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Peer-Reviewed Papers
Linden A. Adams JL. Improving participant selection in disease management programs: insights gained from propensity score stratification. J Eval Clin Pract.(under review)
Linden A. Sample size in disease management program evaluation: the challenge of demonstrating a statistically significant reduction in admissions. Dis Manag. 2008;11(2):95-101.

Linden A, Adler-Milstein J. Medicare disease management in a policy context. Healt Care Fin Rev. 2008;29(3):1-11.

Rastogi A, Linden A, Nissenson AR. Disease management in chronic kidney disease. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2008;15(1):19-28.

Linden A, Biuso TJ, Gopal A, Barker AF, Cigarroa J, Haranath SP, Rinkevich D, Stajduhar K. Consensus development and application of ICD-9 codes for defining chronic illnesses and their complications. Dis Manage and Healt Outc. 2007;15(5):315-322.
Butterworth S, Linden A, McClay W. Health coaching as an intervention in health management programs. Dis Manage and Healt Outc. 2007;15(5):299-307.
Linden A, Goldberg S. The case-mix of chronic illness hospitalization rates in a managed care population: implications for health management programs. J Eval Clin Pract. 2007;13(6):947-951.
Linden A, Berg GD, Wadhwa S. Evaluation of a Medicaid asthma disease management program. Dis Manage. 2007;10(5):266-272.
Linden A. Use of the total population approach to measure U.S. disease management industry's cost savings: issues and implications. Dis Manage and Healt Outc. 2007;15(1):13-18.
Linden A. Estimating the effect of regression to the mean in health management programs. Dis Manage and Healt Outc. 2007;15(1):7-12.
Biuso TJ, Butterworth S, Linden A. Targeting prediabetes with lifestyle, clinical and behavioral management interventions. Dis Manage. 2007;10(1):6-15.
Linden A, Adams J. Determining if disease management saves money: an introduction to meta-analysis. J Eval Clin Pract. 2007;13(3):400-407.
Linden A. Is Israel ready for disease management? Israel Med Assoc J. 2006;8(10):667-671.
Butterworth S, Linden A, McClay M, Leo MC. The effect of motivational interviewing-based health coaching on employees' physical and mental health status. J Occup Healt Psych. 2006;11(4):358-365.
Linden A. Biuso TJ. In search of financial savings from disease management: Applying the number needed to decrease (NND) analysis to a diabetic population. Dis Manage and Healt Outc. 2006;14(4):197-202.
Linden A, Trochim WMK, Adams J. Evaluating program effectiveness using the regression point displacement design. Eval Health Prof. 2006;29(4):407-423.
Linden A. What will it take for disease management to demonstrate a return on investment? New perspectives on an old theme. Am J Manage Care 2006;12(4):217-222.
Linden A, Butterworth SW, Roberts N. Disease management interventions II: What else is in the black box? Dis Manage. 2006;9(2):73-85.
Linden A. Evaluating the effectiveness of home health as a disease management strategy. Home Health Care Manage & Pract. 2006;18(3):216-222.
Linden A, Adams J, Roberts N. Evaluating disease management program effectiveness: an introduction to the regression-discontinuity design. J Eval Clin Pract. 2006;12(2):124-131.
Linden A, Adams J, Roberts N. Strengthening the case for disease management effectiveness: unhiding the hidden bias. J Eval Clin Pract. 2006;12(2):140-147.
Linden A, Adams J. Evaluating disease management program effectiveness: an introduction to instrumental variables. J Eval Clin Pract. 2006;12(2):148-154.
Linden A, Roberts N. Using visual displays as a tool to demonstrate disease management program effectiveness. Dis Manage. 2005;8(5):301-310.
Linden A, Adams J, Roberts N. Using propensity scores to construct comparable control groups for disease management program evaluation. Dis Manage and Healt Outc. 2005;13(2):107-127.
Linden A, Adams J, Roberts N. Evaluating disease management program effectiveness adjusting for enrollment (tenure) and seasonality. Res Healthc Fin Manage. 2004;9(1):57-68.
Linden A, Roberts N. Disease management interventions: What’s in the black box? Dis Manage. 2004;7(4):275-291.
Linden A, Adams J, Roberts N. Evaluating disease management program effectiveness: An introduction to survival analysis. Dis Manage. 2004;7(3):180-190.
Linden A, Adams J, Roberts N. The generalizability of disease management program results: getting from here to there. Manage Care Interface. 2004;17(7):38-45.
Linden A, Adams J, Roberts N. Using an empirical method for establishing clinical outcome targets in disease management programs. Dis Manage. 2004;7(2):93-101.
Linden A, Adams J, Roberts N. Evaluation methods in disease management: determining program effectiveness. Position Paper for the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA). October 2003.
Linden A, Adams J, Roberts N. Evaluating disease management program effectiveness: An introduction to time series analysis. Dis Manage. 2003;6(4):243-255.
Linden A, Adams J, Roberts N. An assessment of the total population approach for evaluating disease management program effectiveness. Dis Manage. 2003;6(2): 93-102.
Linden A, Roberts N, Keck K. The complete “how to” guide for selecting a disease management vendor. Dis Manage. 2003;6(1):21-26.
Linden A, Holland GJ, Loy SF, Vincent WJ. A physiological comparison of forward vs reverse wheelchair ergometry. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1993;25(11):1265-1268.
   
  Book Chapters

Adler-Milstein J, Linden A. The use and evaluation of IT in chronic disease management. In: Ashish D (ed). Handbook of Research on IT Management and Clinical Data Administration in Healthcare. Hershey, PA: IGI Publishing; (In Print).

Linden A. Wilson T, Duncan I, Berg G. Perspectives on assessing outcomes: disease management methods. In: Hay J and Rindress D (eds). Managing disease: a comprehensive guide. Washington DC: DMAA; 2007. pp. 95-113.

Linden A. Pharmaceutical industry research and development.

In: Schweitzer SO. Pharmaceutical economics and policy.

New York: Oxford Press; 1997. pp. 21-41.

Linden A. Pharmaceutical regulation and cost containment.

In: Schweitzer SO. Pharmaceutical economics and policy.

New York: Oxford Press; 1997. pp. 171-193.

   
  Peer-Reviewed Letters-to-the Editor
Linden A. “Truth in advertising.” Health Affairs. 2008;27(5):XX-XXX. Re: Holmes AM, Ackermann RD, Zillich AJ, Katz BP, Downs SM, Inui TS. "The net fiscal impact of a chronic disease management program: Indiana Medicaid, "Health Affairs. 2008;(3):855–864.
Linden A. “Narrow model.” Health Affairs. 2008;27(3):899-900. Re: Billings J, Mijanovich T.“Improving the Management of Care for High-Cost Medicaid Patients,” Health Affairs. 2007;26(6):1643–1655.

Wilson T, Linden A. “Measuring diabetes management.” Health Affairs. 2004;23(6):277.  Re: Villagra A, Ahmed T.  “Effectiveness of a disease management program for patients with diabetes.”  Health Affairs. 2004;23(4):255-266.

Linden A, Wilson TW. “Care management for heart failure.” Ann Intern Med.  2005;142 (5):386. Re: DeBusk RF, Miller NH, Parker KM, Bandura A, Kraemer HC, Cher DJ, et al. “Care management for low-risk patients with heart failure: a randomized, controlled trial.” Ann Intern Med. 2004;141:606-13.

Wilson TW, Linden A. “Asthma disease management effectiveness:  Were the controls equivalent to the cases?”  Am J Manag Care 2005;(3):136.  Re: Tinkelman D, Wilson S. Asthma disease management: Regression to the mean or better? Am J Manag Care. 2004;10(12):948-54.

Linden A, Wilson TW. Letter to the editor. Circulation: 2005;112(1):e11. Re: Galbreath A, “Long term healthcare and cost outcomes of disease management in a large, randomized community based population with heart failure” Circulation. 2004;110(23):3518-26.

Wilson TW, Linden A. “Potential bias in ‘controls’ used in a heart failure disease management program.” J Am Geriatr Soc 2005;53(7):1268. Re: Berg GD, Wadhwa S, Johnson AE. “A matched-cohort study of health services utilization and financial outcomes for a heart failure disease-management program in elderly patients.” J Am Geriatr Soc 2004;52:1-7.

Wilson TW, Linden A. “Disease management economic value:  Unproven?” Health Affairs. 2005;24(2):566-567. Re:Fireman B, Bartlett J, Selby J. Can disease management reduce health care costs by improving quality?  Health Affairs. 2004;23(6):63-75.

 
Peer-Reviewed Abstracts
Linden A. Using an empirical method for setting expectations in quality improvement initiatives. Dis Manage Assoc America, Annual Meeting, 2003.
Linden A. Using time series analysis for evaluating disease management program effectiveness. Acad Health Serv Res, Annual Meeting, 2003.
Linden A. The Development of a comprehensive, yet manageable, quality improvement program in a managed care organization; a viable alternative to accreditation? Acad Health Serv Res, Annual Meeting, 2002.
Roberts N, Linden A, Cotter T, Keck K. Improving disease management program enrollment through a provider outreach program. Dis Manage Assoc America, Annual Meeting, 2002.
Linden A, Schweitzer SO. Applying survival analysis to health risk assessment data to predict time to first hospitalization. Acad Health Serv Res, Annual Meeting, 2001.
Linden A, Schweitzer SO. A comparison of chest x-ray rates between physicians who self- refer and those who refer patients out: a case of inappropriate utilization? Acad Health Serv Res, Annual Meeting, 2001.
Linden A, Schweitzer SO. The development of an “episode of care” model for assessing access to care for type II diabetics in a managed care organization. Acad Health Serv Res, Annual Meeting, 2001.
Linden A, Schweitzer SO. Using ARIMA modeling for forecasting bed-days in a Medicare HMO. Acad Health Serv Res, Annual Meeting, 2001.
Linden A, Schweitzer SO. Medicare HMO ambulatory service denials: determinants and consequences. Acad Health Serv Res, Annual Meeting, 2000.
Linden A, Schweitzer SO. Unintended effects of Medicare HMO cost-containment strategies. Acad Health Serv Res, Annual Meeting, 2000.
Linden A, Holland GJ, Loy SF, Vincent WJ. A physiological comparison of forward vs reverse wheelchair ergometry. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1993;Suppl;25(5):S40.
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