Karen M Kuntz
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5534907 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Karen M Kuntz |
| PRENOMES | Karen M |
| SOBRENOME | Kuntz |
| ASSINATURA | KUNTZ K M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6335-7590 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1996 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Recommendations for Conduct, Methodological Practices, and Reporting of Cost-effectiveness Analyses
IMPORTANCE: Since publication of the report by the Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine in 1996, researchers have advanced the methods of cost-effectiveness analysis, and policy makers have experimented with its application. The need to deliver health care efficiently and the importance of using analytic techniques to understand the clinical and economic consequences of strategies to improve health have increased in recent years. OB…
Cost-Savings to Medicare From Pre-Medicare Colorectal Cancer Screening
BACKGROUND: Many individuals have not received recommended colorectal cancer (CRC) screening before they become Medicare eligible at the age of 65. We aimed to estimate the long-term implications of increased CRC screening in the pre-Medicare population (50-64 y) on costs in the pre-Medicare and Medicare populations (65+ y). METHODS: We used 2 independently developed microsimulation models [Microsimulation Screening Analysis Colon (MISCAN) and Si…
Hospital Characteristics Associated With Maintenance or Improvement of Guideline-recommended Lymph Node Evaluation for Colon Cancer
BACKGROUND: Over the past 20 years, surgical practice organizations have recommended the identification of ≥12 lymph nodes from surgically treated colon cancer patients as an indicator of quality performance for adequate staging; however, studies suggest that significant variation exists among hospitals in their level of adherence to this recommendation. We examined hospital-level factors that were associated with institutional improvement or mai…
A cost-effectiveness analysis of folic acid fortification policy in the United States
Objective To quantify the health and economic outcomes associated with changes in folic acid consumption following the fortification of enriched grain products in the USA. Design Cost-effectiveness analysis. Setting Annual burden of disease, quality-adjusted life years (QALY) and costs were projected for four steady-state strategies: no fortification, or fortifying with 140, 350 or 700 μg folic acid per 100 g enriched grain. The analysis consider…
Population-Level Changes in Folate Intake by Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity after Folic Acid Fortification
Objectives. We sought to quantify the impact of the 1998 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) folic acid fortification policy by estimating folate intake at the population level. Methods. We analyzed total folate intake levels (from food and supplements) according to gender, age, and race/ethnicity, using data from 2 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. We measured pre- and postfortification folate intake distributions, adjusted fo…
Model for incorporating social context in health behavior interventions
Health Utilities in Alzheimer's Disease
OBJECTIVES: Although the broad impacts of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are increasingly recognized, little work has focused on the overall health-related quality of life experienced by Alzheimer's disease patients and their caregivers. The study had two main objectives: (1) to test the feasibility of measuring health utilities in Alzheimer's disease with a generic preference-weighted instrument using proxy respondents and (2) to assess the utility sc…
Comparative Responsiveness of Generic Versus Disease-Specific and Weighted Versus Unweighted Health Status Measures in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
OBJECTIVES: The authors evaluated the relative responsiveness to change of generic versus disease-specific and unweighted versus weighted health status measures in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). METHODS: Data were obtained from 196 subjects followed in a prospective community-based cohort study in Maine who underwent carpal tunnel release (The Maine Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Study). Patients were evaluated before and 6 months after surgery. The disea…
Health Values of Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
To assess the health values of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and examine the relationships between their health values and health status at two points in time, the authors sought to determine whether patients' physical and mental health statuses were good predictors of how they valued their current state of health. One hundred thirty-nine patients with various stages of HIV infection were interviewed in a prospective c…
Population-Level Changes in Folate Intake by Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity after Folic Acid Fortification
Objectives. We sought to quantify the impact of the 1998 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) folic acid fortification policy by estimating folate intake at the population level. Methods. We analyzed total folate intake levels (from food and supplements) according to gender, age, and race/ethnicity, using data from 2 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. We measured pre- and postfortification folate intake distributions, adjusted fo…
Health Values of Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
To assess the health values of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and examine the relationships between their health values and health status at two points in time, the authors sought to determine whether patients' physical and mental health statuses were good predictors of how they valued their current state of health. One hundred thirty-nine patients with various stages of HIV infection were interviewed in a prospective c…
Comparative Responsiveness of Generic Versus Disease-Specific and Weighted Versus Unweighted Health Status Measures in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
OBJECTIVES: The authors evaluated the relative responsiveness to change of generic versus disease-specific and unweighted versus weighted health status measures in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). METHODS: Data were obtained from 196 subjects followed in a prospective community-based cohort study in Maine who underwent carpal tunnel release (The Maine Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Study). Patients were evaluated before and 6 months after surgery. The disea…
Health Utilities in Alzheimer's Disease
OBJECTIVES: Although the broad impacts of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are increasingly recognized, little work has focused on the overall health-related quality of life experienced by Alzheimer's disease patients and their caregivers. The study had two main objectives: (1) to test the feasibility of measuring health utilities in Alzheimer's disease with a generic preference-weighted instrument using proxy respondents and (2) to assess the utility sc…
Model for incorporating social context in health behavior interventions
Population-Level Changes in Folate Intake by Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity after Folic Acid Fortification
Objectives. We sought to quantify the impact of the 1998 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) folic acid fortification policy by estimating folate intake at the population level. Methods. We analyzed total folate intake levels (from food and supplements) according to gender, age, and race/ethnicity, using data from 2 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. We measured pre- and postfortification folate intake distributions, adjusted fo…
A cost-effectiveness analysis of folic acid fortification policy in the United States
Objective To quantify the health and economic outcomes associated with changes in folic acid consumption following the fortification of enriched grain products in the USA. Design Cost-effectiveness analysis. Setting Annual burden of disease, quality-adjusted life years (QALY) and costs were projected for four steady-state strategies: no fortification, or fortifying with 140, 350 or 700 μg folic acid per 100 g enriched grain. The analysis consider…
Hospital Characteristics Associated With Maintenance or Improvement of Guideline-recommended Lymph Node Evaluation for Colon Cancer
BACKGROUND: Over the past 20 years, surgical practice organizations have recommended the identification of ≥12 lymph nodes from surgically treated colon cancer patients as an indicator of quality performance for adequate staging; however, studies suggest that significant variation exists among hospitals in their level of adherence to this recommendation. We examined hospital-level factors that were associated with institutional improvement or mai…
Cost-Savings to Medicare From Pre-Medicare Colorectal Cancer Screening
BACKGROUND: Many individuals have not received recommended colorectal cancer (CRC) screening before they become Medicare eligible at the age of 65. We aimed to estimate the long-term implications of increased CRC screening in the pre-Medicare population (50-64 y) on costs in the pre-Medicare and Medicare populations (65+ y). METHODS: We used 2 independently developed microsimulation models [Microsimulation Screening Analysis Colon (MISCAN) and Si…
Recommendations for Conduct, Methodological Practices, and Reporting of Cost-effectiveness Analyses
IMPORTANCE: Since publication of the report by the Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine in 1996, researchers have advanced the methods of cost-effectiveness analysis, and policy makers have experimented with its application. The need to deliver health care efficiently and the importance of using analytic techniques to understand the clinical and economic consequences of strategies to improve health have increased in recent years. OB…
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