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Costs and Cost Effectiveness of a Health Care Provider–Directed Intervention to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Veterans by WOLF, Michael S, FITZNER, Karen A, DOLAN, Nancy C, BENNETT, Charles L, POWELL, Eowyn F, MCCAFFREY, Kathryn R, PICKARD, A. Simon, MCKOY, June M, LINDENBERG, Julia, SCHUMOCK, Glen T, CARSON, Kenneth R, FERREIRA, M. Rosario

“…Colorectal cancer screening is underused, particularly in the Veterans Affairs (VA) population. In a randomized controlled trial, a health care…”
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Economics of Malignant Gliomas: A Critical Review by Raizer, Jeffrey J, Fitzner, Karen A, Jacobs, Daniel I, Bennett, Charles L, Liebling, Dustin B, Luu, Thanh Ha, Trifilio, Steven M, Grimm, Sean A, Fisher, Matthew J, Haleem, Meraaj S, Ray, Paul S, McKoy, Judith M, DeBoer, Rebecca, Tulas, Katrina-Marie E, Deeb, Mohammed, McKoy, June M

“…Approximately 18,500 persons are diagnosed with malignant glioma in the United States annually. Few studies have investigated the comprehensive economic costs…”
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The financial burden of cancer: estimates from a study of insured women with breast cancer by Arozullah, Ahsan M, Calhoun, Elizabeth A, Wolf, Michael, Finley, Denise K, Fitzner, Karen A, Heckinger, Elizabeth A, Gorby, Nicolle S, Schumock, Glen T, Bennett, Charles L

“…The financial impact of cancer can be large, even among persons with comprehensive health insurance policies. Prior studies have found that women with cancer…”
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Effects of cancer comorbidity on disease management: making the case for diabetes education (a report from the SOAR program) by Irizarry, Lauren, Li, Qijuan E, Duncan, Ian, Thurston, Andrew L, Fitzner, Karen A, Edwards, Beatrice J, McKoy-Bent, Judith M, Tulas, Katrina M, McKoy, June M

“…Individuals with type II diabetes have an increased risk of cancer diagnosis (relative risk [RR]=1.12-2.50) and mortality (RR=1.4) compared to normoglycemic…”
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Costs and Benefits Associated With Diabetes Education: A Review of the Literature by Boren, Suzanne A, Fitzner, Karen A, Panhalkar, Pallavi S, Specker, James E

“…Purpose The purpose of this article was to review the published literature and evaluate the economic benefits and costs associated with diabetes education…”
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The value of innovation: the economics of targeted drugs for cancer by Tigue, Cara C., Fitzner, Karen A., Alkhatib, Motasem, Schmid, Eric, Bennett, Charles L.

“…Oncology therapeutics have entered a new era, with the recent approval by the US Food and Drug Administration of 16 novel targeted agents. In many instances,…”
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Cost considerations in the management of cancer in the older patient by McKoy, June M, Fitzner, Karen A, Edwards, Beatrice J, Alkhatib, Motasem, Tigue, Cara C, Nonzee, Narissa J, Bolden, Carlos R, Bennett, Charles L

“…Patients aged 65 years and older represent 12% of the US population yet account for approximately 56% of cancer cases and 69% of all cancer mortalities. The…”
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The economics of brain metastases by Bennett, Charles L, Tigue, Cara C, Fitzner, Karen A

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Cost-effectiveness study on influenza prevention in Hong Kong by Fitzner, Karen A, Shortridge, K.F, McGhee, S.M, Hedley, A.J

“…Introduction: Recent studies confirm that influenza vaccination confers health benefits and reduces direct and indirect costs associated with the illness…”
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Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for chemotherapy-induced neutropenia in patients with small cell lung cancer : The 40% rule revisited by CALHOUN, Elizabeth A, SCHUMOCK, Glen T, MCKOY, June M, PICKARD, Simon, FITZNER, Karen A, HECKINGER, Elizabeth A, POWELL, Eowyn F, MCCAFFREY, Kathyrn R, BENNETT, Charles L

“…Recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) [filgrastim and lenograstim] and pegylated G-CSF (pegfilgrastim) have been shown to reduce the…”
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Health care in Hong Kong and mainland China: one country, two systems? by Fitzner, Karen A., Coughlin, Sheryl, Tomori, Cecilia, Bennett, Charles L.

“…Hong Kong and Mainland China are undertaking health reform following recent economic fluctuations and Hong Kong’s transformation to a Special Administrative…”
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Long-Term Care Models for Dually Eligible Medicare and Medicaid Populations by Fitzner, Karen A., Bennett, Amy Bussian, Weinraub, Helene, Heckinger, Elizabeth

“…Demand for long-term care (LTC) is increasing. The government is increasingly turning to the private sector to effectively manage the needs of dually eligible…”
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DMAA Quality and Research Initiative by Fitzner, Karen A

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DMAA quality and research corner by Fitzner, Karen A

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DMAA quality and research initiative by Fitzner, Karen A, Gómez, Cynthia, Chappell, Heather

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Health care in Hong Kong and mainland China: one country, two systems? by Fitzner, Karen A, and others

“…Examines policy and economic factors associated with health care systems, since Hong Kong's transformation to a Special Administrative Region of China in 1997…”
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Erratum to ‘Health care in Hong Kong and mainland China: one country, two systems?’: [Health Policy 53 (2000) 147–155] by Fitzner, Karen A, Coughlin, Sheryl, Tomori, Cecilia, Bennett, Charles L

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Administration of rotavirus vaccine is cost-effective by Fitzner, Karen A.

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