Cost and Return on Investment of a Team-Based Palliative Care Program for Parkinson Disease
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- Received December 14, 2022
- Accepted September 8, 2022
- First Published October 26, 2022.
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Author Disclosures
- Robert Brett McQueen, PhD,
- Mark Gritz, PhD,
- Drew Kern, MD,
- Julienne L. Bemski, DO,
- Ian Shelton, BA,
- Martha Meyer, PhD and
- Benzi M. Kluger, MD, MS
- Robert Brett McQueen, PhD,
1) Merck and Co. advisory board participant
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Honorary editorial board member at PharmacoEconomics - Open
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(1) Monument Analytics(2) Institute for Clinical and Economic Review
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(1) Eli Lilly
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(1) Research support from PhRMA Foundation(2) Research support from JDRF(3) Research support from Helmsley Charitable Trust
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(1) Expert witness in 2022
- Mark Gritz, PhD,
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United States Patent 8,116,985 Real time sampling, monitoring and exposure control of test animals, issued February 14, 2012, Johnson; Jerry D., Graves; Steven W., Hong; Seongwon, Bresler; Herbert S., Brooker; Michael J., Gritz; R. MarkUnited States Patent 9,885,085 B2 Apparatus, compositions, and methods for assessment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease progression among rapid and slow decline conditions, issued February 6, 2018, Hoidal; John, Scholand; Mary Beth, Leppert; Mark F., Paul; Michael S., Gritz; Robert Mark, Pounds; Joel Gardner, Smith; Richard Dale
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1. Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, Interagency agreement, PI, 2017-20232. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Contract #: HHSP233201500025I, Task Order #: 75P00120F37005, Project Director, 2019-20233. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 1R01DK119478, Co-I, 2019-20244. Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Contract #: HIS-1609-36322, Co-I, 2018-20235. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, R18DK127003, Co-I, 2020-20256. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, R18HS027079, Co-I, 2019-20227. National Hearth, Lung and Blood Institute, UG3HL151297, Co-I, 2020-20238. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, R01DK130176, Co-I, 2021-20269. Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, DI-2019C2-17605, Co-I, 2020-202310. National Institute of Neurological Research, 1R01NR016037, Consultant, 2016-2021
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1. The Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, 2204-05191, Co-I, 2021-2024
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- Drew Kern, MD,
Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI) Data Safety Monitoring Board, and AbbVie Pharmaceutics
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AbbVie Pharmaceutics and Boston Scientific
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Boston Scientific. Medtronic
National Institutes of Health
University of Colorado Department of Neurology
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- Julienne L. Bemski, DO,
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HCA, physician, 3 years
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- Ian Shelton, BA,
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- Martha Meyer, PhD and
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- Benzi M. Kluger, MD, MS
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1) Davis Phinney Foundation - Speaker Honoraria2) Parkinson's Foundation - Speaker Honoraria3) Movement Disorders Society - Speaker Honoraria
1) Frontiers in Movement Disorders, Editorial Board2) Annals of Palliative Medicine, Editorial Board3) Palliative Medicine Reports, Editorial Board
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1) National Institutes of Health/NIA, PI, NIH, K02AG062745, 2020-20252) NIH/NINR, PI, R01NR016037, 2016-20213) NIH/NIA, PI, R21AG075524, 2022-24
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1) Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (RBM), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora; Department of Health Care Policy and Research (MG, MM), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora; Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery (DK), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora; Swedish Medical Center (JLB), Family Residency Program, Denver, CO; Pharmacology Graduate Program (IS), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora; and Departments of Neurology and Medicine (BMK), University of Rochester Medical Center, NY.
- Correspondence
Dr. McQueen robert.mcqueen{at}cuanschutz.edu
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