Scholars@Duke
Don W. Bradley

Don W. Bradley

Medical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine
don.bradley@duke.edu
Duke Box 2914, Hanes House 336, Durham, NC 27710
201 Trent Dr, 0159 Duke South Orange Zone, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Avoidance of healthcare service use and correlates among HIV-positive patients in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study.

Journal Article BMJ Open · December 30, 2023 OBJECTIVE: The prevention of HIV/AIDS is not making sufficient progress. The slow reduction of HIV/AIDS infections needs to prioritise hesitancy towards service utilisation, including treatment duration, social support and social stigma. This study investi ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Digestive Proteases: Roles in the Human Alimentary Tract

Chapter · January 1, 2022 Digestive proteases are distributed throughout the alimentary tract but are abundant in the stomach and small intestine. Different segments of the alimentary tract have characteristic functions, conditions and proteolytic enzymes. The aspartic endopeptidas ... Full text Cite

Primary Care and Public Health Collaboration Reports: A Qualitative Review of Integration Aims, Participants, and Success Determinants.

Journal Article Popul Health Manag · October 2019 This qualitative review of 57 published case reports aimed to analyze primary care and public health integration efforts in 45 states to summarize collaboration aims, participants, and systemic, organizational, and interactional success determinants. Chron ... Full text Link to item Cite

An Integrated Framework For The Prevention And Treatment Of Obesity And Its Related Chronic Diseases.

Journal Article Health Aff (Millwood) · September 2015 Improved patient experience, population health, and reduced cost of care for patients with obesity and other chronic diseases will not be achieved by clinical interventions alone. We offer here a new iteration of the Chronic Care Model that integrates clin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Self-reported health parameters compared with clinician measurements: methods in practice-based research.

Journal Article J Public Health Manag Pract · 2014 CONTEXT: Self-reported health data are used by health insurance companies to assess risk. Most studies show underreporting compared with clinical measurements. OBJECTIVE: To compare self-reported height, weight, blood pressure, waist circumference, and die ... Full text Link to item Cite

The value of diagnostic medical imaging.

Journal Article N C Med J · 2014 Diagnostic medical imaging has clear clinical utility, but it also imposes significant costs on the health care system. This commentary reviews the factors that drive the cost of medical imaging, discusses current interventions, and suggests possible futur ... Full text Link to item Cite

The incremental value of medical nutrition therapy in weight management.

Journal Article Manag Care · January 2013 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the incremental cost of and health benefits attributable to medical nutrition therapy (MNT) for managed care members participating in an obesity-related health management program. DESIGN: Retrospective case-control. METHODOLOGY: Over ... Link to item Cite

UNC Health Systems and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina patient-centered medical home collaborative.

Journal Article N C Med J · 2011 UNC Health Systems and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina have entered into a joint venture that is designed to improve patient outcomes and experience and to control medical costs for patients with chronic conditions. This commentary reviews the ... Link to item Cite

Centers of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery: design, implementation, and one-year outcomes.

Journal Article Surg Obes Relat Dis · 2006 BACKGROUND: Bariatric surgery procedures increased from <20,000 annually in the early 1990s to >100,000 in 2003. The complications related to surgery have increased disproportionately, causing some payers to discontinue coverage for bariatric procedures an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sending Men the Message about Preventive Care: An Evaluation of Communication Strategies

Journal Article International Journal of Men's Health · May 1, 2005 Full text Cite

Trust in insurers and access to physicians: associated enrollee behaviors and changes over time.

Journal Article Health Serv Res · August 2004 OBJECTIVE: Most studies of trust in the medical arena have focused on trust in physicians rather than trust in health insurers, and have been cross-sectional rather than longitudinal studies. This study examined associations among trust in a managed care i ... Full text Link to item Cite

How disclosing HMO physician incentives affects trust.

Journal Article Health Aff (Millwood) · 2002 Opinions are deeply divided over whether rewarding physicians for lowering costs decreases trust in physicians or insurers. To explore the effects of disclosing physician payment methods in HMOs, members of two similar HMO plans were randomized to interven ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effect of prepaid health plans on a family practice residency.

Journal Article J Med Educ · August 1988 The rapid growth of prepaid health care plans imposes clinical, financial, and educational changes on residency programs. In the study reported here, the authors examined some perceived and actual effects of such plans on a family medicine center associate ... Full text Link to item Cite

The family physician and HMO/IPA contracts.

Journal Article J Fam Pract · March 1988 Link to item Cite

Effect of prepaid health plans on a family practice residency

Journal Article Academic Medicine · January 1, 1988 The rapid growth of prepaid health care plans imposes clinical, financial, and educational changes on residency programs. In the study reported here, the authors examined some perceived and actual effects of such plans on a family medicine center associate ... Cite

Agglutination of Naegleria fowleri and Naegleria gruberi by antibodies in human serum.

Journal Article J Clin Microbiol · April 1983 The capability of serum samples from 423 human subjects to agglutinate rounded cells of Naegleria fowleri nN68 was assessed. Sera from the umbilical cords of seven infants failed to agglutinate N. fowleri cells. The median agglutination titer was 1:4 for s ... Full text Link to item Cite