Björg Thorsteinsdottir

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Björg Thorsteinsdottir is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Nephrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Björg Thorsteinsdottir has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in General Health Professions, 28 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 17 papers in Nephrology. Recurrent topics in Björg Thorsteinsdottir's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (21 papers), Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (17 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (9 papers). Björg Thorsteinsdottir is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (21 papers), Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (17 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (9 papers). Björg Thorsteinsdottir collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Vietnam. Björg Thorsteinsdottir's co-authors include Paul Y. Takahashi, Jon C. Tilburt, Robert C. Albright, Vesna D. Garovic, Keith M. Swetz, Michael E. Wilson, LaTonya J. Hickson, Víctor M. Montori, Susan Dorr Goold and Robert D. Sheeler and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Björg Thorsteinsdottir

60 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Dysphagia in Older Adults

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Impact of Program Changes Including Telemedicine and Telephonic Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Preventing 30-Day Hospital Readmission for Patients in a Care Transitions Program 2024 ·Journal of Primary Care & Community Health ·Paul Y. Takahashi, Björg Thorsteinsdottir, Rozalina G. McCoy, Priya Ramar, (unknown), Gregory J. Hanson, (unknown), (unknown), Lindsey M. Philpot	1
2	Ethics Education in Health Sciences Should Engage Contentious Social Issues: Here Is Why and How 2024 ·Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics ·Jon C. Tilburt, Fred Hafferty, Andrea N. Leep Hunderfund, Ellen C. Meltzer, Björg Thorsteinsdottir	0
3	Older Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease and Their Perspectives on Prognostic Information: a Qualitative Study 2022 ·Journal of General Internal Medicine ·Björg Thorsteinsdottir, Nataly R. Espinoza Suárez, Susan Curtis, (unknown), Ian Hargraves, Kevin Shaw, Susan Wong, LaTonya J. Hickson, Kasey R. Boehmer, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert C. Albright, Ashok Kumbamu, Jon C. Tilburt, Erica J. Sutton	11
4	Validation of prognostic indices for short term mortality in an incident dialysis population of older adults >75 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·Björg Thorsteinsdottir, LaTonya J. Hickson, Rachel Giblon, (unknown), (unknown), Megan E. Branda, (unknown), Rozalina G. McCoy, Ladan Zand, Navdeep Tangri, Nilay D. Shah	4
5	Paths of Emergency Department Care: Development of a Decision Aid to Facilitate Shared Decision Making in Goals of Care Discussions in the Acute Setting 2021 ·MDM Policy & Practice ·Laura Walker, Fernanda Bellolio, Claudia C. Dobler, Ian Hargraves, Robert J. Pignolo, Kevin Shaw, Jacob J. Strand, Björg Thorsteinsdottir, Michael E. Wilson, Erik P. Hess	7
6	A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cell-Based Interventions in Experimental Diabetic Kidney Disease 2021 ·Stem Cells Translational Medicine ·LaTonya J. Hickson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xiaohui Bian, Sabena M. Conley, (unknown), Sandra M. Herrmann, Aleksandra Kukla, Elizabeth C. Lorenz, Seo Rin Kim, Björg Thorsteinsdottir, Lilach O. Lerman, M. Hassan Murad	36
7	Prioritizing health care workers and first responders for access to the COVID19 vaccine is not unethical, but both fair and effective – an ethical analysis 2021 ·Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine ·Björg Thorsteinsdottir, Bo E. Madsen	13
8	Do patients with high versus low treatment and illness burden have different needs? A mixed-methods study of patients living on dialysis 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·Kasey R. Boehmer, Kathleen H. Pine, Samantha A. Whitman, (unknown), (unknown), Nataly R. Espinoza Suárez, (unknown), Alexander Lee, Emma Behnken, Björg Thorsteinsdottir, Aditya S. Pawar, (unknown), Elizabeth C. Lorenz, Robert C. Albright	4
9	Dysphagia in Older Adults breakdown → 2021 ·Mayo Clinic Proceedings ·(unknown), (unknown), Björg Thorsteinsdottir, (unknown), Paul Y. Takahashi	126
10	Never Waste a Pandemic: Strategies to Increase Advance Care Planning Now 2021 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Björg Thorsteinsdottir, Elise C. Carey, Rachel D. Havyer	2
11	Responsibilities, Strategies, and Practice Factors in Clinical Cost Conversations: a US Physician Survey 2020 ·Journal of General Internal Medicine ·Rahma Warsame, (unknown), Sarah M. Jenkins, Kandace A. Lackore, Joel E. Pacyna, Ryan M. Antiel, Timothy J. Beebe, Mark Liebow, Björg Thorsteinsdottir, Michael Grover, Matthew K. Wynia, Susan Dorr Goold, Matthew DeCamp, Marion Danis, Jon C. Tilburt	8
12	Risk of 30-Day Hospital Readmission Among Patients Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities: Development and Validation of a Risk-Prediction Model 2019 ·Journal of the American Medical Directors Association ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rozalina G. McCoy, Björg Thorsteinsdottir, Rajeev Chaudhry, Curtis B. Storlie, Dennis H. Murphree, Gregory J. Hanson, Paul Y. Takahashi	15
13	Prediction of Risk of Death for Patients Starting Dialysis 2019 ·Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Ryan T. Anderson, (unknown), (unknown), Fernanda Bellolio, (unknown), Allyson Hart, LaTonya J. Hickson, Molly A. Feely, Michael E. Wilson, (unknown), Patricia J. Erwin, Abdul M. Majzoub, Navdeep Tangri, Björg Thorsteinsdottir	32
14	High rates of cancer screening among dialysis patients seen in primary care a cohort study 2018 ·Preventive Medicine Reports ·Björg Thorsteinsdottir, LaTonya J. Hickson, Priya Ramar, Megan S. Reinalda, (unknown), Cynthia S. Crowson, Andrew D. Rule, Paul Y. Takahashi, Rajeev Chaudhry, Sidna M. Tulledge‐Scheitel, Jon C. Tilburt, Amy W. Williams, Robert C. Albright, Sarah Meier, Nilay D. Shah	7
15	Improving Value of Care for Older Adults With Advanced Medical Illness and Functional Decline: Cost Analyses of a Home-Based Palliative Care Program 2018 ·Journal of Pain and Symptom Management ·Christina Y. Chen, James M. Naessens, Paul Y. Takahashi, Rozalina G. McCoy, Bijan J. Borah, Lynn S. Borkenhagen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sue L. Visscher, S. Stephen, Björg Thorsteinsdottir, Gregory J. Hanson	12
16	End of Life, Withdrawal, and Palliative Care Utilization among Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis Therapy 2018 ·Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·(unknown), Björg Thorsteinsdottir, Lisa E. Vaughan, Molly A. Feely, Robert C. Albright, Macaulay Onuigbo, Suzanne M. Norby, (unknown), (unknown), Amy W. Williams, John Dillon, LaTonya J. Hickson	34
17	Care of the dialysis patient: Primary provider involvement and resource utilization patterns - a cohort study 2017 ·BMC Nephrology ·Björg Thorsteinsdottir, Priya Ramar, LaTonya J. Hickson, Megan S. Reinalda, Robert C. Albright, Jon C. Tilburt, Amy W. Williams, Paul Y. Takahashi, Molly M. Jeffery, Nilay D. Shah	4
18	Shared decision-making as a cost-containment strategy: US physician reactions from a cross-sectional survey 2014 ·BMJ Open ·Jon C. Tilburt, Matthew K. Wynia, Víctor M. Montori, Björg Thorsteinsdottir, Jason S. Egginton, Robert D. Sheeler, Mark Liebow, (unknown), Susan Dorr Goold	11
19	Predictors of Outpatient Kidney Function Recovery Among Patients Who Initiate Hemodialysis in the Hospital 2014 ·American Journal of Kidney Diseases ·LaTonya J. Hickson, Sanjay Chaudhary, Amy W. Williams, John Dillon, Suzanne M. Norby, James R. Gregoire, Robert C. Albright, James T. McCarthy, Björg Thorsteinsdottir, Andrew D. Rule	65
20	Are There Alternatives to Hemodialysis for the Elderly Patient With End-Stage Renal Failure? 2012 ·Mayo Clinic Proceedings ·Björg Thorsteinsdottir, Keith M. Swetz, Molly A. Feely, Paul S. Mueller, Amy W. Williams	15

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