“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 2016

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Factors Affecting Physicians' Intentions to Communicate Personalized Prognostic Information to Cancer Patients at the End of Life: An Experimental Vignette Study., Paul K J Han, Nathan F Dieckmann, Christina Holt, Caitlin Gutheil, and Ellen Peters

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Biomarkers p16, Human Papillomavirus and p53 Predict Recurrence and Survival in Early Stage Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Vulva., Casey M Hay, Jason A Lachance, F L Lucas, Kahsi A Smith, and Michael A Jones

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Health literacy-listening skill and patient questions following cancer prevention and screening discussions., Kathleen M Mazor, Donald L Rubin, Douglas W Roblin, Andrew E Williams, Paul K J Han, Bridget Gaglio, Sarah L Cutrona, Mary E Costanza, and Joann L Wagner

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Improving Adherence to Cardiovascular Therapies: An Economic Evaluation of a Randomized Pragmatic Trial., David H Smith, Maureen O'Keeffe-Rosetti, Ashli A Owen-Smith, Cynthia Rand, Jeffrey Tom, Suma Vupputuri, Reesa Laws, Amy Waterbury, Dana D Hankerson-Dyson, Cyndee Yonehara, Andrew Williams, Jennifer Schneider, John F Dickerson, and William M Vollmer

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Alcohol Consumption in Ugandan HIV-Infected Household-Brewers Versus Non-Brewers., Kinna Thakarar, Stephen B Asiimwe, Debbie M Cheng, Leah Forman, Christine Ngabirano, Winnie R Muyindike, Nneka I Emenyonu, Jeffrey H Samet, and Judith A Hahn

Submissions from 2015

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Physicians' perceptions of the value of prognostic models: the benefits and risks of prognostic confidence., Sarah A M Hallen, Norbert A M Hootsmans, Laura Blaisdell, Caitlin M Gutheil, and Paul K J Han

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Physicians' perceptions of the value of prognostic models: the benefits and risks of prognostic confidence., Sarah A.M. Hallen, Norbert A.M. Hootsmans, Laura Blaisdell, Caitlin M. Gutheil, and Paul K.J. Han

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Genetic information-seeking behaviors and knowledge among family members and patients with inherited bone marrow failure syndromes., Jada G Hamilton, Sadie P Hutson, Amy E Frohnmayer, Paul K J Han, June A Peters, Ann G Carr, and Blanche P Alter

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"Clinical and functional outcomes after 2 years in the early detection and intervention for the prevention of psychosis multisite effectiveness trial": Erratum., William R. McFarlane, Bruce Levin, Lori Travis, F Lee Lucas, Sarah Lynch, Mary Verdi, Deanna Williams, Steven Adelsheim, Roderick Calkins, Cameron S. Carter, Barbara Cornblatt, Stephan F. Taylor, Andrea M. Auther, Bentson McFarland, Ryan Melton, Margaret Migliorati, Tara Niendam, J Daniel Ragland, Tamar Sale, Melina Salvador, and Elizabeth Spring

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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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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

Submissions from 2014

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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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Conceptual, methodological, and ethical problems in communicating uncertainty in clinical evidence., Paul K J Han

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The value of personalised risk information: a qualitative study of the perceptions of patients with prostate cancer., Paul K J Han, Norbert Hootsmans, Michael Neilson, Bethany Roy, Terence Kungel, Caitlin Gutheil, Michael Diefenbach, and Moritz Hansen

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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

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Racial disparities in survival among injured drivers., Amy E Haskins, David E Clark, and Lori L Travis

Submissions from 2012

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A half-century of burn epidemiology and burn care in a rural state., Laura L Blaisdell, Reeve Chace, Lee D Hallagan, and David E Clark

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Disparities in hospice care among older women dying with ovarian cancer., Kathleen M Fairfield, Kimberly M Murray, Heidi R Wierman, Paul K J Han, Sarah Hallen, Susan Miesfeldt, Edward L Trimble, Joan L Warren, and Craig C Earle

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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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Development of a prognostic model for six-month mortality in older adults with declining health., Paul K J Han, Minjung Lee, Bryce B Reeve, Angela B Mariotto, Zhuoqiao Wang, Ron D Hays, K Robin Yabroff, Marie Topor, and Eric J Feuer

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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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Explaining regional disparities in traffic mortality by decomposing conditional probabilities., Gregory P Goldstein, David E Clark, Lori L Travis, and Amy E Haskins

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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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New cardiac surgery programs established from 1993 to 2004 led to little increased access, substantial duplication of services., Frances Leslie Lucas, Andrea Siewers, David C Goodman, Dongmei Wang, and David E Wennberg

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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

Submissions from 2010

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The coordination of primary and oncology specialty care at the end of life., Paul K J Han and Daniel Rayson

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Smoking during pregnancy and risk of abnormal glucose tolerance: a prospective cohort study., Amy E Haskins, Elizabeth R Bertone-Johnson, Penelope Pekow, Elena Carbone, Renée T Fortner, and Lisa Chasan-Taber

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Risk profiles of progression in primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis., Lori L Travis and James C M Chan