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| Donatus U EkwuemeSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Economic evaluation of use of diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis vaccine or diphtheria, tetanus, and whole-cell pertussis vaccine in the United States, 1997D U Ekwueme
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E 35, Atlanta, GA 30333
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 154:797-803. 2000....
Years of potential life lost and productivity costs because of cancer mortality and for specific cancer sites where human papillomavirus may be a risk factor for carcinogenesis-United States, 2003Donatus U Ekwueme
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Cancer 113:2936-45. 2008....- Estimating personal costs incurred by a woman participating in mammography screening in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection ProgramDonatus U Ekwueme
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Cancer 113:592-601. 2008..Personal costs are not covered. In this report, the authors estimated personal costs per woman participating in NBCCEDP mammography screening by race/ethnicity and also estimated lifetime personal costs (ages 50-74 years)... - The health burden and economic costs of cutaneous melanoma mortality by race/ethnicity-United States, 2000 to 2006Donatus U Ekwueme
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 65:S133-43. 2011..The health burden and economic costs associated with melanoma mortality by race/ethnicity have not been appropriately addressed... - Cost analysis of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program: selected states, 2003 to 2004Donatus U Ekwueme
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Cancer 112:626-35. 2008..The objective of this report was to address 3 economic questions: What is the cost per woman served in the program, what is the cost per woman served by program component, and what is the cost per cancer detected through the program?.. - Cost comparison of three HIV counseling and testing technologiesDonatus U Ekwueme
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Intervention Research and Support, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4700 Buford Highway N E, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:112-21. 2003..New rapid-testing technologies may improve receipt of results, but no study has systematically analyzed the costs of these newer technologies compared with the standard protocol... 
Model-based estimates of risks of disease transmission and economic costs of seven injection devices in sub-Saharan AfricaDonatus U Ekwueme
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Bull World Health Organ 80:859-70. 2002..To investigate and compare seven types of injection devices for their risks of iatrogenic transmission of bloodborne pathogens and their economic costs in sub-Saharan Africa...- Cost analysis of screening for, diagnosing, and staging prostate cancer based on a systematic review of published studiesDonatus U Ekwueme
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, Mailstop K 55, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 4:A100. 2007.... - Melanoma survival in the United States, 1992 to 2005Lori A Pollack
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 65:S78-86. 2011..Population-based data on melanoma survival are important for understanding the impact of demographic and clinical factors on prognosis... - Willingness to pay for prostate cancer treatment among patients and their family members at 1 year after diagnosisChunyu Li
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Value Health 15:716-23. 2012..To explore an alternative approach to quantifying the burden of side effects at 1 year after treatment for prostate cancer among both patients and their partners... - Surveillance of demographic characteristics and health behaviors among adult cancer survivors--Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2009J Michael Underwood
CDC, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 61:1-23. 2012..Using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), this report provides a descriptive state-level assessment of demographic characteristics and health behaviors among cancer survivors aged ≥18 years... - Melanoma treatment costs: a systematic review of the literature, 1990-2011Gery P Guy
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Prev Med 43:537-45. 2012..The purpose of the current study was to systematically review the literature on the direct medical care costs of melanoma... - Estimates of the annual direct medical costs of the prevention and treatment of disease associated with human papillomavirus in the United StatesHarrell W Chesson
Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Vaccine 30:6016-9. 2012..0 billion (12.0%) was for cancer (including $0.4 billion for cervical cancer and $0.3 billion for oropharyngeal cancer), $0.3 billion (3.6%) was for genital warts, and $0.2 billion (2.1%) was for RRP... - Melanoma in adolescents and young adults (ages 15-39 years): United States, 1999-2006Hannah K Weir
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 65:S38-49. 2011..Understanding the burden of melanoma in this age group is important to identifying areas for etiologic research and in developing effective prevention approaches aimed at reducing melanoma risk... - The impact of a national program to provide free mammograms to low-income, uninsured women on breast cancer mortality ratesDavid H Howard
Department of Health Policy and Management, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
Cancer 116:4456-62. 2010..The authors analyzed the impact of the NBCCEDP on breast cancer mortality rates... - Years of potential life lost caused by prostate cancer deaths in the United States-Projection from 2004 through 2050Chunyu Li
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Cancer Epidemiol 34:368-72. 2010.... - Ambulatory care visits for Pap tests, abnormal Pap test results, and cervical cancer procedures in the United StatesMona Saraiya
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Manag Care 16:e137-44. 2010.... - Association of cutaneous melanoma incidence with area-based socioeconomic indicators-United States, 2004-2006Simple D Singh
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 65:S58-68. 2011..Examination of the relationship between melanoma and SES at the national level in the United States is limited. Expanding knowledge of this association is needed to improve early detection and eliminate disparities... - Years of potential life lost and indirect costs of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer: a systematic review of the literatureGery P Guy
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pharmacoeconomics 29:863-74. 2011..Prevention and early detection efforts are important in helping reduce the incidence of melanoma and NMSC, and the related deaths and productivity losses... - The cost-effectiveness of male HPV vaccination in the United StatesHarrell W Chesson
National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Vaccine 29:8443-50. 2011..The objective of this study was to estimate the cost-effectiveness of adding human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of 12-year-old males to a female-only vaccination program for ages 12-26 years in the United States... - Cost-effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccination in the United StatesHarrell W Chesson
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 14:244-51. 2008..This consistency is reassuring because models of varying complexity will be essential tools for policy makers in the development of optimal HPV vaccination strategies... - Characteristics of US counties with no mammography capacityLucy A Peipins
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Community Health 37:1239-48. 2012..3; 95 % CI 2.5-4.3) when compared with counties having at least one mammography machine. Mammography capacity has been and remains a concern for a portion of the US population--a population that is mostly but not entirely rural... - The impact of detection and treatment on lifetime medical costs for patients with precancerous polyps and colorectal cancerDavid H Howard
Department of Health Policy and Management, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Health Econ 18:1381-93. 2009..For younger patients, polyp removal is cost saving. Treatment of early-stage cancer is cost increasing... - Years of potential life lost and productivity losses from male urogenital cancer deaths--United States, 2004Chunyu Li
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Urology 76:528-35. 2010..To estimate years of potential life lost (YPLL) and productivity losses due to deaths from male urogenital cancers in the United States in 2004... - Preventing cervical cancer : overviews of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and 2 US immunization programsKris Khan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease and Health Promotion, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Cancer 113:3004-12. 2008..As an example of an initiative to vaccinate uninsured women aged 19-26 years through a cancer services program, a state-based effort that was recently launched in New York, is highlighted... - Prostate cancer screening in men ages 75 and older fell by 8 percentage points after Task Force recommendationDavid H Howard
Department of Health Policy and Management, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 32:596-602. 2013..Although 42 percent of men in this age group continue to receive PSA tests, our results highlight the potential of guidelines with negative recommendations to reduce the use of low-value medical care... - Use of the prostate-specific antigen test among U.S. men: findings from the 2005 National Health Interview SurveyLouie E Ross
Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3717, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:636-44. 2008..We examined characteristics that might influence testing and compared test use between men ages 40 to 49 and 50 to 79 years... - Cervical cancer screening among women in metropolitan areas of the United States by individual-level and area-based measures of socioeconomic status, 2000 to 2002Steven S Coughlin
Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention, and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:2154-9. 2006.... - Repeat pap testing and colposcopic biopsies in the underservedKatrina F Trivers
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Obstet Gynecol 114:1049-56. 2009..To quantify repeat Pap testing and colposcopic biopsies among women in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program between 2003 and 2006 (N=955,494)... - The economic burden of HIV in the United States in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: evidence of continuing racial and ethnic differencesAngela B Hutchinson
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 43:451-7. 2006..Assessing the economic burden of HIV/AIDS can help to quantify the effect of the epidemic on a population and assist policy makers in allocating public health resources... - Considering racial and ethnic preferences in communication and interactions among the patient, family member, and physician following diagnosis of localized prostate cancer: study of a US populationSun Hee Rim
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Int J Gen Med 4:481-6. 2011..Sensitivity to and awareness of decision-making styles of both the patient and their family member (or caregiver) may enable clinicians to positively influence communication exchanges about important clinical decisions... - State-level projections of cancer-related medical care costs: 2010 to 2020Justin G Trogdon
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Am J Manag Care 18:525-32. 2012..As the population ages, the financial amount spent on cancer care is expected to increase substantially. In this study, we projected cancer-related medical costs by state from 2010 through 2020...