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This Month |
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April 28, 2008 |
Cancelled |
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Past Articles Presented |
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Journal Club |
Presenter(s) |
March 24, 2008
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“Association of Insurance Status and
Ethnicity with Cancer Stage at Diagnosis for 12 Cancer Sites: A Retrospective
Analysis”, Epidemiology and
Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society,
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February 25, 2008
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James M. Shikany, DrPH, Associate
Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine
“Reassessing folic acid consumption
patterns in the
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January 28, 2008 |
M. Anthony Goudie, MSPH, CGS, Predoctoral
Trainee, UAB Health Services & Outcomes Research Training Program (T32), “Analyzing growth and change: latent
growth curve modeling with an application to clinical trials”, Donald
E. Stull, Quality Life Research (2008)
17:47-59. |
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December 24, 2007 |
No Journal Club |
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November 26, 2007 |
Maribel Salas, MD, DSc, MSc, Assistant
Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine, “Validation of ICD-9 codes with a high
positive predictive value for incident strokes resulting in hospitalization
using Medicaid health data”, Pharmacoepidemiology
and Drug Safety, 19 September 2007 |
October 22, 2007
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September 24, 2007 |
“Determining the Effect of Highly Active
Antiretroviral Therapy on Changes in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA
Viral Load using a Marginal Structural Left-censored Mean Model”, American Journal of Epidemiology,
2007;166:219-227 |
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August 27, 2007 |
No Journal Club |
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July 30, 2007 |
Nefertiti H. Durant, MD, MPH, Assistant
Professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine “Waist circumference and not body mass
index explains obesity-related health risk”, American Journal Clinical Nutrition, 2004; 79:379-84 |
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June 25, 2007 |
M. Paige Powell, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Department of Health Services Administration
“Estimating the Effects of Prescription
Drug Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries” Dennis G. Shea, Joseph V.
Terza, Bruce C. Stuart, and Becky Briesacher,
Health Services Research,
42(3):933-949 (2007) |
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May 28, 2007 |
No Journal Club |
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April 30, 2007 |
Michelle Y. Martin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Preventive
Medicine
“Older Adult Cancer Survivors:
What we know and what we need to know” |
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March 26, 2007 |
Joe Gerald, MD, Postdoctoral Scholar
Trainee, UAB Health Services and Outcomes Research Training Program (T32) “Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and
LEARN Diets for Change in Weight and Related Risk Factors Among Overweight
Premenopausal Women” The A To Z Weight
Loss Study: A Randomized Trial,Gardner, CD, Kiazand, A, Alhassan, S,
Kim, S, Stafford, RS, Balise, RR, Kraemer, HC, King, AC, JAMA, March 7, 2007,Vol. 297, No. 9,
Pages 969-977. |
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February 26, 2007 |
Thomas Karr Houston, MD, MPH, Assistant
Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine “Recent Evidence for a New Smoking Cessation
Drug” Article Varenicline an
α4β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine
Receptor Partial Agonist, vs Sustained-Release Bupropion and Placebo for
Smoking Cessation”, Gonzales, D, Rennard, SI, Nides, M, Oncken, C, Azoulay,
S, Billing, CB, Watsky, EJ, Gong, J, Williams, KE, Reeves, KR, JAMA, July 5, 2006, Vol. 296, No. 1,
47-63. |
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January 29, 2007 |
Carol M. Ashton, MD, MPH, Professor of
Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine “Surgical vs Nonoperative Treatment for
Lumbar Disk Herniation” The
SpinePatient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT): A Randomized Trial,
Weinstein, JN, Tosteson, TD, Lurie, JD, Tosteson, ANA, Hanscom, B, Skinner,
JS, Abdu, WA, Hilibrand, AS, Boden, SD, Deyo, RA, JAMA: 2441-2450, November 2006. |
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December 25, 2006 |
No Journal Club |
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November 27, 2006 |
“Pharmacotherapy and Health Care Costs Among
Patients With Schizophrenia and Newly Diagnosed Diabetes” |
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October 30, 2006 |
M. Anthony Goudie, MSPH, Predoctoral
Trainee, UAB Health Services & Outcomes Research Training Program (T32) “Should Episode-Based Economic Profiles Be
Risk Adjusted to Account for Differences in Patients’ Health Risks?”,
Health Services Research 41:2 581-598 (April 2006) |
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September 25, 2006 |
Cancelled |
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August 28, 2006 |
Stephen H. Gray, MD, Postdoctoral Trainee,
UAB Health Services & Outcomes Research Training Program (T32) “Bile Duct Injury in the Era of Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy”, British Journal of
Surgery 2006; 93: 158-168 |
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July 31, 2006 |
Bisakha Sen, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Department of Healthcare Organization & Policy “Using Panel Data to Minimize Effects of
Confounding Factors”, Article “Graduated Driver Licensing and Teen Traffic
Fatalities”, Journal of Health
Economics 24 (2005) 571-589 |
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June 26, 2006 |
“Do illness perceptions predict attendance
at cardiac rehabilitation and quality of life following myocardial
infarction?” David P. French, Robert J.P. Lewin, Nina Watson, David R.
Thompson, Journal of Psychosomatic
Research 59 (2005) 315-322. |
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May 29, 2006 |
No Meeting ( |
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April 17, 2006 |
Stefan G. Kertesz, MD, MSc, Assistant
Professor, Preventive Medicine and General Internal Medicine “Efficacy and
Tolerability of Long-Acting Injectable Naltrexone for Alcohol Dependence. A
Randomized Controlled Trial.” |
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March 27, 2006 |
Maribel Salas, MD, DSc, MSc, Assistant
Professor, Preventive Medicine “Risk of Death in
Elderly Users of Conventional vs. Atypical Antipsychotic Medications” |
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February 27, 2006 |
Nathaniel S. Winstead, MD, MS, NRSA
Postdoctoral Fellow, UAB Health Services and Outcomes Research Training
Program (T32) “Is a negative colonoscopy associated with
reassurance or improved health-related quality of life in irritable bowel
syndrome?” |
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January 30, 2006 |
“Meta-Analysis: Chronic Disease
Self-Management Programs for Older Adults” |
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December 26, 2005 |
No Journal Club |
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November 28, 2005 |
Joseph T. Chan, MD, VAQ Scholar Fellow “Improving Patient Care – Medicare Program
Expenditures Associated with Hospice Use” |
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October 31, 2005 |
Jeroan J. Allison, MD, MS, Associate
Professor, General Internal Medicine “Building a Better Quality Measure – Are
Some Patients With ‘Poor Quality’ Actually Getting Good Care?” |
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September 26, 2005 |
Monika M. Safford, MD, Assistant Professor,
Division of Preventive Medicine “Clinical Practice Guidelines and Quality of
Care for Older Patients With Multiple Comorbid Diseases – Implications for
Pay for Performance” |
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August 29, 2005 |
No Meeting |
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July 25, 2005 |
Philip “Cost-Effectiveness of Defending against
Bioterrorism: A Comparison of Vaccination and Antibiotic Prophylaxis against
Anthrax” |
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June 27, 2005 |
“Are diagnosis specific outcome indicators
based on administrative data useful in assessing quality of hospital care?” |
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May 30, 2005 |
No Meeting |
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April 25, 2005 |
Jewell Halanych, MD,
Assistant Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine “The Cost-Effectiveness of Lifestyle
Modification or Metformin in Preventing Type 2 Diabetes in Adults with
Impaired Glucose Tolerance”. Ann
Intern Med. 2005; 142:323-332. |
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March 28, 2005 |
Stefan G. Kertesz, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine "Primary medical care and reductions in addiction severity: a prospective cohort study” Society for the Study of Addiction, 2005. Addiction, 100, 70-78. |
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February 28, 2005 |
Dana Ross, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine "Understanding the Causal Relationship between Patient-Reported Interpersonal and Technical Quality of Care for Depression." Orlando & Meredith, 2002. Medical Care, 40, (8). |
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January 31, 2005 |
Asch SM, McGlynn EA, Hogan MM, Hayward RA, Shekelle P, Rubenstein L, Keesey J, Adams J, Kerr, E'A "Comparison of quality of care for patients in the Veterans Health Administration and patients in a national sample." Ann Intern Med. 2004 Dec 21;141(12):938-45. |
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December 2004 |
No Journal Club |
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November 29, 2004 |
Hanaa S. Elhefni, MD, MS, MPH, Research Assistant Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine Gennaro Nuzzo MD, Gennaro Clemente MD, Federica Cadeddu MD, Ivo Giovannini MD, "Palliation of Unresectable periampullary Neoplasms. "Surgical" versus "Non-surgical" Approach. Hepato-Gastroenterology 2004; 51:1282-1285 |
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October 25, 2004 |
Shepherd J, Blauw GJ, Bollen E, et al. "Pravastatin in elderly individuals at risk of vascular disease (PROSPER): a randomised controlled trial”. Lancet 2002; Vol 360: 1623- |
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September 27, 2004 |
Mohamad Eloubeidi, MD, Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology, Shyam Varadarajulu, MD, Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology, and Meredith L. Kilgore, PhD., Assistant Professor, Health Care Organization and Policy "The relationship between procedure volume and patient outcomes: review of the literature and a new approach for Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography." Pending Publication |
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August 30, 2004 |
Bryce Sutton, PhD, Assistant Professor, Finance, Economics and Quantitative Methods Ladabaum U, Song K, Fendrick AM. "Colorectal neoplasia screening with virtual colonoscopy: when, at what cost, and with what national impact?" Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2004 Jul; 2(7):554-63. |
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July 26, 2004 |
John Bian, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine "Does increased Medicare HMO penetration affect in-hospital mortality of ischemic stroke?" (submitted manuscript). |
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June 28, 2004 |
Wendy Gomez, MD, VA Quality
Scholar Walter LC, Lindquist K, Covinsky KE. Relationship between health status and use of screening mammography and Papanicolaou smears among women older than 70 years of age. Ann Intern Med. 2004 May 4;140(9):681-8. |
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May 31, 2004 |
No Meeting |
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April 26, 2004 |
Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine Weiner S. Contextualizing Medical Decisions to Individualize Care, Lessons from the Qualitative Sciences. J Gen Intern Med 2004; 19:281-285. |
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March 29, 2004 |
Katri Palenon, MD, VA Quality Scholar Mazor KM, Simon SR, Yood RA, Martinson BC, Gunter MJ, Reed GW, Gurwitz JH. “Health Plan Members’ Views about Disclosure of Medical Errors.” Annals on Internal Medicine. 2004;140:409-418. |
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February 23, 2004 |
Stacey Kovac, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine Huskamp HA, Deverka PA, Epstein AM, Epstein RS, McGuigan KA, Frank RC. The Effect of Incentive-Based Formularies on Prescription-Drug Utilization and Spending. NEJM. 2003;349:2224-32. |
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January 26, 2004 |
Deborah Saunders, MA,
Program Analyst, BVAMC |
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December 29, 2003 |
No Meeting |
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November 24, 2003 |
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October 27, 2003 |
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September 29, 2003 |
Chen, Shih-Neng, et al. Prices and Health: Identifying the Effects of Nutrition, Exercise, and Medication Choices on Blood Pressure. American Journal of Agricultural Economics v84, n4 (November 2002): 990-1002 |
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August 25, 2003 |
Canceled |
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July 28, 2003 |
Anthony Goudie, Statistician, Division of
Preventive Medicine, Dolan P, Stalmeier P. “The validity of time trade-off values in calculating QALYs: constant proportional time trade-off versus the proportional heuristic.” Journal of Health Economics, 22, 445-458, 2003. |
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June 30, 2003 |
Dana Ross, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Division of Preventive Medicine, McMohan R, Malow R, |
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April 28, 2003 |
Stacey Kovac, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Division of Preventive Medicine, Detmar SB, Muller MJ, Schornagel JH, Vever, LDV, Aaronson NK. "Health-Related Quality-of-Life Assesments and Patient-Physician Communications. A Randomized Controlled Trial". JAMA. 2002;388(23):3027-3034 |
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May 26, 2003 |
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March 31, 2003 |
Patricia Goode, MD,
Associate Professor, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, |
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February 24, 2003 |
Stefan Kertesz, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine, UAB School of Medicine "Specialty of Ambulatory Care Physicians and Mortality Among Elderly Patients After Myocardial Infarction" |
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January 27, 2003 |
Bonnie Sanderson, RN, Manager, Cardio Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Cardiovascular Services "Effects of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Self-related Health Status After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery" |
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No December Meeting |
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November 25, 2002 |
Lynda Harrison, RN, PhD, Professor and Co-Deputy Director, World Health Organization, Collaborating Center on International Nursing, UAB School of Nursing "The Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program is not Supported by Meta-analyses of the Data" |
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October 28, 2002 |
Randal Robertson, PhD,
Associate Professor, Health Services Administration, |
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September 30, 2002 |
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