Elaine J. Yuen, PhD, MBA

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1015 Walnut Street
Suite 115
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 955-9405
(215) 923-7583 (fax)

Graduate School
PhD, Health Care Planning - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
MBA - Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certification
Clinical Pastoral Education, Health Care Professionals Program, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

University Appointment
Research Associate Professor, Jefferson School of Population Health, 2008
Research Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College, 2007
Research Instructor, Community and Family Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, 1998

Research and Clinical Interests
Grief, loss and end-of-life care, Healthy aging, Diversity, cultural competency and access to care, Community-based participatory research

Publications

Most Recent Peer-reviewed Publications

1. Spirituality, religion, and health
2. Potentially inappropriate medication prescribing for elderly outpatients in Emilia Romagna, Italy: A population-based cohort study
3. Utilization of the office, hospital and emergency department for adult sickle cell patients: A five-year study
4. Risk adjustment in a non-market-based system: The case of Emilia-Romagna, Italy
5. Using pharmacy data to identify those with chronic conditions in Emilia Romagna, Italy
6. Severity of illness and ambulatory care-sensitive conditions
7. Modeling risk-adjusted capitation rates for Umbria, Italy
8. Assessing collaboration with mental health providers: The primary care perspective
9. Severity of illness and profitability: A patient level analysis
10. Linkages between primary care physicians and mental health specialists
11. Impact of a DRG-based hospital financing system on quality and outcomes of care in Italy
12. Sedative-hypnotic use by the elderly: Effects on hospital length of stay and costs
13. Variation in hospital use and avoidable patient morbidity
14. Sedative-hypnotic use by the elderly: Effects on hospital length of stay and costs
15. Physician rationale for benzodiazepine prescriptions to elderly hospitalized patients
16. Sedative-hypnotic use and increased hospital stay and costs in older people
17. Patterns of rural mental health care: An exploratory study
18. Severity-adjusted differences in hospital utilization by gender.
19. Severity of illness and outcomes research

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