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Long-term effects of a community-based lifestyle intervention to prevent type 2 diabetes: the DEPLOY extension pilot studyRonald T Ackermann
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Chronic Illn 7:279-90. 2011..We evaluated long-term effects of a lower cost, group-based adaption of the DPP lifestyle intervention offered by the YMCA...
Adapting the Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle intervention for delivery in the community: the YMCA modelRonald T Ackermann
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Diabetes Educ 33:69, 74-5, 77-8. 2007..They also provide information about early field research and an ongoing clinical trial that will provide information about the feasibility and effectiveness of applying this new model on a national scale...
Healthcare cost differences with participation in a community-based group physical activity benefit for medicare managed care health plan membersRonald T Ackermann
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1459-65. 2008..To determine whether participation in a physical activity benefit by Medicare managed care enrollees is associated with lower healthcare utilization and costs...- Is the number of documented diabetes process-of-care indicators associated with cardiometabolic risk factor levels, patient satisfaction, or self-rated quality of diabetes care? The Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) studyRonald T Ackermann
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 250 University Blvd, Suite 122, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Diabetes Care 29:2108-13. 2006.... - An evaluation of cost sharing to finance a diet and physical activity intervention to prevent diabetesRonald T Ackermann
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 250 University Blvd, Suite 122, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Diabetes Care 29:1237-41. 2006..We explored whether this intervention could be offered in a way that allows return on investment for private health insurers while remaining attractive for consumers, employers, and Medicare... - Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program into the community. The DEPLOY Pilot StudyRonald T Ackermann
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:357-63. 2008..This study evaluated the delivery of a group-based DPP lifestyle intervention in partnership with the YMCA... - Telephonic case-finding of major depression in a Medicaid chronic disease management program for diabetes and heart failureRonald T Ackermann
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 27:338-43. 2005..We evaluated a Medicaid-sponsored strategy for detecting depressive symptoms in adults with diabetes or congestive heart failure... - Description of an integrated framework for building linkages among primary care clinics and community organizations for the prevention of type 2 diabetes: emerging themes from the CC-Link studyRonald T Ackermann
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Chronic Illn 6:89-100. 2010..This success is promising, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of these efforts to improve lifestyle behaviours of adults with prediabetes is now underway... - Community exercise program use and changes in healthcare costs for older adultsRonald T Ackermann
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Washington, and Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:232-7. 2003..Regular exercise is associated with many health benefits. Community-based exercise programs may increase exercise participation, but little is known about cost implications... - Prompting primary providers to increase community exercise referrals for older adults: a randomized trialRonald T Ackermann
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:283-9. 2005..To determine whether a clinic-based physical activity promotion intervention can lead to more community-based exercise referrals by providers and higher exercise motivation in patients... - Identifying adults at high risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease using hemoglobin A1c National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2006Ronald T Ackermann
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, 46202, USA
Am J Prev Med 40:11-7. 2011.... - Managed-Medicare health club benefit and reduced health care costs among older adultsHuong Q Nguyen
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of Washington, HSB T602A, Box 357266, Seattle, WA 98199, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 5:A14. 2008..Our study was undertaken to determine the association between use of a health plan-sponsored health club benefit by older adults and total health care costs over 2 years... - An evaluation of educational outreach to improve evidence-based prescribing in Medicaid: a cautionary taleAlan J Zillich
School of Pharmacy, Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
J Eval Clin Pract 14:854-60. 2008..Evidence suggests that educational outreach ('academic detailing') improves evidence-based prescribing. We evaluated the impact of an academic detailing programme intended to increase new statin prescriptions... - Indiana chronic disease management program risk stratification analysisJingjin Li
Department of Medicine and Children s Health Services Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, and Regenstrief Institute, Inc, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Med Care 43:979-84. 2005..The objective of this study was to compare the ability of risk stratification models derived from administrative data to classify groups of patients for enrollment in a tailored chronic disease management program... - The Indiana Chronic Disease Management ProgramMarc B Rosenman
Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Milbank Q 84:135-63. 2006..The evaluation involves a randomized controlled trial in two inner-city group practices, as well as a statewide observational design. This article describes the ICDMP, highlights challenges, and discusses approaches to its evaluation... - Impact of a managed-Medicare physical activity benefit on health care utilization and costs in older adults with diabetesHuong Q Nguyen
Department of Behavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98199, USA
Diabetes Care 30:43-8. 2007..The purpose of this article was to determine the effects of a managed-Medicare physical activity benefit on health care utilization and costs among older adults with diabetes... - The structure and content of telephonic scripts found useful in a Medicaid Chronic Disease Management ProgramAlexis M Roth
Section of Adolescent Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Chronic Illn 6:83-8. 2010..Our aim is to share these public-domain materials with other programmes... - Changes in health state utilities with changes in body mass in the Diabetes Prevention ProgramRonald T Ackermann
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:2176-81. 2009..04), these changes, if causal, could still have a significant impact on clinical cost-effectiveness estimates if sustained over multiple years... - The Indiana Chronic Disease Management Program's impact on medicaid claims: a longitudinal, statewide evaluationBarry P Katz
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Med Care 47:154-60. 2009..Disease management programs have grown in popularity over the past decade as a strategy to curb escalating healthcare costs for persons with chronic diseases... - Can lay health workers promote better medical self-management by persons living with HIV? An evaluation of the Positive Choices programAlexis M Roth
Section of Adolescent Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
Patient Educ Couns 89:184-90. 2012..To evaluate Positive Choices (PC), a program that employed lay health workers to motivate antiretroviral adherence among persons living with HIV with coverage from Indiana's high-risk insurance pool... - Effect of advanced access scheduling on processes and intermediate outcomes of diabetes care and utilizationUsha Subramanian
Roudebush VAMC, Indianapolis, IN, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:327-33. 2009..The impact of open access (OA) scheduling on chronic disease care and outcomes has not been studied... - Reduced 10-year risk of coronary heart disease in patients who participated in a community-based diabetes prevention program: the DEPLOY pilot studyElaine R Lipscomb
Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence for Implementing Evidence Based Practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Diabetes Care 32:394-6. 2009..We evaluated whether participation in a community-based group diabetes prevention program might lead to relative changes in composite 10-year coronary heart disease (CHD) risk for overweight adults with abnormal glucose metabolism... - Distance as a barrier to using a fitness-program benefit for managed Medicare enrolleesEthan M Berke
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Aging Phys Act 14:313-24. 2006..Health systems providing fitness-program benefits as a way to increase physical activity levels of their plan members should consider location of program facilities in relation to members' home addresses to maximize use of the benefit... - Case finding with incomplete administrative data: observations on playing with less than a full deckAnn M Holmes
School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, 46202, USA
Popul Health Manag 13:325-30. 2010.... - Investing time in health: do socioeconomically disadvantaged patients spend more or less extra time on diabetes self-care?Susan L Ettner
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 911 Broxton Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Health Econ 18:645-63. 2009..Research on self-care for chronic disease has not examined time requirements. Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD), a multi-site study of managed care patients with diabetes, is among the first to assess self-care time... - Does age at diabetes diagnosis influence long-term physical and behavioral outcomes?Aaron E Carroll
Department of Children s Health Services Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Diabetes Care 30:2859-60. 2007 - Training YMCA wellness instructors to deliver an adapted version of the Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle interventionEmily A Finch
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Diabetes Educ 35:224-8, 232. 2009..CONCLUSIONS: Diabetes educators are challenged to partner with community organizations and other health care workers for extensive distribution of the DPP lifestyle intervention messages... - Support for national health insurance among U.S. physicians: a national surveyRonald T Ackermann
University of Washington and Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA
Ann Intern Med 139:795-801. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: A plurality of U.S. physicians supports governmental legislation to establish national health insurance. This support may be relevant to the success of future efforts to reform national health care... - Antidepressant medicine use and risk of developing diabetes during the diabetes prevention program and diabetes prevention program outcomes studyRichard R Rubin
Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Diabetes Care 33:2549-51. 2010..To assess the association between antidepressant medicine use and risk of developing diabetes during the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS)... - Rational treatment choices for non-major depressions in primary care: an evidence-based reviewRonald T Ackermann
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Washington, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Wash, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:293-301. 2002..For the treatment of severe psychological or physical symptoms causing functional impairment in patients with PMDD, sertraline and fluoxetine are clearly beneficial in carefully selected patients... - The cost-effectiveness of lifestyle modification or metformin in preventing type 2 diabetes in adults with impaired glucose toleranceWilliam H Herman
University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Ann Intern Med 142:323-32. 2005..LIMITATIONS: Simulation results depend on the accuracy of the underlying assumptions, including participant adherence. CONCLUSIONS: Health policy should promote diabetes prevention in high-risk individuals... - Understanding the gap between good processes of diabetes care and poor intermediate outcomes: Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD)Joe V Selby
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California, Oakland, California 94612, USA
Med Care 45:1144-53. 2007..Performance of diabetes clinical care processes has improved recently, but control of hemoglobin A1c (A1c) and other vascular disease risk factors has improved more slowly... - Race/ethnicity and economic differences in cost-related medication underuse among insured adults with diabetes: the Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes StudyChien Wen Tseng
Pacific Health Research Institute, 846 S Hotel St, 303, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Diabetes Care 31:261-6. 2008..To examine racial/ethnic and economic variation in cost-related medication underuse among insured adults with diabetes... - Cost-effectiveness of screening for pre-diabetes among overweight and obese U.S. adultsThomas J Hoerger
Center of Excellence in Health Promotion Economics, RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Rd, P O Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Diabetes Care 30:2874-9. 2007..To estimate the cost-effectiveness of screening overweight and obese individuals for pre-diabetes and then modifying their lifestyle based on the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)... - Managing people at high risk for diabetesWilliam H Herman
Ann Intern Med 144:66-7; author reply 67-8. 2006 - Good diabetes care: more than cheap medsRonald T Ackermann
Med Care 42:99-101. 2004
Research Grants
- Translating the DPP into the Community: The YMCA modelRonald Ackermann; Fiscal Year: 2006..In combination, these data will enable us to design and conduct a larger, future 3-year trial focusing on the effectiveness and sustainability of community DPP translation in multiple YMCA settings. ..
- Feasibility of a Partnered Approach to Prevent DiabetesRonald Ackermann; Fiscal Year: 2006....
- Primary Care-Community Partnerships to Prevent DiabetesRonald Ackermann; Fiscal Year: 2007..Should our study find this partnered intervention strategy to be effective and sustainable, the results will be pivotal to the timely and efficient dissemination of this approach as a nationwide diabetes prevention model. ..
- Translating the DPP into the Community: The YMCA modelRonald Ackermann; Fiscal Year: 2007..In combination, these data will enable us to design and conduct a larger, future 3-year trial focusing on the effectiveness and sustainability of community DPP translation in multiple YMCA settings. ..