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Michael K. Chapko
Research Professor
Adjunct Research Professor, Oral Health Sciences

Michael Chapko works at the Northwest Center for Outcomes Research In Older Adults at the Health Services Research & Development Service (HSRDS) of the Department of Veterans' Affairs. He also works with the Department of Global Health MPH program.

Research Interests:
Ambulatory care; long-term care; cost-effectiveness

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Contact Information

email:   chapko@u.washington.edu

office:   1-424J

address:
VA Puget Sound HSR&D
Metro Park West, Suite 1400
1100 Olive Way
Seattle, WA 98101

campus box:   358280 (152)
voice:   206-764-2821
fax:   206-764-2935

Education

PhD   City University of New York, 1972   (Social Psychology)
BS   Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1966   (Physics)

Recent Publications



Lee JA, Zierler BK, Liu CF, Chapko MK. Cost-effective diagnostic strategies in patients with a high, intermediate, or low clinical probability of pulmonary embolism. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2011 Feb;45(2):113-21. Epub 2010 Aug 31.  PMID: 20810405
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Burgess JF Jr, Maciejewski ML, Bryson CL, Chapko M, Fortney JC, Perkins M, Sharp ND, Liu CF. Importance of health system context for evaluating utilization patterns across systems. Health Econ. 2011 Feb;20(2):239-51.  PMID: 20169587
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Beste LA, Ioannou GN, Larson MS, Chapko M, Dominitz JA. Predictors of early treatment discontinuation among patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C and implications for viral eradication. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2010 Nov;8(11):972-8. Epub 2010 Aug 6.  PMID: 20692371
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Liu CF, Chapko M, Bryson CL, Burgess JF Jr, Fortney JC, Perkins M, Sharp ND, Maciejewski ML. Use of outpatient care in Veterans Health Administration and Medicare among veterans receiving primary care in community-based and hospital outpatient clinics. Health Serv Res. 2010 Oct;45(5 Pt 1):1268-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01123.x.  PMID: 20831716
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Yueh B, Collins MP, Souza PE, Boyko EJ, Loovis CF, Heagerty PJ, Liu CF, Hedrick SC. Long-term effectiveness of screening for hearing loss: the screening for auditory impairment--which hearing assessment test (SAI-WHAT) randomized trial. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Mar;58(3):427-34.  PMID: 20398111
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Dissertation, Thesis & Capstone Committees (recent HSERV graduates)

2009
Chair, thesis committee for Lauren Beste
Specialty Care and Education Associated with Better Disease-Specific Knowledge but not Satisfaction with Care for Chronic Hepatitis C

Projects

VA Assisted Living Pilot Project Evaluation
VA Survey of Researcher Satisfaction
Evaluation of Community Based Outpatient Clinic Costs Using DSS Data
Hepatitis C Resource Center
Primary Care Revisit Intervals and Patient Outcomes

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