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Effects of admission and treatment strategies of DWI courts on offender outcomesFrank A Sloan
Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States
Accid Anal Prev 53:112-20. 2013..We expected that holding other factors constant, greater service intensity would improve program outcomes while a relatively severe casemix would result in worse program outcomes...- Emergency room and inpatient use after cardiac pacemaker implantationFrank Allen Sloan
Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Am J Cardiol 111:563-8. 2013.... 
Despite 'welcome to Medicare' benefit, one in eight enrollees delay first use of part B services for at least two yearsFrank A Sloan
Health Policy and Management, Duke University, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 31:1260-8. 2012..Whether or not delays in receipt of care should be a considerable public policy concern may depend on what factors are leading specific categories of enrollees to delay care and how such delays affect health...- Racial differences in the relationship between alcohol consumption in early adulthood and occupational attainment at midlifeFrank A Sloan
Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Am J Public Health 99:2261-7. 2009..We assessed the relationship between alcohol consumption in young adulthood (ages 18-30 years) and occupational success 15 years later among Blacks and Whites... - Changes in functional status among persons over age sixty-five undergoing total knee arthroplastyFrank A Sloan
Center for Health Policy, Duke University, 302 Towerview Road, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Med Care 47:742-8. 2009.... - Effects of receipt of guideline-recommended care on onset of diabetic retinopathy and its progressionFrank A Sloan
Center for Health Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Ophthalmology 116:1515-21, 1521.e1-3. 2009..To determine whether persons in a community setting diagnosed with diabetes who received recommended patterns of care experience improved vision outcomes over a 3-year time period... - Preferences, beliefs, and self-management of diabetesFrank A Sloan
Duke University, Rubenstein Hall, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Health Serv Res 44:1068-87. 2009.... - Economic theory and evidence on smoking behavior of adultsFrank A Sloan
Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Addiction 103:1777-85. 2008.... - The longevity gap between Black and White men in the United States at the beginning and end of the 20th centuryFrank A Sloan
Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Am J Public Health 100:357-63. 2010..We sought to assess whether the disparity in mortality rates between Black and White men decreased from the beginning to the end of the 20th century... - Is there empirical evidence for "Defensive Medicine"? A reassessmentFrank A Sloan
Duke University and NBER, 302 Towerview Rd, Box 90253, Durham, NC 27708, United States
J Health Econ 28:481-91. 2009..The overall conclusion is that tort reforms do not significantly affect medical decisions, nor do they have a systematic effect on patient outcomes... - The growing burden of diabetes mellitus in the US elderly populationFrank A Sloan
Center for Health Policy and Management, Duke University, Durham, NC 27707, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:192-9; discussion 199. 2008..To our knowledge, whether there have been actual improvements in outcomes in the last decade or so has not been documented in a nationally representative sample... - Heavy drinking in early adulthood and outcomes at mid lifeF A Sloan
Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 65:600-5. 2011..This study analysed psychosocial pathways underlying racial differences in the impact of early heavy alcohol use on occupational and educational attainment at mid-life... - Receipt of care and reduction of lower extremity amputations in a nationally representative sample of U.S. ElderlyFrank A Sloan
Department of Economics, Duke University, 236 Social Sciences Building, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Health Serv Res 45:1740-62. 2010..To determine effectiveness of receipt of care from podiatrist and lower extremity clinician specialists (LEC specialists) on diabetes mellitus (DM)-related lower extremity amputation... - Alcohol consumption in early adulthood and schooling completed and labor market outcomes at midlife by race and genderFrank A Sloan
Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 0097, USA
Am J Public Health 101:2093-101. 2011..We considered whether these relations differ between Blacks and Whites... - Heavy episodic drinking in early adulthood and outcomes in midlifeFrank Sloan
Department of Economics, Box 90097, 236 Social Sciences Building, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 72:459-70. 2011..This study assessed to what extent drinking patterns of young adults persist into midlife and whether frequent heavy episodic drinking as a young adult is associated with educational attainment, labor market, and health outcomes at midlife... - Changes in incidence of diabetes mellitus-related eye disease among US elderly persons, 1994-2005Frank A Sloan
Department of Economics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 126:1548-53. 2008..To determine if diabetic eye disease has changed over time among older Americans and to explore possibilities for observed change... - Monitoring visual status: why patients do or do not comply with practice guidelinesFrank A Sloan
Department of Economics, Box 90097, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 27708, USA
Health Serv Res 39:1429-48. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Having an exam reflects multiple factors. However, much of the variation in the probability of an exam remained unexplained as were reasons for the racial differences in use... 
Racial differences in glaucoma care: the longitudinal pattern of careJan Ostermann
Center for Health Policy, Law, and Management, Duke University Medical School, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 123:1693-8. 2005..001). CONCLUSIONS: No systematic pattern was found of underuse among blacks relative to whites after glaucoma diagnosis. Higher rates of surgery among blacks may indicate delayed onset of care and/or greater disease severity...- Alcohol-consumption trajectories and associated characteristics among adults older than age 50Alyssa Platt
Center for Health Policy, Rubenstein Hall, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 71:169-79. 2010..This study examined changes in drinking behavior after age 50 and baseline personal characteristics and subsequent life events associated with different alcohol-consumption trajectories during a 14-year follow-up period... - Longitudinal prevalence of major eye diseasesPaul P Lee
Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Department of Economics, and Center for Health Policy, Law, and Management, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 121:1303-10. 2003..At the end of 9 years, nearly half of the surviving Medicare beneficiaries had at least 1 of these diseases... - Longitudinal rates of cataract surgeryAdrienne Williams
Departments of Ophthalmology and Economics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 124:1308-14. 2006..Persons undergoing cataract surgery more often had low self-reported vision before surgery, and their vision improved on average relative to others after surgery... - Longitudinal rates of annual eye examinations of persons with diabetes and chronic eye diseasesPaul P Lee
Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Ophthalmology 110:1952-9. 2003..Currently, actual rates of eye examinations for persons diagnosed with the study conditions fall far short of recommended rates. As such, approaches to enhancing longitudinal follow-up of those already in the eye care system are needed... - Are mature smokers misinformed?Ahmed Khwaja
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, United States
J Health Econ 28:385-97. 2009..Although statements by the tobacco companies may have been misleading and thus encouraged some to start smoking, we find no evidence that systematic misinformation about the health consequences of smoking inhibits quitting... - Dementia and Medicare at life's endVicki L Lamb
North Carolina Central University, Department of Sociology, 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC 27707, USA
Health Serv Res 43:714-32. 2008..To determine the effect of a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (ADRD), and the timing of first ADRD diagnosis, on Medicare expenditures at end of life... - The effects of residential proximity to bars on alcohol consumptionGabriel Picone
Department of Economics, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620 5500, USA
Int J Health Care Finance Econ 10:347-67. 2010..We conclude that bar density in the area surrounding the individuals' homes has at most a very small positive effect on alcohol consumption... - Longitudinal incidence of adverse outcomes of age-related macular degenerationAshley Wysong
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 127:320-7. 2009..To describe the visual, functional, and general health complication rates associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a nationally representative longitudinal sample of elderly persons... - The effect of the tobacco settlement and smoking bans on alcohol consumptionGabriel A Picone
Department of Economics, University of South Florida, Tampa 33620, USA
Health Econ 13:1063-80. 2004.... - Longitudinal differences in alcohol use in early adulthoodPhilip R Costanzo
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Box 90085, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 68:727-37. 2007.... - Effects of state managed care patient protection laws on physician satisfactionFrank A Sloan
Center for Health Policy Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Med Care Res Rev 64:585-99. 2007.... - Prevalence of major eye diseases among US Civil War veterans, 1890-1910Frank A Sloan
Center for Health Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 126:246-50. 2008.... - Estimates of incidence rates with longitudinal claims dataFrank A Sloan
Department of Economics and Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 121:1462-8. 2003..To estimate incidence rates of the 3 major chronic eye diseases--diabetic retinopathy (DR), glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration (ARMD)--by using longitudinal claims data from Medicare... - The effect of dementia on outcomes and process of care for Medicare beneficiaries admitted with acute myocardial infarctionFrank A Sloan
Department of Economics and Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:173-81. 2004..To determine differences in mortality after admission for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and in use of noninvasive and invasive treatments for AMI between patients with and without dementia... - The effects of total hip arthroplasty on physical functioning in the older populationLinda K George
Department of Sociology and Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0088, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1057-62. 2008..To estimate the effects of total hip arthroplasty (THA) on three levels of physical functioning in a representative national sample of older adults... - Marked increase in Alzheimer's disease identified in medicare claims records between 1991 and 1999Donald H Taylor
Box 90253, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 59:762-6. 2004..Examining longitudinal trends in the number of persons who are identified as having AD in administrative databases may provide insights into this phenomenon... - The effects of total knee arthroplasty on physical functioning in the older populationLinda K George
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0088, USA
Arthritis Rheum 58:3166-71. 2008..Furthermore, most previous studies of the effects of TKA relied on relatively small clinical samples. We undertook this study to estimate the effects of TKA on 3 levels of physical functioning in a national sample of older adults... - Longitudinal incidence and prevalence of adverse outcomes of diabetes mellitus in elderly patientsM Angelyn Bethel
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:921-7. 2007..The natural history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in the elderly has not been previously described in a national longitudinal sample... - Does the ownership of the admitting hospital make a difference? Outcomes and process of care of Medicare beneficiaries admitted with acute myocardial infarctionFrank A Sloan
Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Med Care 41:1193-205. 2003..Concerns have been expressed about quality of for-profit hospitals and their use of expensive technologies... - Impacts of managed care patient protection laws on health services utilization and patient satisfaction with careFrank A Sloan
Duke University, 125 Old Chemistry Bldg, Box 90253, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Health Serv Res 40:647-67. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Enactment of managed care patient protection laws did not generally increase utilization of health services or improve patient satisfaction with care... - Disparities among older adults in measures of cognitive function by race or ethnicityFrank A Sloan
Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University, Box 90253, Old Chemistry Building 125, Durham, NC 27708, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 60:P242-50. 2005..At baseline, Blacks more often had difficulties in performing daily tasks, with some increase in difficulties relative to Whites with age. Differences between other groups and Whites were smaller than those between Blacks and Whites... - Benefits of smoking cessation for longevityDonald H Taylor
Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Am J Public Health 92:990-6. 2002..This study determined the life extension obtained from stopping smoking at various ages... - Effects of changes in self-reported vision on cognitive, affective, and functional status and living arrangements among the elderlyFrank A Sloan
Center for Health Policy, Law, and Management, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy and Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Am J Ophthalmol 140:618-27. 2005..To study effects of changes in self-reported vision on functional status, cognition, depressive symptoms, and living arrangements... - Longitudinal analysis of the relationship between regular eye examinations and changes in visual and functional statusFrank A Sloan
Center for Health Policy, Law, and Management, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1867-74. 2005.... - States' allocations of funds from the tobacco master settlement agreementFrank A Sloan
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 24:220-7. 2005.... - Uveitis in the elderly: epidemiological data from the National Long-term Care Survey Medicare CohortSherman W Reeves
Duke University Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Ophthalmology 113:307.e1. 2006..In this analysis, we use Medicare claims data to define the population-based incidence and prevalence of uveitis in the United States elderly population... - Does assistive technology substitute for personal assistance among the disabled elderly?Helen Hoenig
Department of Medicine Geriatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Am J Public Health 93:330-7. 2003..This study examined whether use of equipment (technological assistance) to cope with disability was associated with use of fewer hours of help from another person (personal assistance)... - Litigation and the value of tobacco companiesFrank A Sloan
Department of Economics, Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
J Health Econ 24:427-47. 2005..2% after the period of litigation, which we attribute to common cost shocks experienced by the companies participating in the Master Settlement Agreement combined with the oligopolistic structure of the industry... - Increasing rates of dementia at time of declining mortality from strokeSvetlana Ukraintseva
Duke University Center for Demographic Studies, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Stroke 37:1155-9. 2006..There has been a decline in mortality from stroke among persons 65 and over in recent decades in the US. It is not clear, however, how this process has affected incidence of various dementias... - Racial disparities in diabetes a century ago: evidence from the pension files of US Civil War veteransMargaret Humphreys
Department of History, Duke University, Carr 206, Durham, NC 27708 0719, USA
Soc Sci Med 64:1766-75. 2007..This dataset is valuable for providing a national benchmark against which to compare modern diabetes prevalence patterns... - Time preference, time discounting, and smoking decisionsAhmed Khwaja
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
J Health Econ 26:927-49. 2007..Rather, a combination of more general measures of time preference and self-control, i.e., impulsivity and financial planning, are more closely related to the smoking decision... - Impact of medicaid managed care on utilization of obstetric care: evidence from TennCare's early yearsFrank A Sloan
Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
South Med J 95:811-21. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Overall, relative to traditional Medicaid, TennCare did not adversely affect access to obstetric care during the program's early years... - Effect of Alzheimer disease on the cost of treating other diseasesFrank A Sloan
Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 16:137-43. 2002..Persons with diagnosed AD cost Medicare more because of more adverse health events rather than in intensity of care, given event occurrence... - Effects of diagnosed dementia on Medicare and Medicaid program costsPadmaja Ayyagari
Duke University, 302 Towerview Road, 114 Rubenstein Hall, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Inquiry 44:481-94. 2007..46% in 1999. Total annual program payments attributable to ADRD decreased between 1994 and 1999, in contrast to an increase implied by a cross-sectional approach... - Resource use and costs associated with diabetic macular edema in elderly personsAlisa M Shea
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC 27715, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 126:1748-54. 2008..To examine trends in resource use and the effect of incident diabetic macular edema (DME) on 1- and 3-year total direct medical costs in elderly patients... - One-year outcomes after retinal detachment surgery among medicare beneficiariesShelley Day
Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Am J Ophthalmol 150:338-45. 2010..To determine longitudinal rates of second retinal detachment operation and postoperative adverse outcomes after retinal detachment surgery in a nationally representative sample of older Americans... - Do routine eye exams improve vision?Gabriel Picone
Department of Economics, BSN 3403, 4202 E Fowler Av, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
Int J Health Care Finance Econ 4:43-63. 2004.... - Rates of return from hospital conversionsFrank A Sloan
Center for Health Policy, Department of Economics, Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Health Care Manage Rev 28:107-17. 2003..We test the hypothesis by comparing internal rates of return to an estimate of the weighted cost of capital for all for-profit hospitals in the year the transaction occurred... - Heavy alcohol use and marital dissolution in the USAJan Ostermann
Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University, Box 90253, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Soc Sci Med 61:2304-16. 2005..Our findings on alcohol use and marital dissolution were highly robust in alternative specifications... - The fragility of the U.S. vaccine supplyFrank A Sloan
Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
N Engl J Med 351:2443-7. 2004 - Rates of glaucoma medication utilization among older adults with suspected glaucoma, 1992 to 2002Joshua D Stein
Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Am J Ophthalmol 143:870-872. 2007..To determine rates of glaucoma medication utilization among glaucoma suspects in the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) and identify recent utilization patterns for various hypotensive drug classes... - Antecedents of hospital ownership conversions, mergers, and closuresFrank A Sloan
Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Inquiry 40:39-56. 2003..By contrast, conversions from for-profit ownership occur quickly following declines in margins. Many mergers seem motivated by a desire to increase market power--a consideration not evident for conversions... - The impact of the Master Settlement Agreement on cigarette consumptionFrank A Sloan
Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University, USA
J Policy Anal Manage 23:843-55. 2004..By 2002, the settlements had reduced overall smoking rates by 13 percent for ages 18 to 20 and older than 65 and 5 percent for ages 21 to 64... - The effect of heavy drinking on social security old-age and survivors insurance contributions and benefitsJan Ostermann
Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Milbank Q 82:507-46, table of contents. 2004..Therefore, if programs for the elderly are structured as longevity-independent defined benefit programs, their success will reward healthier behaviors but increase these programs' outlays and worsen their financial condition... - Determinants of states' allocations of the master settlement agreement paymentsFrank A Sloan
Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University, USA
J Health Polit Policy Law 30:643-86. 2005..State fiscal crises affected amounts spent by states from settlement funds as well as the probability of securitizing future cash flows from the settlements... - Effect of hospital conversion on organizational decision making and service coordinationRuth A Anderson
School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Health Care Manage Rev 28:141-54. 2003..As predicted from complexity theory, MDs and RNs had greater levels of participation and influence over final decision choices in converted hospitals than in nonconverted hospitals... - Excess alcohol consumption and health outcomes: a 6-year follow-up of men over age 50 from the health and retirement studyKrista M Perreira
Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599, USA
Addiction 97:301-10. 2002..This study examined the association of problem drinking history and alcohol consumption with the onset of several health conditions and death over a 6-year follow-up period... - The return on investment in health care: from 1980 to 2000Bryan R Luce
United BioSource Corporation, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Value Health 9:146-56. 2006..12 to Dollars 38.00 for every additional dollar spent. Conclusion: The value of improved health in the US population in 2000 compared with 1980 significantly outweighs the additional health-care expenditures in 2000 compared with 1980... - Longitudinal rates of postoperative adverse outcomes after glaucoma surgery among medicare beneficiaries 1994 to 2005Joshua D Stein
Department of Ophthalmology, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Ophthalmology 115:1109-1116.e7. 2008..To determine longitudinal rates of postoperative adverse outcomes after incisional glaucoma surgery in a nationally representative longitudinal sample... - Trends in cost of major eye diseases to Medicare, 1991 to 2000Martin Salm
University of Mannheim, Institute for the Economics of Aging, Mannheim, Germany
Am J Ophthalmol 142:976-82. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Prevalence of major eye diseases increased over time, but the effect of major eye diseases on Medicare payments decreased, mainly as a result of lower payments for cataract surgery in the later years... - Rates of glaucoma medication utilization among persons with primary open-angle glaucoma, 1992 to 2002Joshua D Stein
Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan Department of Ophthalmology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Ophthalmology 115:1315-9, 1319.e1. 2008..To determine the percentage of Medicare beneficiaries with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) treated medically or surgically, utilization rates for each major class of glaucoma medication, and factors influencing treatment... - Adoption of pharmaceutical innovation and the growth of drug expenditure in Taiwan: is it cost effective?Chee Ruey Hsieh
The Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Value Health 11:334-44. 2008..To investigate the impact of adopting pharmaceutical innovations on the growth of pharmaceutical expenditures, focusing specifically on Taiwan's experience...
Research Grants
- Deterring Drunk Driving: Beliefs, Preferences, Outcomes, and Welfare ImplicationsFrank Sloan; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- Deterring Drunk Driving: Beliefs, Preferences, Outcomes, and Welfare ImplicationsFrank Sloan; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Visual Impairment, Treatment and Effects on the ElderlyFrank Sloan; Fiscal Year: 2007..Ten papers are anticipated for this four-year study. ..
- Determinants and Consequences of Alcohol ConsumptionFrank Sloan; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, TREATMENT, AND EFFECTS ON THE ELDERLYFrank Sloan; Fiscal Year: 2004..The main database will be the National Long-Term Care Survey (NLTCS) for 1982-2001, merged with Medicare claims data for 1982-2001. Eleven papers are planned. ..
- PRIVATE AND SOCIAL COST OF SMOKINGFrank Sloan; Fiscal Year: 2001..We will examine implications of our empirical analysis for tort claims brought against tobacco companies and the evolution of legal theories underlying tobacco tort litigation in a law review article. ..
- DETERMINANTS AND COST OF ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG ELDERLYFrank Sloan; Fiscal Year: 2001..abstract_text> ..
- Visual Impairment, Treatment and Effects on the ElderlyFrank Sloan; Fiscal Year: 2010..We will document whether appropriate use of recommended care and therapeutic procedures leads to better health outcomes among persons with (1) major eye diseases and (2) diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. ..