 Wendy Max, PhD
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| Title | Professor in Residence |
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| School | UCSF School of Nursing |
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| Department | Institute for Health & Aging |
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| Address | 3333 Calif. St,Laurel Heights
San Francisco CA 94143
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| Phone | 415-476-8023 |
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| Title | Co-Director, Institute for Health and Aging |
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 Biography | UCSF | 2010 | | Helen Nahm Research Award | | Beijing Normal University, Beijing, | 2001
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| 2006 | Honorary Visiting Professorship |
Overview Wendy Max, Ph.D. is Professor of Health Economics and Co-Director of the Institute for Health & Aging at the University of California, San Francisco. She has been on the faculty at UCSF since 1987. Dr. Max holds a PhD in economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her recent research has focused on modeling the economic impact of tobacco on healthcare expenditures. She has estimated national costs of smoking; costs to Medicare, Medicaid, and private payers; costs in California; and the impact on communities of color. She is currently developing models of the impact of secondhand exposure on healthcare expenditures in California and the US. Her other current projects include evaluating an integrated primary healthcare program in rural Malawi and looking at the economic impact of hurricane Katrina on the primary healthcare safety net in New Orleans. Dr. Max has also conducted studies related to the economic impact of Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, and injuries.
Implementation Science, Children/youth, Older adults, Socioeconomically marginalized groups, Work primarily with secondary data, International (public health), Policy-making institute or agency, tobacco-related diseases (cancer, heart ds, resp illness), cancer (breast, ovarian, uterine, cervical, prostate), Alzheimer's disease, Injuries, Interdisciplinary research collaboration, Brief implementation science training courses, Implementation & dissemination science listservs
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Max W, Sung HY, Shi Y. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among children exposed to secondhand smoke: A logistic regression analysis of secondary data. Int J Nurs Stud. 2013 Jun; 50(6):797-806.
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Max W, Sung HY, Shi Y. Deaths from secondhand smoke exposure in the United States: economic implications. Am J Public Health. 2012 Nov; 102(11):2173-80.
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Prochaska JJ, Sung HY, Max W, Shi Y, Ong M. Validity study of the K6 scale as a measure of moderate mental distress based on mental health treatment need and utilization. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res. 2012 Jun; 21(2):88-97.
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Yao T, Sung HY, Mao Z, Hu TW, Max W. Secondhand smoke exposure at home in rural China. Cancer Causes Control. 2012 Mar; 23 Suppl 1:109-15.
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Max W, Sung HY, Shi Y. Exposure to secondhand smoke at home and at work in California. Public Health Rep. 2012 Jan-Feb; 127(1):81-8.
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Knowlton K, Rotkin-Ellman M, Geballe L, Max W, Solomon GM. Six climate change-related events in the United States accounted for about $14 billion in lost lives and health costs. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 Nov; 30(11):2167-76.
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Sung HY, Prochaska JJ, Ong MK, Shi Y, Max W. Cigarette smoking and serious psychological distress: a population-based study of California adults. Nicotine Tob Res. 2011 Dec; 13(12):1183-92.
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Dicker RA, Lopez DS, Pepper MB, Crane I, Max W. Cost-driven injury prevention: creating an innovative plan to save lives with limited resources. J Trauma. 2011 Apr; 70(4):985-90.
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John RM, Sung HY, Max WB, Ross H. Counting 15 million more poor in India, thanks to tobacco. Tob Control. 2011 Sep; 20(5):349-52.
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Max W, Sung HY, Tucker LY, Stark B. The cost of smoking for California's Hispanic community. Nicotine Tob Res. 2011 Apr; 13(4):248-54.
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Miller LS, Max W, Sung HY, Rice D, Zaretsky M. Evaluation of the economic impact of California's Tobacco Control Program: a dynamic model approach. Tob Control. 2010 Apr; 19 Suppl 1:i68-76.
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Max W, Sung HY, Tucker LY, Stark B. The disproportionate cost of smoking for African Americans in California. Am J Public Health. 2010 Jan; 100(1):152-8.
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Max W, Sung HY, Shi Y. Who is exposed to secondhand smoke? Self-reported and serum cotinine measured exposure in the U.S., 1999-2006. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2009 May; 6(5):1633-48.
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John RM, Sung HY, Max W. Economic cost of tobacco use in India, 2004. Tob Control. 2009 Apr; 18(2):138-43.
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Max W, Sung HY, Stark B. The economic burden of breast cancer in California. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009 Jul; 116(1):201-7.
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Max W, Tsoukalas T. Economics on trial: the use and abuse of economic methods in third party tobacco litigation. Tob Control. 2006 Dec; 15 Suppl 4:iv77-83.
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Max W, Rice DP, Sung HY, Zhang X, Miller L. The economic burden of smoking in California. Tob Control. 2004 Sep; 13(3):264-7.
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Froelicher ES, Sohn M, Max W, Bacchetti P. Women's Initiative for Nonsmoking-VII: evaluation of health service utilization and costs among women smokers with cardiovascular disease. J Cardiopulm Rehabil. 2004 Jul-Aug; 24(4):218-28.
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Max W, Rice DP, Finkelstein E, Bardwell RA, Leadbetter S. The economic toll of intimate partner violence against women in the United States. Violence Vict. 2004 Jun; 19(3):259-72.
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Max W, Rice DP, Sung HY, Michel M, Breuer W, Zhang X. The economic burden of gynecologic cancers in California, 1998. Gynecol Oncol. 2003 Feb; 88(2):96-103.
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Max W, Rice DP, Sung HY, Michel M, Breuer W, Zhang X. The economic burden of prostate cancer, California, 1998. Cancer. 2002 Jun 1; 94(11):2906-13.
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Max W, Sinnot P, Kao C, Sung HY, Rice DP. The burden of osteoporosis in California, 1998. Osteoporos Int. 2002; 13(6):493-500.
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Rice DP, Fillit HM, Max W, Knopman DS, Lloyd JR, Duttagupta S. Prevalence, costs, and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia: a managed care perspective. Am J Manag Care. 2001 Aug; 7(8):809-18.
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Max W. The financial impact of smoking on health-related costs: a review of the literature. Am J Health Promot. 2001 May-Jun; 15(5):321-31.
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Fox PJ, Kohatsu N, Max W, Arnsberger P. Estimating the costs of caring for people with Alzheimer disease in California: 2000-2040. J Public Health Policy. 2001; 22(1):88-97.
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Zhang X, Miller L, Max W, Rice DP. Cost of smoking to the Medicare program, 1993. Health Care Financ Rev. 1999; 20(4):179-96.
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Max W, Stark B, Root S. Putting a lid on injury costs: the economic impact of the California motorcycle helmet law. J Trauma. 1998 Sep; 45(3):550-6.
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Miller LS, Zhang X, Rice DP, Max W. State estimates of total medical expenditures attributable to cigarette smoking, 1993. Public Health Rep. 1998 Sep-Oct; 113(5):447-58.
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Miller LS, Zhang X, Novotny T, Rice DP, Max W. State estimates of Medicaid expenditures attributable to cigarette smoking, fiscal year 1993. Public Health Rep. 1998 Mar-Apr; 113(2):140-51.
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Max W. The cost of Alzheimer's disease. Will drug treatment ease the burden? Pharmacoeconomics. 1996 Jan; 9(1):5-10.
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Fox P, Gazzaniga J, Karter A, Max W. The economic costs of cardiovascular disease mortality in California, 1991: implications for public health policy. J Public Health Policy. 1996; 17(4):442-59.
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Rice DP, Max W. The high cost of injuries in the United States. Am J Public Health. 1996 Jan; 86(1):14-5.
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Max W, Webber P, Fox P. Alzheimer's disease. The unpaid burden of caring. J Aging Health. 1995 May; 7(2):179-99.
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Rice DP, Fox PJ, Max W, Webber PA, Lindeman DA, Hauck WW, Segura E. The economic burden of Alzheimer's disease care. Health Aff (Millwood). 1993; 12(2):164-76.
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Max W, Rice DP. Shooting in the dark: estimating the cost of firearm injuries. Health Aff (Millwood). 1993; 12(4):171-85.
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Max W, Rice DP, MacKenzie EJ. The lifetime cost of injury. Inquiry. 1990; 27(4):332-43.
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Moos RH, Gauvain M, Lemke S, Max W, Mehren B. Assessing the social environments of sheltered care settings. Gerontologist. 1979 Feb; 19(1):74-82.
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