William Lawrence
Biographic Data
| ID | 5540402 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Lawrence |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Lawrence |
| SIGNATURE | LAWRENCE W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1926 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Patient and public involvement in preclinical and medical research
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: Involving people with lived experience of health conditions and the public (consumers) in health research is supported by policy, practice and research funding schemes. However, consumer involvement programmes in discovery-based preclinical research settings are uncommon. Few formal evaluations of these programmes are reported in the literature. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate an established patient and public invo…
Measuring patient-centered communication in cancer care
Patient-centered communication (PCC) is a critical element of patient-centered care, which the Institute of Medicine (Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, 2001) promulgates as essential to improving healthcare delivery. Consequently, the US National Cancer Institute's Strategic Plan for Leading the Nation (2006) calls for assessing the delivery of PCC in cancer care. However, no comprehensive measure of PCC exists, and stakeholders con…
Use and Evaluation of a CD-ROM-Based Decision Aid for Prostate Cancer Treatment Decisions
The survival advantages associated with different treatments for localized prostate cancer (PCa) continue to be uncertain. We evaluated patients' use of an interactive CD-ROM-based decision aid designed to improve informed decision making about PCa treatment. Newly diagnosed, early-stage PCa patients who had not made a treatment decision completed a baseline telephone interview (N = 132), were mailed the CD-ROM, and completed a one-month follow-u…
Comparison of Approaches for Estimating Prevalence Costs of Care for Cancer Patients
BACKGROUND: National prevalence costs of medical care can be key inputs in health policy decisions. Cost estimates vary across data sources, patient populations, and methods, however, the objective of this study was to compare 3 approaches for estimating the prevalence costs of colorectal cancer (CRC) care using different data sources, but similar patient populations and methods. METHODS: We identified prevalent CRC patients aged 65 and older fro…
Health Care Costing
Lipscomb, Joseph PhD; Yabroff, K Robin PhD; Brown, Martin L. PhD; Lawrence, William MD, MS; Barnett, Paul G. PhD Author Information
Advancing the Science of Health Care Costing
Lipscomb, Joseph PhD*; Barnett, Paul G. PhD†; Brown, Martin L. PhD‡§; Lawrence, William MD, MS¶; Yabroff, K Robin PhD‡§ Author Information
Inventory of Data Sources for Estimating Health Care Costs in the United States
OBJECTIVE: To develop an inventory of data sources for estimating health care costs in the United States and provide information to aid researchers in identifying appropriate data sources for their specific research questions. METHODS: We identified data sources for estimating health care costs using 3 approaches: (1) a review of the 18 articles included in this supplement, (2) an evaluation of websites of federal government agencies, non profit …
Enhancing measurement in health outcomes research supported by Agencies within the US Department of Health and Human Services
Health Limitations and Quality of Life Associated With Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases by Phase of Care
OBJECTIVE: To estimate health limitations and health-related quality of life (HRQL) associated with cancer and other chronic conditions in a nationally representative sample within a phase-of-care framework. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We used a nested case-control design to assess health limitations and HRQL in individuals reporting a breast, colorectal, prostate, or lung cancer diagnosis, or a diagnosis of arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, or h…
Mortality
Context: Despite advances in early detection and prevention of cervical cancer, women living in rural areas, and particularly in Appalachia, the rural South, the Texas/Mexico border, and the central valley of California, have had consistently higher rates of cervical cancer mortality than their counterparts in other areas during the past several decades. Methods: This paper reviews the published literature from 1966 to July 2002 to assess three p…
A National Catalog of Preference-Based Scores for Chronic Conditions in the United States
BACKGROUND: The variability in preferences used in quality-adjusted life-years estimation jeopardizes the comparability of cost-effectiveness analyses and has led the Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine (the PCEHM) to call for a catalog of "off-the-shelf" preference weights associated with conditions that can be used by health researchers without the burden of collecting primary data. OBJECTIVE: The current research responds to the…
Demographic Variation in SF-12 Scores
Background. Demographic differences have been reported in summary measures of physical and mental health based on the SF-12 instrument. Objectives. This study examines the extent to which differential item functioning (DIF) contributes to observed subgroup differences in health status. DIF refers to situations in which the psychometric properties of items are not invariant across different groups. The presence of DIF confounds interpretation of s…
Is Outcomes Research on Cancer Ready for Prime Time
Contemporary treatment of patients with cancer has been challenged by the same influences that have stimulated broad interest among stakeholders in assessing the outcomes or "results" of medical care. Clinical and health services researchers interested in cancer diagnosis and treatment have striven to address these issues and have been in the forefront of efforts to develop and use valid measures of health-related quality of life. However, the cu…
Effect of Treatment on Quality of Life Among Men With Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
BACKGROUND: Quality-of-life outcomes are an important consideration for patients evaluating therapeutic options for localized prostate cancer. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to describe the effect of treatment choice on change in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among men with clinically localized prostate cancer. RESEARCH DESIGN: This was a prospective observational study. SUBJECTS: The study subjects were 122 men with clinica…
Does over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy improve smokers' life expectancy
Compared with [symbol: see text] availability of nicotine replacement therapy, OTC availability would result in more successful quitters, fewer smoking-attributable deaths, and increased life expectancy for current smokers
The Life of Phillips Brooks
Henry Cabot Lodge; a Biographical Sketch
Journal Article Henry Cabot Lodge; a Biographical Sketch. By William Lawrence. (Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925. ix, 204 p. $1.75) Get access Walter Prichard Walter Prichard Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 13, Issue 1, June 1926, Pages 106–107, https://doi.org/10.2307/1892575 Published: 01 June 1926
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Henry Cabot Lodge; a Biographical Sketch
Journal Article Henry Cabot Lodge; a Biographical Sketch. By William Lawrence. (Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925. ix, 204 p. $1.75) Get access Walter Prichard Walter Prichard Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 13, Issue 1, June 1926, Pages 106–107, https://doi.org/10.2307/1892575 Published: 01 June 1926
The Life of Phillips Brooks
Does over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy improve smokers' life expectancy
Compared with [symbol: see text] availability of nicotine replacement therapy, OTC availability would result in more successful quitters, fewer smoking-attributable deaths, and increased life expectancy for current smokers
Effect of Treatment on Quality of Life Among Men With Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
BACKGROUND: Quality-of-life outcomes are an important consideration for patients evaluating therapeutic options for localized prostate cancer. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to describe the effect of treatment choice on change in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among men with clinically localized prostate cancer. RESEARCH DESIGN: This was a prospective observational study. SUBJECTS: The study subjects were 122 men with clinica…
Is Outcomes Research on Cancer Ready for Prime Time
Contemporary treatment of patients with cancer has been challenged by the same influences that have stimulated broad interest among stakeholders in assessing the outcomes or "results" of medical care. Clinical and health services researchers interested in cancer diagnosis and treatment have striven to address these issues and have been in the forefront of efforts to develop and use valid measures of health-related quality of life. However, the cu…
Demographic Variation in SF-12 Scores
Background. Demographic differences have been reported in summary measures of physical and mental health based on the SF-12 instrument. Objectives. This study examines the extent to which differential item functioning (DIF) contributes to observed subgroup differences in health status. DIF refers to situations in which the psychometric properties of items are not invariant across different groups. The presence of DIF confounds interpretation of s…
Mortality
Context: Despite advances in early detection and prevention of cervical cancer, women living in rural areas, and particularly in Appalachia, the rural South, the Texas/Mexico border, and the central valley of California, have had consistently higher rates of cervical cancer mortality than their counterparts in other areas during the past several decades. Methods: This paper reviews the published literature from 1966 to July 2002 to assess three p…
A National Catalog of Preference-Based Scores for Chronic Conditions in the United States
BACKGROUND: The variability in preferences used in quality-adjusted life-years estimation jeopardizes the comparability of cost-effectiveness analyses and has led the Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine (the PCEHM) to call for a catalog of "off-the-shelf" preference weights associated with conditions that can be used by health researchers without the burden of collecting primary data. OBJECTIVE: The current research responds to the…
Enhancing measurement in health outcomes research supported by Agencies within the US Department of Health and Human Services
Health Limitations and Quality of Life Associated With Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases by Phase of Care
OBJECTIVE: To estimate health limitations and health-related quality of life (HRQL) associated with cancer and other chronic conditions in a nationally representative sample within a phase-of-care framework. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We used a nested case-control design to assess health limitations and HRQL in individuals reporting a breast, colorectal, prostate, or lung cancer diagnosis, or a diagnosis of arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, or h…
Comparison of Approaches for Estimating Prevalence Costs of Care for Cancer Patients
BACKGROUND: National prevalence costs of medical care can be key inputs in health policy decisions. Cost estimates vary across data sources, patient populations, and methods, however, the objective of this study was to compare 3 approaches for estimating the prevalence costs of colorectal cancer (CRC) care using different data sources, but similar patient populations and methods. METHODS: We identified prevalent CRC patients aged 65 and older fro…
Health Care Costing
Lipscomb, Joseph PhD; Yabroff, K Robin PhD; Brown, Martin L. PhD; Lawrence, William MD, MS; Barnett, Paul G. PhD Author Information
Advancing the Science of Health Care Costing
Lipscomb, Joseph PhD*; Barnett, Paul G. PhD†; Brown, Martin L. PhD‡§; Lawrence, William MD, MS¶; Yabroff, K Robin PhD‡§ Author Information
Inventory of Data Sources for Estimating Health Care Costs in the United States
OBJECTIVE: To develop an inventory of data sources for estimating health care costs in the United States and provide information to aid researchers in identifying appropriate data sources for their specific research questions. METHODS: We identified data sources for estimating health care costs using 3 approaches: (1) a review of the 18 articles included in this supplement, (2) an evaluation of websites of federal government agencies, non profit …
Use and Evaluation of a CD-ROM-Based Decision Aid for Prostate Cancer Treatment Decisions
The survival advantages associated with different treatments for localized prostate cancer (PCa) continue to be uncertain. We evaluated patients' use of an interactive CD-ROM-based decision aid designed to improve informed decision making about PCa treatment. Newly diagnosed, early-stage PCa patients who had not made a treatment decision completed a baseline telephone interview (N = 132), were mailed the CD-ROM, and completed a one-month follow-u…
Measuring patient-centered communication in cancer care
Patient-centered communication (PCC) is a critical element of patient-centered care, which the Institute of Medicine (Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, 2001) promulgates as essential to improving healthcare delivery. Consequently, the US National Cancer Institute's Strategic Plan for Leading the Nation (2006) calls for assessing the delivery of PCC in cancer care. However, no comprehensive measure of PCC exists, and stakeholders con…
Patient and public involvement in preclinical and medical research
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: Involving people with lived experience of health conditions and the public (consumers) in health research is supported by policy, practice and research funding schemes. However, consumer involvement programmes in discovery-based preclinical research settings are uncommon. Few formal evaluations of these programmes are reported in the literature. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate an established patient and public invo…
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