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| ANN NATTINGERSummaryAffiliation: Medical College of Wisconsin Country: USA Publications
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Effect of Nancy Reagan's mastectomy on choice of surgery for breast cancer by US womenA B Nattinger
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
JAMA 279:762-6. 1998..While the actions of popular figures are believed to influence the behavior of the general public, including health care decisions, little research has examined such an effect...- Exploring the surgeon volume outcome relationship among women with breast cancerAnn Butler Nattinger
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:1958-63. 2007..We studied potential bias in the surgeon volume-outcome relationship by comparing the relationship of surgeon volume to breast cancer mortality and to mortality from other causes of death... 
Heightened attention to medical privacy: challenges for unbiased sample recruitment and a possible solutionAnn Butler Nattinger
Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, General Internal Medicine CLCC, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
Am J Epidemiol 172:637-44. 2010..This strategy may be applicable to population-based studies of other diseases and is relevant to privacy boards making decisions about recruitment strategies acceptable to the public...- Methodological issues in the use of administrative claims data to study surveillance after cancer treatmentAnn Butler Nattinger
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Med Care 40:IV-69-74. 2002..Administrative claims databases linked to tumor registry data provide an excellent opportunity for studying the follow-up care of cancer patients... - Socioeconomic factors associated with adjuvant hormone therapy use in older breast cancer survivorsTina W F Yen
Division of Surgical Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
Cancer 117:398-405. 2011..The authors sought to identify socioeconomic (SES) factors associated with adjuvant hormone therapy (HT) use among a contemporary population of older breast cancer survivors... - Surgeon characteristics and variations in treatment for early-stage breast cancerMary Ann Gilligan
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Arch Surg 142:17-22. 2007..Adherence to National Institutes of Health consensus statement recommendations for early-stage breast cancer will vary by surgeon characteristics... - Relationship between number of breast cancer operations performed and 5-year survival after treatment for early-stage breast cancerMary Ann Gilligan
Department of Medicine and Health Policy Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA
Am J Public Health 97:539-44. 2007.... - The skin cancer index: clinical responsiveness and predictors of quality of lifeJohn S Rhee
Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
Laryngoscope 117:399-405. 2007.... - Objective risk, subjective risk, and colorectal cancer screening among a clinic sampleB Alex Matthews
Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital and Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 0509, USA
Psychol Health Med 12:135-47. 2007..Findings suggest that CRC screening behaviors may be differentially influenced by type of risk... - Decision-making at menopause: a randomized controlled trial of a computer-based hormone therapy decision-aidMarilyn M Schapira
The Clement J Zablocki VA Medical Center, The Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, USA
Patient Educ Couns 67:100-7. 2007..Decision-making at menopause remains a challenge for women and their health care providers as the paradigm for hormone therapy continues to evolve. The role of decision-support for this process remains to be defined... - Quality of primary care and subsequent pediatric emergency department utilizationDavid C Brousseau
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Research Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, CCC 550, 999 N 92nd St, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Pediatrics 119:1131-8. 2007..Our objective was to determine whether parent-reported, high-quality primary care was associated with decreased nonurgent pediatric emergency department utilization... - Racial and socioeconomic disparities in bone density testing before and after hip fractureJoan M Neuner
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1239-45. 2007..Racial and socioeconomic disparities have been identified in osteoporosis screening... - Update in women's healthJulie L Mitchell
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1351-64. 2007 
It's the writing on the wall: Whiteboards improve inpatient satisfaction with provider communicationSiddhartha Singh
Clinical Cancer Center, 5th Floor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Froedtert and The Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Am J Med Qual 26:127-31. 2011..There was no secular trend, and the authors excluded a trend in overall patient satisfaction. Whiteboards could be a simple and effective tool to increase inpatient satisfaction with communication...- Behavior modification and risk perception in patients with nonmelanoma skin cancerJohn S Rhee
Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
WMJ 107:62-8. 2008..Nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most common cancer among humans, yet risk perceptions and preventive health behaviors in those who survive this cancer are relatively unknown... - A contemporary, population-based study of lymphedema risk factors in older women with breast cancerTina W F Yen
Division of General Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 16:979-88. 2009..We studied potential risk factors for lymphedema in a contemporary population of older breast cancer patients... - Primary care quality and subsequent emergency department utilization for children in Wisconsin MedicaidDavid C Brousseau
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Research Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, 999 N 92nd Street, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Acad Pediatr 9:33-9. 2009..Our goal was to determine the association between parent-reported primary care quality and subsequent ED utilization for children in Medicaid... - The economic consequences of breast cancer adjuvant hormonal treatmentsLiliana E Pezzin
Department of Medicine and Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:S446-50. 2009..AIs, however, are significantly more expensive than TX, raising concerns about access and use of effective treatment among women of lower socio-economic status... - Validation of a quality-of-life instrument for patients with nonmelanoma skin cancerJohn S Rhee
Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Arch Facial Plast Surg 8:314-8. 2006..To validate a disease-specific quality-of-life instrument--the Skin Cancer Index--intended to measure quality-of-life issues relevant to patients with nonmelanoma skin cancer... - The influence of graphic format on breast cancer risk communicationMarilyn M Schapira
General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
J Health Commun 11:569-82. 2006..001). In conclusion, elements of graphic format used to convey quantitative risk information effects key domains of risk perception. One must be cognizant of these effects when designing risk communication strategies... - Persistent differences in sociodemographic determinants of breast conserving treatment despite overall increased adoptionMary Ann Gilligan
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA
Med Care 40:181-9. 2002..Use of breast-conserving treatment (BCT) has previously demonstrated variability by sociodemographic factors... - Menopausal hormone therapy decisions: insights from a multi-attribute modelMarilyn M Schapira
Department of Medicine, Clement J Zablocki VA Medical Center and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert East Office Building, Suite 4200, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Patient Educ Couns 52:89-95. 2004..Linear regression methods were used to identify the utilities most predictive of current HRT use. The decision model provided insight regarding how personal expectations and values influence HRT use... - Quality of life and sun-protective behavior in patients with skin cancerJohn S Rhee
Department of Otolaryngology and the Health Policy Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 130:141-6. 2004.... - Skin cancer and quality of life: assessment with the Dermatology Life Quality IndexJohn S Rhee
Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Dermatol Surg 30:525-9. 2004..Quality of life (QOL) has been identified as an important outcome in cancer research, yet the most common malignancy among humans, nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC), has been poorly studied in this regard... - Predictors of pessimistic breast cancer risk perceptions in a primary care populationSusan L Davids
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:310-5. 2004..To identify sociodemographic characteristics, numeracy level, and breast cancer risk factors that are independently associated with the accuracy of lifetime and 5-year breast cancer risk perceptions... - Agreement between scales in the measurement of breast cancer risk perceptionsMarilyn M Schapira
Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
Risk Anal 24:665-73. 2004..37). We report disagreement in breast cancer risk perceptions when measured by a frequency and a percentage scale. The accuracy and direction of bias associated with each scale varies according to the time frame of risk being assessed... - Decentralization of breast cancer surgery in the United StatesJoan M Neuner
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA
Cancer 101:1323-9. 2004..The authors sought to determine whether surgical volumes for breast cancer in the United States frequently reach this threshold... - An algorithm for the use of Medicare claims data to identify women with incident breast cancerAnn B Nattinger
Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Health Serv Res 39:1733-49. 2004..The ability to examine national patterns of breast cancer care using Medicare claims data would open new avenues for the assessment of quality of care... - Nonurgent emergency-department care: analysis of parent and primary physician perspectivesDavid C Brousseau
Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
Pediatrics 127:e375-81. 2011..To better understand parental decisions to seek care for their children and physician perceptions of parents' decisions to seek nonurgent emergency-department care... - Creation of a quality of life instrument for nonmelanoma skin cancer patientsJohn S Rhee
Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Health Policy Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Laryngoscope 115:1178-85. 2005..The aim of this study was to construct a new QOL instrument, The Facial Skin Cancer Index (FSCI), that captures the relevant QOL issues for NMSC patients... - Colorectal cancer screening behavior and health insurance status (United States)B Alex Matthews
Medical College of Wisconsin, Health Policy Institute, Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research, Suite H2755, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, PO Box 26509, Milwaukee, WI 53226 0509, USA
Cancer Causes Control 16:735-42. 2005..The purpose of this study was to examine the association between health insurance status and CRC screening behavior among a diverse sample of ambulatory patients... - Disparities for latino children in the timely receipt of medical careDavid C Brousseau
Department of Pediatrics Children s Research Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Ambul Pediatr 5:319-25. 2005..We compared timeliness of care among Latino, white, and African American children... - Development of the facial skin care index: a health-related outcomes index for skin cancer patientsB Alex Matthews
Health Policy Institute, Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital and Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226 0509, USA
Dermatol Surg 32:924-34; discussion 934. 2006..Existing health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) tools do not appear to capture patients' specific skin cancer concerns... - Bone density testing in older women and its association with patient ageJoan M Neuner
Department of Medicine and Health Policy Institute, Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research and Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:485-9. 2006..To measure the early adoption of bone density testing and examine the association between older age and such testing... - Strengths and limitations of International Classification of Disease Ninth Revision Clinical Modification codes in defining cervical spine surgeryMarjorie C Wang
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 36:E38-44. 2011..Retrospective study... - Colorectal cancer screening among midwestern community-based residents: indicators of successB Alex Matthews
Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Suite H2755 8701 Watertown Plank Road, P O Box 26509, Milwaukee, WI 53226 0509, USA
J Community Health 32:103-20. 2007.... - Effect of model of care delivery on mammography use among elderly breast cancer survivorsAnn Eka-Ete P Etim
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 96:293-9. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Most older breast cancer survivors undergo shared care. These patients receive better quality of care as measured by follow-up mammography... - Objective testing and quality-of-life evaluation in surgical candidates with chronic rhinosinusitisTimothy L Smith
Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, MCW Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Am J Rhinol 17:351-6. 2003..In addition, it is possible that preoperative QOL, either alone or in combination with CT and endoscopy, may prove important in selecting patients most likely to benefit from surgery... - Quality of care for breast cancerAnn Butler Nattinger
Med Care 41:341-3. 2003
Research Grants
- SES Disparities in Breast Cancer: Effect of Pharmaceutical CoverageANN NATTINGER; Fiscal Year: 2009..In addition, the project relates to health policy by examining the effect of the new Medicare Part D pharmaceutical program with respect to a potential reduction in those disparities. ..
- OUTCOMES OF OLDER WOMEN WITH EARLY STAGE BREAST CANCERANN NATTINGER; Fiscal Year: 2007..The results will be critical to informing policy initiatives, including determination of how to best reduce socioeconomic disparities in breast cancer outcomes. ..
- Quality of Follow-up Care for Breast Cancer SurvivorsANN NATTINGER; Fiscal Year: 2006..g. age, gender, specialty) and of patient characteristics (e.g. race, socioeconomic status, initial therapy). The results will yield important public policy information regarding breast cancer surveillance care. ..
- OUTCOMES OF OLDER WOMEN WITH EARLY STAGE BREAST CANCERANN NATTINGER; Fiscal Year: 2002..4. Assess the relationship of annual hospital volume and annual surgeon volume to outcomes of overall 5-year survival, 5-year survival from breast cancer, and 5-year survival free of treatment of recurrent disease. ..
- SES Disparities in Breast Cancer: Effect of Pharmaceutical CoverageAnn B Nattinger; Fiscal Year: 2010..In addition, the project relates to health policy by examining the effect of the new Medicare Part D pharmaceutical program with respect to a potential reduction in those disparities. ..