J B Brown

Summary

Affiliation: Kaiser Permanente
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The global diabetes model: user friendly version 3.0
    J B Brown
    Center for Health Research, 3800 N Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR 97227 1110, USA
    Diabetes Res Clin Pract 50:S15-46. 2000
  2. ncbi The Mt. Hood challenge: cross-testing two diabetes simulation models
    J B Brown
    Center for Health Research, 3800 North Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR 97227 1110, USA
    Diabetes Res Clin Pract 50:S57-64. 2000
  3. ncbi Case-control study of 10 years of comprehensive diabetes care
    J B Brown
    Center for Health Research, Portland, OR 97227, USA
    West J Med 172:85-90. 2000
  4. ncbi Controlled trials of CQI and academic detailing to implement a clinical practice guideline for depression
    J B Brown
    Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon, USA
    Jt Comm J Qual Improv 26:39-54. 2000
  5. ncbi Effect of clinician communication skills training on patient satisfaction. A randomized, controlled trial
    J B Brown
    Center for Health Research, Portland, OR 97227 1098, USA
    Ann Intern Med 131:822-9. 1999
  6. ncbi Health care costs associated with escalation of drug treatment in type 2 diabetes mellitus
    J B Brown
    Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research KPCHR, Portland, OR, USA
    Am J Health Syst Pharm 58:151-7. 2001
  7. ncbi Type 2 diabetes: incremental medical care costs during the first 8 years after diagnosis
    J B Brown
    Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon 97227 1098, USA
    Diabetes Care 22:1116-24. 1999
  8. ncbi Type 2 diabetes: incremental medical care costs during the 8 years preceding diagnosis
    G A Nichols
    Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon, USA
    Diabetes Care 23:1654-9. 2000
  9. ncbi Predictors of glycemic control in insulin-using adults with type 2 diabetes
    G A Nichols
    Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest Division, Portland, Oregon 97227 1098, USA
    Diabetes Care 23:273-7. 2000
  10. ncbi The progressive cost of complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus
    J B Brown
    Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR 97227 1098, USA
    Arch Intern Med 159:1873-80. 1999

Detail Information

Publications17

  1. ncbi The global diabetes model: user friendly version 3.0
    J B Brown
    Center for Health Research, 3800 N Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR 97227 1110, USA
    Diabetes Res Clin Pract 50:S15-46. 2000
    ....
  2. ncbi The Mt. Hood challenge: cross-testing two diabetes simulation models
    J B Brown
    Center for Health Research, 3800 North Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR 97227 1110, USA
    Diabetes Res Clin Pract 50:S57-64. 2000
    ..The wide differences in the model results that we observed demonstrate the need for cross-validation. We propose to hold a second 'Mt Hood Challenge' in 2001 and invite all diabetes modelers to attend...
  3. ncbi Case-control study of 10 years of comprehensive diabetes care
    J B Brown
    Center for Health Research, Portland, OR 97227, USA
    West J Med 172:85-90. 2000
    ..To describe the long-term clinical impact of a comprehensive management program instituted throughout a health system for members with diabetes mellitus...
  4. ncbi Controlled trials of CQI and academic detailing to implement a clinical practice guideline for depression
    J B Brown
    Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon, USA
    Jt Comm J Qual Improv 26:39-54. 2000
    ....
  5. ncbi Effect of clinician communication skills training on patient satisfaction. A randomized, controlled trial
    J B Brown
    Center for Health Research, Portland, OR 97227 1098, USA
    Ann Intern Med 131:822-9. 1999
    ..Although substantial resources have been invested in communication skills training for clinicians, little research has been done to test the actual effect of such training on patient satisfaction...
  6. ncbi Health care costs associated with escalation of drug treatment in type 2 diabetes mellitus
    J B Brown
    Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research KPCHR, Portland, OR, USA
    Am J Health Syst Pharm 58:151-7. 2001
    ..The total cost of treating patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at an HMO increased as antidiabetic therapies escalated...
  7. ncbi Type 2 diabetes: incremental medical care costs during the first 8 years after diagnosis
    J B Brown
    Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon 97227 1098, USA
    Diabetes Care 22:1116-24. 1999
    ..To describe and analyze the time course of medical care costs caused by type 2 diabetes, from the time of diagnosis through the first 8 postdiagnostic years...
  8. ncbi Type 2 diabetes: incremental medical care costs during the 8 years preceding diagnosis
    G A Nichols
    Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon, USA
    Diabetes Care 23:1654-9. 2000
    ..To describe and analyze medical care costs for the 8 years preceding a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes...
  9. ncbi Predictors of glycemic control in insulin-using adults with type 2 diabetes
    G A Nichols
    Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest Division, Portland, Oregon 97227 1098, USA
    Diabetes Care 23:273-7. 2000
    ..To determine the characteristics that influence glycemic control among insulin-using adults with type 2 diabetes...
  10. ncbi The progressive cost of complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus
    J B Brown
    Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR 97227 1098, USA
    Arch Intern Med 159:1873-80. 1999
    ..However, little is known about the progressive cost of these complications. Firmer knowledge would improve diabetes modeling and might increase the financial and organizational support for the prevention of diabetic complications...
  11. ncbi Achieving further glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus
    G A Nichols
    Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, 3800 N Interstate Ave, Portland, OR 97227, USA
    West J Med 173:175-9. 2000
    ..To identify patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who were in poor glycemic control and therapeutic adjustments that might improve control...
  12. ncbi Lactic acidosis rates in type 2 diabetes
    J B Brown
    Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon 97227 1098, USA
    Diabetes Care 21:1659-63. 1998
    ..To provide a context for the interpretation of lactic acidosis risk among patients using metformin, we measured rates of lactic acidosis in patients with type 2 diabetes before metformin was approved for use in the U.S...
  13. ncbi Congestive heart failure in type 2 diabetes: prevalence, incidence, and risk factors
    G A Nichols
    Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, 3800 N Interstate Ave, Portland, OR 97227 1098, USA
    Diabetes Care 24:1614-9. 2001
    ..To estimate the prevalence and incidence of congestive heart failure (CHF) in populations with and without type 2 diabetes and to identify risk factors for diabetes-associated CHF...
  14. ncbi Following depression in primary care: do family practice physicians ask about depression at different rates than internal medicine physicians?
    G A Nichols
    Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Ore 97227 1098, USA
    Arch Fam Med 9:478-82. 2000
    ..To determine whether the chronically or recurrently depressed patients of family practice and internal medicine physicians differed in the proportion reporting that their primary care physician asked them about depression symptoms...
  15. ncbi Practical methods to increase use of advance medical directives
    J B Brown
    Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest Division, Portland, OR 97227, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 14:21-6. 1999
    ..Mailing the video did increase the use of treatment trials and made patients more aware of reasons not to use advance directives...
  16. ncbi Effects of weight gain on medical care costs
    P J Elmer
    Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR 97227-1110, USA
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 28:1365-73. 2004
    ..The prevention of large weight gains holds promise for significantly reducing future medical care costs. Future studies should examine the causes of rapid weight gain and evaluate approaches to prevent and reverse such weight gain...
  17. ncbi Functional status before and after diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes
    G A Nichols
    Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, 3800 N Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR 97227 1110, USA
    Diabet Med 21:793-7. 2004
    ..We examined functional health status prior to the diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes, and measured the effect on functional health status of receiving the diagnosis...