Julie Schmittdiel, PhD

Current Position:

Research Scientist, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

Primary Research Interests:

Health services research; primary care re-design; chronic conditions management; quality measurement

Selected Recent Publications:

	Fretts RC, Schmittdiel J, McLean FH, Usher RH, Goldman MB. Increased maternal age and the risk for fetal death. N Eng J Med 1995;333:953-7.
	Haan M, Selby JV, Quesenberry CP, Schmittdiel J, Fireman BH, Rice D. The impact of aging and chronic disease on use of hospital and outpatient services in a large HMO: 1971-1991. J Am Geraitr Soc 1997;45:667-674.
	Schmittdiel J, Selby JV, Grumbach K, Quesenberry CP. Choice of a personal physician and patient satisfaction in an HMO. JAMA 1997;278:1596-9.
	Levin TR, Schmittdiel J, Kunz K, Henning JM, Henke CJ, Colby CJ, Selby JV. Costs of acid-related disorders to a health maintenance organization. Am J Med 1997;103:520-8.
	Levin TR, Schmittdiel J, Kunz K, Henning JM, Henke CJ, Colby CJ, Selby JV. A cost analysis of a helicobacter pylori eradication strategy in a large health maintenance organization. Am J Gastroenterol 1998;93(5):743-7.
	Grumbach K, Selby JV, Schmittdiel J, Quesenberry CP. Quality of primary care practice in a large HMO according to physician specialty. Health Serv Res 1999;34:485-502.
	Selby JV, Grumbach K, Quesenberry CP, Schmittdiel J, Truman AF. Differences in resource use and costs of primary care in a large HMO according to physician specialty. Health Serv Res 1999;34:503-18.
	Schmittdiel J, Selby JV, Grumbach K, Quesenberry CP. Women's provider preferences for basic gynecology care in a large health maintenance organization. J Womens Health Gend Based Med 1999;8:825-33.
	Murray-Garcia J, Selby JV, Schmittdiel J, Grumbach K, Quesenberry CP. Racial and ethnic differences in a patient survey: patients’ values, ratings, and reports regarding physician primary care performance in a large health maintenance organization. Med Care 2000;38;3:1-11.
	Schmittdiel J, Grumbach K, Selby JV, Quesenberry CP. Effect of physician and patient gender concordance on patient satisfaction and preventive care practices. J Gen Int Med 2000:15:761-9.
	Krupat E, Stein T, Selby JV, Yeager CM, Schmittdiel J. Choice of primary care physician and its relationship to adherence among patients with diabetes. Am J Manag Care 2002;777-84.
	McMurray JE, Angus G, Cohen M, Gavel P, Harding J, Horvath J, Paice E, Schmittdiel J, Grumbach K. Women in medicine: a four nation comparison. J Am Med Womens Assoc 2002;57;185-90.
	Rundall TG, Shortell SM, Wang MC, Casalino L, Bodenheimer T, Gillies R, Schmittdiel J, Oswald N, Robinson JC. As good as it gets: Chronic care management in nine leading physician organizations. BMJ 2002:325;958-61.
	Casalino L, Gillies RR, Shortell SM, Schmittdiel JA, Bodenheimer T, Oswald N, Schauffler H, Wang MC. External incentives, information technology, and organized processes to improve health care quality for patients with chronic diseases. JAMA 2003;289; 434-41.
	Hsu J, Schmittdiel J, Krupat E, Stein T, Thom D, Fireman B, Selby J. Patient choice: A randomized controlled trial of provider selection. J Gen Intern Med 2003;18:319-25.
	McMenamin SB, Schmittdiel J, Halpin HA, Gillies RR, Rundall TG, Shortell SM. Health promotion in physician organizations: results from a national survey. Am J Prev Med 2004; 26:259-64.
	Li R, Bodenheimer T, Simon J, Gillies RR, Casalino L, Schmittdiel J. Organizational factors affecting the adoption of diabetes care management process in physician organizations. Diabetes Care 2004;27: 2312-6.
	Krupat E., Hsu J, Irish J, Schmittdiel J, Selby J. Matching physicians with patients based on beliefs about care: evaluation of an intervention and a concept. Am J Manag Care 2004;10: 814-22.
	Schmittdiel J, McMenamin SB, Halpin HA, Gillies RR, Bodenheimer T, Shortell SM, Rundall T. The use of patient and physician reminders for preventive services: results from the National Study of Physician Organizations. Prev Med 2004;39:1000-06.
	Shortell SM and Schmittdiel J. Prepaid groups and organized delivery systems: promise, performance, and potential. In: Enthoven AC, Tollen LA, eds. Toward a 21st Century Health System: The Contributions and Promise of Prepaid Group Practice. Jossey-Bass/A Wiley; 2004: chap 1.
	Shortell SM, Schmittdiel J, Wang MC, Li R, Gillies RR, Casalino L, Bodenheimer T, Rundall TG. An empirical assessment of high performing physician organizations: results from a national study. Med Care Res Rev 2005;62:407-34.
	Halpin HA, McMenamin SB, Schmittdiel J, Gillies RR, Shortell SM, Rundall TG, Casalino L. The routine use of health risk appraisals: results from a national study of physician organizations. Am J Health Promot 2005;20:34-8.
	Schmittdiel J, Bodenheimer T, Solomon NA, Gillies RR, Shortell SM. Brief report: The prevalence and use of chronic disease registries in physician organizations. A national survey. J Gen Intern Med 2005;20:855-8.
	Schmittdiel J, Shortell SM, Rundall T, Bodenheimer T, Selby JV. Effect of primary health care orientation on chronic illness care management. Ann Fam Med 2006;4:117-23.