The value of surrogate endpoints for predicting real-world survival across five cancer types

You can find one of my recent papers measuring how well survival measures from clinical trials (i.e., overall survival, progression free survival, time to progression) translate into real-world survival outcomes in Current Medical Research and Opinion here.  The abstract is below.   Objective It is unclear how well different outcome measures in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) perform in…

AMCP Nexus Poster: Adherence Patterns for Oral Atypical Antipsychotics in Patients Diagnosed with Schizophrenia

If you are attending AMCP Nexus in October, I am a co-author on a poster presentation titled “Adherence Patterns for Oral Atypical Antipsychotics in Patients Diagnosed with Schizophrenia” co-authored with Joanna MacEwan, Felicia Forma, Ainslie Hatch and Darius Lakdawalla.  The presentation abstract is below and here.   BACKGROUND: Many payers rely on claims-based metrics—such as those…

Quality-Adjusted Cost Of Care

One of my paper (along with co-authors Darius Lakdawalla, Claudio Lucarelli, Sean Nicholson, Zeba M. Khan and Tomas J. Philipson) was published at Health Affairs.  The title of the study is: Quality-Adjusted Cost Of Care: A Meaningful Way To Measure Growth In Innovation Cost Versus The Value Of Health Gains.  The abstract is below. Technology drives both…

AMCP Abstract Winners

Next month in San Diego, the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy is holding its annual conference.  I am a co-author on two abstracts accepted as part of the conference.  The first abstract won a platinum medal as one of the top 7 abstracts in the entire conference, the second abstract won a silver medal as well. The titles…

Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending and Promotion of High-Value Care: Interim Report

The Healthcare Economist has a new report out for the Institute of Medicine.  The report is co-authored with a number of outstanding individuals at Acumen including: Thomas MaCurdy, Jay Bhattacharya, Daniella Perlroth, Anita Au-Yeung, Hani Bashour, Camille Chicklis, Kennan Cronen, Brandy Lipton, Shahin Saneinejad, Elen Shrestha, and Sajid Zaidi. IOM summarizes the goals of the…