Current Issue November 2011, Vol. 2, No. 4

Issue Highlights

  • Using Large Databases in Creative Ways
    November 2011 (Vol. 2 | No. 4 | Pages e195-e196)

    Donald E. Stull

  • Patient Satisfaction with Outpatient Medical Care in the United States
    November 2011 (Vol. 2 | No. 4 | Pages e197-e202)

    Ali Bonakdar Tehrani, Steven R. Feldman, Fabian T. Camacho, Rajesh Balkrishnan

  • The Burden of Fibromyalgia: Assessment of Health Status Using the EuroQol (EQ-5D) in Patients with Fibromyalgia Relative to Other Chronic Conditions
    November 2011 (Vol. 2 | No. 4 | Pages e203-e214)

    Xuemei Luo, Joseph C. Cappelleri, Arthi Chandran

  • Costs of Sequelae Associated with Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Findings from a US Managed Care Population
    November 2011 (Vol. 2 | No. 4 | Pages e215-e226)

    Sudeep Karve, Derek Misurski, Jacqueline Miller, Keith L. Davis

  • Association of Anemia with Pressure Ulcers, Falls, and Hospital Admissions among Long-term Care Residents
    November 2011 (Vol. 2 | No. 4 | Pages e227-e240)

    Robert A. Bailey, Gregory Reardon, Michael R. Wasserman, R. Scott McKenzie, R. Steve Hord, Brett Kilpatrick

  • Using Indirect Evidence to Determine the Comparative Effectiveness of Prescription Drugs: Do Benefits Outweigh Risks?
    November 2011 (Vol. 2 | No. 4 | Pages e241-e249)

    Huseyin Naci, Rachael Fleurence

  • The Rise of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
    24 January 2012

    Rachael Fleurence

  • The Ends Justify the Mean: Outcome Measures for Estimating the Value of New Cancer Therapies
    16 January 2012

    Andrew Davies, Andrew Briggs, John Schneider, Adrian Levy, Omar Ebeid, Samuel Wagner, Srividya Kotapati, Scott Ramsey

  • The Quality-of-Life Impact of Head and Neck Cancer: Preference Values from the Canadian General Public
    19 December 2011

    Shelagh M. Szabo, Rosie L. Dobson, Bonnie M.K. Donato, Gil L’Italien, Sebastien J. Hotte, Adrian R. Levy

  • Health Outcomes of Interest in Observational Data: Issues in Identifying Definitions in the Literature
    28 November 2011

    Paul E. Stang, Patrick B. Ryan, Stacie B. Dusetzina, Abraham G. Hartzema, Christian Reich, J. Marc Overhage, Judith A. Racoosin

  • Health Care Utilization and Costs in Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder Initiating Add-on Therapy with Benzodiazepines
    14 November 2011

    Ariel Berger, John Edelsberg, Vamsi Bollu, Jose Ma. J. Alvir, Ashish Dugar, Ashish V. Joshi, Gerry Oster

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Olivier Chassany, MD, PhD, Associate Editor for Health Outcomes Research, is currently working as Medical leader of the Clinical Research and Development Department of Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris. This Department is the institutional sponsor for all Parisian University Hospitals. Dr. Chassany is Professor in Medicine, teaching therapeutics, ethics, methodology of clinical research, and about patient-reported outcomes at the University Denis-Diderot Paris 7. A gastroenterologist by training, his research is focused on patient-reported outcomes. He has developed and validated several questionnaires in gastroenterology, pulmonary disease, HIV, and nutrition fields. He has been involved with the EU and US regulators in the elaboration and writing of regulatory guidances on patient-reported outcomes and health-related quality of life. For more information on the editorial vision for this section, click here.
John M. Kirkwood, MD, Associate Editor for Clinical Outcomes Research, has published extensively in translational medicine, focusing upon the molecular immunology and biology of melanoma and other refractory solid tumors. He is Professor of Medicine and Dermatology and Vice Chairman for Clinical Research in the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Director of the Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. For more information on the editorial vision for this section, click here.
Rachael Fleurence, PhD, Associate Editor for Health Policy and Comparative Effectiveness, has published extensively in comparative effectiveness research, mixed-treatment comparisons, cost-effectiveness analysis, and health technology assessment and is currently a Director for the US office of Oxford Outcomes, an ICON plc company. For more information on the editorial vision for this section, click here.

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