Debra P Ritzwoller

Summary

Affiliation: Kaiser Permanente
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Patterns and predictors of first-line chemotherapy use among adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer in the cancer research network
    Debra P Ritzwoller
    Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, 10065 E Harvard Avenue, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80231, USA
    Lung Cancer 78:245-52. 2012
  2. ncbi Costing behavioral interventions: a practical guide to enhance translation
    Debra P Ritzwoller
    Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, P O Box 378066, Denver, CO 80237 8066, USA
    Ann Behav Med 37:218-27. 2009
  3. ncbi Comorbidities, healthcare service utilization and costs for patients identified with painful DPN in a managed-care setting
    Debra P Ritzwoller
    Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Institute for Health Research, Denver, CO 80237 8066, USA
    Curr Med Res Opin 25:1319-28. 2009
  4. ncbi The association of comorbidities, utilization and costs for patients identified with low back pain
    Debra P Ritzwoller
    Clinical Research Unit, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
    BMC Musculoskelet Disord 7:72. 2006
  5. ncbi Economic analysis of the Mediterranean Lifestyle Program for postmenopausal women with diabetes
    Debra P Ritzwoller
    Clinical Research Unit, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, 580 Mohawk Drive, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
    Diabetes Educ 32:761-9. 2006
  6. ncbi Comparison of syndromic surveillance and a sentinel provider system in detecting an influenza outbreak--Denver, Colorado, 2003
    Debra P Ritzwoller
    Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 54:151-6. 2005
  7. ncbi Effectiveness of the 2003-2004 influenza vaccine among children 6 months to 8 years of age, with 1 vs 2 doses
    Debra P Ritzwoller
    Clinical Research Unit, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, 580 Mohawk Dr, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
    Pediatrics 116:153-9. 2005
  8. ncbi Using theory and technology to design a practical and generalizable smoking reduction intervention
    Bridget Gaglio
    Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Institute for Health Research, Denver, CO 80237 8066, USA
    Health Promot Pract 11:675-84. 2010
  9. ncbi Long-term results of a smoking reduction program
    Russell E Glasgow
    Kaiser Permanente, Denver, Colorado 80237 8066, USA
    Med Care 47:115-20. 2009
  10. ncbi Identifying and oversampling Hispanics by the Passel-Word surname list for enrollment in a web-based nutritional intervention
    Nikki M Carroll
    Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente, PO Box 378066, Denver, CO 80237 8066, USA
    Ethn Dis 20:15-21. 2010

Detail Information

Publications18

  1. ncbi Patterns and predictors of first-line chemotherapy use among adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer in the cancer research network
    Debra P Ritzwoller
    Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, 10065 E Harvard Avenue, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80231, USA
    Lung Cancer 78:245-52. 2012
    ..However, little is known about variation in first-line NSCLC chemotherapy use in younger patients, health maintenance organization (HMO)-based settings, and for high-cost, novel agents, such as bevacizumab and erlotinib...
  2. ncbi Costing behavioral interventions: a practical guide to enhance translation
    Debra P Ritzwoller
    Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, P O Box 378066, Denver, CO 80237 8066, USA
    Ann Behav Med 37:218-27. 2009
    ..Due to the lack of indicative data and policy makers' increasing demands for both program effectiveness and efficiency, cost analyses can serve as valuable tools in the evaluation process...
  3. ncbi Comorbidities, healthcare service utilization and costs for patients identified with painful DPN in a managed-care setting
    Debra P Ritzwoller
    Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Institute for Health Research, Denver, CO 80237 8066, USA
    Curr Med Res Opin 25:1319-28. 2009
    ..This study examined the association of comorbidities, healthcare service use, and costs for diabetes patients with and without painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (pDPN)...
  4. ncbi The association of comorbidities, utilization and costs for patients identified with low back pain
    Debra P Ritzwoller
    Clinical Research Unit, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
    BMC Musculoskelet Disord 7:72. 2006
    ..This study replicates and extends earlier studies by examining the association of patient characteristics including baseline comorbidities with patterns of healthcare service use and cost...
  5. ncbi Economic analysis of the Mediterranean Lifestyle Program for postmenopausal women with diabetes
    Debra P Ritzwoller
    Clinical Research Unit, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, 580 Mohawk Drive, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
    Diabetes Educ 32:761-9. 2006
    ..The purpose of this study was to evaluate costs associated with the primary intervention of the Mediterranean Lifestyle Program (MLP), which targeted postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes at risk for coronary heart disease...
  6. ncbi Comparison of syndromic surveillance and a sentinel provider system in detecting an influenza outbreak--Denver, Colorado, 2003
    Debra P Ritzwoller
    Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA
    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 54:151-6. 2005
    ..Syndromic surveillance systems can be useful in detecting naturally occurring illness...
  7. ncbi Effectiveness of the 2003-2004 influenza vaccine among children 6 months to 8 years of age, with 1 vs 2 doses
    Debra P Ritzwoller
    Clinical Research Unit, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, 580 Mohawk Dr, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
    Pediatrics 116:153-9. 2005
    ..To evaluate the effectiveness of 1 and 2 doses of the 2003-2004 influenza vaccine in preventing medically attended influenza-like illness (ILI) among children 6 to 23 months and 6 months to 8 years of age. Design and..
  8. ncbi Using theory and technology to design a practical and generalizable smoking reduction intervention
    Bridget Gaglio
    Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Institute for Health Research, Denver, CO 80237 8066, USA
    Health Promot Pract 11:675-84. 2010
    ..Few intervention studies discuss details of how they translate theory into practice or how they integrate different modalities and collaborating institutions, but such integration is critical for project success...
  9. ncbi Long-term results of a smoking reduction program
    Russell E Glasgow
    Kaiser Permanente, Denver, Colorado 80237 8066, USA
    Med Care 47:115-20. 2009
    ..There have been few comprehensive evaluations of smoking reduction, especially in health care delivery systems, and little is known about its cost, maintenance of reduced smoking, or robustness across patient subgroups...
  10. ncbi Identifying and oversampling Hispanics by the Passel-Word surname list for enrollment in a web-based nutritional intervention
    Nikki M Carroll
    Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente, PO Box 378066, Denver, CO 80237 8066, USA
    Ethn Dis 20:15-21. 2010
    ..To describe the enrollment rates and characteristics of Hispanics and non-Hispanics from Kaiser Permanente Colorado invited to participate in a web-based intervention promoting increased fruit and vegetable consumption...
  11. ncbi Recruitment to a randomized web-based nutritional intervention trial: characteristics of participants compared to non-participants
    Melanie A Stopponi
    Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente, Denver, Colorado 80237 8066, USA
    J Med Internet Res 11:e38. 2009
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  12. ncbi Cost analyses of a web-based behavioral intervention to enhance fruit and vegetable consumption
    Anna Sukhanova
    Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:92. 2009
    ..The purpose of this paper is to evaluate costs associated with the online intervention trial, Making Effective Nutritional Choices for Cancer Prevention (MENU), and to connect the findings to the study outcomes...
  13. ncbi When does an episode of care for cancer begin?
    Mark C Hornbrook
    The Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR 97227 1110, USA
    Med Care 51:324-9. 2013
    ..Previous research using SEER-Medicare data to measure incremental costs and utilization associated with cancer started with the date of diagnosis. We hypothesized that health care use increases before diagnosis of a new primary cancer...
  14. ncbi Reach, engagement, and retention in an Internet-based weight loss program in a multi-site randomized controlled trial
    Russell E Glasgow
    Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
    J Med Internet Res 9:e11. 2007
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  15. ncbi Assessing controversial direct-to-consumer advertising for hereditary breast cancer testing: reactions from women and their physicians in a managed care organization
    Judy Mouchawar
    Clinical Research Unit, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, 580 Mohawk Drive, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
    Am J Manag Care 11:601-8. 2005
    ..To describe the impact on patients and physicians at a managed care organization (MCO) of a direct-to-consumer advertising (DTC-ad) campaign concerning testing for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes...
  16. ncbi Syndromic surveillance using minimum transfer of identifiable data: the example of the National Bioterrorism Syndromic Surveillance Demonstration Program
    Richard Platt
    Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    J Urban Health 80:i25-31. 2003
    ..If successful, this system will allow any organization with appropriate data to contribute vital information to public health syndromic surveillance systems while preserving individuals' privacy to the greatest extent possible...
  17. ncbi Simulated anthrax attacks and syndromic surveillance
    James D Nordin
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440 1524, USA
    Emerg Infect Dis 11:1394-8. 2005
    ..Timeliness and completeness of detection of events varied by rate of infection. First detection of events ranged from days 3 to 6. Similar modeling may be possible with other surveillance systems and should be a part of their evaluation...
  18. ncbi Tobacco control efforts in managed care: what do the doctors think?
    Leif I Solberg
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minn 55440 1524, USA
    Am J Manag Care 10:193-8. 2004
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