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| C M RutterSummaryAffiliation: Group Health Cooperative Country: USA Publications
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Estimated mean sojourn time associated with hemoccult SENSA for detection of proximal and distal colorectal cancerWenying Zheng
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 21:1722-30. 2012..This article presents MST estimates associated with the newer Hemoccult SENSA test and describes differences in MST by the location of cancer in the colorectum and age at the time of screening...- Physician support for diabetes patients and clinical outcomesJochen Gensichen
Institute for General Practice, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany
BMC Public Health 9:367. 2009..Physician practical support (e.g. setting goals, pro-active follow-up) and communicative support (e.g., empathic listening, eliciting preferences) have been hypothesized to influence diabetes outcomes... 
Assessing mammographers' accuracy. A comparison of clinical and test performanceC M Rutter
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Center for Health Studies, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 53:443-50. 2000..Nonetheless, these findings raise important questions about how mammographer accuracy should be measured...- Looking back at prospective studiesCarolyn M Rutter
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Acad Radiol 15:1463-6. 2008..I address each of these issues in the following and relate them to the information provided by DMIST papers... - Dynamic microsimulation models for health outcomes: a reviewCarolyn M Rutter
Biostatistics Unit, Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA USA
Med Decis Making 31:10-8. 2011..In addition, there are few resources to guide individuals who may wish to use MSM projections to inform decisions... - An evidence-based microsimulation model for colorectal cancer: validation and applicationCarolyn M Rutter
Group Health Research Institute, 1630 Minor Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:1992-2002. 2010.... - Computer disease simulation models: integrating evidence for health policyCarolyn M Rutter
Biostatistics Unit, Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Acad Radiol 18:1077-86. 2011..This underscores the importance of forging stronger collaborations between researchers who develop disease models and radiologists, to ensure that policy-level models accurately represent the experience of everyday clinical practices... - Evaluating risk factor assumptions: a simulation-based approachCarolyn M Rutter
Biostatistics Unit, Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 11:55. 2011..We propose a method for evaluating these risk factor assumptions as part of model-building... - Adverse events after screening and follow-up colonoscopyCarolyn M Rutter
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Cancer Causes Control 23:289-96. 2012..We provide new information about how the risk of adverse events following colonoscopy varies by age and indication (screening vs. follow-up performed to evaluate a positive result from another screening modality)... - A hierarchical non-homogenous Poisson model for meta-analysis of adenoma countsCarolyn M Rutter
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Ave, Ste 1600 Seattle WA 98101, USA
Stat Med 26:98-109. 2007..For 1990, the estimated adenoma prevalence among Americans at age 60 is 40.3 per cent for men compared to 29.2 per cent for women... - Changes in breast density associated with initiation, discontinuation, and continuing use of hormone replacement therapyC M Rutter
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Center for Health Studies, 1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
JAMA 285:171-6. 2001..Evidence exists that increased breast density decreases mammographic sensitivity. The effects on breast density of discontinuing and continuing HRT have not been studied systematically... - A hierarchical regression approach to meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy evaluationsC M Rutter
Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Stat Med 20:2865-84. 2001..We demonstrate the advantages of this modelling approach using a recently published meta-analysis comparing three tests used to detect nodal metastasis of cervical cancer... - Estimating the accuracy of psychological scales using longitudinal dataCarolyn M Rutter
Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies, 1730 Minor Ave Ste 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Biostatistics 4:97-107. 2003..Using the proposed model, we estimate the accuracy of the Symptom Checklist as a measure of major depression from a repeatedly screened sample of patients... - Trends in long-term opioid therapy for noncancer pain among persons with a history of depressionJennifer Brennan Braden
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Box 356560, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 6560, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 31:564-70. 2009..We report trends in long-term opioid use among patients with a history of depression from two large health plans... - Clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with colon surveillance among patients with a history of colorectal cancerStephen J Rulyak
University of Washington, Department of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
Gastrointest Endosc 59:239-47. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: There is substantial variability in the use of colon examination for surveillance in patients with a history of colorectal cancer, and clinical and sociodemographic factors appear to influence the likelihood of surveillance... - Opioid prescriptions for chronic pain and overdose: a cohort studyKate M Dunn
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Ann Intern Med 152:85-92. 2010..Concomitant with this change in practice, rates of fatal opioid overdose have increased. The extent to which overdose risks are elevated among patients receiving medically prescribed long-term opioid therapy is unknown... - Depression and increased mortality in diabetes: unexpected causes of deathElizabeth H B Lin
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Ann Fam Med 7:414-21. 2009..Recent evidence suggests that depression is linked to increased mortality among patients with diabetes. This study examines the association of depression with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in diabetes... - A measure for assessing patient perception of provider support for self-management of bipolar disorderEvette J Ludman
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Bipolar Disord 4:249-53. 2002..This report describes the development and evaluation of a brief measure for assessing patient perception of providers' support for self-management of bipolar disorder... 
Incremental benefit and cost of telephone care management and telephone psychotherapy for depression in primary careGregory E Simon
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Ave, Ste 1600, Seattle, WA 98101 1448, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:1081-9. 2009..Effectiveness of organized depression care programs is well established, but dissemination will depend on the balance of benefits and costs...- Effect of breast augmentation on the accuracy of mammography and cancer characteristicsDiana L Miglioretti
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash 98101, USA
JAMA 291:442-50. 2004..Breast augmentation is not associated with an increased risk of breast cancer; however, implants may interfere with the detection of breast cancer thereby delaying cancer diagnosis in women with augmentation... - Depression and advanced complications of diabetes: a prospective cohort studyElizabeth H B Lin
Group Health Research Institute, Group Health, Seattle, Washington, USA
Diabetes Care 33:264-9. 2010..To prospectively examine the association of depression with risks for advanced macrovascular and microvascular complications among patients with type 2 diabetes... - Trends in long-term opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer painDenise Boudreau
Group Health Center for Health Studies, 1730 Minor Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 18:1166-75. 2009..To report trends and characteristics of long-term opioid use for non-cancer pain... - Patient use of secure electronic messaging within a shared medical record: a cross-sectional studyJames D Ralston
Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101 1448, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:349-55. 2009..Most patients would like to be able to exchange electronic messages with personal physicians. Few patients and providers are exchanging electronic communications... - Impact of hormone therapy on false-positive recall and costs among women undergoing screening mammographyDenise M Boudreau
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington 98101 1448, USA
Med Care 44:62-9. 2006..We sought to evaluate the effects of hormone therapy (HT) on false-positive (FP) recall for additional breast evaluation and costs... - De facto long-term opioid therapy for noncancer painMichael Von Korff
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Clin J Pain 24:521-7. 2008..This paper describes characteristics of opioid use episodes for noncancer pain and defines thresholds for de facto long-term opioid therapy... - The influence of statin use on breast densityDenise M Boudreau
Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies, Suite 1600, 1730 Minor Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1026-9. 2006..To evaluate if 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase reductase inhibitor use (statins) alters mammography measured breast density... - Testing the effect of computer-assisted detection on interpretive performance in screening mammographyStephen H Taplin
Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 187:1475-82. 2006..Breast density did not affect CAD's performance... - Accuracy of recall for mania symptoms using a three month timeline follow-back interviewGregory E Simon
Group Health Cooperative Center for Health Studies, Seattle, WA 98101, United States
J Affect Disord 107:271-4. 2008..Little research has examined the accuracy of recall for mood symptoms using retrospective timelines or life charts. We examined accuracy of recall for mania symptoms over a period of 3 months... - Improvement in the diagnostic evaluation of a positive fecal occult blood test in an integrated health care organizationDiana L Miglioretti
Group Health Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Med Care 46:S91-6. 2008.... - Colorectal cancer screening participation by older womenM T Mandelson
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington, USA
Am J Prev Med 19:149-54. 2000..Systematic efforts to increase awareness of colorectal cancer (CRC) and to promote screening participation are needed to meet national objectives for CRC control... - Depression in relation to long-term control of glycemia, blood pressure, and lipids in patients with diabetesSusan R Heckbert
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98101 1448, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:524-9. 2010..Little information is available about the association of depression with long-term control of glycemia, blood pressure, or lipid levels in patients with diabetes... - Lesion and patient characteristics associated with malignancy after a probably benign finding on community practice mammographyConstance D Lehman
Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 825 Eastlake Ave E, G2 600, PO Box 19023, Seattle, WA 98109 1023, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 190:511-5. 2008.... - Screening mammography: clinical image quality and the risk of interval breast cancerStephen H Taplin
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Ave, Ste. 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 178:797-803. 2002..037) were included. CONCLUSION. Invasive breast cancer detection by mammography may be improved through attention to correct positioning... - Depression and incident diabetic foot ulcers: a prospective cohort studyLISA H WILLIAMS
Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
Am J Med 123:748-754.e3. 2010..To test whether depression is associated with an increased risk of incident diabetic foot ulcers... - Treatment process and outcomes for managed care patients receiving new antidepressant prescriptions from psychiatrists and primary care physiciansG E Simon
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101 1448, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 58:395-401. 2001..This study compares baseline characteristics, process of care, and outcomes for managed care patients who received new antidepressant prescriptions from psychiatrists and primary care physicians... - Use of a respiratory clinical score among different providersLenna L Liu
Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98115 8160, USA
Pediatr Pulmonol 37:243-8. 2004..By standardizing respiratory assessments, use of a clinical score may facilitate care coordination by physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists and thereby improve care of children hospitalized with asthma and bronchiolitis... - Individual and combined effects of age, breast density, and hormone replacement therapy use on the accuracy of screening mammographyPatricia A Carney
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, 1 Medical Center Drive, HB 7925, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Ann Intern Med 138:168-75. 2003..The relationships among breast density, age, and use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in breast cancer detection have not been fully evaluated...
Research Grants
- Modeling Clinical and Functional Depression OutcomesCarolyn Rutter; Fiscal Year: 2003..A key component of univariate modeling is Multivariate models will build on these univariate models. Population-average estimates will be calculated using Monte-Carlo integration. ..
- Assessing the Impact of Colorectal Cancer ScreeningCarolyn Rutter; Fiscal Year: 2007..The positive synergy of this group has enabled our team to rapidly develop and implement our microsimulation model for CRC. ..