RAND Expert Biography
Debra Saliba
Natural Scientist, RAND Corporation; Research Physician, VA HSR&D Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior; Associate Professor, UCLA/VA Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Expertise
Quality of long-term care services, care of geriatric populations, health assessment
Recent Work
Revision and validation of a revised nursing home resident assessment tool, the Minimum Data Set for Nursing Homes
Education
M.D., University of Alabama; M.P.H., UCLA School of Public Health
Publications of Interest
"Review of Uniform Assessment Items and Tools for Ambulatory and Hospital Settings," in A. Kramer et al., eds., Uniform Patient Assessment for Post-Acute Care, Final Report, Aurora: Colo.: Division of Health Care Policy and Research, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Jan 2006
"Challenges in Measuring Nursing Home and Home Health Quality: Lessons from the First National Healthcare Quality Report," J. Sangl et al., Medical Care, Vol. 43, No. 3 [Suppl.], Mar 2005
"Feasibility of Quality Indicators for the Management of Geriatric Syndromes in Nursing Home Residents," D. Saliba et al., Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Vol. 5, No. 5, Sept/Oct 2004
"Function and Response of Nursing Facilities During Community Disaster," D. Saliba et al., American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 94, No. 8, Aug 2004
"The Vulnerable Elders Survey: A Tool for Identifying Vulnerable Older People in the Community," D. Saliba et al., Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol. 49, No. 12, Dec 2001
Recent RAND Publications are listed here.
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