Dr. Foster Charles Gesten M.D.
Internist
31 Northern Ct Troy NY, 12180About
Dr. Foster Gesten is an internist practicing in Troy, NY. Dr. Gesten specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Gesten provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Commercial managed care plans leaving the Medicaid managed care program in New York State: impact on quality and access.
- Risk-adjusted primary cesarean delivery rates for managed care plans in New York State, 1998.
- Do commercial managed care members rate their health plans differently than Medicaid managed care members?
- Quality oversight and improvement in Medicaid managed care.
- Asthma in Medicaid managed care enrollees residing in New York City: results from a post-World Trade Center disaster survey.
- Bariatric surgery for obesity: surgical approach and variation in in-hospital complications in New York State.
- Can prenatal care impact future well-child visits? The experience of a low income population in New York State Medicaid managed care.
- Cancer disparities in the context of Medicaid insurance: a comparison of survival for acute myeloid leukemia and Hodgkin's lymphoma by Medicaid enrollment.
- Emergency department reliance among rural children in Medicaid in New York State.
- Initiation of adjuvant hormone therapy by Medicaid insured women with nonmetastatic breast cancer.
- Underuse of hospice care by Medicaid-insured patients with stage IV lung cancer
- Predicting potentially preventable hospital readmissions following bariatric surgery.
- Transforming the Primary Care Training Clinic: New York State's Hospital Medical Home Demonstration Pilot.
- High Intensity of End-of-Life Care Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients in the New York State Medicaid Program.
- Variation in breast cancer care quality in New York and California based on race/ethnicity and Medicaid enrollment.
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