Dissertation Title: "Policy Assessment of Medical Imaging Utilization: Methods and Applications"
We developed and applied decision-analytic methods to two controversial uses of diagnostic imaging technologies: diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) with...
Dissertation Title: "Explaining the Secular Trends in Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality with an Empirically Calibrated Microsimulation Model"
Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in the U...
Dissertation Title: "Decision Analysis in the Evaluation of Breast Cancer Treatment"
Advances in breast cancer treatment have improved the prognosis of many women with this disease. Whether a patient faces a diagnosis of early-stage breast cancer or more...
Dissertation Title: "Improving the Comparability of Cost-Effectiveness Analyses"
To compare cost-effectiveness ratios across studies, we must have some assurance that the analyses that produced the ratios used similar methods. Findings of methodological...