms may lead to unintentional provider bias in decisions about pain treatment and proposed a series of hypotheses that showed how these different processes may contribute to disparities in pain treatment.
Journal ArticleDOI
I Don’t Want to Be the One Saying ‘We Should Just Let Him Die’: Intrapersonal Tensions Experienced by Surrogate Decision Makers in the ICU
Yael Schenker,Megan Crowley-Matoka,Daniel Dohan,Greer A. Tiver,Robert M. Arnold,Douglas B. White +5 more
TL;DR: SSurrogates’ struggle to reconcile personal and family emotional needs with their loved ones’ wishes, and utilize common coping strategies to combat intrapersonal tensions are suggested.
Journal ArticleDOI
Patient race and physicians' decisions to prescribe opioids for chronic low back pain
Diana J. Burgess,Diana J. Burgess,Megan Crowley-Matoka,Sean M. Phelan,John F. Dovidio,Robert D. Kerns,Craig S. Roth,Somnath Saha,Somnath Saha,Michelle van Ryn +9 more
TL;DR: There was a significant interaction between patient verbal behavior and patient race on physicians' decisions to prescribe opioids and the need for better understanding of the way a complex interplay of non-clinical characteristics affects physician behavior in order to improve quality of pain management and other clinical decision-making.
Journal ArticleDOI
Oncologist Factors That Influence Referrals to Subspecialty Palliative Care Clinics
Yael Schenker,Megan Crowley-Matoka,Daniel Dohan,Michael W. Rabow,Cardinale B. Smith,Douglas B. White,Edward Chu,Greer A. Tiver,Sara Einhorn,Robert M. Arnold +9 more
TL;DR: Raising awareness of ways in which subspecialty palliative care complements standard oncology care and developing ways for oncologists and palliatives care physicians to collaborate and integrate their respective skills may help.