COERE Bibliography
Representative Peer-Reviewed Publications
of COERE Faculty Leadership
1990-2004
2004
Pisu M, Meltzer MI, Hurwitz ES, Haber M. Household-based costs and benefits of vaccinating day-care children against influenza. Pharmacoeconomics. 2004. In Press.
Mikuls TR, Allison JJ, Olivieri J, Patino F, MacLean CH, Farrar J , Bilker W, Saag K. The development of quality indicators in gout therapy. Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2004. In Press.
Saag KG, Olivieri JJ, Patino FG, Mikuls TR, Allison JJ, MacLean CH. Quality indicators for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and analgesic therapies used in musculoskeletal disorders. Arthritis Care and Research. 2004. In Press.
Person SD, Allison JJ, Kiefe CI, Weaver MT, Williams OD, Centor RM, Weissman NW. Nurse staffing and mortality for Medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction. Medical Care. Jan 2004; 42(1):4-12.
2003
Yan LL, Kiang L, Matthews KA, Daviglus ML, Ferguson TF, Kiefe CI. Psychosocial factors and risk of hypertension. The coronary artery risk development in young adults (CARDIA) study. Journal of the American Medical Association. October 22/29 2003; 290(16):2138-48.
Ahmed A, Shaneyfelt TM, Kiefe CI, Person SD, Sims RV, Howard G, DeLong JF, Allman RM. The association of quality of heart failure care with consultations between generalists and cardiologists. American Heart Journal. 2003; 145(6):1086-93.
Allison J, Quality assessment tools: Incremental advance or paradigm shift? Medical Care. May 2003; 41(5):575-78.
Berner ES, Baker CS, Funkhouser EM, Heudebert GR, Allison JJ, Fargason CA Jr, Li Q, Person SD, Kiefe CI. Do local opinion leaders augment hospital quality improvement efforts? A randomized trial to promote adherence to unstable angina guideline. Medical Care. 2003; 41(3):420-31.
Casebeer L, Strasser SM, Spettell CM, Wall TC, Weissman N, Ray MN, Allison JJ. Designing tailored web-based instruction to improve practicing physicians' preventive practices. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23 Sep 2003; 5(3):e20.
Centor RM, Allison JJ, Weissman NW, Canto J, Heudebert G, Juarez L, Kiefe CI. Diffusion of troponin testing in unstable angina patients adoption prior to guideline release. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2003; 56(12):1236-43.
Green BL, Person S, Crowther M, Frison S, Shipp M, Lee P, Martin M. Demographic and geographic variations of oral health among African Americans based on NHANES III. Journal of Community Health Dentistry. 2003; 20:117-122.
Houston TK, Sands DZ, Nash, BR, Ford, DE. Experiences of physicians who frequently use e-mail with patients. Health Community. 2003; 15(4):515-25.
Kovac SH, Klapow J, Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JBW. Differing symptom presentations of abused versus non-abused women in obstetric-gynecology settings. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2003; 188:707-713.
Mikuls TR, Saag K, Criswell L, Merlino L, Cerhan J. Health-related quality of life in women with elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Rheumatology. May 2003; 30(5):952-7.
Mudano, AS, Casebeer L, Patino F, Allison JJ, Weissman NW, Kiefe CI, Person S, Gilbert D, Saag KG. Racial disparities in osteoporosis prevention in a managed care population. Southern Medical Journal. 2003; 96(5):445-451.
Patino F, Allison J, Olivieri J, Mudano A, Juarez L, Person S, Mikuls T, Kovac SH, Saag KG. The effects of physician specialty and patient comorbidities on the use and discontinuation of coxibs. Arthritis Care and Research. 2003; 49(3):293-99.
Patino FG, Olivieri J, Allison J, Mikuls TR, Moreland L, Kovac SH, Juarez L, Person S, Curtis J, Saag K. NSAID toxicity monitoring practices. The Journal of Rheumatology. Dec 2003; 30(12):2680-8.
Patt MR, Houston TK, Jenckes MW, Sands DZ, Ford DE. Doctors who are using email with their patients: a qualitative exploration. Journal of Medical Internet Research. Apr-Jun 2003; 5(2):e9.
Saag KG, Pisu M. Balancing bones and bucks among new glucocorticoid users. The Journal of Rheumatology. Jan 2003; 30(1):1-3.
Spettell CM, Wall TC, Allison J, Calhoun J, Kobylinski R, Fargason R, Kiefe CI. Identifying physician-recognized depression from administrative data: Consequences for quality measurement. Health services Research. Aug 2003; 38(4):1081-102.
Tucker, JA, Klapow JC, Simpson CA. Public health approaches: finding the interface with health psychology. The Health Psychology Handbook: Practical Issues for the Behavioral Medicine Specialist. 2003; 502-13.
2002
Bowers M, Kiefe CI. Measuring health care quality: comparing and contrasting the medical and the marketing approaches. American Journal of Medical Quality. 2002; 17(4):136-44.
Canto JG, Fincher C, Kiefe CI, Allison JJ, Li Q, Funkhouser E, Centor RM, Selker HP, Weissman NW. Atypical presentations among Medicare beneficiaries with unstable angina pectoris. American Journal of Cardiology. 2002; 90(3):248-53.
Canto JG, Zalenski R, Ornato JP, Rogers WJ, Kiefe CI, et al. Use of emergency medical services in acute myocardial infarction and subsequent quality of care: Observations from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2. Circulation. 2002; 106(24):3018-23.
Casebeer L, Allison JJ, Spettell CM. Designing tailored Web-based instruction to improve practicing physicians' chlamydial screening rates. Academic Medicine. Sep 2002; 77(99):929.
Ho V. Will regionalization lead to better outcomes? Journal of Health Economics, Oct 2002; 13(1):873-85.
Houston TK, Allison JJ. Users of internet health information: differences by health status. Journal of Medical Internet Research. Apr-Nov 2002; 4(2):E7.
Houston TK, Cooper LA, Ford DE. Internet support group for depression: a 1-year prospective cohort study. American Journal of Psychiatry. Dec 2002; 159(12):2062-8.
Kiefe CI. Race/ethnicity and cancer survival: the elusive target of biological differences. Editorial. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002; 287(16):2138-9.
Klapow J, Kroenke K, Horton T, Schmidt S, Spitzer B, Williams J. Psychological disorders and distress in older primary care patients: a comparison of older and younger samples. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2002; 64:635-43.
Klapow J, Wilcox M, Heudebert G, Centor R, Skrinar A, Marks R, Lawrence W, Richter J. Characterization of long-term outcomes following toupet fundoplication: symptoms, medication use, and health status. Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology. May-Jun 2002; 34(5):509-15.
Pisu M, Meltzer MI, Lyerla R. Cost-effectiveness of hepatitis B vaccination of prison inmates. Vaccine. Dec 2002; 13; 21(3-4):312-21.
Sciamanna CN, Clark MA, Houston TK, Diaz JA. Unmet needs of primary care patients in using the internet for health-related activities. Journal of Medical Internet Research. Dec 2002; 4(3):E19.
Voelker P, Saag KG, Schwartz DA, Chrischilles E, Clark WR, Woolson RF, Doebbeling BN. Health related quality of life in Gulf War military personnel. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2002; 15:899-907.
2001
Klapow J, Schmidt S, Taylor LA, Roller P, Li Q, Calhoun J, Wallander J, Pennebaker J. Symptom management in older primary care patients: feasibility of an experimental, written self-disclosure protocol. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2001; 134(9):905-11.
Kiefe CI, Williams OD, Lewis CE, Allison JJ, Sekar P, Wagenknecht LE. Ten-year changes in smoking among young adults: are racial differences explained by socioeconomic factors in the CARDIA study? American Journal of Public Health. 2001; 91(2):213-8.
Kiefe CI, Allison JJ, Williams OD, Person SD, Weaver MT, Weissman NW. Improving quality improvement using achievable benchmarks for physician feedback. A randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2001; 285(22):2871-9.
Merlino L, Bagchi I, Taylor T, Utrie P, Chrischilles E, Sumner III W, Mudano A, Saag K. Preferences for fractures and other glucocortoid-associated adverse effects among rheumatoid arthritis patients. Medical Decision Making. 2001; 21:122-32.
Mudano A, Allison J, Hill J, Rothermel T, Saag K. Variations in glucocortoid-induced osteoporosis in a managed care cohort. Journal of Rheumatology. 2001; 28:1298-305.
Houston TK, Chang BL, Brown S, Kukafka R. Consumer health informatics: a consensus description and commentary from American Medical Informatics Association members. Proceedings American Medical Informatics Association Symposium. 2001; 269-73.
Houston TK, Cooper LA, Vu HT, Kahn J, Toser J, Ford DE. Screening the public for depression through the Internet. Psychiatric Services. Mar 2001; 52(3):362-7.
Houston TK, Ehrenberger HE. The potential of consumer health informatics. Seminars on Oncology Nursing. Feb 2001; 17(1):41-7.
2000
Allison JJ, Wall T, Spettell C, Calhoun J, Fargason A, Kobylinsky R, Farmer R, Kiefe C. The art and science of chart review. Joint Commission on Quality Improvement. 2000; 26(3):115-36.
Canto JG, Allison JJ, Kiefe CI, Fincher C, Farmer R, Sekar P, Person S, Weissman NW. Relation of race and sex to the use of reperfusion therapy in Medicare beneficiaries with acute myocardial infarction. New England Journal of Medicine. 2000; 342:1094-1100.
Allison JJ, Kiefe CI, Weissman NW, Person S, Rousculp M, Canto JG, Bae S, Williams OD, Farmer R, Centor RM. Relationship of hospital teaching status with quality of care and mortality for Medicare patients with acute MI. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2000; 284(10):1256-62.
Allison JJ, Calhoun JW, Wall T, Spettell C, Fargason CA, Weissman NW, Kiefe CI. Optimal reporting of health care process measures: inferential statistics as help or hindrance. Managed Care Quarterly. Autumn 2000; 8(4):1-10.
Osiri M, Saag K, Ford AM, Moreland LW. Practice pattern variation by various specialists in the prevention of glucocortoid-induced osteoporosis (GIOP). Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 2000; 6:117-122.
Owen JE, Klapow JC, Casebeer L. Psychosocial outcomes of cancer pain: evaluation of the relationship between pain and quality of life among outpatients with metastatic disease. Quality of Life Research. 2000; 9:855-63.
Call S, Klapow JC, Stewart KE, Westfall AO, Mallinger A, DeMasi R, Centor R, Saag M. Health-related quality of life and virologic outcomes in an HIV clinic. Quality of Life Research. 2000; 9:977-85.
1999
Allison JJ, Kiefe CI, Weissman NW. Can data-driven benchmarks be used to set the goals of healthy people 2010? American Journal Public Health. Jan 1999; 89(1):61-65.
Weissman NW, Allison JJ, Kiefe CI, Farmer R, Weaver M, Williams OD, Child IG, Pemberton JH, Brown KC, Baker CS. Achievable Benchmarks of Care. The ABCTs of benchmarking. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. Aug 1999; 5(3):269-81.
Kiefe CI, Heudebert G, Box JB, Farmer RM, Clancy CM. Compliance with post-hospitalization follow-up visits: rationing by inconvenience? Ethnicity and Disease. 1999; 9:387-95.
Kell S, Allison J, Brown K, Weissman N, Farmer R, Kiefe C. Measurement of mammography rates for quality improvement. Quality Management in Health Care. 1999; 7(2):11-19.
Smitha M, Kirk K. Oestenstad K, Brown K, Lee S. Effect of state workplace safety laws on occupational injury rates. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 1999; 43(12):1001-09.
Brown J, Klapow J, Doleys D. Long-term outcome of opiate intrathecal infusion pumps: opiate requirements, symptoms, health status and patient satisfaction. The Clinical Journal of Pain. 1999; 15(2):122-31.
1998
Weaver M, Forrester B, Brown K, Phillips J, Hillyer J, Capilouto E. Medical care costs and utilization by health risk among 2898 municipal employees. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 1998; 15(3):250-53.
Hamilton VH, Perreault S, Lavoie F, Grover SA. Cost-effectiveness of various lovastatin dosages for preventing coronary hearth disease. Cardiology Review. 1998; 15(11):41-44.
Saag KG, Doebbeling BN, Kolluri S, Herman ME, Rohrer JE, and Wallace RB. Variation in tertiary prevention among the elderly due to urban-rural residence and other access factors. Medical Care. 1998; 36:965-76.
1997
Kiefe CI, Williams OD, Bild DE, Lewis CE, Hilner J, Oberman A. Regional disparities in the incidence of elevated blood pressure among young adults: The CARDIA Study. Circulation. 1997; 96:1082-88.
1996
Saag KG, Criswell LA, Sems KM, Nettleman MD, Kolluri S: Low-dose corticosteroid therapy in rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review of effectiveness. Arthritis and Rheumatism. 1996; 39:1818-25.
Weissman NW, Goodman C, Flagle C, et al. Improving the utility of NLM databases for use in health technology assessment. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/istahcp1.html, February, 1996.
Weissman NW, Haddock CC, Klerman LV. Rural mental health: family violence. UAB Report to the National Institute of Mental Health. 1996.
Weissman NW, Klerman LV, Haddock CC, Fehrenbach N. Medical claims for rural victims of family violence. Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association.New York. Nov 1996.
1995
Brown K, Hilyer J, Artz L, Glasscock L, Weaver M. The Birmingham Good Health Program: Meeting Healthy People 2000 Objectives. Health Values: Journal of Health Behavior, Education & Promotion. 1995; 19:45-53.
1994
Bigos S, Bowyer O, Braen G, Brown K, et al. Acute low back problems in adults. Clinical Practice Guideline No. 14. AHCPR Publication No. 95-0642. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, U.S. DHHS. 1994.
Weissman NW. Research on AIDS & health services research. Health Services Research. Dec. 1994; 29(5):523-5.
1992
Brown K, Sirles A, Hilyer J, Thomas M. Cost-effectiveness of a back school intervention for municipal employees. Spine. 1992; 17(10):1224-28.
1990
Salive ME, Mayfield JA, Weissman NW. Patient outcomes research teams and the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Health Services Research. Dec 1990; 25(5):697-708.