Bob Newcomer, PhD

PROFESSOR EMERITUS
Social Behavioral Sciences
+1 415 502-4259
Publications: 

Training Home Care Workers Reduces Emergency Room Service Utilization.

Professional case management

Chapman SA, Neri MT, Newcomer RJ

Changing home care aides: Differences between family and non-family care in California Medicaid home and community-based services.

Home health care services quarterly

Ko M, Newcomer RJ, Bindman AB, Kang T, Hulett D, Spetz J

Predictors of Nursing Facility Entry by Medicaid-Only Older Adults and Persons With Disabilities in California.

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing

Ko M, Newcomer RJ, Harrington C, Hulett D, Kang T, Bindman AB

Health Care Use Before and After Entering Long-Term Services and Supports.

Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society

Newcomer R, Harrington C, Hulett D, Kang T, Ko M, Bindman A

Employment after liver transplantation: a review.

Transplantation proceedings

Huda A, Newcomer R, Harrington C, Keeffe EB, Esquivel CO

The effects of cognitive impairment on nursing home residents' emergency department visits and hospitalizations.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Stephens CE, Newcomer R, Blegen M, Miller B, Harrington C

Personal service assistance: musculoskeletal disorders and injuries in consumer-directed home care.

American journal of industrial medicine

Faucett J, Kang T, Newcomer R

Identifying at-risk dementia caregivers following institutionalization: the nursing home admission-burden and nursing home admission-depression prognostic tools.

Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society

Gaugler JE, Mittelman MS, Hepburn K, Newcomer R

High rate of unemployment after liver transplantation: analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing database.

Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society

Huda A, Newcomer R, Harrington C, Blegen MG, Keeffe EB

In-home supportive services for individuals with cerebral palsy in California.

Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine

Houtrow A, Kang T, Newcomer R

Emergency department use by nursing home residents: effect of severity of cognitive impairment.

The Gerontologist

Stephens CE, Newcomer R, Blegen M, Miller B, Harrington C

Does caregiver burden mediate the effects of behavioral disturbances on nursing home admission?

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

Gaugler JE, Wall MM, Kane RL, Menk JS, Sarsour K, Johnston JA, Schuh K, Newcomer R

The effects of incident and persistent behavioral problems on change in caregiver burden and nursing home admission of persons with dementia.

Medical care

Gaugler JE, Wall MM, Kane RL, Menk JS, Sarsour K, Johnston JA, Beusching D, Newcomer R

Do trajectories of at-home dementia caregiving account for burden after nursing home placement? A growth curve analysis.

Social work in health care

Nikzad-Terhune KA, Anderson KA, Newcomer R, Gaugler JE

Predictors of change in caregiver burden and depressive symptoms following nursing home admission.

Psychology and aging

Gaugler JE, Mittelman MS, Hepburn K, Newcomer R

The effect of primary care management on lipids testing and LDL-C control of elderly patients with comorbidities.

Professional case management

Schraeder C, Fraser C, Clark I, Newcomer R, Stoll J, Krock C, Shelton P

Advances and issues in personal care.

Clinics in geriatric medicine

Stone R, Newcomer R

Integrated care: incentives, approaches, and future considerations.

Social work in public health

Dobell LG, Newcomer RJ

Barriers to documenting occupational injuries among personal assistance services workers.

American journal of industrial medicine

Scherzer T, Newcomer R

Financial management services in consumer-directed programs.

Home health care services quarterly

Scherzer T, Wong A, Newcomer R

Resilience and transitions from dementia caregiving.

The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences

Gaugler JE, Kane RL, Newcomer R

Predictors of institutionalization in Latinos with dementia.

Journal of cross-cultural gerontology

Gaugler JE, Kane RL, Kane RA, Newcomer R

The personal assistance workforce: trends in supply and demand.

Health affairs (Project Hope)

Kaye HS, Chapman S, Newcomer RJ, Harrington C

Caregiver characteristics are associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Sink KM, Covinsky KE, Barnes DE, Newcomer RJ, Yaffe K

Community-based health coaching, exercise, and health service utilization.

Journal of aging and health

Holland SK, Greenberg J, Tidwell L, Malone J, Mullan J, Newcomer R

Unmet care needs and key outcomes in dementia.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Gaugler JE, Kane RL, Kane RA, Newcomer R

Mortality risk and prospective medicare expenditures for persons with dementia.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Newcomer RJ, Clay TH, Yaffe K, Covinsky KE

Living quarters and unmet need for personal care assistance among adults with disabilities.

The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences

Newcomer R, Kang T, Laplante M, Kaye S

Nursing home transition: providing assistance to caregivers in transition program.

Lippincott's case management : managing the process of patient care

Graham C, Anderson L, Newcomer R

The longitudinal effects of early behavior problems in the dementia caregiving career.

Psychology and aging

Gaugler JE, Kane RL, Kane RA, Newcomer R

Development of a standardized language for case management among high-risk elderly.

Lippincott's case management : managing the process of patient care

Maravilla V, Graves MT, Newcomer R

Outcomes of preventive case management among high-risk elderly in three medical groups: a randomized clinical trial.

Evaluation & the health professions

Newcomer R, Maravilla V, Faculjak P, Graves MT

Community-based nurse health coaching and its effect on fitness participation.

Lippincott's case management : managing the process of patient care

Tidwell L, Holland SK, Greenberg J, Malone J, Mullan J, Newcomer R

Ethnic differences in the prevalence and pattern of dementia-related behaviors.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Sink KM, Covinsky KE, Newcomer R, Yaffe K

Patient and caregiver characteristics associated with depression in caregivers of patients with dementia.

Journal of general internal medicine

Covinsky KE, Newcomer R, Fox P, Wood J, Sands L, Dane K, Yaffe K

Implementing an early intervention case management program in three medical groups.

The Case manager

Graves MT, Slater MA, Maravilla V, Reissler L, Faculjak P, Newcomer RJ

Predicting 12-month mortality for persons with dementia.

The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences

Newcomer R, Covinsky KE, Clay T, Yaffe K

Preventing disability through community-based health coaching.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Holland SK, Greenberg J, Tidwell L, Newcomer R

Medicare managed care and frail elders: lessons from social HMOs.

Care management journals : Journal of case management ; The journal of long term home health care

Leutz W, Ford T, Leung M, Mueller M, Nonnenkamp L, Newcomer R

Patient and caregiver characteristics and nursing home placement in patients with dementia.

JAMA

Yaffe K, Fox P, Newcomer R, Sands L, Lindquist K, Dane K, Covinsky KE

Residential care supply and cognitive and physical problem case mix in nursing homes.

Journal of aging and health

Newcomer R, Swan J, Karon S, Bigelow W, Harrington C, Zimmerman D

Community-level indicators of chronic health conditions and services.

Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality

Newcomer R

Implementing the second generation social health maintenance organization.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Newcomer R, Harrington C, Kane R

Lessons learned from the Medicare Alzheimer Disease Demonstration.

Alzheimer disease and associated disorders

Fox P, Newcomer R, Yordi C, Arnsberger P

Effects of the Medicare Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration on caregiver burden and depression.

Health services research

Newcomer R, Yordi C, DuNah R, Fox P, Wilkinson A

Effects of the Medicare Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration on nursing home entry.

Health services research

Miller R, Newcomer R, Fox P

Effects of the Medicare Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration on the use of community-based services.

Health services research

Newcomer R, Spitalny M, Fox P, Yordi C

Misclassification and selection bias when identifying Alzheimer's disease solely from Medicare claims records.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Newcomer R, Clay T, Luxenberg JS, Miller RH

Effects of the Medicare Alzheimer's disease demonstration on Medicare expenditures.

Health care financing review

Newcomer R, Miller R, Clay T, Fox P

Caregiver supports: outcomes from the Medicare Alzheimer's disease demonstration.

Health care financing review

Yordi C, DuNah R, Bostrom A, Fox P, Wilkinson A, Newcomer R

Case management, client risk factors and service use.

Health care financing review

Newcomer R, Arnsberger P, Zhang X

S/HMOs, the second generation: building on the experience of the first Social Health Maintenance Organization demonstrations.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Kane RL, Kane RA, Finch M, Harrington C, Newcomer R, Miller N, Hulbert M

Prior and current costs in capitated health plans: the effects of health status at enrollment.

Journal of aging and health

Manton KG, Newcomer R, Lowrimore GR, Vertrees JC

Health plan satisfaction and risk of disenrollment among social/HMO and fee-for-service recipients.

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing

Newcomer R, Preston S, Harrington C

Evaluating long-term care demonstrations in real time with study design and plan performance interactions.

Medical care

Manton KG, Newcomer R, Lowrimore GR, Vertrees JC, Harrington C

A response to representatives from the social HMOs regarding program evaluation.

The Gerontologist

Newcomer RJ, Harrington C, Manton KG, Lynch M

Case mix controlled service use and expenditures in the social/health maintenance organization demonstration.

The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences

Newcomer R, Manton K, Harrington C, Yordi C, Vertrees J

Medical services in social health maintenance organizations.

The Gerontologist

Harrington C, Lynch M, Newcomer RJ

A comparison of S/HMO disenrollees and continuing members.

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing

Harrington C, Newcomer RJ, Preston S

Social/health maintenance organization and fee-for-service health outcomes over time.

Health care financing review

Manton KG, Newcomer R, Lowrimore GR, Vertrees JC, Harrington C

Social health maintenance organizations' service use and costs, 1985-89.

Health care financing review

Harrington C, Newcomer RJ

Social Health Maintenance Organizations: assessing their initial experience.

Health services research

Newcomer R, Harrington C, Friedlob A

Awareness and enrollment in the Social/HMO.

The Gerontologist

Newcomer R, Harrington C, Friedlob A

Factors that contribute to Medicare HMO risk contract success.

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing

Harrington C, Newcomer RJ, Moore TG

Fiscal conditions and state government policy choices.

Comprehensive gerontology. Section B, Behavioural, social, and applied sciences

Newcomer RJ

Board and care housing. An analysis of state differences.

Research on aging

Benjamin AE, Newcomer RJ

Effects of state Medicaid policies on the aged.

The Gerontologist

Harrington C, Estes CL, Lee PR, Newcomer RJ

Prospective payment: systemic effects on the provision of community care for the elderly.

Home health care services quarterly

Sankar A, Newcomer R, Wood J

Medicare prospective payment: anticipated effect on hospitals, other community agencies, and families.

Journal of health politics, policy and law

Newcomer R, Wood J, Sankar A

Elders and children: patterns of public policy in the fifty states.

Journal of gerontology

Benjamin AE, Estes CL, Swan JH, Newcomer RJ

Assessing the need for semi-dependent housing for the elderly.

The Gerontologist

Newcomer RJ, Newcomer SR, Gelwicks LE

Delphi forecasting of health care organization.

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing

Starkweather DB, Gelwicks L, Newcomer R