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Community and patient values for preventing herpes zosterTracy A Lieu
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Pharmacoeconomics 26:235-49. 2008....- Mothers' and clinicians' perspectives on breastfeeding counseling during routine preventive visitsElsie M Taveras
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 113:e405-11. 2004..Little is known, however, about the counseling provided during these visits and how mothers and their clinicians perceive breastfeeding counseling... 
Asthma care quality for children with minority-serving providersAlison A Galbraith
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:38-45. 2010..To compare asthma care quality for children with and without minority-serving providers...- Outcomes after periodic use of inhaled corticosteroids in childrenAnn Chen Wu
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, 133 Brookline Avenue, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Asthma 46:517-22. 2009..However, scant information exists on the clinical outcomes of children with asthma who are using inhaled corticosteroids on a periodic basis in real-world settings... - Active surveillance for adverse events: the experience of the Vaccine Safety Datalink projectW Katherine Yih
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, 133 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Pediatrics 127:S54-64. 2011..To describe the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) project's experience with population-based, active surveillance for vaccine safety and draw lessons that may be useful for similar efforts... - Surveillance for adverse events following receipt of pandemic 2009 H1N1 vaccine in the Post-Licensure Rapid Immunization Safety Monitoring (PRISM) System, 2009-2010W Katherine Yih
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Am J Epidemiol 175:1120-8. 2012..The study did not control for infection prior to Guillain-Barré syndrome, which may have been a confounder. The risks of other health outcomes of interest were generally not significantly elevated after 2009 H1N1 vaccination... - Risk of confirmed Guillain-Barre syndrome following receipt of monovalent inactivated influenza A (H1N1) and seasonal influenza vaccines in the Vaccine Safety Datalink Project, 2009-2010Sharon K Greene
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Epidemiol 175:1100-9. 2012..1 cases per million doses, 95% confidence interval: -3.1, 5.4). Further evaluation to assess GBS risk following both vaccination and respiratory infection is warranted... 
Values for preventing influenza-related morbidity and vaccine adverse events in childrenLisa A Prosser
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 3:18. 2005....- Willingness to pay for a QALY based on community member and patient preferences for temporary health states associated with herpes zosterTracy A Lieu
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pharmacoeconomics 27:1005-16. 2009.... - Nearly half of families in high-deductible health plans whose members have chronic conditions face substantial financial burdenAlison A Galbraith
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:322-31. 2011..As health reform efforts advance, policy makers must consider how to modify high-deductible plans to reduce the financial burden for families with chronic conditions... - Pertussis in adolescents and adults: should we vaccinate?Grace M Lee
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 115:1675-84. 2005..Combined acellular pertussis vaccines for adolescents and adults are available in Canada, Australia, and Germany and may soon be considered for use in the United States... - Trends in otitis media treatment failure and relapseColin M Sox
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 121:674-9. 2008.... - Impact of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on immunization coverage among infantsNancy D Lin
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Pediatr 5:43. 2005..The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether introduction of PCV affected immunization coverage for recommended childhood vaccinations among 13-month olds in four large provider groups... - Predictive value of seizure ICD-9 codes for vaccine safety researchIrene M Shui
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, United States
Vaccine 27:5307-12. 2009..In conclusion, when using ICD-9 codes to identify seizure outcomes, restricting to the ED and inpatient settings of diagnosis may result in less biased preliminary analyses and more efficient vaccine safety studies... - Near real-time vaccine safety surveillance with partially accrued dataSharon K Greene
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 20:583-90. 2011..We describe practical solutions to these challenges, which were adopted by the VSD Project during pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccine safety surveillance in 2009/2010... - Impact of health disparities collaboratives on racial/ethnic and insurance disparities in US community health centersLeRoi S Hicks
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:279-86. 2010..The Health Resources and Services Administration Health Disparities Collaboratives (HDCs) were developed to improve care for chronic medical conditions in community health centers (CHCs)... - Health benefits, risks, and cost-effectiveness of influenza vaccination of childrenLisa A Prosser
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 12:1548-58. 2006..Thus, routine vaccination of all children is likely less cost-effective than vaccination of all children ages 6-23 months plus all other children at high risk... - Variation in hepatitis B immunization coverage rates associated with provider practices after the temporary suspension of the birth doseNancy D Lin
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Pediatr 6:31. 2006.... - Non-traditional settings for influenza vaccination of adults: costs and cost effectivenessLisa A Prosser
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pharmacoeconomics 26:163-78. 2008..All analyses are from the US societal perspective... - Use of well-child visits in high-deductible health plansAlison A Galbraith
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Fl, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Manag Care 16:833-40. 2010..To examine how enrollment in high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) affects use of well-child visits relative to traditional plans, when preventive care is exempt from the deductible... - Influenza vaccination among children with asthma in medicaid managed careSangeeth K Gnanasekaran
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ambul Pediatr 6:1-7. 2006..To describe influenza vaccination rates and identify risk factors for missing vaccination among children with asthma in managed Medicaid... - Financial barriers to the adoption of combination vaccines by pediatriciansCourtney A Gidengil
Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:1138-44. 2010..To describe the prevalence of combination vaccine use and the associated financial barriers faced by pediatric practices, and to identify determinants of adoption of combination vaccines... - Improving the management of chronic disease at community health centersBruce E Landon
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
N Engl J Med 356:921-34. 2007.... - Pediatricians' self-reported clinical practices and adherence to national immunization guidelines after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccineKaren C Lee
Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:695-701. 2004..Special efforts may be warranted to ensure that pediatricians remain current with changing recommendations... - Cost effectiveness of pertussis vaccination in adultsGrace M Lee
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Am J Prev Med 32:186-193. 2007..Newly available data on pertussis incidence were used to evaluate the cost effectiveness of one-time adult vaccination and adult vaccination with decennial boosters... - Multiple vaccinations and the risk of medically attended feverNancy D Lin
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, United States
Vaccine 28:4169-74. 2010..These findings offer reassurance that the multiple vaccinations introduced during the decade studied were not associated with increases in medically attended fever... - Gaps in vaccine financing for underinsured children in the United StatesGrace M Lee
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA
JAMA 298:638-43. 2007..In 2000, approximately 14% of children were underinsured for vaccines in the United States... - Length-of-stay policies and ascertainment of postdischarge problems in newbornsJeanne M Madden
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 113:42-9. 2004..quot;Ascertainment bias" may have confounded findings in previous reports that raised concerns about the safety of early discharge... - Reliability of a patient survey assessing cost-related changes in health care use among high deductible health plan enrolleesRobert B Penfold
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 11:133. 2011..Despite the widespread use of survey questions to measure changes in health care use and related behaviors, scant data exists on the reliability of such questions... - Health-related quality of life in adolescents with or at risk for type 2 diabetes mellitusErinn T Rhodes
Division of Endocrinology, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA
J Pediatr 160:911-7. 2012..To evaluate how adolescents with or at risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and their parent/guardians (parents) perceive adolescents' health-related quality of life... - H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccine safety in the vaccine safety datalink projectGrace M Lee
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Population Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Prev Med 41:121-8. 2011..A robust influenza immunization program in the U.S. requires ongoing monitoring of potential adverse events associated with vaccination... - Cultural competence policies and other predictors of asthma care quality for Medicaid-insured childrenTracy A Lieu
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 114:e102-10. 2004..The objective of this study was to identify practice-site policies and features associated with quality of care for Medicaid-insured children with asthma... - Modifiable risk factors for suboptimal control and controller medication underuse among children with asthmaLauren A Smith
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 122:760-9. 2008.... - High-deductible health plans: are vulnerable families enrolled?Alison A Galbraith
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Medical School, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th floor Boston, MA 02215, USA
Pediatrics 123:e589-94. 2009..The objective of this study was to compare the characteristics of families who have children and switch to high-deductible health plans with those who stay in traditional plans... - Using electronic medical records to enhance detection and reporting of vaccine adverse eventsVirginia L Hinrichsen
Dept of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 14:731-5. 2007..By coupling simplified reporting with the initial prompt, clinicians can consider and report a vaccine adverse event electronically in a few moments during the office visit... - Preferences for type 2 diabetes health states among adolescents with or at risk of type 2 diabetes mellitusErinn T Rhodes
Division of Endocrinology, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatr Diabetes 12:724-32. 2011..We evaluated how adolescents with or at risk of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and their parent/guardians (parents) value health states associated with T2DM... - Incidence of outpatient visits and hospitalizations related to influenza in infants and young childrenMegan A O'Brien
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 113:585-93. 2004.... - Racial/Ethnic variation in parent perceptions of asthmaAnn Chen Wu
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215 5301, USA
Ambul Pediatr 8:89-97. 2008.... - Financial barriers to implementing combination vaccines: perspectives from pediatricians and policy makersCourtney A Gidengil
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 48:539-47. 2009..Financial issues for pediatric practices that purchase and provide vaccines for children may be an important barrier to offering combination vaccines... - Racial/ethnic variation in asthma status and management practices among children in managed medicaidTracy A Lieu
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 109:857-65. 2002.... - Asthma self-assessment in a Medicaid populationAnn C Wu
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Public Health 9:244. 2009.... - Real-time vaccine safety surveillance for the early detection of adverse eventsTracy A Lieu
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Med Care 45:S89-95. 2007..Sequential testing procedures are needed to detect vaccine or drug safety problems as soon as possible after introduction... - Near real-time surveillance for influenza vaccine safety: proof-of-concept in the Vaccine Safety Datalink ProjectSharon K Greene
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute, 133 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 3920, USA
Am J Epidemiol 171:177-88. 2010..Near real-time surveillance for selected adverse events can be implemented prospectively to rapidly assess seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine safety... - Preferences and willingness to pay for health states prevented by pneumococcal conjugate vaccineLisa A Prosser
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 113:283-90. 2004..To measure parents' and other adults' values for preventing disease associated with pneumococcal infection and to evaluate how including these values changes the economic appraisal of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine... - Opinions and practices of clinicians associated with continuation of exclusive breastfeedingElsie M Taveras
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Center for Child Health Care Studies, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 113:e283-90. 2004..Unfortunately, little information is available on how clinicians and health care organizations can best promote continuation of exclusive breastfeeding... - Adoption of reminder and recall messages for immunizations by pediatricians and public health clinicsCheryl D Tierney
Harvard Combined Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship Program, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 112:1076-82. 2003.... - Patterns in influenza antiviral medication use before and during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, Vaccine Safety Datalink Project, 2000-2010Sharon K Greene
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA 02215 3920, USA
Influenza Other Respi Viruses 6:e143-51. 2012..Little information is available on clinician adherence to these recommendations. We characterized population-based outpatient antiviral medication usage, including diagnosis and testing practices, before and during the pandemic... - Delayed and forgone care for families with chronic conditions in high-deductible health plansAlison A Galbraith
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 27:1105-11. 2012..Individuals with chronic conditions are at particular risk for increased out-of-pocket costs in HDHPs and resulting cost-related underuse of essential health care... - Consumer awareness and strategies among families with high-deductible health plansTracy A Lieu
Center for Child Health Care Studies, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:249-54. 2010.... - An assessment of the safety of adolescent and adult tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine, using active surveillance for adverse events in the Vaccine Safety DatalinkW Katherine Yih
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Vaccine 27:4257-62. 2009..5-2 for the other outcomes. This study provides reassurance that Tdap is similar in safety to Td regarding the outcomes studied and supports the viability of sequential analysis for post-licensure vaccine safety monitoring... - Health-state valuations for pertussis: methods for valuing short-term health statesGrace M Lee
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 3:17. 2005..S. Our objectives were: (1) to describe patient valuations of pertussis disease and vaccination; and (2) to compare valuations for short-term and long-term health states associated with pertussis... - Attitudes of healthcare workers in U.S. hospitals regarding smallpox vaccinationW Katherine Yih
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Public Health 3:20. 2003..Vaccination is voluntary, and it is unknown what factors drive vaccine acceptance. This study's aims were to estimate the proportion of workers willing to accept vaccination and to identify factors likely to influence their decisions... - Cost effectiveness of hepatitis B vaccination at HIV counseling and testing sitesSun Young Kim
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Prev Med 30:498-506. 2006.... - Clinician support and psychosocial risk factors associated with breastfeeding discontinuationElsie M Taveras
Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship Program, Children s Hospital of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Pediatrics 112:108-15. 2003.... - Periodic use of inhaled steroids in children with mild persistent asthma: what are pediatricians recommending?Gregory S Sawicki
Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship Program, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 47:446-51. 2008..2-0.6) for mild persistent asthma. Further research is needed on the effectiveness of periodic ICS use for children with mild persistent asthma and on underlying reasons for differing provider practice patterns... - Impact of early newborn discharge legislation and early follow-up visits on infant outcomes in a state Medicaid populationEllen Meara
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 5899, USA
Pediatrics 113:1619-27. 2004..The objective of this study was to determine the impact of 1) legislation mandating coverage of minimum postnatal hospital stays and 2) early follow-up visits by the age of 4 days on infant outcomes during the first month of life... - Emerging issues in vaccine economics: perspectives from the USATracy A Lieu
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Expert Rev Vaccines 1:433-42. 2002..To optimize the usefulness of vaccine economics research, conceptual issues, such as how to set values for the prevention of illness and how to maximize social equity through investments in vaccines, must be addressed... - Underuse of controller medications among Medicaid-insured children with asthmaJonathan A Finkelstein
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:562-7. 2002..Although studies suggest low rates of controller use, little is known about predictors of underuse among low-income children in whom asthma morbidity is greatest... - Collaborations in population-based health research: the 17th annual HMO Research Network Conference, March 23-25, 2011, Boston, Massachusetts, USATracy A Lieu
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Center for Child Health Care Studies, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Clin Med Res 9:137-40. 2011.... - Immunization status among children newly enrolled in a health plan: a new frontier for quality measurement?Tracy A Lieu
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02215, USA
Am J Manag Care 9:121-7. 2003..The current inclusion criterion is > or = 12 months of continuous enrollment. The new recommendation would expand the assessment population to include children with more recent enrollment... - The projected health benefits of maternal group B streptococcal vaccination in the era of chemoprophylaxisAnushua Sinha
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Vaccine 23:3187-95. 2005..Maternal GBS vaccination is predicted to prevent more cases of neonatal GBS disease than current practice and would prevent approximately one in 25 very preterm births... - Families' health-related social problems and missed referral opportunitiesEric W Fleegler
Division of Emergency Medicine, MA 001, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatrics 119:e1332-41. 2007.... - Effects of a law against early postpartum discharge on newborn follow-up, adverse events, and HMO expendituresJeanne M Madden
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA
N Engl J Med 347:2031-8. 2002..After the mandate, newborns were less likely to be examined as recommended on day 3 or 4. Because of changes in hospital prices, the two policies had minimal effects on HMO expenditures for hospital and home-based services... - Parental and societal values for the risks and benefits of childhood combination vaccinesCourtney Gidengil
Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship, Boston, MA, United States
Vaccine 30:3445-52. 2012..However, possible drawbacks include higher prices, extra doses of vaccine antigens and increased minor adverse events. Our objective was to measure parental and societal values for attributes of childhood combination vaccines... - The quality of chronic disease care in U.S. community health centersLeRoi S Hicks
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 25:1712-23. 2006..Although the quality of chronic disease care in CHCs compares favorably with that of care received in other settings, gaps in quality were observed for the uninsured... - Overcoming economic barriers to the optimal use of vaccinesTracy A Lieu
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 24:666-79. 2005..Partnerships between philanthropy and public resources have made progress in addressing gaps in vaccine financing and development for developing countries, but much remains to be done... - Comparative effectiveness research in lung diseases and sleep disorders: recommendations from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute workshopTracy A Lieu
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 184:848-56. 2011.... - Preventing stroke among children with sickle cell anemia: an analysis of strategies that involve transcranial Doppler testing and chronic transfusionMaitreyi Mazumdar
Department of Neurology, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatrics 120:e1107-16. 2007..Uncertainty about the risk/benefit trade-offs of chronic transfusion has led some clinicians to decide not to offer transcranial Doppler ultrasonography screening... - Effects on breastfeeding of changes in maternity length-of-stay policy in a large health maintenance organizationJeanne M Madden
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 111:519-24. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Early postpartum discharge with outpatient breastfeeding support and a home visitor program has no adverse effects on initiation or continuation of breastfeeding... - Projected cost-effectiveness of statewide universal newborn hearing screeningRon Keren
Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 110:855-64. 2002.... - Pediatricians' views on financial barriers and values for pneumococcal vaccine for childrenTracy A Lieu
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, 133 Brookline Avenue, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Ambul Pediatr 2:358-66. 2002..To 1) describe barriers to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine adoption and 2) estimate the value of the vaccine based on pediatricians' responses to willingness-to-pay questions... - Societal costs and morbidity of pertussis in adolescents and adultsGrace M Lee
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Clin Infect Dis 39:1572-80. 2004.... - Safety of thimerosal-containing vaccines: a two-phased study of computerized health maintenance organization databasesThomas Verstraeten
Epidemic Intelligence Service Program, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Pediatrics 112:1039-48. 2003..Conflicting results were found at different HMOs for certain outcomes. For resolving the conflicting findings, studies with uniform neurodevelopmental assessments of children with a range of cumulative thimerosal exposures are needed... - Strategies for surveying families of Medicaid-insured children by telephoneNancy G Jensvold
Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research, Oakland, CA, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 14:17-22. 2003 - Misunderstanding of asthma controller medications: association with nonadherenceHarold J Farber
Department of Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center, Vallejo, California 94589, USA
J Asthma 40:17-25. 2003..This study's aims are to 1) test the hypothesis that misunderstanding is associated with decreased adherence to its daily use and 2) identify factors associated with increased risk of misunderstanding... - Use of asthma medication dispensing patterns to predict risk of adverse health outcomes: a study of Medicaid-insured children in managed care programsHarold J Farber
Department of Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Vallejo, California 94589 2485, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 92:319-28. 2004..Regular use of inhaled anti-inflammatory (AI) medication improves outcomes for children with persistent asthma... - Patterns of concordance and non-concordance with clinician recommendations and parents' explanatory models in children with asthmaBarbara G Bokhour
Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, ENRM Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA 01742, United States
Patient Educ Couns 70:376-85. 2008.... - Early thimerosal exposure and neuropsychological outcomes at 7 to 10 yearsWilliam W Thompson
National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
N Engl J Med 357:1281-92. 2007..It has been hypothesized that early exposure to thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative used in vaccines and immune globulin preparations, is associated with neuropsychological deficits in children... - Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in the prevention of child mortality: an international economic analysisAnushua Sinha
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey New Jersey Medical School, Newark NJ 07101, USA
Lancet 369:389-96. 2007..Our aim was to incorporate these data into an economic analysis of pneumococcal vaccination of infants in countries eligible for financial support from the Global Alliance for Vaccines & Immunization (GAVI)... - Prevention of herpes zoster: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)Rafael Harpaz
Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, USA
MMWR Recomm Rep 57:1-30; quiz CE2-4. 2008..Before administration of zoster vaccine, patients do not need to be asked about their history of varicella (chickenpox) or to have serologic testing conducted to determine varicella immunity... - Comparing the medical expenses of adults with Medicaid and commercial insurance in a health maintenance organizationG Thomas Ray
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region, Oakland, California, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 14:420-35. 2003..The costs of Medicaid-insured adults were substantially higher than those of commercially insured adults; these differences were likely due to higher rates of pregnancy and to worse health status among the Medicaid cohort... - Newborn hearing screening: recommendations and rationaleAlfred O Berg
Am J Nurs 102:83-9. 2002 - Variability in asthma care and services for low-income populations among practice sites in managed Medicaid systemsPaula Lozano
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Health Serv Res 38:1563-78. 2003..The lack of consistency within MCOs on many processes of care suggests that care may be driven more at the practice site level than the MCO level, which has implications for quality improvement efforts...