Howard H Moffet

Summary

Affiliation: Kaiser Permanente
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi How might acupuncture work? A systematic review of physiologic rationales from clinical trials
    Howard H Moffet
    Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA, USA
    BMC Complement Altern Med 6:25. 2006
  2. ncbi Sham acupuncture may be as efficacious as true acupuncture: a systematic review of clinical trials
    Howard H Moffet
    Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    J Altern Complement Med 15:213-6. 2009
  3. ncbi Traditional acupuncture theories yield null outcomes: a systematic review of clinical trials
    Howard H Moffet
    Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    J Clin Epidemiol 61:741-7. 2008
  4. ncbi Adherence to laboratory test requests by patients with diabetes: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)
    Howard H Moffet
    Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    Am J Manag Care 17:339-44. 2011
  5. ncbi Social disparities in dental insurance and annual dental visits among medically insured patients with diabetes: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE) Survey
    Howard H Moffet
    Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 7:A57. 2010
  6. ncbi Effect of cost-sharing changes on self-monitoring of blood glucose
    Andrew J Karter
    Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    Am J Manag Care 13:408-16. 2007
  7. ncbi Ethnic differences in appointment-keeping and implications for the patient-centered medical home--findings from the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)
    Melissa M Parker
    Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    Health Serv Res 47:572-93. 2012
  8. ncbi Glycemic response to newly initiated diabetes therapies
    Andrew J Karter
    Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    Am J Manag Care 13:598-606. 2007
  9. ncbi Achieving good glycemic control: initiation of new antihyperglycemic therapies in patients with type 2 diabetes from the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Diabetes Registry
    Andrew J Karter
    The Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    Am J Manag Care 11:262-70. 2005
  10. ncbi Hypoglycemia is more common among type 2 diabetes patients with limited health literacy: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)
    Urmimala Sarkar
    UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 25:962-8. 2010

Detail Information

Publications25

  1. ncbi How might acupuncture work? A systematic review of physiologic rationales from clinical trials
    Howard H Moffet
    Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA, USA
    BMC Complement Altern Med 6:25. 2006
    ..Scientific interest in acupuncture has led numerous investigators to conduct clinical trials to test the efficacy of acupuncture for various conditions, but the mechanisms underlying acupuncture are poorly understood...
  2. ncbi Sham acupuncture may be as efficacious as true acupuncture: a systematic review of clinical trials
    Howard H Moffet
    Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    J Altern Complement Med 15:213-6. 2009
    ..This study sought to determine whether sham acupuncture is as efficacious as true acupuncture, as defined by traditional acupuncture theories...
  3. ncbi Traditional acupuncture theories yield null outcomes: a systematic review of clinical trials
    Howard H Moffet
    Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    J Clin Epidemiol 61:741-7. 2008
    ..This study sought a fair sample of published acupuncture clinical trials to assess whether they provided scientific rationales for their interventions, clearly differentiated their exposures or observed differences in outcomes...
  4. ncbi Adherence to laboratory test requests by patients with diabetes: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)
    Howard H Moffet
    Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    Am J Manag Care 17:339-44. 2011
    ..To estimate rates and predictors of clinical laboratory test completion by patients with diabetes after provider referral...
  5. ncbi Social disparities in dental insurance and annual dental visits among medically insured patients with diabetes: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE) Survey
    Howard H Moffet
    Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 7:A57. 2010
    ..People with diabetes are at increased risk of periodontal disease and tooth loss. Healthy People 2010 set a goal that 71% or more of people with diabetes should have an annual dental exam...
  6. ncbi Effect of cost-sharing changes on self-monitoring of blood glucose
    Andrew J Karter
    Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    Am J Manag Care 13:408-16. 2007
    ..To study the effect of cost-sharing policy changes on utilization of test strips for self-monitoring of blood glucose...
  7. ncbi Ethnic differences in appointment-keeping and implications for the patient-centered medical home--findings from the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)
    Melissa M Parker
    Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    Health Serv Res 47:572-93. 2012
    ..To examine ethnic differences in appointment-keeping in a managed care setting...
  8. ncbi Glycemic response to newly initiated diabetes therapies
    Andrew J Karter
    Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    Am J Manag Care 13:598-606. 2007
    ..The glycemic response to antihyperglycemic therapies for type 2 diabetes has been thoroughly evaluated in randomized controlled trials, but inadequately studied in real-world settings...
  9. ncbi Achieving good glycemic control: initiation of new antihyperglycemic therapies in patients with type 2 diabetes from the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Diabetes Registry
    Andrew J Karter
    The Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    Am J Manag Care 11:262-70. 2005
    ..To compare the effectiveness of antihyperglycemic therapies in type 2 diabetic patients with poor glycemic control (baseline glycosylated hemoglobin [HbA1C] > 8%)...
  10. ncbi Hypoglycemia is more common among type 2 diabetes patients with limited health literacy: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)
    Urmimala Sarkar
    UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 25:962-8. 2010
    ..Limited health literacy (HL) is common among patients with type 2 diabetes, may impede diabetes self-management, and thus HL could increase the risk of hypoglycemia...
  11. ncbi Missed appointments and poor glycemic control: an opportunity to identify high-risk diabetic patients
    Andrew J Karter
    Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California 94612, USA
    Med Care 42:110-5. 2004
    ..We evaluated the relationship between missed appointments and glycemic control (glycosylated hemoglobin or HbA1c) in a large, managed care population of diabetic patients...
  12. ncbi New prescription medication gaps: a comprehensive measure of adherence to new prescriptions
    Andrew J Karter
    Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    Health Serv Res 44:1640-61. 2009
    ..Describe a novel approach to comprehensively summarize medication adherence...
  13. ncbi Language barriers, physician-patient language concordance, and glycemic control among insured Latinos with diabetes: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)
    Alicia Fernandez
    Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 26:170-6. 2011
    ..A significant proportion of US Latinos with diabetes have limited English proficiency (LEP). Whether language barriers in health care contribute to poor glycemic control is unknown...
  14. ncbi Use of antibiotics is not associated with decreased risk of myocardial infarction among patients with diabetes
    Andrew John Karter
    Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research, Northern California Region, Oakland, California 94612, USA
    Diabetes Care 26:2100-6. 2003
    ..To study the relationship between exposure to antibiotic treatment and risk of subsequent myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with diabetes...
  15. ncbi Elevated rates of diabetes in Pacific Islanders and Asian subgroups: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)
    Andrew J Karter
    Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
    Diabetes Care 36:574-9. 2013
    ..We estimated the prevalence and incidence of diabetes among specific subgroups of Asians and Pacific Islanders (APIs) in a multiethnic U.S. population with uniform access to care...
  16. ncbi Place matters: neighborhood deprivation and cardiometabolic risk factors in the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)
    Barbara A Laraia
    Department of Medicine, Division of Prevention Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Soc Sci Med 74:1082-90. 2012
    ..However, longitudinal data are needed to test the causal direction of these relationships...
  17. ncbi Barriers to insulin initiation: the translating research into action for diabetes insulin starts project
    Andrew J Karter
    Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, USA
    Diabetes Care 33:733-5. 2010
    ..Reasons for failing to initiate prescribed insulin (primary nonadherence) are poorly understood. We investigated barriers to insulin initiation following a new prescription...
  18. ncbi Ethnic disparities in diabetic complications in an insured population
    Andrew J Karter
    Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    JAMA 287:2519-27. 2002
    ..Disparate access to quality health care is a common explanation for ethnic disparities in diabetic complication rates in the US population. Examining an ethnically diverse population with uniform health care coverage may be useful...
  19. ncbi Longitudinal study of new and prevalent use of self-monitoring of blood glucose
    Andrew J Karter
    Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    Diabetes Care 29:1757-63. 2006
    ..We sought to assess longitudinal association between self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) and glycemic control in diabetic patients from an integrated health plan (Kaiser Permanente Northern California)...
  20. ncbi Symptom burden of adults with type 2 diabetes across the disease course: diabetes & aging study
    Rebecca L Sudore
    San Francisco VA Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street 151R, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 27:1674-81. 2012
    ..Little is known about the symptom burden experienced by adults with type 2 diabetes and the need for symptom palliation...
  21. ncbi Use of thiazolidinediones and risk of heart failure in people with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study: response to Delea et al
    Andrew J Karter
    Diabetes Care 27:850-1; author reply 852-3. 2004
  22. ncbi Acupuncture study hypotheses should rely on scientific, not imaginary, models
    Howard H Moffet
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 89:194; author reply 194-5. 2008
  23. ncbi Hasty conclusion about acupuncture for hypertension?
    Howard H Moffet
    Hypertension 49:E5; author reply E6. 2007
  24. ncbi Acupuncture may be ineffective for stroke
    Howard H Moffet
    Arch Intern Med 166:930; author reply 930-1. 2006
  25. ncbi Acupuncture trial lacks a priori rationale to refute null hypothesis
    Howard H Moffet
    Arch Intern Med 168:550-1. 2008