Steven M Teutsch
Biographic Data
| ID | 5543687 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven M Teutsch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven M |
| FAMILY NAME | Teutsch |
| SIGNATURE | TEUTSCH S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Los Angeles County Department of Public Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2640-3866 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Teutsch et al. Respond
AffiliationsSteven Teutsch is with the Center for Health Advancement, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. J. Mac McCullough is with the College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix. Sanne Magnan is with the Health Partners Institute, Minneapolis, MN, and the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Reduction in US Health Care Spending Required to Meet the Institute of Medicine’s 2030 Target
Objectives. To quantify changes in US health care spending required to reach parity with high-resource nations by 2030 or 2040 and identify historical precedents for these changes. Methods. We analyzed multiple sources of historical and projected spending from 1970 through 2040. Parity was defined as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) median or 90th percentile for per capita health care spending. Results. Sustained …
Excess Medical Care Spending: The Categories, Magnitude, and Opportunity Costs of Wasteful Spending in the United States
Landmark reports from reputable sources have concluded that the United States wastes hundreds of billions of dollars every year on medical care that does not improve health outcomes. While there is widespread agreement over how wasteful medical care spending is defined, there is no consensus on its magnitude or categories. A shared understanding of the magnitude and components of the issue may aid in systematically reducing wasteful spending and …
Changing the Public’s Health Story: Reducing Wasteful Medical Care Spending—Introduction to the Special AJPH Section
Getting to Average Life Expectancy: It Takes Commitment
Estimating the Costs and Benefits of Providing Free Public Transit Passes to Students in Los Angeles County: Lessons Learned in Applying a Health Lens to Decision-Making
In spite of increased focus by public health to engage and work with non-health sector partners to improve the health of the general as well as special populations, only a paucity of studies have described and disseminated emerging lessons and promising practices that can be used to undertake this work. This article describes the process used to conduct a Health Impact Assessment of a proposal to provide free public transportation passes to stude…
Public health practice: Lessons From the Nation's Largest, Most Diverse County
Catapulting the Chasm: Or How to Avoid Wasting a Perfectly Good Fiscal Disaster
The nation once again is on the precipice of financial catastrophe, but have we overlooked public health? Juxtaposed against one another, the comparison of health care with public health—one largely overutilized, expensive, and underperforming, the other responsible for eradicating diseases and providing safe food and water—cries out for thoughtful fiscal recalibration. We have examined the recent Institute of Medicine report on public health fin…
Public Health Practice: What Works
This book compiles the lessons and best practices of working in the complex and evolving public health setting of Los Angeles County, as told by leaders of LA County's Department of Public Health. Los Angeles County's combination of urban centers, extensive suburbs, and low-income, rural, and agricultural communities renders public health challenges that are diverse in scope and unmatched in scale. Through stories of both success and challenges f…
Health Reform and Healthy People Initiative
The passage of the Affordable Care Act builds on and strengthens the foundation for prevention and wellness that Healthy People—the nation's health promotion and disease prevention aspirations for a healthier nation—established. The Affordable Care Act reaffirms the themes of Healthy People by promoting population-based prevention and sets the stage for Healthy People 2020. The heart of Healthy People 2010 lies in its leading health indicators, r…
Small Area Estimates Reveal High Cigarette Smoking Prevalence in Low-Income Cities of Los Angeles County
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: From Science to Application
This article proposes ways to improve the credibility and use of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) in healthcare decision-making. We argue that the major issue is not the credibility of CEA as a methodology; although there are methodologic challenges, they can be addressed. Two issues, however, will require effort on the part of stakeholders to achieve consensus. First, agreement must be reached regarding the standards of evidence required to sup…
Aligning Quality for Populations and Patients: Do We Know Which Way to Go
Both the medical care and public health systems have invested considerable resources to define, measure, and improve quality and health outcomes. A movement toward accountability has generated performance indicators from the medical arena and “leading health indicators” from the public health arena. The focus on specific conditions by the medical care system has been at odds with public health’s emphasis on improving population health and has per…
A Framework for Outcomes Research in Cancer: Response to Carolyn Clancy
From Outcomes Research and Management, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania. Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Steven M. Teutsch, MD, MPH, Senior Director, Outcomes Research and Management, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA 19486-0004. E-mail: [email protected]
Radon and lung cancer: A cost-effectiveness analysis
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the cost-effectiveness of general and targeted strategies for residential radon testing and mitigation in the United States. METHODS: A decision-tree model was used to perform a cost-effectiveness analysis of preventing radon-associated deaths from lung cancer. RESULTS: For a radon threshold of 4 pCi/L, the estimated costs to prevent 1 lung cancer death are about $3 million (154 lung cancer deaths prevented), or $4…
Reporting for disease control activities
Reporting for disease control activities. S Teutsch, R L Berkelman, K E Toomey, and R L VogtCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.81.7.932 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Diabetes and renal mortality in the United States
The risk of renal death is examined in the United States population 15 years of age and older with and without diabetes. The renal mortality rate is 174.6 per 100,000 among people with diabetes and 42.5 per 100,000 among people without diabetes. The relative risk of renal mortality is 4.1 for diabetics, age-adjusted relative risk, 2.6. The risk of renal mortality is highest in young people with diabetes. Rates of renal mortality are higher than p…
Excess Medical Care Spending: The Categories, Magnitude, and Opportunity Costs of Wasteful Spending in the United States
Landmark reports from reputable sources have concluded that the United States wastes hundreds of billions of dollars every year on medical care that does not improve health outcomes. While there is widespread agreement over how wasteful medical care spending is defined, there is no consensus on its magnitude or categories. A shared understanding of the magnitude and components of the issue may aid in systematically reducing wasteful spending and …
Radon and lung cancer: A cost-effectiveness analysis
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the cost-effectiveness of general and targeted strategies for residential radon testing and mitigation in the United States. METHODS: A decision-tree model was used to perform a cost-effectiveness analysis of preventing radon-associated deaths from lung cancer. RESULTS: For a radon threshold of 4 pCi/L, the estimated costs to prevent 1 lung cancer death are about $3 million (154 lung cancer deaths prevented), or $4…
Small Area Estimates Reveal High Cigarette Smoking Prevalence in Low-Income Cities of Los Angeles County
Diabetes and renal mortality in the United States
The risk of renal death is examined in the United States population 15 years of age and older with and without diabetes. The renal mortality rate is 174.6 per 100,000 among people with diabetes and 42.5 per 100,000 among people without diabetes. The relative risk of renal mortality is 4.1 for diabetics, age-adjusted relative risk, 2.6. The risk of renal mortality is highest in young people with diabetes. Rates of renal mortality are higher than p…
Changing the Public’s Health Story: Reducing Wasteful Medical Care Spending—Introduction to the Special AJPH Section
Health Reform and Healthy People Initiative
The passage of the Affordable Care Act builds on and strengthens the foundation for prevention and wellness that Healthy People—the nation's health promotion and disease prevention aspirations for a healthier nation—established. The Affordable Care Act reaffirms the themes of Healthy People by promoting population-based prevention and sets the stage for Healthy People 2020. The heart of Healthy People 2010 lies in its leading health indicators, r…
Reduction in US Health Care Spending Required to Meet the Institute of Medicine’s 2030 Target
Objectives. To quantify changes in US health care spending required to reach parity with high-resource nations by 2030 or 2040 and identify historical precedents for these changes. Methods. We analyzed multiple sources of historical and projected spending from 1970 through 2040. Parity was defined as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) median or 90th percentile for per capita health care spending. Results. Sustained …
Diabetes and renal mortality in the United States
The risk of renal death is examined in the United States population 15 years of age and older with and without diabetes. The renal mortality rate is 174.6 per 100,000 among people with diabetes and 42.5 per 100,000 among people without diabetes. The relative risk of renal mortality is 4.1 for diabetics, age-adjusted relative risk, 2.6. The risk of renal mortality is highest in young people with diabetes. Rates of renal mortality are higher than p…
Reporting for disease control activities
Reporting for disease control activities. S Teutsch, R L Berkelman, K E Toomey, and R L VogtCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.81.7.932 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Radon and lung cancer: A cost-effectiveness analysis
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the cost-effectiveness of general and targeted strategies for residential radon testing and mitigation in the United States. METHODS: A decision-tree model was used to perform a cost-effectiveness analysis of preventing radon-associated deaths from lung cancer. RESULTS: For a radon threshold of 4 pCi/L, the estimated costs to prevent 1 lung cancer death are about $3 million (154 lung cancer deaths prevented), or $4…
A Framework for Outcomes Research in Cancer: Response to Carolyn Clancy
From Outcomes Research and Management, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania. Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Steven M. Teutsch, MD, MPH, Senior Director, Outcomes Research and Management, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA 19486-0004. E-mail: [email protected]
Aligning Quality for Populations and Patients: Do We Know Which Way to Go
Both the medical care and public health systems have invested considerable resources to define, measure, and improve quality and health outcomes. A movement toward accountability has generated performance indicators from the medical arena and “leading health indicators” from the public health arena. The focus on specific conditions by the medical care system has been at odds with public health’s emphasis on improving population health and has per…
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: From Science to Application
This article proposes ways to improve the credibility and use of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) in healthcare decision-making. We argue that the major issue is not the credibility of CEA as a methodology; although there are methodologic challenges, they can be addressed. Two issues, however, will require effort on the part of stakeholders to achieve consensus. First, agreement must be reached regarding the standards of evidence required to sup…
Small Area Estimates Reveal High Cigarette Smoking Prevalence in Low-Income Cities of Los Angeles County
Public Health Practice: What Works
This book compiles the lessons and best practices of working in the complex and evolving public health setting of Los Angeles County, as told by leaders of LA County's Department of Public Health. Los Angeles County's combination of urban centers, extensive suburbs, and low-income, rural, and agricultural communities renders public health challenges that are diverse in scope and unmatched in scale. Through stories of both success and challenges f…
Health Reform and Healthy People Initiative
The passage of the Affordable Care Act builds on and strengthens the foundation for prevention and wellness that Healthy People—the nation's health promotion and disease prevention aspirations for a healthier nation—established. The Affordable Care Act reaffirms the themes of Healthy People by promoting population-based prevention and sets the stage for Healthy People 2020. The heart of Healthy People 2010 lies in its leading health indicators, r…
Public health practice: Lessons From the Nation's Largest, Most Diverse County
Catapulting the Chasm: Or How to Avoid Wasting a Perfectly Good Fiscal Disaster
The nation once again is on the precipice of financial catastrophe, but have we overlooked public health? Juxtaposed against one another, the comparison of health care with public health—one largely overutilized, expensive, and underperforming, the other responsible for eradicating diseases and providing safe food and water—cries out for thoughtful fiscal recalibration. We have examined the recent Institute of Medicine report on public health fin…
Estimating the Costs and Benefits of Providing Free Public Transit Passes to Students in Los Angeles County: Lessons Learned in Applying a Health Lens to Decision-Making
In spite of increased focus by public health to engage and work with non-health sector partners to improve the health of the general as well as special populations, only a paucity of studies have described and disseminated emerging lessons and promising practices that can be used to undertake this work. This article describes the process used to conduct a Health Impact Assessment of a proposal to provide free public transportation passes to stude…
Getting to Average Life Expectancy: It Takes Commitment
Reduction in US Health Care Spending Required to Meet the Institute of Medicine’s 2030 Target
Objectives. To quantify changes in US health care spending required to reach parity with high-resource nations by 2030 or 2040 and identify historical precedents for these changes. Methods. We analyzed multiple sources of historical and projected spending from 1970 through 2040. Parity was defined as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) median or 90th percentile for per capita health care spending. Results. Sustained …
Excess Medical Care Spending: The Categories, Magnitude, and Opportunity Costs of Wasteful Spending in the United States
Landmark reports from reputable sources have concluded that the United States wastes hundreds of billions of dollars every year on medical care that does not improve health outcomes. While there is widespread agreement over how wasteful medical care spending is defined, there is no consensus on its magnitude or categories. A shared understanding of the magnitude and components of the issue may aid in systematically reducing wasteful spending and …
Changing the Public’s Health Story: Reducing Wasteful Medical Care Spending—Introduction to the Special AJPH Section
Teutsch et al. Respond
AffiliationsSteven Teutsch is with the Center for Health Advancement, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. J. Mac McCullough is with the College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix. Sanne Magnan is with the Health Partners Institute, Minneapolis, MN, and the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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