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Anna N. A. Tosteson, Sc.D.
Title(s):
Professor of Medicine and of Community and Family Medicine
Department(s):
Community and Family Medicine
Medicine
Education:
Biostatistics (Health Decision Science),Harvard University, ScD
Biostatistics, Harvard University, SM
Statistics & Biometry, Cornell University, BS
Programs:
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Contact Information:
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Dartmouth Medical School HB 7505 One Medical Center Drive Lebanon NH 03756 |
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Office: Rubin 560, DHMC Phone: 603-653-3568 Fax: 603-653-3554 Email: Anna.Tosteson@dartmouth.edu Assistant: Deborah Hadlock Asst. Phone: 603-653-3562 Asst. Email: Deborah.Hadlock@Dartmouth.edu |
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Selected Publications: |
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Tosteson ANA, Stout NK, Fryback DG, Acharyya S, Herman BA, Hannah LG, Pisano ED Cost-effectiveness of digital mammography breast cancer screening. Ann Intern Med 2008; 148:1-10. Tosteson ANA, Melton LJ, Dawson-Hughes B, Bain S, Favus MJ, Khosla S, Lindsay RL. Cost-effective osteoporosis treatment thresholds: The United States Perspective from the National Osteoporosis Foundation Guide Committee. Osteoporos Int 2008 (in press) Tosteson ANA, Gottlieb DJ, Radley D, Fisher ES, Melton LJ. Excess mortality following hip fracture: The role of underlying health status. Osteoporos Int 2007; 18;1463-1472. |
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Professional Interests:
Dr. Tosteson's methodological interests include decision-analytic modeling, economic evaluation, preference-based measures of health-related quality of life, and statistical methods for diagnostic technology assessment. She has used these methodologies to address clinical and health policy issues in osteoporosis/musculoskeletal diseases and women’s health. Her current research in osteoporosis, funded by the National Institute on Aging and National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, focuses on improving care and decision making for individuals with osteoporosis. Dr. Tosteson is a member of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, the International Society for Quality of Life Research, the American Statistical Association, and is Secretary-Treasurer for the Society for Medical Decision Making. She is an active participant in national and international groups that focus on the economic evaluation of both new and established health care technologies, including the American College of Radiology Imaging Network and the Outcomes Measurement in Rheumatology Economics Task Force.
Courses Taught:
ECS 119/121 Decision and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
ECS 290 Doctoral Seminar Module on Issues in Economic Evaluation
Grant Information:
Evaluation of Osteoporosis Prevention in the Elderly (NIA/NIAMS R01AG12262)
Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Musculoskeletal Diseases (NIAMS)
Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (NIAMS)
Digital Mammography Imaging Screening Trial (NCI)
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