Faculty
Biostatistics
Biostatistics
Mathematics
Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
- Health Care and Population Health Research Track, (MPH program)
- PhD program in Health Services
Paula Diehr has worked primarily in health services research, with a special emphasis on mental health services, different insurance and provider plans, health status, diagnostic rules for headache, cough and ankle trauma, health promotion evaluation, health services for older adults, people without health insurance, utilization and cost of health services, survey methods, community-based analyses, and years of healthy life or quality of life. She is generally interested in health outcomes. Dr. Diehr has published recently in the area of obesity, survival and years of healthy life for older adults.
Box: 357232
Seattle, WA 98195
(voice) 206-543-8004
pdiehr@u.washington.edu
PI: Harris Dates: 09/2004 - 09/2009
The Health Promotion Research Center improves health by conducting high quality prevention research that empasizes healthy aging and can be incorporated into community practice.
PI: Harris Dates: 09/2006 - 09/2009
The goal of this center is to contribute to the knowledge of useful communication strategies for health promotion.
PI: Lafferty Dates: 09/2005 - 09/2008
This project will define the relationship between cancer patients, complementary and alternative medical practitioners, and conventional providers in the care for patients with cancer.
PI: Rea Dates: 06/2004 - 05/2008
The specific aims are to determine which AED training program achieves optimal skills retention and psychological adjustment among heart disease patients and their family members.
PI: Lafferty Dates: 09/2003 - 08/2007
The long-term goal of this project is to improve the quality of patient dying and death by the appropriate use of complementary medicine (CAM).
PI: Grembowski Dates: 09/2002 - 03/2005
The purposes of this study are to examine whether out-of-network and cost-sharing of managed health plans are associated with the likelihood of children with asthma and diabetes seeing an in-network vs. out-of-network physician.
PI: Diehr Dates: 09/2003 - 09/2004
The major goal of this study is to examine the results of our ongoing National Study on the Costs and Outcomes of Trauma Care to examine two approaches for incorporating death in an analysis of trauma outcomes and will use these approaches for estimating the burden of injury in terms of years of healthy life lost.
PI: Connell Dates: 07/1999 - 08/2004
The aim of this project is to identify and measure how the structural characteristics, incentives, and quality assurance efforts of managed care organizations affect 1) quality of care, 2) health and functional status, 3) satisfaction with care, 4) consumer knowledge and 5) self-efficacy among children with chronic conditions in western Washington State.
PI: Conrad Dates: 05/2002 - 02/2004
The major goal of the proposed conference is to evaluate the impact of financial incentives, clinical-managerial-organizational arrangements, and market environments on the quality and cost of health services.
PI: Conrad Dates: 11/2001 - 10/2003
The major goal of the proposed conference is to evaluate the impact of financial incentives, clinical-managerial-organizational arrangements, and market environments on the quality and cost of health services.
PI: Conrad Dates: 04/2002 - 04/2003
The major goal of the proposed conference is to evaluate the impact of financial incentives, clinical-managerial-organizational arrangements, and market environments on the quality and cost of health services.
Diehr P, Williamson J, Patrick DL, Bild DE, Burke GL. Patterns of self-rated health in older adults before and after sentinel health events. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 49(1): 36-44, Jan 2001
Diehr P, Patrick DL, Spertus J, Kiefe CI, McDonell M, Fihn SD. Transforming self-rated health and the SF-36 Scales to include death and improve interpretability. Medical Care. 39: 670-680, 2001
Grembowski DE, Diehr P, Novak LC, Roussel AE, Martin DP, Patrick DL, Williams B, Ulrich CM. Measuring the 'managedness' and covered benefits of health plans. Health Services Research. 35(3): 707-34, Aug 2000
Diehr P; Yanez D; Ash A; Hornbrook M; Lin DY. Methods for analyzing health care utilization and costs.. Annu Rev Public Health. 20: 125-44, 1999
Diehr P, Patrick DL, Bild DE, Burke GL, Williamson JD. Predicting future years of healthy life for older adults. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 51(4): 343-53, Apr 1998
