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Mark Schlesinger

Mark Schlesinger

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Political Science

D-Index
48
Citations
8563
World Ranking
283
National Ranking
162

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - ASM Fellow "For contributions in metallurgical engineering education, analysis of phase equilibria, and 
  • 2014 - Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Mark Schlesinger is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and specializes in fields related to health professions and medicine. Their research spans several subfields including general health professions, psychiatry and mental health, pharmacy, economics and econometrics, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's work addresses a range of main topics including empathy and medical education, patient-provider communication in healthcare, patient satisfaction in healthcare, medical malpractice and liability issues, healthcare cost, quality, and practices, patient safety and medication errors, and healthcare policy and management.

Mark Schlesinger has contributed to multiple publications, notably in venues such as the Academy of Management Proceedings with four publications, Health Services Research with three publications, Milbank Quarterly and The Hastings Center Report with two each, and SSM - Qualitative Research in Health with two publications.

Frequent coauthors include Rachel Grob, Dale Shaller, Sasmira Matta, Yuna S. H. Lee, and Ingrid Nembhard, with partnership counts ranging from five to nineteen collaborative works.

Their recent papers include:

  • Association of open communication and the emotional and behavioural impact of medical error on patients and families: state-wide cross-sectional survey, 2020, BMJ Quality & Safety
  • Polyphonic perspectives on health and care: Reflections from two decades of the DIPEx project, 2020, Journal of Health Services Research & Policy
  • Stumbling Into Adulthood: Learning From Depression While Growing Up, 2020, Qualitative Health Research
  • Leveraging Patients' Creative Ideas for Innovation in Health Care, 2023, Milbank Quarterly
  • Learning from patients: The impact of using patients' narratives on patient experience scores, 2023, Health Care Management Review

In addition to journal articles, Mark Schlesinger has contributed to book publications, including a title published by RAND Corporation eBooks titled "Using Natural Language Processing to Code Patient Experience Narratives: Capabilities and Challenges" in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Delirium: a symptom of how hospital care is failing older persons and a window to improve quality of hospital care.

    Sharon K Inouye;Mark J Schlesinger;Thomas J Lydon

  • Obesity Metaphors: How Beliefs about the Causes of Obesity Affect Support for Public Policy

    Colleen L. Barry;Victoria L. Brescoll;Kelly D. Brownell;Mark Schlesinger

  • Insecure Alliances: Risk, Inequality, and Support for the Welfare State

    Philipp Rehm;Jacob S. Hacker;Mark Schlesinger

  • Management of mental health and substance abuse services: state of the art and early results.

    David Mechanic;Mark Schlesinger;Donna D. McAlpine

  • The Economic Security Index: A New Measure for Research and Policy Analysis

    Jacob S. Hacker;Gregory Alain Huber;Austin Nichols;Philipp Rehm

  • Sources of stigma for means-tested government programs

    Jennifer Stuber;Mark Schlesinger

  • Translating research into practice: speeding the adoption of innovative health care programs.

    Elizabeth H Bradley;Tashonna R Webster;Dorothy Baker;Mark Schlesinger

  • A loss of faith: the sources of reduced political legitimacy for the American medical profession.

    Mark Schlesinger

  • Depressive symptoms, satisfaction with health care, and 2-year work outcomes in an employed population

    Benjamin G. Druss;Mark Schlesinger;Harris M. Allen

  • Gender Gap or Gender Gaps? New Perspectives on Support for Government Action and Policies

    Mark Schlesinger;Caroline Heldman

  • Racial and ethnic differences in the use of high-volume hospitals and surgeons.

    Andrew J. Epstein;Bradford H. Gray;Mark Schlesinger

  • Policy Frames, Metaphorical Reasoning, and Support for Public Policies

    Richard R. Lau;Mark Schlesinger;Mark Schlesinger

  • Was there unmet mental health need after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks?

    Jennifer Stuber;Jennifer Stuber;Sandro Galea;Sandro Galea;Joseph A. Boscarino;Mark Schlesinger

  • The flip-side of social capital: The distinctive influences of trust and mistrust on health in rural China

    Hongmei Wang;Mark Schlesinger;Hong Wang;William C. Hsiao

  • On the limits of expanding health care reform: chronic care in prepaid settings.

    Mark Schlesinger

  • News Media Framing of Childhood Obesity in the United States From 2000 to 2009

    Colleen L. Barry;Marian Jarlenski;Rachel Grob;Mark Schlesinger

  • Medical professionalism under managed care: the pros and cons of utilization review

    Mark J. Schlesinger;Bradford H. Gray;Krista M. Perreira

  • How nonprofits matter in american medicine, and what to do about it

    Mark Schlesinger;Bradford H. Gray

  • The Meaning and Measure of Policy Metaphors

    Mark Schlesinger;Richard R. Lau

  • Translating Research into Clinical Practice: Making Change Happen

    Elizabeth H. Bradley;Mark Schlesinger;Tashonna R. Webster;Dorothy Baker

  • Trust, repute and the role of non-profit enterprise

    Andreas Ortmann;Mark Schlesinger

  • Using Patient-Reported Information to Improve Clinical Practice.

    Mark Schlesinger;Rachel Grob;Dale Shaller

  • Is health care different? Popular support of federal health and social policies.

    Mark Schlesinger;Tae-ku Lee

  • Privatization of psychiatric services.

    R A Dorwart;M Schlesinger

  • Restoring Public Legitimacy to the Nonprofit Sector: A Survey Experiment Using Descriptions of Nonprofit Ownership

    Mark Schlesinger;Shannon Mitchell;Bradford H. Gray

  • Challenges For Managed Competition From Chronic Illness

    Mark Schlesinger;David Mechanic

  • National Hospice Survey Results: For-Profit Status, Community Engagement, and Service

    Melissa D. Aldridge;Mark Schlesinger;Colleen L. Barry;R. Sean Morrison;R. Sean Morrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew M. Parker
Andrew M. Parker RAND Corporation
Jacob S. Hacker
Jacob S. Hacker Yale University
Sharon K. Inouye
Sharon K. Inouye Harvard Medical School
Michael K. Gusmano
Michael K. Gusmano Lehigh University
Colleen L. Barry
Colleen L. Barry Johns Hopkins University
David Mechanic
David Mechanic Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
David Blumenthal
David Blumenthal Harvard University
David E. Kanouse
David E. Kanouse RAND Corporation
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek Temple University
Nancy Wolff
Nancy Wolff Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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