David Matchar - CV - Health Services and Systems Research - Duke ...

83. Biller J, Feinberg WM, Castaldo JE, Whittemore AD, Harbaugh RE, Dempsey RJ,
Caplan LR, Kresowik TF, Matchar DB, Toole JF, Easton JD, Adams HP, Brass LM,
Hobson RW, Brott TG, Sternau L. Guidelines for carotid endarterectomy - a
statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the Stroke
Council, American Heart Association. Stroke. 29(2):554-562, 1998 and Circulation.
97:501-509, 1998.
84. Goldstein L, Cohen SJ, Matchar DB, Bonito AJ, Samsa GP. Physician-reported
readiness to change stroke prevention practices: implications for educational
programs. Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease. 7(5):358-363, 1998.
85. Goldstein LB, Samsa GP, Matchar DB, Oddone EZ. Multicenter review of
preoperative risk factors for endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis.
Stroke. 29(4):750-753, 1998.
86. Lipscomb J, Ancukiewicz M, Parmigiani G, Hasselblad V, Samsa G, Matchar DB.
Predicating the cost of illness: a comparison of alternative models applied to stroke.
Medical Decision Making. 18(2 Suppl):S39-S56, 1998.
87. Matchar DB. The value of stroke prevention and treatment. Neurology. 51(3):S31-
S35, 1998.
88. Naylor CD, Jadad AR, Graham D, Matchar D, Sibbald WJ, Hux J. The Ontario Health
Care Evaluation Network and the Critical Care Research Network as vehicles for
research transfer. Medical Decision Making. 18(1):16-18, 1998.
89. Oddone EZ, Horner RD, Diers T, Lipscomb J, McIntyre L, Cauffman C, Whittle J,
Passman LJ, Kroupa L, Heaney R, Matchar D. Understanding racial variation in the
use of carotid endarterectomy: The role of aversion to surgery. Journal of the
National Medical Association. 90(1):25-33, 1998.
90. Samsa GP, Matchar DB, Cohen SJ, Lipscomb J, Abrahamse P, McCormick M. A
seven-step model for practice–improvement research: description and application to
the managing anticoagulation services trial (MAST). New Medicine. 2:139-146,1998.
91. Samsa GP, Matchar DB, Goldstein L, Bonito A, Duncan PW, Lipscomb J, Enarson
C, Witter D, Venus P, Paul JE, Weinberger M. Utilities for major stroke: Results from
a survey preferences among persons at increased risk for stroke. American Heart
Journal. 136(4):703-713, 1998.
92. Kuo RL, Aslan P, Abrahamse PH, Matchar DB, Preminger GM. Incorporation of
patient preferences in the treatment of upper urinary tract calculi: A decision
analytical view. Journal of Urology. 162(6):1913-1918, 1999.
93. Matchar DB, Samsa GP. The role of evidence reports in evidence-based medicine: a
mechanism for linking scientific evidence and practice improvement. Joint
Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 25:522-528,1999.
94. Matchar DB, Samsa GP. Using outcomes data to identify best medical practice: The
role of policy models. Hepatology. 29(6):36S-39S,1999.
95. McCrory DC, Matchar DB, Bastian L, Datta S, Hasselblad V, Myers E, Nanda K.
Evaluation of cervical cytology. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 5.
(Prepared by Duke University under Contract No. 290-97-0014.). AHCPR Publication
No. 99-E010. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, MD, January
1999. Available at
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat1.chapter.6794.
96. Oddone EZ, Horner RD, Sloane R, McIntyre L, Ward A, Whittle J, Passman LJ,
Kroupa L, Heaney R, Diem S, Matchar D. Race, presenting signs and symptoms,
use of carotid artery imaging, and appropriateness of carotid endarterectomy. Stroke.
30(7):1350-1356, 1999.
97. Samsa G, Edelman D, Rothman ML, Williams GR, Lipscomb J, Matchar D.
Determining clinically important differences in health status measures - a general