“CORE conducts innovative research focused on health services, quality and safety, and patient-centered outcomes. Our investigator-initiated research is complemented by our service and educational missions, which extend to Maine Medical Center, MaineHealth, and Tufts University School of Medicine.”

~ Paul K. J. Han, MD, MA, MPH, Director
Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation (CORE)

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Submissions from 2015

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Evaluating adverse rural crash outcomes using the NHTSA State Data System., Christine Peura, Joseph A Kilch, and David E Clark

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Effects of False-Positive Cancer Screenings and Cancer Worry on Risk-Reducing Surgery Among BRCA1/2 Carriers., David B. Portnoy, Jennifer T. Loud, Paul K.J. Han, L. Mai Phoung, and Mark H. Green

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Decision making and cancer., Valerie F Reyna, Wendy L Nelson, Paul K Han, and Michael P Pignone

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An unhealthy relationship: HIV and co-morbid substance abuse disorders, Kinna Thakarar

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Noninvasive prenatal testing: the importance of pretest trisomy risk and posttest predictive values., Joseph R Wax, Renee Chard, Angelina Cartin, Christian Litton, Michael G Pinette, and F Lee Lucas

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Characteristics and treatment patterns in women 75 years old and older with new diagnosis of breast cancer, Emily Zarookian, Kathleen Fairfield, Melanie Feinberg, Lee Lucas, Andrew Perry, and Tracey Weisberg

Submissions from 2014

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How do research participants perceive "uncertainty" in genome sequencing?, Barbara B Biesecker, William Klein, Katie L Lewis, Tyler C Fisher, Martha Frances Wright, Leslie G Biesecker, and Paul K Han

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The effect of hospital care on early survival after penetrating trauma., David E Clark, Peter C Doolittle, Robert J Winchell, and Rebecca A Betensky

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Developing, evaluating and validating a scoring rubric for written case reports., Peggy R Cyr, Kahsi A Smith, India L Broyles, and Christina T Holt

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Improved survival outcomes in cancer patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia., Christine W Duarte, Kimberly Murray, F Lee Lucas, Kathleen Fairfield, Heather Miller, Peter Brooks, and Calvin P H Vary

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Intraperitoneal chemotherapy among women in the Medicare population with epithelial ovarian cancer., Kathleen M Fairfield, Kimberly Murray, Jason A LaChance, Heidi R Wierman, Craig C Earle, Edward L Trimble, and Joan L Warren

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Relationship between regional spending on vascular care and amputation rate., Philip P Goodney, Lori L Travis, Benjamin S Brooke, Randall R DeMartino, David C Goodman, Elliott S Fisher, and John D Birkmeyer

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Development and evaluation of a risk communication curriculum for medical students., Paul K J Han, Katherine Joekes, Glyn Elwyn, Kathleen M Mazor, Richard Thomson, Philip Sedgwick, Judith Ibison, and John B Wong

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Individual differences in aversion to ambiguity regarding medical tests and treatments: association with cancer screening cognitions., Paul K J Han, Andrew E Williams, Amy Haskins, Caitlin Gutheil, F Lee Lucas, William M P Klein, and Kathleen M Mazor

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Development of clinical models for predicting erectile function after localized prostate cancer treatment., Amy E Haskins, Paul K J Han, Frances L Lucas, Ian Bristol, and Moritz Hansen

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Lack of shared decision making in cancer screening discussions: results from a national survey., Richard M Hoffman, Joann G Elmore, Kathleen M Fairfield, Bethany S Gerstein, Carrie A Levin, and Michael P Pignone

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Perceived ambiguity, fatalism, and believing cancer is more prevalent than heart disease., William M P Klein, Rebecca A Ferrer, Kaitlin A Graff, Annette R Kaufman, and Paul K J Han

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Perceptions of cancer as a death sentence: prevalence and consequences., Richard P Moser, Jamie Arndt, Paul K Han, Erika A Waters, Marni Amsellem, and Bradford W Hesse

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Effects of a renal rehabilitation exercise program in patients with CKD: a randomized, controlled trial., Ana P Rossi, Debra D Burris, F Leslie Lucas, Gail A Crocker, and James C Wasserman

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Clinical impact of sacroplasty on patient mobility., Jennifer Talmadge, Kahsi Smith, Thomas Dykes, and Derek Mittleider

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The results of a 2-year randomized trial of a worksite weight management intervention., Andrew E Williams, Victor J Stevens, Cheryl L Albright, Claudio R Nigg, Richard T Meenan, and Thomas M Vogt

Submissions from 2013

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Physicians' beliefs about breast cancer surveillance testing are consistent with test overuse., Paul K J Han, Carrie N Klabunde, Anne-Michelle Noone, Craig C Earle, John Z Ayanian, Patricia A Ganz, Katherine S Virgo, and Arnold L Potosky

Submissions from 2012

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Representing randomness in the communication of individualized cancer risk estimates: effects on cancer risk perceptions, worry, and subjective uncertainty about risk., Paul K J Han, William M P Klein, Bill Killam, Tom Lehman, Holly Massett, and Andrew N Freedman

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Association of age, gender, and race with intensity of end-of-life care for Medicare beneficiaries with cancer., Susan Miesfeldt, Kimberly Murray, Lee Lucas, Chiang-Hua Chang, David Goodman, and Nancy E Morden

Submissions from 2011

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Multiple clinical practice guidelines for breast and cervical cancer screening: perceptions of US primary care physicians., Paul K J Han, Carrie N Klabunde, Nancy Breen, Gigi Yuan, Alyssa Grauman, William W Davis, and Stephen H Taplin

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Varieties of uncertainty in health care: a conceptual taxonomy., Paul K J Han, William M P Klein, and Neeraj K Arora

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Communication of uncertainty regarding individualized cancer risk estimates: effects and influential factors., Paul K J Han, William M P Klein, Tom Lehman, Bill Killam, Holly Massett, and Andrew N Freedman

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A systematic review of the use and effectiveness of the Objective Structured Teaching Encounter., Robert L Trowbridge, Laura K Snydman, Jenny Skolfield, Janet Hafler, and Robert G Bing-You