2006
The effect of age and chronic illness on life expectancy after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer: implications for screening.
Gross CP, McAvay GJ, Krumholz HM, Paltiel AD, Bhasin D, Tinetti ME. The effect of age and chronic illness on life expectancy after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer: implications for screening. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2006, 145: 646-53. PMID: 17088577, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-145-9-200611070-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic illnessColorectal cancerChronic conditionsLife expectancyCancer stageEarly-stage colorectal cancerPopulation-based cancer registriesPatients 67 yearsRetrospective cohort studyStage I cancerAdministrative claims dataChronic condition groupsFinal study sampleYears of ageShort life expectancyCohort studyEffect of agePatient ageI cancerCancer RegistryCancer variesHealthy patientsIndividual patientsMedicare claimsAdministrative claims
2004
Quality of life after aortic valve replacement with tissue and mechanical implants
Sedrakyan A, Hebert P, Vaccarino V, Paltiel AD, Elefteriades JA, Mattera J, Lin Z, Roumanis SA, Krumholz HM. Quality of life after aortic valve replacement with tissue and mechanical implants. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2004, 128: 266-272. PMID: 15282464, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.12.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic valve replacementQuality of lifeMechanical valve implantsMechanical valve recipientsValve replacementValve recipientsLife scoresValve implantsTissue valvesMechanical valvesMedical Outcomes Trust Short FormPopulation normsYale-New Haven HospitalMechanical valve replacementRate of complicationsUS population normsTissue valve replacementPrognostic factorsRole limitationsOnly significant differenceHealth SurveyAnalysis of covarianceBaseline qualityMean qualityPatients
2003
Age does not limit quality of life improvement in cardiac valve surgery
Sedrakyan A, Vaccarino V, Paltiel AD, Elefteriades JA, Mattera JA, Roumanis SA, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Age does not limit quality of life improvement in cardiac valve surgery. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2003, 42: 1208-1214. PMID: 14522482, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(03)00949-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental component summaryQuality of lifeCardiac valve surgeryPhysical component summaryValve surgeryAssociation of ageValve proceduresComponent summarySF-36PCS scoresMedical Outcomes Trust Short FormPatients' QOLMitral valve proceduresAortic valve proceduresOlder patientsAortic patientsMCS scoresMitral patientsQOL benefitsHealth SurveyPatientsSurgeryStatistical significanceAgeMultiple regression analysis
2002
The Cost-Effectiveness of Treatment for Varicocele Related Infertility
PENSON DF, PALTIEL AD, KRUMHOLZ HM, PALTER S. The Cost-Effectiveness of Treatment for Varicocele Related Infertility. Journal Of Urology 2002, 168: 2490-2494. PMID: 12441947, DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)64175-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmediate IVFHealth care payorsRelated infertilityIntrauterine inseminationTreatment strategiesLive deliveryMain outcome measuresNumber of newbornsAdditional birthsCost-effectiveness analysisInfertile patientsImproved outcomesOutcome measuresPatient's perspectiveSurgical varicocelectomyIVFIncremental costInfertilityPatientsTreatmentPreferred approachBirthPayorsDeliveryVaricocelectomyThe Cost-Effectiveness of Treatment for Varicocele Related Infertility
PENSON D, PALTIEL A, KRUMHOLZ H, PALTER S. The Cost-Effectiveness of Treatment for Varicocele Related Infertility. Journal Of Urology 2002, 168: 2490-2494. DOI: 10.1097/00005392-200212000-00033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmediate IVFHealth care payorsRelated infertilityIntrauterine inseminationTreatment strategiesLive deliveryMain outcome measuresNumber of newbornsAdditional birthsCost-effectiveness analysisInfertile patientsImproved outcomesOutcome measuresPatient's perspectiveSurgical varicocelectomyAbstract PurposeIVFIncremental costInfertilityPatientsTreatmentPreferred approachBirthPayorsDeliveryTask Force #2—the cost of prevention: can we afford it? Can we afford not to do it?
Krumholz HM, Weintraub WS, Bradford WD, Heidenreich PA, Mark DB, Paltiel AD. Task Force #2—the cost of prevention: can we afford it? Can we afford not to do it? Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2002, 40: 603-615. PMID: 12204490, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(02)02083-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research