Timothy P. Hofer, MD, MS

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March 8th 2023

Distinct Health Care Use Patterns of Patients With Chronic Gastrointestinal Diseases

Shirley Cohen-Mekelburg, MD, MS Liberty Greene, MS, MEd Jeffrey Berinstein, MD, MS Akbar K. Waljee, MD, MSc Timothy P. Hofer, MD, MS Sameer D. Saini, MD, MS Donna M. Zulman, MD, MS

Patients with complex chronic disease can be grouped by varying propensity for health care continuity patterns, which could be harnessed to personalize health care utilization interventions.

October 12th 2021

Agreement Among Measures Examining Low-Value Imaging for Low Back Pain

James Henderson, PhD Katherine Wilkinson, MS Timothy P. Hofer, MD, MS Robert Holleman, MPH Mandi L. Klamerus, MPH R. Sacha Bhatia, MD Eve A. Kerr, MD, MPH

This study demonstrates the need for additional consensus surrounding how to translate guideline recommendations to administrative measures assessing imaging overuse for acute low back pain.

August 23rd 2012

Cardiac Risk Is Not Associated With Hypertension Treatment Intensification

Jeremy B. Sussman, MD, MS Donna M. Zulman, MD, MS Rodney Hayward, MD Timothy P. Hofer, MD, MS Eve A. Kerr, MD, MPH

This study shows how cardiovascular prevention would be much more efficient if risk were used in treatment decisions, but that currently it plays no role.

November 1st 2001

Avoiding Pitfalls in Chronic Disease Quality Measurement: A Case for the Next Generation of Technical Quality Measures

Eve A. Kerr, MD, MPH Sarah L. Krein, PhD, RN Sandeep Vijan, MD, MS Timothy P. Hofer, MD, MS Rodney A. Hayward, MD