Co-payments and Access to Care: The Patient Perspective
Primary Source of Funding: Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
Total Project Period: January 2001 – December 2003
Division of Research Principal Investigator: John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE
Description: This cross-sectional study will evaluate patients' perceptions of co-payments and assess their underlying preferences for access to care.
Cost-Effectiveness of an HMO Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Program Using the MISCAN-COLON Simulation Model
Primary Source of Funding: National Cancer Institute
Total Project Period: August 2000 – August 2001
Division of Research Principal Investigators: Theodore R. Levin, MD; Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH
Description: In this project, data from the Kaiser Permanente, Northern California, CoCaP Program will be collected and shared with the National Cancer Institute for use in their cost-effectiveness model for colorectal cancer screening.
Health Care Utilization Patterns Among the Obese (Cost of Obesity)
Division of Research Principal Investigator: Bette Caan, DrPH
Primary Source of Funding: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
Total Project Period: September 1994 – December 2003
Description: Title describes study.
The Cost-Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
Primary Source of Funding: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Total Project Period: September 2000 – September 2001
Division of Research Principal Investigators: Steven Black, MD; G. Tom Ray, MBA
Description: This project will revise a previously developed cost-effectiveness model of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. In this revision, we will incorporate national assumptions and monetary values for the benefits of the vaccine derived from community-based surveys on parents’ willingness-to-pay to avoid pneumococcal-related health conditions.
Utilization, Quality of Life, and Direct Medical Costs Associated in Treated and Untreated Urinary Incontinence
Primary Source of Funding: Pharmacia
Total Project Period: June 2000 – May 2001
Division of Research Principal Investigator: Stephen K. Van Den Eeden, PhD
Description: This study will estimate the differences in costs and quality of life between treated and untreated urinary incontinence among women.
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