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VA HSR&D Stroke QUERI Center Investigator
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David B. Matchar, MD
Chair, Stroke QUERI Executive Committee
Durham VA Medical Center HSR&D COE
508 Fulton St.
Durham, NC 27705 |
PHONE: 919-286-6963 |
| E-mail: match001@mc.duke.edu |
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- Professor, Department of Medicine, Duke University
- Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Aging & Human Development, Duke
- Director, Center for Clinical Health Policy Research, Duke University
- Director, Evidence-based Practice Center, Duke
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David Matchar, MD, is a physician and health services/decision science researcher whose work focuses on evaluation of clinical practice based on “best evidence,” and implementation and evaluation of innovative strategies to promote practice change. He currently serves as the Director of the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center, one of 12 such centers designated by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Dr. Matchar was the principal investigator for the Stroke Patient Outcome Research Team (PORT), a 7-year, multidisciplinary program addressing clinical interventions for secondary stroke prevention and the principal investigator of the VA Stroke Study to examine practice patterns and outcomes for a prospective cohort in 8 VA hospitals. Currently, he is the principal investigator of a 3,200 patient VA Cooperative Study (#481, The Home INR Study (THINRS)) aimed at studying the efficacy of patient self-testing for reducing thromboembolism (primarily stroke) and bleeding for patients on warfarin. Dr. Matchar’s role will be to offer leadership to the Stroke QUERI Operations Committee and co-lead the Goal 2 Group.
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- Health Care Costs and Cost Analysis
- Cerebrovascular Disorders
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- Patwardhan MB, Samsa GP, Lipton RB, Matchar DB. Changing physician knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about migraine: evaluation of a new educational intervention. Headache (2006); 46; 732-741.
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- Matchar DB, Patwardhan MB, Samsa GP, Haley WE. Facilitated process improvement: an approach to the seamless linkage between evidence and practice in CKD. Am J Kidney Dis (2006); 47; 528-538.
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- Kulasingam SL, Samsa GP, Matchar DB. Linking dementia research to policy: an example using fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's dementia and mild cognitive impairment. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen (2006); 21; 73-78.
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- Sarria-Santamera A, Matchar DB, Westermann-Clark EV, Patwardhan MB. Evidence-based practice center network and health technology assessment in the United States: bridging the cultural gap. Int J Technol Assess Health Care (2006); 22; 33-38.
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- Patwardhan MB, Sarria-Santamera A, Matchar DB. Improving the process of developing technical reports for health care decision makers: using the theory of constraints in the evidence-based practice centers. Int J Technol Assess Health Care (2006); 22; 26-32.
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- Bian J, Dow WH, Matchar DB. Medicare HMO penetration and mortality outcomes of ischemic stroke. Am J Manag Care (2006); 12; 58-64.
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- Matchar DB, Rosenberg JH, Carter S. Commentary: a new era in epilepsy care. Guidelines address first steps in diagnosis and treatment. Postgrad Med (2005); 118; 18-21.
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- Samsa GP, Matchar DB, Harnett J, Wilson J. A cost-minimization analysis comparing azithromycin-based and levofloxacin-based protocols for the treatment of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia: results from the CAP-IN trial. Chest (2005); 128; 3246-3254.
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- Harpole LH, Samsa GP, Matchar DB, Silberstein SD, Blumenfeld A, Jurgelski AE. Burden of illness and satisfaction with care among patients with headache seen in a primary care setting. Headache (2005); 45; 1048-1055.
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- Matchar DB, Samsa GP, Liu S. Cost-effectiveness of antiplatelet agents in secondary stroke prevention: the limits of certainty. Value Health (2005); 8; 572-580.
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- Matchar DB, Westermann-Clark EV, McCrory DC, Patwardhan M, Samsa G, Kulasingam S, Myers E, Sarria-Santamera A, Lee A, Gray R, Liu K. Dissemination of Evidence-based Practice Center reports. Ann Intern Med (2005); 142; 1120-1125.
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- Matchar DB, Jacobson AK, Edson RG, Lavori PW, Ansell JE, Ezekowitz MD, Rickles F, Fiore L, Boardman K, Phibbs C, Fihn SD, Vertrees JE, Dolor R. The impact of patient self-testing of prothrombin time for managing anticoagulation: rationale and design of VA Cooperative Study #481--the Home INR Study (THINRS). J Thromb Thrombolysis (2005); 19; 163-172.
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- Liao L, Sarria-Santamera A, Matchar DB, Huntington A, Lin S, Whellan DJ, Kong DF. Meta-analysis of survival and relief of angina pectoris after transmyocardial revascularization. Am J Cardiol (2005); 95; 1243-1245.
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- Patwardhan MB, Matchar DB, Samsa GP, McCrory DC, Williams RG, Li TT. Cost of multiple sclerosis by level of disability: a review of literature. Mult Scler (2005); 11; 232-239.
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- Havrilesky LJ, Kulasingam SL, Matchar DB, Myers ER. FDG-PET for management of cervical and ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol (2005); 97; 183-191.
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- Matchar DB, Rudd AG. Health policy and outcomes research 2004. Stroke (2005); 36; 225-227.
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- Matchar DB, Samsa GP. How can modeling best contribute to the assessment of secondary stroke prevention strategies?. Am J Med (2005); 118; 198-199.
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- Kwon S, Beyth RJ, Matchar DB. Quality of Oral Anticoagulant Treatment Among Atrial-Fibrillation Patients Post-stroke [Poster]. Health Services Research & Development National Meeting 2006. Arlington, VA. 2006 Feb 16.
- Kwon S, Matchar D. Anticoagulation therapy in Veterans with Stroke & Atrial Fibrillation [Oral Presentation]. THINRS (The Home INR Study: CSP #481) Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL. 2005 May 4 .
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| Reviewed/Updated Date: 8/27/2007 |
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