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| LEE RIVERS MOBLEYSummaryAffiliation: RTI International Country: USA Publications
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Heterogeneity in mammography use across the nation: separating evidence of disparities from the disproportionate effects of geographyLee R Mobley
RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709 2194, USA
Int J Health Geogr 7:32. 2008..In regression modeling, we assess individual-level effects, direct effects of contextual factors, and interaction effects between individual and contextual factors...
How sensitive are multilevel regression findings to defined area of context?: a case study of mammography use in CaliforniaLee R Mobley
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
Med Care Res Rev 65:315-37. 2008..Studies using only county-level contextual factors will miss some meaningful associations related to interpersonal/proximate-level factors...
Voluntary disenrollment from Medicare advantage plans: valuable signals of market performanceLee R Mobley
Research Triangle International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Am J Manag Care 13:677-84. 2007..To examine 2000-2005 trends in the reasons Medicare beneficiaries gave for disenrolling from their Medicare Advantage (MA) plans...
Mammography facilities are accessible, so why is utilization so low?Lee R Mobley
Public Health and Environment Division, RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Road, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Cancer Causes Control 20:1017-28. 2009..This study examines new socio-ecological variables reflecting community context as predictors of mammography use...
Voluntary disenrollment from Medicare managed care: market factors and disabled beneficiariesLee Mobley
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
Health Care Financ Rev 26:45-62. 2005..Findings suggest that disabled beneficiaries are more likely to experience multiple problems with managed care...
Spatial analysis of elderly access to primary care servicesLee R Mobley
RTI International, 275 Cox, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
Int J Health Geogr 5:19. 2006..Our conceptual model assumes that local market conditions serving as interventions along the pathways to preventive care services utilization can impact ACSC admission rates...
Predictors of endoscopic colorectal cancer screening over time in 11 statesLee Mobley
RTI International, Durham, NC 27709 2194, USA
Cancer Causes Control 21:445-61. 2010....
Environment, obesity, and cardiovascular disease risk in low-income womenLee R Mobley
Health, Social, and Economics Research, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
Am J Prev Med 30:327-332. 2006..This paper investigates whether certain characteristics of the built environment are associated with obesity or coronary heart disease (CHD) risk among uninsured low-income women...
Cost-effectiveness of osteoporosis screening and treatment with hormone replacement therapy, raloxifene, or alendronateLee R Mobley
Division for Health Services and Social Policy Research, RTI International Research Triangle Institute, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Med Decis Making 26:194-206. 2006..The authors conclude that screening and treating with alendronate are more cost-effective than screening and treating with raloxifene or HRT. Relative to an NST strategy, alendronate has a fairly good cost-effectiveness ratio...
Spatial analysis of body mass index and smoking behavior among WISEWOMAN participantsLee R Mobley
RTI International, Health, Social and Economics Research, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 13:519-28. 2004..To provide the most effective interventions possible, it is important to understand the characteristics of WISEWOMAN participants and their communities...
Community contextual predictors of endoscopic colorectal cancer screening in the USA: spatial multilevel regression analysisLee R Mobley
RTI International, Discovery and Analytical Sciences Division, 3040 Cornwallis Road, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
Int J Health Geogr 9:44. 2010..We analyze each state separately and map the findings for all states together to reveal patterns in the observed heterogeneity across states...
Managed Care and the Diffusion of Endoscopy in Fee-for-Service MedicareLEE RIVERS MOBLEY
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC
Health Serv Res 46:1905-27. 2011..To determine whether Medicare managed care penetration impacted the diffusion of endoscopy services (sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy) among the fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare population during 2001-2006...
The impact of managed care penetration and hospital quality on efficiency in hospital staffingLee R Mobley
Center for Health Economics Research, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 2194, USA
J Health Care Finance 28:24-42. 2002..These findings suggest that the larger, more efficient urban hospitals will be penalized more heavily under binding staffing ratios than smaller, less-urban hospitals...
Racial/ethnic disparities in coronary heart disease risk factors among WISEWOMAN enrolleesEric A Finkelstein
RTI International, Health, Social and Economics Research, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 13:503-18. 2004....
Illness severity and propensity to travel along the urban-rural continuumJayasree Basu
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Health Place 13:381-99. 2007..Despite a general decline in average propensity to travel further than the norm across the landscape, severity had a larger impact on travel propensity in rural areas, which increased over time...
Do HMOs reduce preventable hospitalizations for Medicare beneficiaries?Jayasree Basu
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Med Care Res Rev 64:544-67. 2007..These findings add to the evidence that managed care outperforms traditional care among the elderly, rather than simply skimming off the healthiest populations...
Research Grants
- Spatial Impact Factors and Mammography ScreeningLee Mobley; Fiscal Year: 2006..This work will demonstrate the feasibility of conducting a broader study encompassing more than twice as many counties of the United States (with additions covered by the expanded SEER database). ..
- Geospatial Factors & Impacts: Measurement and UseLee Mobley; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Geospatial Factors & Impacts: Measurement and UseLEE RIVERS MOBLEY; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- Geospatial Factors & Impacts: Measurement and UseLee Mobley; Fiscal Year: 2009....
