W D Bradford

Summary

Affiliation: Medical University of South Carolina
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Under-utilisation of beta-blockers after acute myocardial infarction. Pharmacoeconomic implications
    W D Bradford
    Center for Health Care Research, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
    Pharmacoeconomics 15:257-68. 1999
  2. ncbi Service utilization comparison of South Carolina Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS), Physician Enhanced Plan (PEP) and Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) models
    W David Bradford
    Center for Health Economic and Policy Studies, Department of Health Administration and Policy, MUSC, 151 Rutledge Avenue, Building B, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
    J S C Med Assoc 103:223-7. 2007
  3. ncbi The effect of managed care penetration on the treatment of AMI in the fee-for-service Medicare population
    W David Bradford
    Department of Health Administration and Policy, Health Economics Research Unit, Medical University of South Carolina, 19 Hagood Avenue, 408 Harborview Tower, P.O. Box 250807, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
    Int J Health Care Finance Econ 2:265-83. 2002
  4. ncbi Continuity of medical care, health insurance, and nonmedical advice in the first 3 years of life
    W David Bradford
    Department of Health Administration and Policy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
    Med Care 42:91-8. 2004
  5. ncbi Effects of direct-to-consumer advertising of hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitors on attainment of LDL-C goals
    W David Bradford
    Center for Health Economic and Policy Studies, Department of Health Administration and Policy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
    Clin Ther 28:2105-18; discussion 2104. 2006
  6. ncbi How direct-to-consumer television advertising for osteoarthritis drugs affects physicians' prescribing behavior
    W David Bradford
    Center for Health Economic and Policy Studies, Department of Health Administration and Policy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 25:1371-7. 2006
  7. ncbi Comparing willingness to pay for telemedicine across a chronic heart failure and hypertension population
    W David Bradford
    Health Economics Research Unit, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
    Telemed J E Health 11:430-8. 2005
  8. ncbi Willingness to pay for telemedicine assessed by the double-bounded dichotomous choice method
    W David Bradford
    Center for Health Economic and Policy Studies, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
    J Telemed Telecare 10:325-30. 2004
  9. ncbi Testing efficacy with detection controlled estimation: an application to telemedicine
    W D Bradford
    Center for Health Care Research, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
    Health Econ 10:553-64. 2001
  10. ncbi Qualitative evaluation of South Carolina's Postpartum/Infant Home Visit program
    Karen A Wager
    Department of Health Administration and Policy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
    Public Health Nurs 21:541-6. 2004

Research Grants

  1. UTILIZATION AND COST OF HEALTH SERVICES BY CDUs
    W Bradford; Fiscal Year: 2003

Detail Information

Publications18

  1. ncbi Under-utilisation of beta-blockers after acute myocardial infarction. Pharmacoeconomic implications
    W D Bradford
    Center for Health Care Research, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
    Pharmacoeconomics 15:257-68. 1999
    ..We conclude that there is a dearth of evidence on the economic consequences of the under-utilisation of beta-blocker therapy. What does exist suggests that the net costs to society may be substantial...
  2. ncbi Service utilization comparison of South Carolina Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS), Physician Enhanced Plan (PEP) and Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) models
    W David Bradford
    Center for Health Economic and Policy Studies, Department of Health Administration and Policy, MUSC, 151 Rutledge Avenue, Building B, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
    J S C Med Assoc 103:223-7. 2007
  3. ncbi The effect of managed care penetration on the treatment of AMI in the fee-for-service Medicare population
    W David Bradford
    Department of Health Administration and Policy, Health Economics Research Unit, Medical University of South Carolina, 19 Hagood Avenue, 408 Harborview Tower, P.O. Box 250807, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
    Int J Health Care Finance Econ 2:265-83. 2002
  4. ncbi Continuity of medical care, health insurance, and nonmedical advice in the first 3 years of life
    W David Bradford
    Department of Health Administration and Policy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
    Med Care 42:91-8. 2004
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  5. ncbi Effects of direct-to-consumer advertising of hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitors on attainment of LDL-C goals
    W David Bradford
    Center for Health Economic and Policy Studies, Department of Health Administration and Policy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
    Clin Ther 28:2105-18; discussion 2104. 2006
    ..While the US Food and Drug Administration is currently reexamining its regulatory stance, little evidence exists regarding the impact of DTC advertising on patient health outcomes...
  6. ncbi How direct-to-consumer television advertising for osteoarthritis drugs affects physicians' prescribing behavior
    W David Bradford
    Center for Health Economic and Policy Studies, Department of Health Administration and Policy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 25:1371-7. 2006
    ..DTC advertising of Vioxx increased the likelihood that patients received both Vioxx and Celebrex, but Celebrex ads only affected Vioxx use...
  7. ncbi Comparing willingness to pay for telemedicine across a chronic heart failure and hypertension population
    W David Bradford
    Health Economics Research Unit, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
    Telemed J E Health 11:430-8. 2005
    ..We find that patient willingness to pay has the expected negative relationship between price and the likelihood of purchase and that patients with CHF are less responsive to price changes than those with hypertension...
  8. ncbi Willingness to pay for telemedicine assessed by the double-bounded dichotomous choice method
    W David Bradford
    Center for Health Economic and Policy Studies, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
    J Telemed Telecare 10:325-30. 2004
    ..When the price was raised to $40, the proportion willing to pay fell to 19%. This suggests that telemedicine may be close to being commercially feasible in the USA...
  9. ncbi Testing efficacy with detection controlled estimation: an application to telemedicine
    W D Bradford
    Center for Health Care Research, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
    Health Econ 10:553-64. 2001
    ..The results of this study indicate that DCE may be an effective tool for use in cost-effectiveness or cost-benefit analysis in health care...
  10. ncbi Qualitative evaluation of South Carolina's Postpartum/Infant Home Visit program
    Karen A Wager
    Department of Health Administration and Policy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
    Public Health Nurs 21:541-6. 2004
    ..Overall, the nurses felt that the home visit program has had a positive impact on the health and well-being of the mothers and infants served...
  11. ncbi A multimethod quality improvement intervention to improve preventive cardiovascular care: a cluster randomized trial
    Steven Ornstein
    Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
    Ann Intern Med 141:523-32. 2004
    ..Research is needed to validate effective and practical strategies for improving the provision of evidence-based medicine in primary care...
  12. ncbi Treatment costs for youths receiving multisystemic therapy or hospitalization after a psychiatric crisis
    Ashli J Sheidow
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, 67 President Street, Suite CPP, Box 250861, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 55:548-54. 2004
    ..The authors conducted a cost analysis for multisystemic therapy, an evidence-based treatment that is used as an intensive community-based alternative to the hospitalization of youths presenting with psychiatric emergencies...
  13. ncbi Family medicine and hospital specialty match rates: does the economy have anything to do with it?
    William J Hueston
    Department of Family Medicine and the Center for Health Economic and Policy Studies, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
    Fam Med 36:265-9. 2004
    ..This study explored whether certain economic markers are associated with changes in the selection of primary care as a career...
  14. ncbi The impact of an innovative reform to the South Carolina dental medicaid system
    Paul J Nietert
    Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
    Health Serv Res 40:1078-91. 2005
    ..This trend was dramatically reversed in 2000. CONCLUSIONS: The January 2000 dental Medicaid reform in South Carolina had marked impact on Medicaid enrollees' access to dental services...
  15. ncbi Financing pediatric psychology: on "Buddy, can you spare a dime?"
    W David Bradford
    Center for Health Economic and Policy Studies, Medical University of South Carolina 29425, USA
    J Pediatr Psychol 29:65-6. 2004
  16. ncbi Task force #2--the cost of prevention: can we afford it? Can we afford not to do it? 33rd Bethesda Conference
    Harlan M Krumholz
    Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 40:603-15. 2002
  17. ncbi The complexity and cost of drug regimens of older patients hospitalized with heart failure in the United States, 1998-2001
    Frederick A Masoudi
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, CO 80204, USA
    Arch Intern Med 165:2069-76. 2005
    ..Little is known, however, about the complexity and financial burden of medical therapy in this population...
  18. ncbi The use of linear instrumental variables methods in health services research and health economics: a cautionary note
    Joseph V Terza
    Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, University of Florida, 1329 SW 16th Street, Room 5130, PO Box 100147, Gainesville, FL 32610 0147, USA
    Health Serv Res 43:1102--20. 2008
    ..To investigate potential bias in the use of the conventional linear instrumental variables (IV) method for the estimation of causal effects in inherently nonlinear regression settings...

Research Grants1

  1. UTILIZATION AND COST OF HEALTH SERVICES BY CDUs
    W Bradford; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ....