Job Description

Dr. Chukmaitov is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health. His primary responsibilities include research in the areas of healthcare quality, outpatient care, and hospital systems. As Center director, he develops research on health care systems change to address global health issues, provides technical assistance to governmental and nongovernmental organizations abroad, and facilitates faculty and student exchange and training on global health in collaboration with international partners.

Biosketch

Dr. Chukmaitov came to the College of Medicine in October 2005 after completing his Ph.D. degree at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia Campus. Prior to that, he held several positions within the World Bank Health Reform Project in Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan, the USAID-founded ZrdavReform project, Abt Associates, Inc. in Central Asia.

Education

Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia, 2005 Master’s of Public Administration with a concentration in health administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1999 M.D., Kazakh State Medical University, Almaty City, Kazakhstan, 1996

Service

Member, Health Care Facilities Technical Workgroup, the Florida State Consumer Health Information and Policy Advisory Council

Honors/Awards

Outstanding Junior Faculty Researcher Award, Florida State University College of Medicine, Faculty Council, 2008 The Edmund Muskie Freedom Support Act Fellowship from the US Government, 1997

Memberships

AcademyHealth

Research Focus

Dr. Chukmaitov's research interests include quality of healthcare, hospital systems, long-term care and integration/disintegration of health care providers.

Publications

Chukmaitov A., Harless, DW, Menachemi N., Brown S., Saunders C., Brooks R. (2009) “How Well Does Diagnosis-based Risk-adjustment Work for Comparing Ambulatory Clinical Outcomes?” accepted for publication by Health Care Management Science Brooks R., Beitsch, L., Street P., Chukmaitov A., Koh H. (2009) “Aligning Public Health Financing with Essential Public Health Service Functions and National Public Health Performance Standards.” accepted for publication by J Public Health Management Practice Chukmaitov, A, Bazzoli, G.J., Harless, D.W., Hurley, R.E., Devers, K.J., Zhao, M. (2008) “Variations in Inpatient Mortality Among Hospitals in Different System Types, 1995 - 2000” accepted for publication by Medical Care. Saunders, C., Menachemi, N., Bellamy, G.R., Chukmaitov, A., Brooks R., (2008) “Bypassing the Local Rural Hospital for Outpatient Procedures” accepted for publication by Journal of Rural Health. Zhao, M., Bazzoli, G.J., Lindrooth, R.C., Clement, J.P., and Chukmaitov, A., (2008) “Hospital Staffing Decisions: Does Financial Performance Matter?” accepted for publication by Inquiry. Chukmaitov, A., Menachemi, N., Brown, L.S., Saunders, C., Brooks, R. (2008) “Is there a relationship between physician and facility volumes of ambulatory procedures and patient outcomes?” Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 31 (4) 354-369. Chukmaitov, A., Menachemi, N., Brown, L.S., Saunders, C., Brooks R., (2008) “A Comparative Study of Quality Outcomes in Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Hospital-based Outpatient Departments: 1997-2004.” Health Services Research 43(5), Part I:1485-1504. Chukmaitov, A., Wan, T.T.H., Menachemi, N., Cashin, C. (2008) “Brest Cancer Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Mammography as Predictors of Breast Cancer Preventive Behavior in Kazakh, Korean, and Russian Women in Kazakhstan.” International Journal of Public Health, 53: 123–130. Menachemi, N., Chukmaitov, A., Brown, L.S., Saunders, C., Brooks, R., (2008) “Quality of Care in Accredited and Non-Accredited Ambulatory Surgical Centers.” the Joint Commission Journal of Quality and Patient Safety, 34(9):546-551. Clement, J.P., Valdmanis, V., Bazzoli, G.J., Zhao, M., Chukmaitov, A., (2008) “Analysis of hospital outcomes and efficiency with a DEA model of output congestion.” Health Care Management Science, 11:67–77. Menachemi, N., Chukmaitov, A., Saunders, C., Brooks, R, (2008) “Hospital Quality of Care: Does I.T. Matter? The Relationship between Information Technology Adoption & Quality of Care.” Health Care Management Review, 33(1):51-9. Menachemi, N., Chukmaitov, A., Brown, L.S., Saunders, C., Brooks, R., (2007) “Quality of Care differs by Patient Characteristics: Outcome Disparities after Ambulatory Surgical Procedures.” the American Journal of Medical Quality, 22(6):395-401. Menachemi, N., Saunders, C., Chukmaitov, A., Matthews, M., Brooks, R., (2007) “Hospital Adoption of Information Technologies and Improved Patient Safety: A study of 98 Hospitals in Florida.” Journal of Healthcare Management, 52(6):398-409; discussion 410. Clement, J.P., Lindrooth, R.C., Chukmaitov, A., Chen, H.F., (2007). “Does the Patient's Payer Matter in Hospital Patient Safety? A Study of Urban Hospitals.” Medical Care, 45(2):131-38. Menachemi, N., Hikmet, N., Bhattacherjee, A., Chukmaitov, A., Brooks, R., (2007). “The Effect of Payer-Mix on the Adoption of Information Technologies by Hospitals.” Health Care Management Review, 32 (2): 102-110. Wan, T.T.H., Chukmaitov, A., (2007). “Social Capital and Use of Folk and Herbal Medicine by Older Women in Almaty, Kazakhstan.” International Journal of Public Policy, (2):217-233. Menachemi, N., Ford, E.W., Chukmaitov, A., Brooks, R.G. (2006). “The Relationship of Managed Care Penetration and other Factors with the use of CPOE by Physicians in the Ambulatory Setting,” The American Journal of Managed Care, 12(12):738-44. Bazzoli, G.J., Lindrooth, R.C., Clement, J.P., Zhao, M., and Chukmaitov, A, (2006). “Did the Strong Get Stronger and the Weak Get Weaker? Examining Changes in Hospital Financial Condition.” Journal of Health Care Finance, 33(2):55-69. McCue, M.J., Hurley, E.J., Chukmaitov, A, (2004). “Financial Performance Indicators for Health Plans in Medicaid Managed care.” Managed Care Quarterly, 12: 16-23.