Dr. Ke Tom Xu

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

CDC: Risk factor for childhood diabetes, 9/1/02 to 8/31/03.
TTUHSC School of Nursing and Office of Rural Health: Health care performance evaluation for two west Texas rural communities, 4/1/02 to 9/18/02.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Hispanic and Rural Elders’ Satisfaction with Health Care, 09/01 to 8/02.
Administration on Aging: The Texas Tech 5000, Rounds 1-3, 09/00 to 12/02.
Texas Department of MHMR: NorthStar Independent Assessment, 07/00 to 06/01.
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America: Innovative Market Responses to Pharmaceutical Cost and Access, 06/07/00 to 07/05/00.
Administration on Aging: The Texas Tech 5000, Round 4, 01/03 to 08/03.

• Borders TF, Aday LA, Xu KT, Factors associated with health-related quality of life among an older population in a largely rural western region, Journal of Rural Health, 20(1), 67-75, 2004
• Borders TF, Rohrer JE, Xu KT and Smith DR, Older persons’ evaluations of health care: the effects of medical skepticism and worry about health, Health Services Research, 39(1), 35-52, 2004
• Xu KT, Financial disparities in prescription drug use between elderly and nonelderly Americans, Health Affairs (project Hope), 22(5), 210-21, 2003
• Xu KT, Moloney M, Phillips S, Economics of suboptimal drug use: cost-savings of using JNC-recommended medications for management of uncomplicated essential hypertension, The American Journal of Managed Care, 9(8), 529-36, August 2003
• Xu KT, Borders TF, Gender, health, and physician visits among adults in the United States, American Journal of Public Health, 93(7), 1076-9, July 2003
• Xu KT, Smith SR, Borders TF, Access to prescription drugs among noninstitutionalized elderly people in west Texas, American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : Ajhp : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-system Pharmacists., 60(7), 675-82, April 2003
• Xu KT, Borders TF, Characteristics of rural elderly people who bypass local pharmacies, The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association., 19(2), 156-64, Spring 2003
• Xu KT, Rojas-Fernandez CH, Ancillary community pharmacy services provided to older people in a largely rural and ethnically diverse region: a survey of consumers in West Texas, The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association., 19(1), 79-86, Winter 2003
• Rohrer JE, Kruse G, Borders TF, Xu KT, Kupersmith J, Utilization of health services by seniors in west Texas, Texas Journal of Rural Health, 21(1), 60-72, 2003
• Xu, KT, Financial disparities in prescription drug consumption between elderly and adult populations in the US, Health Affairs, 22(5), 210-221, 2003
• Xu, KT and Irons BK, Communication of drug affordability between physicians and elderly patients, The Journal of Pharmacy Technology, 19(5), 271-277, 2003
• Xu KT, Choice of and overall satisfaction with pharmacies among a community-dwelling elderly population, Medical Care, 40(12), 1283-93, December 2002
• Xu KT, Usual source of care in preventive service use: a regular doctor versus a regular site, Health Services Research, 37(6), 1509-29, December 2002
• Rohrer JE, Xu KT, Bickley L, Duration of heart disease visits by elderly patients: productivity versus quality, Health Services Management Research : an Official Journal of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration / Hsmc, Aupha., 15(3), 141-6, Aug 2002
• Xu T, Rohrer J, Borders T, The impact of managed care and practice size on primary care physicians' perceived ability to refer, Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 7(3), 143-50, July 2002
• Xu KT, Compensating behaviors, regret, and heterogeneity in the dynamics of smoking behavior, Social Science & Medicine (1982), 54(1), 133-46, January 2002
• Borders TF, Xu KT, Rohrer JE, Warner R, Are rural residents and Hispanics less satisfied with medical care? Evidence from the Permian Basin, The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association., 18(1), 84-92, Winter 2002
• Slauterbeck JR, Fuzie SF, Smith MP, Clark RJ, Xu KT, Starch DW, and Hardy DM, The menstrual cycle, sex hormones, and ACL injury, Journal of Athletic Training, 37(3), 275-280, 2002
• Rojas-Fernandez C, Xu KT, Do rural dwelling elderly and elderly Hispanic people receive adequate pharmacy services? An analysis of the Texas Tech 5000 dataset, Pharmacotherapy, 22(3), 410, 2002
• Rohrer JE, Xu KT and Schiffer RB., Risk factors for hospital admission of long-term dementia patients, Texas Journal of Rural Health, 18(3), 66-71, 2000
• Shih YCT, Xu KT, Methodological Issues in Estimating Disease Progression: Is Markov Model the Best Method?, Value in Health, 2(2), 102, 2000
• Xu KT, Borders TF and Arif AA, Ethnic differences in parents’ perception of participatory decision-making style of their children’s physicians, Medical Care, In Press
• Ahmed AA, Borders TF, Patterson PJ, Rohrer JE and Xu KT, Prevalence and correlates of pediatric asthma and wheezing in a largely rural USA population, Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health, In Press
• Brown SM, Khanani, AM, Xu, KT, Day to day variability of the dark adapted pupil diameter, Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, In Press
• Xu, KT, The combined effects of participating styles of elderly patients and their physicians on satisfaction, Health Services Research, In Press
• Borders TF, Brannon-Goedeke A, Arif A, Xu KT, Parents’ reports of their children’s access to health care: Are there ethnic disparities?, Medical Care, In Press