2006-2009

Clements KM, Murphy JM, Eisen SV, Normand S-LT. Comparison of self-report and clinician-rated measures of psychiatric symptoms and functioning in predicting 1-year hospital readmission. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 2006; 33:568-577.

Berndt ER, Busch A, Frank RG, Normand S-L. Real output in mental health care during the 1990s. Forum for Health Economics & Policy 2006; 9(1):Article 5.

Daniels MJ, Normand S-LT. Longitudinal profiling of health care units based on continuous and discrete patient outcomes. Biostatistics 2006; 7(1):1-15. PMC2791405

Timbie J, Frank RG, Horvitz-Lennon MV, Normand S-LT. A meta-analysis of the effect of interventions for depression labor supply. Psychiatric Services 2006; 57:212-218.

Choudhry NK, Anderson GM, Laupacis A, Ross-Degnan D, Normand S-L, Soumerai SB. The impact of adverse events of warfarin prescribing in atrial fibrillation: A matched pair analysis. British Medical Journal 2006; 332(Jan):141-145. PMC1336760

Choudhry NK, Soumerai SB, Normand S-L, Ross-Degnan D, Laupacis A, Anderson GM. Warfarin prescribing in atrial fibrillation: the impact of physician, patient, and hospital characteristics. American Journal of Medicine 2006; 119:607-615.

Dickey B, Normand S-L, Eisen SV, Hermann RC, Cleary PD, Cortes D, Ware N. Associations between adherence to guidelines for antipsychotic dose and health status, side-effects, and patient care experiences. Medical Care 2006; 44(9):827-834.

Krumholz HM, Brindis RG, Brush JE, Cohen DJ, Epstein AJ, Furie K, Howard G, Peterson ED, Rathore SS, Smith SC, Spertus JA, Wang Y, Normand S-L. Standards for statistical models for public reporting of health outcomes. Circulation 2006; 113:456-462.

Busch AB, Huskamp HA, Normand S-LT, Young AS, Goldman H, Frank RG. The impact of parity on major depression treatment quality in the federal employees’ health benefits program after parity implementation. Medical Care 2006; 44:506-512.

Goldman HH, Frank RG, Burnam MA, Huskamp HA, Ridgely MS, Normand S-L, Young AS, Barry C, Azzone V, Azrin ST, Moran G, Lichtenstein C, Blasinksy M. Behavioral health insurance parity for federal employees. New England Journal of Medicine 2006; 354:1378-86.

Tchernis R, Normand S-LT, Pakes J, Gaccione P, Newhouse JP. Selection and plan switching behavior. Inquiry 2006; 43:10-22.

Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Mattera JA, Wang Y, Han LF, Ingber MJ, Roman S, Normand S-L. An administrative claims model suitable for profiling hospital performance based upon 30-day mortality rates among patients with an acute myocardial infarction. Circulation 2006; 113:1683-1692.

Normand S-LT, Belanger AJ, Eisen SV. Graded response model-based item selection for behavior and symptom identification. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 2006; 6:1-19.

Bradley EH, Herrin J, Elbel B, McNamara RL, Magid DJ, Nallamothu BK, Wang Y, Normand S-LT, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Hospital quality for acute myocardial infarction: correlation among process measures and relationship with short-term mortality. Journal of the American Medical Association 2006; 296:72-78.

Kosiborod M, Lichtman JH, Heidenreich PA, Normand S-LT, Wang Y, Brass LM. Krumholz HM. National trends in outcomes among elderly patients with heart failure. American Journal of Medicine 2006; 119:616.e1-616.e7.

Rosenthal MB, Landon BE, Normand S-LT, Frank RG, Epstein AM. Pay for performance in commercial HMOs. New England Journal of Medicine 2006; 355:1895-902.

Landon BE, Normand S-LT, Lessler A, O’Malley AJ, Schmaltz S, Loeb JM, McNeil BJ. Quality of care for the treatment of acute medical conditions in United States hospitals. Archives of Internal Medicine 2006; 166:2511-2517.

Ross JS, Chas SS, Epstein AJ, Wang Y, Bradley EH, Herrin J, Lichtman JH, Normand S-LT, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM. Quality of care for acute myocardial infarction at urban safety net hospitals. Health Affairs 2007; 26(1):238-248.

Bernheim SM, Spertus JA, Reid KJ, Bradley Eh, Desai RA, Peterson ED, Rathore SS, Normand S-LT, Jones PG, Rahimi A, Krumholz HM. Socioeconomic disparities in outcomes following acute myocardial infarction. American Heart Journal 2007; 153:313-9.

Krumholz HM, Normand S-LT, Spertus JA, Shahian DM, Bradley, EH. Measuring performance for treating heart attacks and heart failure: the case for outcomes measurement. Health Affairs 2007; 26(1):75-85.

Normand S-L, Wolf RE, Ayanian AZ, McNeil BJ. Assessing the accuracy of hospital clinical performance measures. Medical Decision Making 2007; 27:9-20.

Austin PC, Grootendorst P, Normand S-LT, Anderson G. Conditioning on the propensity score can result in biased estimation of common measures of treatment effect. Statistics in Medicine 2007; 26:754-768.

Azrin ST, Huskamp HA, Azzone V, Goldman HH, Frank RG, Burnam MA, Normand S-LT, Ridgely MS, Young AS, Barry CL, Busch AB, Moran G. Impact of full mental health and substance abuse parity for children in the federal employees health benefits program. Pediatrics 2007; 119:452-459. PMC1995034

Normand S-LT, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Assessing surrogacy of data sources for institutional comparisons. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 2007; 7:79-96.

Shahian DM, Silverstein T, Lovett A, Wolf RE, Normand S-LT. A comparison of clinical and administrative data sources for hospital CABG reports. Circulation 2007; 115(12):1518-27.

Neaton JD, Normand SL, Gelijns A, Starling RC, Mann DL, Konstam MA. Designs for mechanical circulatory support device studies. Journal of Cardiac Failure 2007; 1391):63-74.

Shahian DM, Edwards FH, Ferraris VA, Haan CK, Rich JB, Normand S-LT, DeLong ER, O’Brien S, Shewan CM, Dokholyan RS, Peterson ED. The measurement of adult cardiac surgery quality; Part I: conceptual framework and measurement selection. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007; 83:S3-12.

O’Brien S, Shahian DM, DeLong ER, Normand S-LT, Edwards FH, Ferraris VA, Haan CK, Rich JB, Shewan CM, Dokholyan RS, Anderson RP, Peterson ED. The measurement of adult cardiac surgery quality; Part 2: statistical considerations in composite measure scoring and provider rating. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007; 83:S13-26.

Gill SS, Bronskill SE, Normand SLT, Anderson GM, Kykora K, Lam K, Bell CM, Lee PE, Fischer HD, Hermann N, Gurwitz JH, Rochon PA. Antipsychotic drug use and mortality among older adults with dementia. Annals of Internal Medicine 2007; 146:775-786.

Landon BE, Rosenthal MB, Normand SLT, Spettell C, Lessler A, Underwood HR, Newhouse JP. Incentive formularies and changes in prescription drug spending. American Journal of Managed Care 2007; 13(part 2):360-369.

Normand S-LT, Shahian DM. Statistical and clinical aspects of institutional profiling. Statistical Science 2007; 22(2):206-226.

Wang OJ, Want Y, Lichtman JH, Bradley EH, Normand S-LT, Krumholz HM. “America’s Best Hospitals” in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Archives of Internal Medicine 2007; 167(13):1345-1351.

Suaya JA, Shepard DS, Normand S-LT, Ades P, Prottas J, Stason WB. Use of cardiac rehabilitation by Medicare beneficiaries after myocardial infarction or coronary bypass surgery. Circulation 2007; 116:1653-1662.

Rosenthal MB, Landon BE, Normand S-LT, Frank RG, Ahmad TS, Epstein AM. Employers’ use of value-based purchasing strategies. Journal of the American Medical Association 2007; 298(19):2281-2288.

Nallamothu BK, Wang Y, Cram P, Birkmeyer JD, Ross JS, Normand S-LT, Krumholz HM. Acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure outcomes at specialty cardiac hospitals. Circulation 2007; 116:2280-2287.

Landon BE, Schneider EC, Normand S-LT, Hudson Scholle S, Pawlson LG, Epstein AM. Quality of care in Medicaid managed care and commercial health plans. Journal of the American Medical Association 2007; 298(14):674-1681.

Concannon TW, Kent DM, Normand S-L, Newhouse JP, Ruthazer R, Griffith JL, Beshansky JR, Wong JB, Aversano T, Selker HP. A geospatial analysis of emergency transport and inter-hospital transfer in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. American Journal of Cardiology 2008; 101:69-74.

Alegria M, Polo A, Gao S, Santana L, Rothstein D, Jimenez A, Hunter ML, Mendieta F, Oddo V, Normand S-LT. Evaluation of a patient activation and empowerment intervention in mental health care. Medical Care 2008; 46:247-256.

Landon BE, Normand S-LT. Performance measurement in small practice settings: challenges and potential solutions. Annals of Internal Medicine 2008; 148:353-357.

Canino G, Vila D, Normand S-L, Perez EA, Ramirez R, Garcia P, Rand C. Reducing asthma health disparities in poor Puerto Rican children: the effectiveness of a culturally tailored family intervention. Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology 2008; 121:665-670.

Landon BE, Normand S-LT, Meara E, Zhou Q, Simon SR, Frank RG, McNeil BJ. The relationship between medical practice characteristics and quality of care for cardiovascular disease. Medical Care Research and Review 2008; 65(2):167-186.

Teixeira-Pinto A, Normand S-L T. Statistical methodology for classifying units on the basis of multiple related measures. Statistics in Medicine 2008; 27:1329-1350. PMC2278020

Timbie JW, Normand S-LT. A comparison of methods for combining quality and efficiency performance measures: profiling the value of hospital care following acute myocardial infarction. Statistics in Medicine 2008; 27:1351-1370.

Shahian DM, Normand S-LT. The comparison of “risk-adjusted” hospital outcomes. Circulation 2008; 117:1955-1963.

Breslau J, Javaras KN, Blacker JM, Normand S-LT. Differential item functioning between ethnic groups in the epidemiological assessment of depression. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2008; 196(4):297-306. PMC2748987

Normand S-LT, Wolf RE, McNeil BJ. Discriminating quality of hospital care in the US. Medical Decision Making 2008; 28(3):308-322.

Timbie JW, Newhouse JP, Rosenthal MB, Normand S-LT. A cost-effectiveness framework for profiling the value of hospital care. Medical Decision Making 2008; 28(3):419-434.

Rochon PA, Normand S-LT, Gomes T, Gill SS, Anderson GM, Melo M, Sykora K, Lipscombe L, Bell CM, Gurwitz JH. Antipsychotic therapy and short-term serious events in older adults with dementia. Archives of Internal Medicine 2008; 168(10):1090-1096.

Glazer J, McGuire T, Normand S-LT. Mitigating the problem of unmeasured outcomes in quality reports. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 2008; 8(2):7. PMC2872781

Normand S-LT. Some old and some new statistical tools for outcomes research. Circulation 2008; 118:872-884. PMC2535854

Landon BE, Rosenthal MB, Normand S-LT, Frank RG, Epstein AM. Quality monitoring and management in commercial health plans. American Journal of Managed Care 2008; 14(6):377-386.

Keenan PS, Normand S-LT, Lin Z, Drye EE, Bhat KR, Ross JS, Schuur JD, Stauffer BD, Bernheim SM, Epstein AJ, Wang YF, Herrin J, Chen J, Federer JJ, Mattera JA, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. An administrative claims model suitable for profiling hospital performance based on 30-day all-cause readmission rates among patients with heart failure. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2008; 1:29-37.

Krumholz HM, Keenan PS, Brush JE, Bufalino VJ, Chernew ME, Epstein AJ, Heidenreich PA, Ho V, Masoudi FA, Matchar DB, Normand S-LT, Rumsfeld JS, Schuur JD, Smith SC, Spertus JA, Walsh MN. Standards for measures used for public reporting of efficiency in healthcare. Circulation 2008; 118(18):1885-93. Epub 2008 Oct 6. J of Am Coll of Cardiol, 2008; 52(18):1518-26.

Mauri L, Silbaugh TS, Garg P, Wolf RE, Zelevinsky K, Lovett A, Varma MR, Zhou Z, Normand S-LT. Drug-eluting or bare-metal stents for acute myocardial infarction. New England Journal of Medicine 2008; 359:1330-42.

Alegria M, Nakash O, Oddo V, Gao S, Lin J, Normand S-LT. How missing information in diagnosis can lead to disparities in the clinical encounter. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 2008; November(Supple),S26-S35. PMC2677445

Ross JS, Normand S-LT, Wang Y, Nallamothu BK, Lichtman JH, Krumholz HM. Hospital remoteness and thirty-day mortality from three serious conditions. Health Affairs 2008; 27(6):1707-1717.

Johnson MA, Normand S-LT, Krumholz HM. How are our hospitals measuring up? “Hospital Compare”: a resource for hospital quality of care. Circulation 2008; 118(13): e498-500.

Krumholz HM, Normand S-LT. Public reporting of 30-day mortality for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction and heart failure. Circulation 2008; 118(13): 1394-7.

Mauri L, Silbaugh TS, Wolf RE, Zelevinsky K, Lovett A, Zhou Z, Resnic FS, Normand S-LT. Long-term clinical outcomes following drug-eluting and bare metal stenting in Massachusetts. Circulation 2008; 118:1817-1827. PMC2821087

Garg P, Normand S-LT, Silbaugh TS, Wolf RE, Zelevinsky K, Lovett A, Varma MR, Zhou Z, Mauri L. Drug-eluting or bare metal stenting in patients with diabetes mellitus: Results from the Mass-DAC registry. Circulation 2008; 118:2277-85.

Ten Have TR, Normand S-LT, Marcus SM, Brown CH, Lavori P, Duan N. Intent-to-treat vs non-intent-to-treat analyses under treatment non adherence in mental health randomized trials. Psychiatric Annals 2008; 38(12): 772-83. PMC2921714

Bhaumik DK, Roy A, Aryal S, Hur K, Duan N, Normand S-LT, Brown CH, Gibbons RD. Sample size determination for studies with repeated continuous outcomes. Psychiatric Annals 2008; 38(12): 765-71. PMC2743342

Marcus SM, Siddique J, Ten Have TR, Gibbons RD, Stuart E, Normand S-LT. Balancing treatment comparisons in longitudinal studies. Psychiatric Annals 2008; 38(12): 805-11. PMC2722117

Belin TR, Normand S-LT. The role of ANCOVA in analyzing experimental data. Psychiatric Annals 2009; 39(7):753-759.

Concannon TW, Griffith JL, Kent DM, Normand S-L, Newhouse JP, Atkins J, Beshansky JR, Selker HP. Elapsed time in emergency medical services in patients with cardiac complaints: are some patients at greater risk for delay? Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2009; 2:9-15.

Rosenthal MB, Landon BE, Normand S-LT, Ahman TS, Epstein AM. Engagement of health plans and employers in addressing racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Medical Care Research and Review 2009 66(2):219-231.

Busch AB, Frank RG, Sachs G, Normand S-LT. Bipolar-I patient characteristics associated with differences in antimanic medication prescribing. Psychopharmacology Bulletin 2009; 4291:35-49. PMC2648065

Sherrill J, Sommers DI, Nierenberg, AA, Leon AC, Amdt S, Bandeen-Roche K, Greenhouse J, Guthrie D, Normand S-LT, Phillips KA, Shear MK, Woolson R. Integrating statistical and clinical research elements in intervention-related grant applications: summary from an NIMH workshop. Academic Psychiatry 2009; 33:221-228. PMC2838497

Gill SS, Anderson GM, Fischer HD, Bell CM, Li P, Normand S-LT, Rochon PA. Syncope and its consequences in patients with dementia receiving cholinesterase inhibitors: A population-based cohort study. Archives of Internal Medicine 2009; 169(9): 867-73.

Suaya JA, Stason WB, Ades PA, Normand S-LT, Shepard DS. Cardiac rehabilitation and survival in older coronary patients. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2009; 54:25-33.

Timbie JW, Shahian DM, Newhouse JP, Rosenthal MB, Normand S-LT. Composite measures for hospital quality using quality-adjusted life years. Statistics in Medicine, 2009; 28:1239-1254.

Horvitz-Lennon M, Donohue J, Domino M, Normand S-L. Improving quality and diffusing best practices: the case of schizophrenia. Health Affairs 2009; 28(3):701-712. PMC2832306

Huskamp H, Busch A, Domino M, Normand S-L. Antidepressant reformulations: Who uses them and what are the benefits? Health Affairs 2009; 28(3):734-745. PMC2752284

Teixeira-Pinto A, Normand S-LT. Correlated bivariate continuous and binary outcomes: Issues and applications. Stat in Medicine 2009; 28:1753-1773. PMC2818753.

Hlatky MA, Greenland P, Arnett DK, Ballantyne CM, Criqui MH, Elkind M, Go AS, Harrell FE, Howard BV, Howard VJ, Hsue PY, Kramer CM, McConnell JP, Normand S-LT, O’Donnell CJ, Smith SC, Wilson P, American Heart Association Expert Panel on Subclinical Atherosclerotic Diseases and Emerging Risk Factors and the Stroke Council. Criteria for evaluation of novel markers of cardiovascular risk. A scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2009; 119(17): 2408–2416. PMC2956982

Shahian DM, O’Brien SM, Filardo G, Ferraris VA, Haan CK, Rich JB, Normand S-LT, DeLong ER, Shewan CM, Dokholyan RS, Peterson ED, Edwards FH, Anderson RP. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: Part 1 – coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009; 88:S2-22.

O’Brien SM, Shahian DM, Filardo G, Ferraris VA, Haan CK, Rich JB, Normand S-LT, DeLong ER, Shewan CM, Dokholyan RS, Peterson ED, Edwards FH, Anderson RP. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: Part 2 – isolated valve surgery. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009; 88:S23-42.

Shahian DM, O’Brien SM, Filardo G, Ferraris VA, Haan CK, Rich JB, Normand S-LT, DeLong ER, Shewan CM, Dokholyan RS, Peterson ED, Edwards FH, Anderson RP. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: Part 3 – valve plus coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009; 88:S43-62.

Teixeira-Pinto A, Siddique J, Gibbons R, Normand S-L. Statistical approaches to modeling multiple outcomes in psychiatric studies. Psychiatric Annals 2009; 39(7):729-735. PMC2798811

Stuart EA, Marcus SM, Horvitz-Lennon MV, Gibbons RD, Normand S-LT, Brown H. Using non-experimental data to estimate treatment effects. Psychiatric Annals, 2009; 39(7):719-728. PMC2886294.

Mulvey GK, Wang Y, Lin Z, Wang OJ, Chen J, Keenan PS, Drye EE, Rathore SS, Normand S-LT, Krumholz HM. Mortality and readmission for patients with heart failure among U.S. News & Report’s top heart hospitals. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 2009; 2:558-565.

Krumholz HM, Merrill AR, Schone RM, Schreiner GC, Chen J, Bradley EH, Wan Y, Wang YF, Lin Z, Straube BM, Rapp MT, Normand S-LT, Drye EE. Patterns of hospital performance in acute myocardial infarction and heart failure 30-day mortality and readmission. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 2009; 2(5):407-413.

Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Chen J, Drye EE, Radford MJ, Havranek DP, Masoudi FA, Nallamothu BK, Spertus JA, Ross JS, Lichtman JH, Curtis JP, Han LF, Rapp MT, Straube BM, Normand S-LT. Reduction in acute myocardial infarction mortality in the United States: Risk-Standardized mortality rates from 1995-2006. Journal of the American Medical Association, 2009; 302(7):767-773.

Horvitz-Lennon MV, Frank RG, Thompson W, Baik SH, Alegria M, Rosenheck RA, Normand S-LT. An investigation of racial and ethnic disparities in service utilization among homeless adults with severe mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 2009; 60:1032-1038. PMC2898183

Busch AB, Huskamp HA, Neelon B, Manning T, Normand S-LT, McGuire TG. Longitudinal racial/ethnic disparities in antimanic medication use in bipolar-I disorder. Medical Care, 2009; 47(12):1217-1228. PMC2787883

Castellanos LR, Normand S-L T, Ayanian JZ. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Higher and Lower Quality Cardiac Surgeons For Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. American Journal of Cardiology, 2009:103:1682-1686.

Skeer MR, McCormick MC, Normand S-LT, Mimiaga MJ, Buka SL, Gilman SE. A prospective study of familial conflict, psychological stress, and the development of substance use disorders in adolescence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2009; 104(1-2):65-72. PMC2728005