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Overview

Robert Weech-Maldonado is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their primary field of study centers on Health Professions, with a substantial focus on General Health Professions. Their research spans several subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Demography, and Health.

Their work extensively addresses topics such as Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Healthcare Policy and Management, Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Global Health Care Issues, Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving, and Primary Care and Health Outcomes.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert Weech-Maldonado include:

  • High-Minority Nursing Homes Disproportionately Affected by COVID-19 Deaths, 2021, Frontiers in Public Health
  • Predicting Nursing Home Financial Distress Using the Altman Z-Score, 2020, INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing
  • Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Hospital Services Reduce Medicare Length of Stay, 2020, Ethnicity & Disease
  • The Relationship Between "Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality" Designation and Hospitals' Patient Experience Scores, 2020, Journal of Healthcare Management
  • Disparities in Care Experienced by American Indian and Alaska Native Medicare Beneficiaries, 2020, Medical Care

Frequent collaborators in their research include Ganisher Davlyatov, Akbar Ghiasi, Justin Lord, Gregory N. Orewa, and Rohit Pradhan.

Robert Weech-Maldonado publishes regularly in several venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in Innovation in Aging, followed by the Academy of Management Proceedings, Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy, Medical Care, and Health Care Management Review.

In addition to journal articles, their academic contributions include book publications such as Management and Organizational Studies on Blue- and Gray-collar Workers: Diversity of Collars, published by Emerald Publishing Limited in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Race/Ethnicity, Language, and Patients' Assessments of Care in Medicaid Managed Care

    Robert Weech-Maldonado;Leo S. Morales;Marc N. Elliott;Karen Spritzer

  • Racial and ethnic differences in parents' assessments of pediatric care in Medicaid managed care.

    Robert Weech-Maldonado;Leo S. Morales;Karen Spritzer;Marc N. Elliott

  • The Influence of Nurse Staffing Levels on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes

    Kathryn Hyer;Kali S. Thomas;Laurence G. Branch;Jeffrey S. Harman

  • Differences in CAHPS adult survey reports and ratings by race and ethnicity: an analysis of the National CAHPS benchmarking data 1.0.

    Leo S. Morales;Marc N. Elliott;Robert Weech-Maldonado;Karen Spritzer

  • Nurse staffing patterns and quality of care in nursing homes.

    Robert Weech-Maldonado;Louise Meret-Hanke;Maria C Neff;Vince Mor

  • Can Hospital Cultural Competency Reduce Disparities in Patient Experiences with Care

    Robert Weech-Maldonado;Marc N. Elliott;Rohit Pradhan;K. Cameron Schiller

  • Racial/ethnic diversity management and cultural competency: the case of Pennsylvania hospitals.

    Robert Weech-Maldonado;Janice L Dreachslin;Kathryn H Dansky;Gita De Souza

  • The effects of nurse staffing on hospital financial performance: competitive versus less competitive markets.

    Damian Everhart;Donna Neff;Mona Al-Amin;June Nogle

  • Racial and ethnic diversity and organizational behavior: a focused research agenda for health services management.

    Janice L Dreachslin;Robert Weech-Maldonado;Kathryn H Dansky

  • Health Plan Effects on Patient Assessments of Medicaid Managed Care Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities

    Robert Weech-Maldonado;Marc N Elliott;Leo S Morales;Leo S Morales;Karen Spritzer

  • Does quality of care lead to better financial performance?: the case of the nursing home industry.

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  • Cultural Competency and Quality of Care: Obtaining the Patient's Perspective

    Quyen Ngo-Metzger;Joseph Telfair;Dara H. Sorkin;Beverly A. Weidmer

  • The Relationship between Perceived Discrimination and Patient Experiences with Health Care

    Robert Weech-Maldonado;Allyson Hall;Thomas Bryant;Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins

  • Survey Response Style and Differential Use of CAHPS Rating Scales by Hispanics

    Robert Weech-Maldonado;Marc N. Elliott;Adetokunbo Oluwole;K Cameron Schiller

  • Patient Safety Culture and the Association with Safe Resident Care in Nursing Homes

    Kali S. Thomas;Kathryn Hyer;Nicholas G. Castle;Laurence G. Branch

  • Hospital cultural competency as a systematic organizational intervention: Key findings from the national center for healthcare leadership diversity demonstration project.

    Robert Weech-Maldonado;Janice L. Dreachslin;Josué Patien Epané;Judith Gail

  • Moving towards culturally competent health systems: organizational and market factors.

    Robert Weech-Maldonado;Marc N. Elliott;Rohit Pradhan;K. Cameron Schiller

  • The relationship between quality of care and financial performance in nursing homes.

    Robert Weech-Maldonado;Gerald Neff;Vince Mor

  • The Impact of Interpreters on Parents' Experiences with Ambulatory Care for Their Children

    Leo S. Morales;Marc N. Elliott;Robert Weech-Maldonado;Ron D. Hays

  • Building partnerships with the community: lessons from the Camden Health Improvement Learning Collaborative.

    Robert Weech-Maldonado;Sonya B. Merrill

  • Differences in CAHPS Adult Survey Reports and Ratings by Race and Ethnicity

    Leo S. Morales;Marc N. Elliott;Robert Weech-Maldonado;Karen Spritzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc N. Elliott
Marc N. Elliott RAND Corporation
Leo S. Morales
Leo S. Morales University of Washington
Adam C. Carle
Adam C. Carle Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Nir Menachemi
Nir Menachemi Indiana University
Grant N. Marshall
Grant N. Marshall RAND Corporation
Ross Andel
Ross Andel University of South Florida
David J. Klein
David J. Klein RAND Corporation
Torsten B. Neilands
Torsten B. Neilands University of California, San Francisco
Richard Gershon
Richard Gershon Northwestern University
Joan M. Teno
Joan M. Teno Brown University

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