Kathleen Saunders
Biographic Data
| ID | 5536560 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen Saunders |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen |
| FAMILY NAME | Saunders |
| SIGNATURE | SAUNDERS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Group Health Cooperative |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Prevalence of prescription opioid use disorder among chronic opioid therapy patients after health plan opioid dose and risk reduction initiatives
Age and Gender Trends in Long-Term Opioid Analgesic Use for Noncancer Pain
Objectives. We describe age and gender trends in long-term use of prescribed opioids for chronic noncancer pain in 2 large health plans. Methods. Age- and gender-standardized incident (beginning in each year) and prevalent (ongoing) opioid use episodes were estimated with automated health care data from 1997 to 2005. Profiles of opioid use in 2005 by age and gender were also compared. Results. From 1997 to 2005, age–gender groups exhibited a tota…
Association Between Obesity and Psychiatric Disorders in the US Adult Population
BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic data suggest an association between obesity and depression, but findings vary across studies and suggest a stronger relationship in women than men. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between obesity and a range of mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders in the US general population. DESIGN: Cross-sectional epidemiologic survey. SETTING: Nationally representative sample of US adults. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 9125 …
Treatment Costs, Cost Offset, and Cost-Effectiveness of Collaborative Management of Depression
OBJECTIVE: The report estimates the treatment costs, cost-offset effects, and cost-effectiveness of Collaborative Care of depressive illness in primary care. STUDY DESIGN: Treatment costs, cost-offset effects, and cost-effectiveness were assessed in two randomized, controlled trials. In the first randomized trail (N = 217), consulting psychiatrists provide enhanced management of pharmacotherapy and brief psychoeducational interventions to enhance…
Achieving Guidelines for the Treatment of Depression in Primary Care
OBJECTIVES: The authors examine whether physician education has enduring effects on treatment of depression. METHODS: Depressed primary care patients initiating antidepressant treatment from primary care clinics of a staff-model health maintenance organization were studied. Quasi-experimental and before-and-after comparisons of physician practices, supplemented with patient surveys, were used to compare the process of care and depression outcomes…
A Chronic Disease Score with Empirically Derived Weights
Different types of medication prescribed during a 6-month period for the treatment and management of chronic conditions were utilized in the refinement and validation of a chronic disease score. Prescription data, in addition to age and sex, were utilized to develop a chronic disease score based on empirically derived weights for each of three outcomes: total cost, outpatient cost, and primary care visits. The ability of the revised chronic disea…
Chronic pain and use of ambulatory health care
Chronic pain status and health care utilization were assessed in a probability sample of 1016 adult HMO enrollees, and among 242 HMO enrollees seeking treatment for Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD) pain. Likelihood of health care contact for a painful symptom: Among persons reporting back pain, headache, chest pain, abdominal pain or temporomandibular pain in the prior six months, we evaluated whether (1) pain characteristics (severity, persisten…
Age and Gender Trends in Long-Term Opioid Analgesic Use for Noncancer Pain
Objectives. We describe age and gender trends in long-term use of prescribed opioids for chronic noncancer pain in 2 large health plans. Methods. Age- and gender-standardized incident (beginning in each year) and prevalent (ongoing) opioid use episodes were estimated with automated health care data from 1997 to 2005. Profiles of opioid use in 2005 by age and gender were also compared. Results. From 1997 to 2005, age–gender groups exhibited a tota…
Chronic pain and use of ambulatory health care
Chronic pain status and health care utilization were assessed in a probability sample of 1016 adult HMO enrollees, and among 242 HMO enrollees seeking treatment for Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD) pain. Likelihood of health care contact for a painful symptom: Among persons reporting back pain, headache, chest pain, abdominal pain or temporomandibular pain in the prior six months, we evaluated whether (1) pain characteristics (severity, persisten…
A Chronic Disease Score with Empirically Derived Weights
Different types of medication prescribed during a 6-month period for the treatment and management of chronic conditions were utilized in the refinement and validation of a chronic disease score. Prescription data, in addition to age and sex, were utilized to develop a chronic disease score based on empirically derived weights for each of three outcomes: total cost, outpatient cost, and primary care visits. The ability of the revised chronic disea…
Achieving Guidelines for the Treatment of Depression in Primary Care
OBJECTIVES: The authors examine whether physician education has enduring effects on treatment of depression. METHODS: Depressed primary care patients initiating antidepressant treatment from primary care clinics of a staff-model health maintenance organization were studied. Quasi-experimental and before-and-after comparisons of physician practices, supplemented with patient surveys, were used to compare the process of care and depression outcomes…
Treatment Costs, Cost Offset, and Cost-Effectiveness of Collaborative Management of Depression
OBJECTIVE: The report estimates the treatment costs, cost-offset effects, and cost-effectiveness of Collaborative Care of depressive illness in primary care. STUDY DESIGN: Treatment costs, cost-offset effects, and cost-effectiveness were assessed in two randomized, controlled trials. In the first randomized trail (N = 217), consulting psychiatrists provide enhanced management of pharmacotherapy and brief psychoeducational interventions to enhance…
Association Between Obesity and Psychiatric Disorders in the US Adult Population
BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic data suggest an association between obesity and depression, but findings vary across studies and suggest a stronger relationship in women than men. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between obesity and a range of mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders in the US general population. DESIGN: Cross-sectional epidemiologic survey. SETTING: Nationally representative sample of US adults. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 9125 …
Age and Gender Trends in Long-Term Opioid Analgesic Use for Noncancer Pain
Objectives. We describe age and gender trends in long-term use of prescribed opioids for chronic noncancer pain in 2 large health plans. Methods. Age- and gender-standardized incident (beginning in each year) and prevalent (ongoing) opioid use episodes were estimated with automated health care data from 1997 to 2005. Profiles of opioid use in 2005 by age and gender were also compared. Results. From 1997 to 2005, age–gender groups exhibited a tota…
Prevalence of prescription opioid use disorder among chronic opioid therapy patients after health plan opioid dose and risk reduction initiatives
Medicine (7 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Ambulatory care (3 works) · Chronic pain (3 works) · Depression (economics) (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Ambulatory (2 works)