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A quantitative risk-benefit analysis of changes in population fish consumptionJoshua T Cohen
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:325-34. 2005....
Feasibility of distributing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in the retail sector: evidence from an implementation study in UgandaJessica Cohen
Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e48296. 2012..Further, unsubsidized RDTs may be unaffordable to patients and unattractive to retailers. This paper reports results from an intervention study testing the feasibility of RDT distribution in Ugandan drug shops...- Trends in availability and prices of subsidized ACT over the first year of the AMFm: evidence from remote regions of TanzaniaPrashant Yadav
Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Malar J 11:299. 2012..This study is the first to rigorously examine the availability and price of subsidized ACT during the first year of the AMFm, measured through retail audits in remote regions of Tanzania... - Do patients adhere to over-the-counter artemisinin combination therapy for malaria? evidence from an intervention study in UgandaJessica L Cohen
Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Malar J 11:83. 2012..This study aimed to estimate adherence rates to subsidized, over-the-counter ACT in rural Uganda... - Fuels for urban transit buses: a cost-effectiveness analysisJoshua T Cohen
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Environ Sci Technol 37:1477-84. 2003..7 million to dollar 2.4 million for CNG). These estimates are subject to much uncertainty. We identify assumptions that contribute most to this uncertainty and propose potential research directions to refine our estimates... - A quantitative analysis of prenatal methyl mercury exposure and cognitive developmentJoshua T Cohen
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:353-65. 2005..7 points. This paper identifies important sources of uncertainty influencing this estimate, concluding that the plausible range of values for this loss is 0 to 1.5 IQ points... - A quantitative analysis of prenatal intake of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and cognitive developmentJoshua T Cohen
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:366-74. 2005..Also, for seven of the eight studies reviewed, effects are extrapolated from formula supplementation to maternal dietary intake... - Survey of United States child and adolescent psychiatrists' cardiac screening practices prior to starting patients on stimulantsLaurel K Leslie
the Institute of Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 22:375-84. 2012..It is not known how psychiatrists have responded... - Costs and benefits of targeted screening for causes of sudden cardiac death in children and adolescentsLaurel K Leslie
Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Circulation 125:2621-9. 2012.... - A quantitative analysis of fish consumption and stroke riskColleen Bouzan
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:347-52. 2005..0% per serving per week)... - A quantitative analysis of fish consumption and coronary heart disease mortalityAriane König
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:335-46. 2005..9%. Small quantities of fish consumption were associated with risk reductions in nonfatal MI risk by 27%, but additional fish consumption conferred no incremental benefits... 
Willingness-to-pay for predictive tests with no immediate treatment implications: a survey of US residentsPeter J Neumann
Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Health Econ 21:238-51. 2012....- Electrocardiogram screening for disorders that cause sudden cardiac death in asymptomatic children: a meta-analysisAngie Mae Rodday
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 129:e999-1010. 2012..We estimated (1) phenotypic (ECG- or echocardiogram [ECHO]-based) prevalence of selected pediatric disorders associated with SCD, and (2) sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of ECG, alone or with ECHO... - The adoption of cost-effectiveness acceptability curves in cost-utility analysesLisa M Meckley
Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
Med Decis Making 30:314-9. 2010..g., life-years or quality-adjusted life-years gained)... - Low-value services in value-based insurance designPeter J Neumann
Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Am J Manag Care 16:280-6. 2010..To identify potentially low-value services for inclusion in value-based insurance design (VBID) programs and to discuss challenges involved in incorporating such information... - Cardiac screening prior to stimulant treatment of ADHD: a survey of US-based pediatriciansLaurel K Leslie
Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Pediatrics 129:222-30. 2012..To determine pediatricians' attitudes, barriers, and practices regarding cardiac screening before initiating treatment with stimulants for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder... - 30 years of pharmaceutical cost-utility analyses: growth, diversity and methodological improvementPeter J Neumann
The Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pharmacoeconomics 27:861-72. 2009..The results highlight that there are many opportunities for efficient healthcare investment, among pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions, just as there are many investments that are inefficient... - Much cheaper, almost as good: decrementally cost-effective medical innovationAaron L Nelson
Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ann Intern Med 151:662-7. 2009..001 to 0.021 quality-adjusted life-years (approximately 8 hours to 1 week). These findings demonstrate the rarity of decrementally cost-effective innovations in the medical literature... - A systematic review of the evidence concerning the economic impact of employee-focused health promotion and wellness programsDebra Lerner
From the Program on Health, Work and Productivity Drs Lerner and Rogers, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies Drs Lerner, Cohen, and Rogers and Ms Rodday, Tufts Medical Center, Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health Dr Cohen, Tufts Medical Center, and the Sackler Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Drs Lerner, Cohen, and Rogers, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass
J Occup Environ Med 55:209-22. 2013..To assess the evidence regarding the economic impact of worker health promotion programs... - Toward modernizing the systematic review pipeline in genetics: efficient updating via data miningByron C Wallace
Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Genet Med 14:663-9. 2012..The aim of this study was to demonstrate that modern data mining tools can be used as one step in reducing the labor necessary to produce and maintain systematic reviews... - Imputing productivity gains from clinical trialsMichael J Cangelosi
Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
J Occup Environ Med 54:826-33. 2012..To respond to employer and payer interest in the extent to which productivity gains offset therapy costs by identifying clinical trials that did not include such measures and using their clinical data to impute productivity impact... - Decision analytic models for Alzheimer's disease: state of the art and future directionsJoshua T Cohen
Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Alzheimers Dement 4:212-22. 2008.... - Does preventive care save money? Health economics and the presidential candidatesJoshua T Cohen
Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, USA
N Engl J Med 358:661-3. 2008 - Using decision analysis to better evaluate pediatric clinical guidelinesJoshua T Cohen
Tufts Medical Center, Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk CEVR, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 27:1467-75. 2008..It is particularly useful for pediatric research, where randomized controlled trials are often unavailable and infeasible. Policymakers should incorporate decision analysis into comparative effectiveness research and clinical guidelines... - A role for research: an observation on preventive services for womenNatalia Olchanski
Center for Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
Am J Prev Med 44:S12-5. 2013..The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) added preventive services for women, recommended by the IOM, to healthcare coverage requirements beginning in August 2011... - Potentially avoidable hospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and related disordersPei Jung Lin
Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Alzheimers Dement 9:30-8. 2013..Individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (ADRD) have more frequent hospitalizations than individuals without ADRD, and some of these admissions may be preventable with proactive outpatient care... - A clinical and economic evaluation of enteral nutritionMichael J Cangelosi
Center for Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Curr Med Res Opin 27:413-22. 2011.... - Dialysis facility ownership and epoetin dosing in hemodialysis patients: a medical economic perspectiveJoshua T Cohen
Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 50:362-5. 2007 - What's more dangerous, your aspirin or your car? Thinking rationally about drug risks (and benefits)Joshua T Cohen
Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:636-46. 2007..We discuss the need for the Food and Drug Administration to compare risks and benefits quantitatively, consistently, and explicitly... - A comprehensive evaluation of the potential health risks associated with occupational and environmental exposure to styreneJoshua T Cohen
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev 5:1-265. 2002 - Health trade-offs from policies to alter fish consumptionSteven M Teutsch
Merck and Co, Inc, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486-0004, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:324. 2005