Mary C Politi

Biographic Data

ID6805467
NAMEMary C Politi
GIVEN NAMESMary C
FAMILY NAMEPoliti
SIGNATUREPOLITI M C
AFFILIATIONSWashington University in St. Louis
ORCID0000-0001-9103-6495
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Adapting a Cancer Cost and Health Insurance Tool for Implementation

    Open AccessAshley J Housten, Rachelle Roy et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2026

  • Effectively communicating with local policymakers

    Open AccessElizabeth A Dodson, Renee G Parks et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Introduction: Evidence-based policies are a powerful tool for impacting health and addressing obesity. Effectively communicating evidence to policymakers is critical to ensure evidence is incorporated into policies. While all public health is local, limited knowledge exists regarding effective approaches for improving local policymakers' uptake of evidence-based policies. Methods: Local policymakers were randomized to view one of four versions of…

  • Financial Toxicity Considerations in Breast Reconstruction

    Open AccessHannah Kinzer, Clara N Lee et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2024

  • The impact of adding cost information to a conversation aid to support shared decision making about low‐risk prostate cancer treatment

    Open AccessMary C Politi, Rachel C Forcino et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2023

    BACKGROUND: Decision aids help patients consider the benefits and drawbacks of care options but rarely include cost information. We assessed the impact of a conversation-based decision aid containing information about low-risk prostate cancer management options and their relative costs. METHODS: We conducted a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial in outpatient urology practices within a US-based academic medical center. We randomised five clini…

  • Municipal officials’ perspectives on policymaking for addressing obesity and health equity

    Open AccessRenee G Parks, Fanice Thomas et al.ARTICLEEvidence & Policy2023Cited by: 2References: 3

    Understanding factors affecting the uptake of EBPs can inform local-level interventions that encourage EBP adoption

  • Predicting Future Utilization Using Self-Reported Health and Health Conditions in a Longitudinal Cohort Study

    Open AccessAbigail R Barker, Karen E Joynt Maddox et al.ARTICLEINQUIRY The Journal of Health…2021

    Decision support techniques and online algorithms aim to help individuals predict costs and facilitate their choice of health insurance coverage. Self-reported health status (SHS), whereby patients rate their own health, could improve cost-prediction estimates without requiring individuals to share personal health information or know about undiagnosed conditions. We compared the predictive accuracy of several models: (1) SHS only, (2) a "basic" m…

  • How Should the Recovery Process Be Shared Between Patients and Clinicians

    Open AccessPatrick S Phelan, Mary C Politi et al.ARTICLEThe AMA Journal of Ethic2020

    Illness and injury often entail lasting health and social consequences beyond the acute event. During the immediate and long-term recovery period, consequences of illness or injury can often be mitigated and addressed. As patients and their clinicians discuss care decisions, whether for initial or ongoing management of illness or injury, they must consider patients' personal goals of recovery alongside possible clinical outcomes to choose the bes…

  • Importance of Shared Decision-Making for Vulnerable Populations

    Open AccessVictoria F Grabinski, Terence M Myckatyn et al.ARTICLEHealth Equity2018

    Shared decision-making (SDM) is a process through which patients and providers collaborate to select a treatment option that aligns with patients' preferences and clinical context. SDM can improve patients' decision quality and satisfaction. However, vulnerable populations face barriers to participation in SDM, which exacerbates disparities in decision quality. This perspective article discusses SDM with vulnerable patients, using examples from p…

  • What matters most

    Open AccessMarie-Anne Durand, Marie‐Anne Durand et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    NCT03136367 at ClinicalTrials.gov Protocol version: Manuscript based on study protocol version 2.2, 7 November 2017

  • Patient-Centered Communication During Collaborative Decision Making

    Mary C Politi, Mary Politi et al.CHAPTERThe Routledge Handbook of Health…2015

  • Physicians' perceptions of shared decision‐making behaviours

    Open AccessRachel Zeuner, Dominick L Frosch et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2015

    BACKGROUND: Shared Decision Making (SDM) is a process of engaging patients in health decisions that involve multiple medically appropriate treatment options. Despite growing public and policy support for patient engagement in health decisions, SDM is not widely practiced in clinical settings. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our study was to explore clinicians' attitudes, beliefs and perceived social norms about engaging in SDM behaviours. DESIGN: Semi-…

  • Communicating uncertainty can lead to less decision satisfaction

    Open AccessMary C Politi, Melissa A Clark et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2011

    BACKGROUND: Given the large number of interventions of uncertain effectiveness, research on communicating uncertainty is needed to examine its impact on patients' health decisions. OBJECTIVE: To examine physicians' communication of uncertainty and its impact on patients' decisions and decision satisfaction. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Participants included female patients seen in a breast health centre whose physicians were discussing a de…