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C Siegel

Publications and source records attributed to C Siegel.

At least 73 records · Page 4Linked to original sources
PubMed1980

Automated review system for orders of psychotropic drugs.

A computerized drug-review system both reviews drug orders and notifies clinicians of orders that are considered exceptions to some clinical guidelines. The impact of this system in a psychiatric center in which it has been used since December 1975 is examined in terms of the reduction of the percentage of orders of psychotropic drugs that involve polypharmacy or dose-range exceptions. The results show a substantial reduction in orders in exception since the implementation of the system.

Computers↗
PubMed1978

Problems in the care of the infant diabetic patient.

The unique problems of three infants who developed diabetes mellitus at 13 months of age or younger are discussed. These problems include: the administration of small doses of insulin; the difficulty in attaining control; and the evaluation of urinary sugar content. Suggestions for care are made.

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1↗
PubMed1978

Quantitative care norms for a psychiatric ambulatory population in a county medical assistance program.

An approach for developing quantitative care norms for outpatient acute psychiatric patients is presented. Both the methodological concept of the norming procedure and its application to the needs of Medicaid in Rockland County, New York are given. The methodology is totally general in that it could be applied to concerns related to characterization of services rendered in a wide variety of applications ranging from planning to utilization review. The norms developed relate both to monthly quantity of services rendered and length of active treatment period. Further, the impact of a review rule is discussed in terms of its implication to number of cases reviewed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1976

An evaluative paradigm for community mental health centers using an automated data system.

A methodology is presented for the evaluation of community mental health centers using data routinely collected by an automated patient management system (Multistate Information System). Four community mental health centers whose catchment areas were widely diverse in composition participated in the study. A generalized evaluation paradigm was developed with measures and objectives formulated to analyze various stages of care as patients progressed through the community mental health center system. The stages covered were admission, initial modality of service, service delivery in terms of types and amounts of services rendered and termination. Each other was analyzed independently of the others and it was ascertained that the methodology produced useful and informative evaluative data across all four centers.

Community Mental Health Services↗
PubMed1975

Matched-pairs study of reserpine use and breast cancer.

This paper reports on an analysis of psychiatric population. 55 female patients with breast cancer were matched with non-cancer patients on age, year of admission, psychiatric diagnosis, race, and religion. Reserpine use was examined for yearly use by each year preceding the diagnosis of breast cancer, by cumulative yearly use, and by other defined time periods. Regardless of the definition of reserpine user, there were no significant increased relative risks of breast cancer for those women on reserpine. There was a fairly low proportion of patients from each group who were on the drug in any given year, and a fairly wide range of total dosage received. Over half of the women used reserpine at some time during their hospital stay.

Aged↗