Abstracts, Presentations and Invited Lectures

 

Gouvueia M, Peele PB. “Taxes, Transplants, and Women: Impact on Women of Public Policies for Live Kidney Donation” Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, November 2004.

 

Peele PB, Colombi A, Xu Y. “Use of medical services by older workers” International Conference on Work Ability, Verona Italy, October 2004.

 

Peele PB.  “Shared Decision Making: Implications for research and policy”, Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherché en Analyse des Organisations, Montreal, Canada. May 2004.

 

Gouveia M, Peele PB. “Taxes and Transplants: Public polices and live organ donation.” Carnegie Mellon University, April 2004.

 

Gouveia M, Peele PB. “Taxes and Transplants: Public polices and live organ donation.” Duke University, April 2004.

 

Gouveia M, Peele PB. “Taxes and Transplants: Public polices and live organ donation.” University of Rochester, April 2004.

 

Peele PB, Siminoff LA and Y Xu.  “The impact of an evidence-based decision tool in adjuvant therapy for breast cancer”, 5th International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health Services.  Washington DC, September 2003.

 

Peele PB, “Depression and Injury,”  6th International WorkCongress, Rome, Italy, June 2003.

 

Peele PB, Siminoff LA and Y Xu.  “Women & Information: Decisions about breast cancer adjuvant therapy” Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Nashville TN, June 2003.

 

Peele PB.  “Depression and Occupational Injury”, Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Nashville TN, June 2003.

 

Peele PB  “Financing Bipolar Care,” Invited Speaker, 5th International Bipolar Conference, Pittsburgh PA, June 2003.

 

Peele PB, “Depression and Occupational Injury”, American Occupational Health Conference, Annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, May 2003.

 

Peele PB, “Cost Considerations in Child Health Studies”, Invited Speaker, Office of Child Welfare, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2003.

 

Peele PB, “Market and Patient Co-morbidity,” CIRANO, Montreal, Canada, February 2003.

 

Colombi A, Vishnubhatla S, Tollerud D and PB Peele.  “Personal energy expenditure for protracted, repetitive, upper-extremity tasks with and without process automation,” 27th International Congress on Occupational Health, Iguassu Falls, Brazil, February 2003.

 

Peele PB and E Ginchereau, “Depression and Occupational Injury:  Implications for employers,” Society of Behavioral Economics/Industrial Relations Research Association Session, Annual Allied Social Science Association conference, Washington DC, January 2003.

 

Peele PB, Siminoff L and Y Xu, “Value of Information: Women's Choice of Cancer Treatment,” Southern Economic Association Conference, New Orleans, November 2002.

 

Peele PB, Lave J and Y Xu.  “Co-morbid Mental and Medical Illnesses in Children and Adolescents,” Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy, Annual Research Meeting, Washington DC, June 2002.

 

Peele PB and Y. Xu. “Financial Burden of Bipolar Disorder in Employer-sponsored Insurance,” 4th International Conference on Bipolar Disorder. June 2001.

 

Peele PB, Stockman CK, Kagel J, and E Frank.  “Bilateral Bargaining Models and Treatment Adherence in Bipolar Disorder,” 4th International Conference on Bipolar Disorder, June 2001.                               

 

Peele, PB.  “Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Adherence Data,” National Institute of Health: Methodological Issues in Studies of Adherence, October 2000.

 

Peele PB, Stockman CK, and DJ Tollerud. “Injury surveillance using existing workers’ compensation claims data,” National Occupational Injury Research Symposium, Center for Disease Control and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.  Pittsburgh PA, October 2000.

 

Peele PB, and DJ Tollerud. “Capitation in Workers’Compensation Insurance: Cost and Care,”” Research in Healthcare Financial Management Conference Proceedings, 2000: p 67.

 

Peele PB, Stockman CK, Kagel J, and E Frank, “Chronic Disease Management and Bilateral Bargaining: The Case of Bipolar Disorder, “ IAREP/SABE Conference Proceedings, Vienna, Austria, 2000: p 336. 

 

Peele, P.B., Lave, J.L., Black, J.H., and J.H. Evans, “Employer-sponsored Health Insurance: Employers’ Choice and Employee Preference,” Social Science Research Network, June 2000.

                  

Peele, P.B., Stockman C., and D.J.Tollerud.  “Using Existing Workers’ Compensation Medical Claims Data to Improve Workplace Safety,” Research to Action: Shaping the Health System in the new Millennium. Association for Health Services Research, Wasington, D.C.

 

Tollerud DJ, Peele PB, and CK Stockman.  “A Low Cost Approach To Evaluating Workplace Safety Programs: Using Existing Administrative Data To Evaluate Workplace Safety,”  American College of Preventive Medicine, Atlanta, GA, March 2000.

 

Phillips B, Peele PB, and DJ Tollerud, “Impact of Managed Care on the Treatment of Knee Injuries Among Municipal Workers” Pennsylvania Public Health Association, October 1999.

 

Peele PB, Perrello J, McCourt J, Scott B, and DJ Tollerud, “Improving the Lives of Municipal Workers,” Association of Public Health Schools, Washington DC, March 1999.

 

Tollerud DJ and PB Peele, “Changes in Health Care Utilization for Occupational Back Injuries with Implementation of a Capitated Workers’ Compensation Program,” American College of Preventive Medicine, Washington D.C., March 1999.

 

Peele, P.B. , Catullo V.J. and D.J. Tollerud, “Capitated Payment Systems: Do Patients Get Adequate Care?”, Research to Action: The Role of Health Services Research.  Association for Health Services Research, Washington, D.C., 1999.

 

Peele, P.B. and D.J. Tollerud, “Capitated Payment Systems: Provider Incentive and Patient Care,” Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, oral presentation, November 1999.

 

Scholle SH, Peele PB.  Services for Children and Their Families: Data from the Private and Public Sectors.  Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Research Colloquium, March 1999.

 

Peele PB and DJ Tollerud, “An Economic Model of Work-related Injuries,” Southern Economic Association, Baltimore MD, November 1998.

 

Xiong D., Srulevich M., Francis A., Peele PB., DJ Tollerud. "The effectiveness of a municipal back belt program:  injury prevention and time loss from work,"  Pennsylvania Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 1998.

         

Srulevich M, Xiong D, Francis A, Peele PB, and DJ Tollerud, “The effectiveness of a back belt program with municipal employees: Safety and injury prevention,” American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., November 1998.

 

Tollerud DJ, Peele, PB, Srulevich M, Xiong D, Francis A., “Cost Analysis of Back Safety Training and Back Belt Intervention,” American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine: State of the Art Conference, Phoenix, AZ, October 1998.

 

Peele PB, “Employer Cost of Behavioral Health Care for Employees and their Dependents’ Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, October 1998.

 

Peele, PB., “Evaluating Workers’ Compensation Costs,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Workers’ Compensation Health Initiative Technical Assistance Cluster Meeting, Washington DC, September 1998.

 

Srulevich M, Xiong D, Francis A, Peele PB, and DJ Tollerud, “The effectiveness of a back belt program with municipal employees: Safety and injury prevention,” American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., November 1998.

 

Srulevich M., Xiong D., Francis A., Peele PB, and DJ Tollerud, “Impact of back belt program with municipal employees: Injury and time lost from work,” American College of Physicians and Surgeons, Philadelphia, PA, September 1998.

 

Invited Lectures

 

“Adherence: Economics and Value”, Invited Speaker, American Heart Association Research Meeting, Washington DC, May 2004.

 

“Shared Decision Making: Implications for research and policy”, Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherché en Analyse des Organisations, Montreal, Canada. May 2004.

 

“Economics of Sleep Apnea Therapy,” International Conference of the American Thoracic Society, Toronto, May 2000.

 

“The Games We Play: A Game Theory Approach to Grant Submission,” Center for Research on Health Care, Research and Development Series, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, December 1999.

 

“The Economic Burden of ADHD,” Center for Disease Control, Public Health Issues in ADHD Series, Atlanta, GA, May 1999.

 

“Economic Analysis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea,” American Lung Association, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1999.

 

“Introducing Cost-Effectiveness Into Your Clinical Trials,” Child and Adolescent Development Psychopathology Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, February 1999.

 

“Evaluating Workers’ Compensation Costs,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Workers’ Compensation Health Initiative Technical Assistance Cluster Meeting, Washington DC, September 1998.

 

“Research in Health Economics,” Division of Internal Medicine Fellows Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, August 1998.

 

“Economic Considerations on Quality of Life Measures”, University Community Leaders and Individuals with Disabilities Dialogue Series, Pittsburgh, PA, March 1997.

 

“Economic Aspects of Mergers” Doctoral Seminar, November 1996, University of Pittsburgh.

“Cost-Effectiveness Studies in Medicine: Approaches and Problems” University of Pittsburgh. April 1996.

 

“The Economic Approach to Health Care,” Featured speaker, University Center for Learning and Educational Disorders, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, March 1996.

 

“Provider Incentives,” University of Pittsburgh, 1995.

 

“Health Care Cost Containment in the United States: Trends and Prospects,” Linkages International, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1994.