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| Joseph C GardinerSummaryAffiliation: Michigan State University Country: USA Publications
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A dynamic model for estimating changes in health status and costsJoseph C Gardiner
Department of Epidemiology, Division of Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Stat Med 25:3648-67. 2006..Our method, a joint regression model, provides a flexible approach to assessing the influence of patient characteristics on both cost and health outcomes while accommodating heteroscedasticity, skewness and censoring in the data...
Fixed effects, random effects and GEE: what are the differences?Joseph C Gardiner
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Stat Med 28:221-39. 2009..The choice of model in specific applications would depend on the relevant questions being addressed, which in turn informs the type of design and data collection that would be relevant...
Primary care clinicians treat patients with medically unexplained symptoms: a randomized controlled trialRobert C Smith
Department of Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:671-7. 2006..There is no proven primary care treatment for patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). We hypothesized that a long-term, multidimensional intervention by primary care providers would improve MUS patients' mental health...
Primary care physicians treat somatizationRobert C Smith
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:829-32. 2009..We hypothesized that somatizing patients managed by primary care physicians (PCP) would improve with a relationship-based intervention...
Costs of an intervention for primary care patients with medically unexplained symptoms: a randomized controlled trialZhehui Luo
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:1079-86. 2007....
Exploration of DSM-IV criteria in primary care patients with medically unexplained symptomsRobert C Smith
Department of Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Psychosom Med 67:123-9. 2005..Our objective was to evaluate this use by determining the prevalence of DSM-IV somatoform and nonsomatoform disorders in patients with MUS proven by a gold standard chart review...
Changes in practice patterns affecting in-hospital and post-discharge survival among ACS patientsManfred Stommel
College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 6:140. 2006....
Predictors of hemodynamic compromise with propofol during defibrillator implantation: a single center experienceKhyati Pandya
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute, Sparrow Health System, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 25:145-51. 2009..The purpose of this study was to understand the frequency and determinants of intra-operative hypotension in patients undergoing defibrillator implantations...
Inappropriate ICD therapy: does device configuration make a differenceDwarakraj Soundarraj
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan 48910, USA
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 29:810-5. 2006..SVTs were the commonest cause of IT in our patients. Conclusion: Patients with D-ICD are less likely to receive IT as compared to patients with S-ICD...
Patterns of psychotropic medication use in very young children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorderMarsha D Rappley
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 23:23-30. 2002..These patterns of use demonstrate a compelling need for guidance in psychopharmacological treatment of very young children...
Do media players cause interference with pacemakers?Jay P Thaker
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute, Sparrow Health System, Michigan State University 405 West Greenlawn, Suite 400 Lansing, MI 48823, USA
Clin Cardiol 32:653-7. 2009..The purpose of this study was to examine the interaction between pacemakers and 3 different media players...
Treating patients with medically unexplained symptoms in primary careRobert C Smith
Department of General Internal Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:478-89. 2003..Despite extensive care, these common patients often become worse...
Minor acute illness: a preliminary research report on the "worried well"Robert C Smith
Michigan State University, Dept of Medicine, B312 Clinical Center, 138 Service Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
J Fam Pract 51:24-9. 2002....
Applying propensity score methods in medical research: pitfalls and prospectsZhehui Luo
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Med Care Res Rev 67:528-54. 2010..Appropriate PS applications can create experimental conditions using observational data when randomized controlled trials are not feasible and, thus, lead researchers to an efficient estimator of the average treatment effect...
Diagnostic accuracy of predicting somatization from patients' ICD-9 diagnosesRobert C Smith
Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Psychosom Med 71:366-71. 2009..We labeled these codes as having "somatization potential." Our earlier study demonstrated that ICD-9 codes and other data from the ADB effectively identified somatization...
Alleviating perinatal depressive symptoms and stress: a nurse-community health worker randomized trialLee Anne Roman
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, 226 West Fee Hall, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
Arch Womens Ment Health 12:379-91. 2009..A Nurse-CHW team approach to EPS demonstrated advantage for alleviating depressive symptoms in Medicaid eligible women compared to CC, especially for women at higher risk...
Reports of birthweight by adolescents and their mothers: comparing accuracy and identifying correlatesVictoria C Lucia
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 20:520-7. 2006..While maternal reports of offspring's birthweight are highly accurate across diverse subgroups of the population, adolescent self-reports of birthweight are unlikely to be useful in medical research...
Reduction in the intensity rate of appropriate shocks for ventricular arrhythmias with statin therapyAbhimanyu Beri
Division of Internal Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 56:190-4. 2010..Larger randomized trials are needed to confirm this relationship...
Pilot study of a preliminary criterion standard for prescription opioid misuseRobert C Smith
Department of Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Am J Addict 19:523-8. 2010..94 (CI: .81, 1.00). Kappa for comparing raters was .73 (CI: .49, .98). This preliminary study demonstrates that multidisciplinary raters can use behaviorally based criteria to identify patients with known PPOM from health plan databases...
Evaluation of control of diabetes mellitus in a subspecialty clinicVed V Gossain
Department of Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
Endocr Pract 16:178-86. 2010....
Work task disability in employed breast and prostate cancer patientsKathleen Oberst
Institute for Health Care Studies, Michigan State University, D132 West Fee Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
J Cancer Surviv 4:322-30. 2010..This paper describes work-related physical and cognitive disability estimates 12 and 18 months after diagnosis and treatment in a sample of employed breast and prostate cancer patients...
A stochastic framework for estimation of summary measures in cost-effectiveness analysesJoseph C Gardiner
Michigan State University, Division of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology, B629 West Fee Hall, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 6:347-58. 2006....
Colon cancer treatment costs for Medicare and dually eligible beneficiariesZhehui Luo
Michigan State University, Department of Epidemiology, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Health Care Financ Rev 31:35-50. 2010..The mean total colon cancer cost per Medicare patient was $29,196. The method can be applied to longitudinal data to estimate long term costs of cancer from inception where incident patients are identified from a tumor registry...
How much work-related injury and illness is missed by the current national surveillance system?Kenneth D Rosenman
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
J Occup Environ Med 48:357-65. 2006..We sought to estimate the undercount in the existing national surveillance system of occupational injuries and illnesses...
Dietary predictors of the insulin-like growth factor system in adolescent females: results from the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC)Jean M Kerver
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 91:643-50. 2010..Childhood diet may influence chronic disease through its effect on the IGF system; however, there is limited information describing the dietary predictors of the IGF system in adolescents...
Considerations when using discriminant function analysis of antimicrobial resistance profiles to identify sources of fecal contamination of surface water in MichiganJohn B Kaneene
Center for Comparative Epidemiology, A 109 Veterinary Medical Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 1314, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 73:2878-90. 2007..Water sample isolates were classified by livestock type. An evaluation of the performance of DA must take into consideration relative contributions of random chance and the true discriminatory power of the decision rules...
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in patients with ischemic or non-ischemic cardiomyopathy and nonsustained ventricular tachycardiaRudolph F Evonich
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan 48912, USA
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 11:59-65. 2004..Although these data do not prove survival benefit in NICM, they suggest a beneficial effect...
A method for rating charts to identify and classify patients with medically unexplained symptomsRobert C Smith
Department of Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Psychother Psychosom 73:36-42. 2004..As part of conducting a randomized control trial (RCT) to treat chronically high utilizing patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), we developed the chart rating method reported here to identify and classify MUS subjects...
Estimating mean hospital cost as a function of length of stay and patient characteristicsElena Polverejan
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
Health Econ 12:935-47. 2003....
A Study of the Persistence of Mycobacterium bovis in the Environment under Natural Weather Conditions in Michigan, USAAmanda E Fine
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences and Center for Comparative Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 1314, USA
Vet Med Int 2011:765430. 2011....
Using nurse practitioners to implement an intervention in primary care for high-utilizing patients with medically unexplained symptomsJudith S Lyles
Department of Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing 48824, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 25:63-73. 2003....
Administrative database screening to identify somatizing patientsRobert C Smith
Med Care 44:799-802. 2006
Longitudinal analysis of censored medical cost dataOnur Baser
Thomson Medstat, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA
Health Econ 15:513-25. 2006..The methods are applied to a sample of 201 Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with lung cancer between 1994 and 1997...
Research Grants
- Statistical Innovations in Health Services ResearchJoseph Gardiner; Fiscal Year: 2007..services researchers, this project will provide methods for extracting valuable information on healthcare utilization and outcomes from administrative databases that can be used to inform cost-effectiveness analyses and health policy ..
- Use of Regression Models in Cost-effectiveness AnalysisJoseph Gardiner; Fiscal Year: 2006....
- STATISTICAL INFERENCE FOR COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSISJoseph Gardiner; Fiscal Year: 2002....
- STATISTICAL INFERENCE FOR COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSISJoseph Gardiner; Fiscal Year: 1999..The methods proposed in this investigation have immediate application to these studies, and offer an array of promising techniques for use in cost-effectiveness analysis. ..
- Statistical Innovations in Health Services ResearchJoseph Gardiner; Fiscal Year: 2009..services researchers, this project will provide methods for extracting valuable information on healthcare utilization and outcomes from administrative databases that can be used to inform cost-effectiveness analyses and health policy ..
