Center for Healthcare Effectiveness Research

Director: R. Michael Massanari, MD
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Chapters and Books

Barth-Jones, DC.  The retrospective partner trials (RPT) HIV vaccine study design for the measurement of vaccine effects on susceptibility and infectiousness.  Dissertation (PhD.)  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1999.

Sen A., Basu S., Banerjee M.  Statistical Analysis of Life-Data with Masked Cause-of-Failure.  In: Handbook of Statistics:  Reliability, edited by C.R. Rao & N. Balakrishnan.  In Press.

Ransom SB, Pinsky W.  Clinical Resource and Quality Management.  American College of Physician Executives, publisher, 1999.

Ransom SB, McNeeley SG, Munkarah AR, Dombrowski MP, Moghissi KS.  Practical Strategies in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  W.B. Saunders Company, publisher, 2000 (published in 1999)

Ransom SB, Tropman J, Pinsky WW.  Enhancing Physician Performance:  Advanced Medical Management.  American College of Physician Executive,  publisher, 2000 (in press 1999)

Ransom, SB, Dombrowski, MP, Evans MI.  Contemporary Therapy in Obstetrics and Gynecology, WB Saunders, publisher (in progress/press)

Downing S, Ransom SB.  Clinical Pathway Implementation.  Practical Strategies in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Ransom SB, McNeeley SG, Munkarah AR, Dombrowski MP, Moghissi KS (ed.)  W.B. Saunders, 2000.

Downing S, Ransom SB.  Clinical Pathways and Protocols.  Ransom SB, Pinsky WW. (ed).   Clinical Resource and Quality Management.  Tampa:  American College of  Physician Executives Press, 1999.

Ransom SB, Pinsky WW.  Enhancing Physician Performance.  Ransom SB, Pinsky WW (eds).  Clinical Resource and Quality Management.  Tampa:  American College of Physician Executives Press, 1999.

Ransom, SB.  Introduction.  Why is clinical resource and quality management important?  Ransom SB, Pinsky WW (ed).  Clinical Resource and Quality Management.  Tampa:  American College of Physician Executives Press, 1999.

Ransom SB, Tropman J.  Introduction:  The Five C Approach in Enhancing Physician Performance.  Ransom SB, Pinsky WW, Tropman J (ed).  Enhancing Physician Performance.  Tampa:  American College of Physician Executives Press, 2000.

Wills C, Ransom SB.  Useful Information and Resources for Enhancing Physician Performance.  Ransom SB, Pinsky WW, Tropman J (ed).  Enhancing Physician Performance.  Tampa:  American College of Physician Executives Press, 2000.

Ransom SB.  Evidence Based Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Ransom SB, Dombrowski MP, Evans MI (eds).  Contemporary Therapy in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  WB Saunders Press. (in press)

Ransom SB.  The Use of Clinical Practice Profiling in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Ransom SB, Dombrowski MP, Evans MI (eds).  Contemporary Therapy in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  W.B. Saunders Press (in press)

Mikelson M. Ransom SB.  How to evaluate quality cost effectiveness analysis in obstetrics and gynecology.  Ransom SB, Dombrowski MP, Evans MI (eds).  Contemporary Therapy in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  W.B. Saunders Press, 2000.

Krousel-Wood MA, Pinsky WW, Ransom SB.  Benchmarking Outcomes.  Ransom SB, Pinsky WW, Tropman J (ed).  Enhancing Physician Performance.  Tampa:  American College of Physician Executives Press, 2000.

Rizk E, Ransom SB.  Outcomes Measurement.  Practical Strategies in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Ransom SB, McNeeley SG, Munkarah AR, Dombrowski MP, Moghissi KS (ed).  W.B. Saunders, 2000.

Ransom SB, Tropman J.  The development of a physician Ònew payÓ compensation program using Activity Based Costing.  Ransom SB, Pinsky WW, Tropman J (ed).  Enhancing Physician Performance.  Tampa:  American College of Physician Executives Press, 2000.

Massanari RM, Casoglos A, Dang KS and Meinke J:  Clinical Epidemiology. Chapter 1.3 in Practical Strategies in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Ransom SB, Dombrowski MP, McNeeley SG, Moghissi KS and Munkarah AR (eds).  W. B. Saunders, 1999.

Touchette DR, Mamdani  MM, Massanari RM, Stevenson JG.  Managing Uncertainty in Decision Analysis with Sensitivity Analysis.  (in press)

Publications

Chick SE., Barth-Jones DC., Koopman JS., Bias reduction for Risk Ratios and Vaccine Effect Estimators.  Statistics in Medicine.  (presently submitted)

Powell IJ, Banerjee M, Sakr W, Grignon D, Wood DP Jr, Novallo M, and Pontes, JE.  Should African-American  Men be Tested for Prostate Carcinoma at an Earlier Age than White Men?  Cancer,  472-477, 1999.

Qureshi F, Munkarah A, Banerjee M, and Jacques SM.  Tumor Angiogenesis in Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma.  Gynecologic Oncology, 72:  65-70, 1999.

Shekarriz B, Shekarriz H, Upadhyay J, Banerjee M, Becker H, Pontes JE and Wood DP, Jr.  Outcome of Palliative Urinary Diversionn in the Treatment of Advance Malignancies.  Cancer, 85:  998-1003, 1999.

Tefilli MV, Gheiler EL, Tiguert R, Banerjee M, Sakr W, Grignon DJ, Wood DP,  Jr., Pontes JE.  Role of Radical Prostatectomy in Patients with Prostate Cancer of High Gleason Score.  Prostate, 39: 60-66, 1999.

Barroso U, Oskanian P, Tefilli MV, Banerjee M, Grignon DJ, Sakr W, Pontes JE, and Powel IJ.  Population-based Study of Pelvic Lymph Node Positively in Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer:  A study Comparing African Americans and Whites.  Urology, 53, 187-191, 1999.

Tiguert R, Gheiler EL, Tefilli MV, Oskanian P, Banerjee M, Grignon DJ, Sakr W, Pontes JE and Wood DP, Jr.  Lumph Node Size does not Correlate with the Presence of Prostate Cancer Metastasis.  Urology, 53:  367-371, 1999.

Tefilli MV, Gheiler EL, Tiguert R, Sakr W, Grignon DJ, Banerjee M, Pontes JE and Wood DP, Jr.  Should Gleason Score 7 Prostate Cancer be Considered a Unique Grade Category?  Urology, 53:  372-377, 1999.

Banerjee M, Capozzoli M, McSweeney L, Sinha D.  Beyond Kappa:  A Review of Interrater Agreement Measures.  Canadian Journal of Statistics, 27:  3-23, 1999.

Gheiler EL, Lovisolo JA, Tiguert R, Tefilli MV, Grayson T, Oldford G, Powell IJ, Famiglietti G, Banerjee M, Pontes JE and Wood DP, Jr.  Results of a Clinical Care Pathway for Radical Prostatectomy Patients in an Open Hospital-Multiphysician System.  European Urology, 35: 210-216, 1999.

Saleh HA, Khatib G, Jackson H, and Banerjee M.  Correlation of bcl-2 Oncoprotein Immunohistochemical Expression with Proliferation Index and Histopathologic Parameters in Colorectal Neoplasia.  Pathology Oncology Research, 5: 274-279, 1999.

Lovett LL, Massanari RM.  The Role of Surveillance in Emerging Health Systems:  Measurement is Essential but Not Sufficient.  American Journal of Infection Control.  1999.

Nathani MG, Naylor PH, Turner JR, Peleman RR, Ehrinpreis MN, Kinzie JL, Lybik M, Siddiqui F, Janisse J, Massanari RM, Mutchnick MG.  Utility of Serum HCV RNA for determining IFN-dose escalation or treatment termination in patients with chronic hepatitis C:  Studies in an urban clinic population.  Journal of Gastroenterology.  1999 (submitted)

Jackson M, Massanari RM.  Reengineering and Infection Control Programs:  Commentary and a Case Study.  American Journal of Infection Control, 1999 (in press)

Britt D, Risinger S, Miller V, Mans M, Krivchenia EL, Evans MI.  Exploring the Impact of Alternative Decision Contexts after Prenatal Diagnosis of Down Syndrome.  Submitted to American Journal of Medical Genetics 1999.

Laken M, Miller V, Ager JA.  The Forgotten Appointment:  Predictors of the Timing of the Post-partum Appointment in a Sample of Low Income Women with Unintended Pregnancies.  Submitted to American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1999.

Miller V, Laken M, Ager JA, Essenmacher L.  Contraceptive Decision Making Among Medicaid-Eligible Women.  Journal of Community Health (in press)

Abstracts

Sidhom MA, Warnimont S, Massanari RM, Racine E.  Barriers of Anticoagulation Therapy in Chronic Atrial Fibrillation.  March, 2000 (submitted)

Popovic B, Racine E, Touchette D, Andersen J, Ruble P, Massanari RM, Stenenson J, and the IAD Task Force.  Comprehensive Program to Manage Anticoagulation therapy:  Establishing a PT Monitoring System and Protocol.  Platform Presentation at the 1999 Annual Great Lakes Pharmacy Residency Conference.  April, 1999.  Lexington, Kentucky.

And Preliminary Results Presented at the Anticoagulation ForumÕs Fifth National Conference on Anticoagulant Therapy, May 1999, Vancouver and Abstract in Journal Thrombosis and Thrombolysis.

Touchette D, Racine E, Massanari M, Andersen J, Stevenson J, and the IAD Task Force.  Cost-Effectiveness of Increasing Warfarin Usage for Stroke Prophylaxis in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.  Poster Presentation at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcome Research (ISPOR).  May 1999, Crystal City, VA.

Ansong M, Touchette D, Racine E, Massanari M, Andersen J, Stevenson J, and the IAD Task Force.  Cost-Minimization Analysis of Monitoring warfarin Therapy:  Comparison of Seven Different Approaches.  Platform Presentation at the 1999 Annual Great Lakes Pharmacy Residency Conference.  April 1999.  Lexington, Kentucky.

McGlaun GC, Racine E, Touchette D, Massanari M, Andersen J, and the IAD Task Force.  Warfarin Use in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation at Two Urban Teaching Hospitals.  Platform Presentation at the 1999 Annual Great Lakes Pharmacy Residency Conference.  April 1999.  Lexington, Kentucky.

Kucuk O, Sakr W, Sarkar FH, Djuric Z, Li YW, Velazquez F, Banerjee M, Bertram JS, Crissman JD, Wood DP Jr.  Lycopene Supplementation in Men with Localized Prostate Cancer Modulates Grade and Volume of Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Tumor, Level of Serum PSA and Biomarkers of Cell Growth, Differentiation and Apoptosis.  Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research, 40, (Abstract #2706), 1999.

Triest JA, Tiguert R, Gheiler EL, Banerjee M, Pontes JE, Wood DP Jr.  Outcome Analysis in Patients wit a Preoperative Serum PSA of > 20 ng./ml.  Following Radical Prostatectomy.  Journal of Urology, 161 (4 Supplement):  177 Abstract #681), 1999.

Gheiler EL, Tiguert R, Banerjee M, Sakr W, Grignon DJ, Pontes JE, Wood DP Jr.  Should a Patient with a Normal Digital Rectal Examination and an Abnormal Trans Rectal Ultrasound be Staged as T1C or T2?  Journal of Urology, 161(4 Supplement) :  236 (Abstract #910), 1999.

Sakr W, Tiguert R, Gheiler EL, Tefilli MV, Banerjee M, Grignon DJ, Pontes JE, Wood DP Jr.  Gleason Score 7 Prostate Cancer:  A Heterogeneous Entity?  Correlation with Pathologic Parameters and Disease Free Survival.  Journal of Urology, 161(4 Supplement):  243 (Abstract #936), 1999.

Gheiler EL, Tiguert R, Powell IJ, Banerjee M, Pontes JE, Wood DP Jr.  Impact of Positive Surgical Margins on Disease Free Survival Between African American and Caucasian Men Following Radical Prostatectomy.  Journal of Urology, 161(4 Supplement): 246(Abstract #950), 1999.

Sakr W, Grignon DJ, Tiguert R, Banerjee M, Powell IJ, Pontes JE, Crissman JD, Wood DP Jr.  Predictors of Biochemical Recurrence in Pathologically Organ Confined Prostate Cancer:  Analysis of Preoperative PSA, Age, Race, Gleason Score, Tumor Volume, Pin, DNA Ploidy and Proliferative Activity.  Journal of Urology, 161(4 Supplement):  338 (Abstract #1306), 1999.

Pernick N, Qureshi F, Munkarah A, Banerjee M, Jacques SM.  Fas and Fas ligand Expression in Advanced Stage Ovarian Carcinoma.  Modern Pathology, 12:118A, Abstract #705, 1999.

Aboussouan LS, Khan SU, Arroliga A, Banerjee M, Mitsumoto H.  Effect of Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation on Pulmonary Function in Amoyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.  Chest, 116(4):  271S, 1999.

Graham CA, Mallett VT, Ransom SB.  Evaluation of patients with Detrusor Instability or Mixed incontinence:  Is routine cystoscopy cost-effective?  Presented, International Continence Society Annual Meeting, August 22, 1999.

Graham CA, Mallet VT, Ransom SB.  The utility of multichannel cystometry:  A cost-effectiveness assessment.  Presented, American Urogynecology 20th Annual Scientific Annual Meeting, 1999.

Miller V, Ransom SB, Ayoub M, Drivchenia EL, Evans MI.  The economic impact of a Michigan state ban on medically indicated second trimester abortions.  Prize Poster award for conference of Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, January, 1999.

Miller V, Ransom SB, Shalhoub A, Sokol RJ, Evans MI.  Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction:  Perinatal and Fiscal Outcomes.  Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 1999.

Miller V, Laken M, Essenmacher L, Ager J, Hackett J.  Why Do Women Choose the Contraception They Do?  Midwest Nursing Research Society, 1999.

Barth-Jones, DC, Chick SE, Adams A, Koopman JS.  Statistical Power for the Retrospective Partner Trials (RPT) HIV vaccine study design.  Thirteenth Meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Disease Research.  July 11-14, 1999 Denver, CO.  ISSTDR: p. 137