Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.H.A., University of Washington 1999
  • Ph.D., University of Washington 1998
  • M.A., University of Washington 1996
  • B.A., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 1991
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Associate Research Professor, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2009 - 2015
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • NOV 27, 2018

    Duke Faculty Plentiful On ‘Highly Cited’ List

  • OCT 24, 2016

    Duke Research Blog

    Economics and Health: The Biases Behind Our Decisions

  • OCT 3, 2016

    Fox News, AP

    Don't expect Fitbits to improve health, help drop pounds

  • JAN 12, 2016

    Study Aims to Lower Blood Pressure among Adults in Rural Southeast Asia

  • NOV 5, 2015

    The Washington Post

    The foods that overweight kids eat

  • NOV 4, 2015

    The Atlantic

    What do chubby kids eat?

  • NOV 2, 2015

    Duke Obesity Experts in Special Issue on Food and Health

  • JUL 22, 2014

    Study Compares Cost-Effectiveness of Weight-Loss Programs and Drugs

  • APR 10, 2014

    The Week at Duke {in 60 Seconds}: Gloria Steinem; Blue Devil Days; Liver Health

  • APR 8, 2014

    USA Today

    Price tag for child obesity: $19,000 each

  • APR 7, 2014

    Triangle Business Journal

    Obese children cost an additional $19K in medical expenses
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Research

    • Australia (Country) 
    • Indonesia (Country) 
    • Singapore (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Partnering with WIC to prevent excessive weight gain in pregnancy awarded by Temple University 2018 - 2023
  • A Pragmatic Trial of a Digital Health Intervention to Prevent Weight Gain in Primary Care awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
  • Bridging Income Generation with GrouP Integrated Care (BIGPIC) awarded by New York University 2019 - 2020
  • Optimizing a standalone text messaging-based weight loss intervention awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2020
  • Community-based obesity treatment in African American women after childbirth: a randomized controlled trial of WIC mothers awarded by Temple University 2016 - 2019
  • Bridging Income Generation with GrouP Integrated Care (BIGPIC) awarded by Mount Sinai Medical Center 2015 - 2018
  • Systems Approach to Obesity Prevention in Underserved Children in Texas awarded by University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 2011 - 2016
  • Multisite RCT Investigating the Efficacy of Massage in Osteoarthritis awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2016
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Finkelstein, EA, Corso, PS, and Miller, TR. The Incidence and Economic Burden of Injuries in the United States. September 1, 2009.  Full Text

  • Academic Articles

    • Finkelstein, EA, and Verghese, NR. "Incremental cost-effectiveness of evidence-based non-surgical weight loss strategies." Clinical Obesity 9, no. 2 (April 2019): e12294-null.  Full Text
    • Ozdemir, S, Jafar, TH, Choong, LHL, and Finkelstein, EA. "Family dynamics in a multi-ethnic Asian society: comparison of elderly CKD patients and their family caregivers experience with medical decision making for managing end stage kidney disease." Bmc Nephrology 20, no. 1 (March 2019): 73-null.  Full Text
    • Perlman, A, Fogerite, SG, Glass, O, Bechard, E, Ali, A, Njike, VY, Pieper, C, Dmitrieva, NO, Luciano, A, Rosenberger, L, Keever, T, Milak, C, Finkelstein, EA, Mahon, G, Campanile, G, Cotter, A, and Katz, DL. "Efficacy and Safety of Massage for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: a Randomized Clinical Trial." Journal of General Internal Medicine 34, no. 3 (March 2019): 379-386.  Full Text
    • Ang, FJL, Agrawal, S, and Finkelstein, EA. "Pilot randomized controlled trial testing the influence of front-of-pack sugar warning labels on food demand." Bmc Public Health 19, no. 1 (February 7, 2019): 164-null.  Full Text
    • Tham, EH, Tan, PT, Loo, EXL, Goh, AEN, Teoh, OH, Yap, F, Tan, KH, Godfrey, KM, Van Bever, HP, Lee, BW, Finkelstein, EA, Chong, YS, and Shek, LP-C. "Early childcare enrollment and childhood wheezing phenotypes." Pediatric Allergy and Immunology : Official Publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 30, no. 1 (February 2019): 122-127. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Zhen, C, Finkelstein, EA, Karns, SA, Leibtag, E, and Zhang, C. "Scanner Data-Based Panel Price Indexes." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 101, no. 1 (January 2019): 311-329.  Full Text
    • Holloway, EE, Constantinou, M, Xie, J, Fenwick, EK, Finkelstein, EA, Man, REK, Coote, M, Jackson, J, Rees, G, and Lamoureux, EL. "Improving eye care in residential aged care facilities using the Residential Ocular Care (ROC) model: study protocol for a multicentered, prospective, customized, and cluster randomized controlled trial in Australia." Trials 19, no. 1 (November 26, 2018): 650-null.  Full Text
    • Tyagi, S, Koh, GC-H, Nan, L, Tan, KB, Hoenig, H, Matchar, DB, Yoong, J, Finkelstein, EA, Lee, KE, Venketasubramanian, N, Menon, E, Chan, KM, De Silva, DA, Yap, P, Tan, BY, Chew, E, Young, SH, Ng, YS, Tu, TM, Ang, YH, Kong, KH, Singh, R, Merchant, RA, Chang, HM, Yeo, TT, Ning, C, Cheong, A, Ng, YL, and Tan, CS. "Healthcare utilization and cost trajectories post-stroke: role of caregiver and stroke factors." Bmc Health Services Research 18, no. 1 (November 22, 2018): 881-null.  Full Text
    • Tyagi, S, Koh, GC-H, Luo, N, Tan, KB, Hoenig, H, Matchar, DB, Yoong, J, Finkelstein, EA, Lee, KE, Venketasubramanian, N, Menon, E, Chan, KM, De Silva, DA, Yap, P, Tan, BY, Chew, E, Young, SH, Ng, YS, Tu, TM, Ang, YH, Kong, KH, Singh, R, Merchant, RA, Chang, HM, Yeo, TT, Ning, C, Cheong, A, Ng, YL, and Tan, CS. "Can caregivers report their care recipients' post-stroke hospitalizations and outpatient visits accurately? Findings of an Asian prospective stroke cohort." Bmc Health Services Research 18, no. 1 (October 25, 2018): 817-null.  Full Text
    • Smith, R, and Lancet Commission on the Value of Death, . "Lancet Commission on the Value of Death." Lancet (London, England) 392, no. 10155 (October 2018): 1291-1293.  Full Text
    • Seah, SSY, Rebello, SA, Tai, BC, Tay, Z, Finkelstein, EA, and van Dam, RM. "Impact of tax and subsidy framed messages on high- and lower-sugar beverages sold in vending machines: a randomized crossover trial." The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 15, no. 1 (August 13, 2018): 76-null.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Ozdemir, S, Malhotra, C, Jafar, TH, Choong Hui Lin, L, and Gan Shien Wen, S. "Understanding factors that influence the demand for dialysis among elderly in a multi-ethnic Asian society." Health Policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 122, no. 8 (August 2018): 915-921.  Full Text
    • Tan, EGF, Teo, I, Finkelstein, EA, and Meng, CC. "Determinants of regret in elderly dialysis patients." Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.) (May 7, 2018).  Full Text
    • Teo, I, Singh, R, Malhotra, C, Ozdemir, S, Dent, RA, Kumarakulasinghe, NB, Yeo, WL, Cheung, YB, Malhotra, R, Kanesvaran, R, Yee, ACP, Chan, N, Wu, HY, Chin, SM, Allyn, HYM, Yang, GM, Neo, PSH, Nadkarni, NV, Harding, R, and Finkelstein, EA. "Cost of Medical Care of Patients with Advanced Serious Illness in Singapore (COMPASS): prospective cohort study protocol." Bmc Cancer 18, no. 1 (April 23, 2018): 459-null.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Li, W, Melo, G, Strombotne, K, and Zhen, C. "Identifying the effect of shelf nutrition labels on consumer purchases: results of a natural experiment and consumer survey." The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 107, no. 4 (April 2018): 647-651.  Full Text
    • Sloan, RA, Kim, Y, Sahasranaman, A, Müller-Riemenschneider, F, Biddle, SJH, and Finkelstein, EA. "The influence of a consumer-wearable activity tracker on sedentary time and prolonged sedentary bouts: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial." Bmc Research Notes 11, no. 1 (March 22, 2018): 189-null.  Full Text
    • Jafar, TH, Tan, NC, Allen, JC, Finkelstein, EA, Goh, P, Moey, P, Quah, JHM, Hwang, SW, Bahadin, J, Thiagarajah, AG, Chan, J, Kang, G, and Koong, A. "Management of hypertension and multiple risk factors to enhance cardiovascular health in Singapore: The SingHypertension cluster randomized trial." Trials 19, no. 1 (March 14, 2018): 180-null.  Full Text
    • Cook, AR, Zhao, X, Chen, MIC, and Finkelstein, EA. "Public preferences for interventions to prevent emerging infectious disease threats: a discrete choice experiment." Bmj Open 8, no. 2 (February 16, 2018): e017355-null.  Full Text
    • Phua, DY, Kee, MKZL, Koh, DXP, Rifkin-Graboi, A, Daniels, M, Chen, H, Chong, YS, Broekman, BFP, Magiati, I, Karnani, N, Pluess, M, Meaney, MJ, and Growing Up In Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes Study Group, . "Positive maternal mental health during pregnancy associated with specific forms of adaptive development in early childhood: Evidence from a longitudinal study." Development and Psychopathology 29, no. 5 (December 2017): 1573-1587.  Full Text
    • Ting, DSW, Cheung, CY-L, Lim, G, Tan, GSW, Quang, ND, Gan, A, Hamzah, H, Garcia-Franco, R, San Yeo, IY, Lee, SY, Wong, EYM, Sabanayagam, C, Baskaran, M, Ibrahim, F, Tan, NC, Finkelstein, EA, Lamoureux, EL, Wong, IY, Bressler, NM, Sivaprasad, S, Varma, R, Jonas, JB, He, MG, Cheng, C-Y, Cheung, GCM, Aung, T, Hsu, W, Lee, ML, and Wong, TY. "Development and Validation of a Deep Learning System for Diabetic Retinopathy and Related Eye Diseases Using Retinal Images From Multiethnic Populations With Diabetes." Jama 318, no. 22 (December 2017): 2211-2223.  Full Text
    • Bilger, M, Shah, M, Tan, NC, Howard, KL, Xu, HY, Lamoureux, EL, and Finkelstein, EA. "Trial to Incentivise Adherence for Diabetes (TRIAD): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial." Trials 18, no. 1 (November 17, 2017): 551-null.  Full Text
    • Chia, YMF, Teng, T-HK, Tan, ESJ, Tay, WT, Richards, AM, Chin, CWL, Shimizu, W, Park, SW, Hung, C-L, Ling, LH, Ngarmukos, T, Omar, R, Siswanto, BB, Narasimhan, C, Reyes, EB, Yu, C-M, Anand, I, MacDonald, MR, Yap, J, Zhang, S, Finkelstein, EA, and Lam, CSP. "Disparity Between Indications for and Utilization of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Asian Patients With Heart Failure." Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 10, no. 11 (November 2017).  Full Text
    • Malhotra, C, Xiang, L, Ozdemir, S, Kanesvaran, R, Chan, N, and Finkelstein, EA. "A comparison of attitudes toward length and quality of life between community-dwelling older adults and patients with advanced cancer." Psycho Oncology 26, no. 10 (October 2017): 1611-1617.  Full Text
    • Ozdemir, S, Bilger, M, and Finkelstein, EA. "Stated Uptake of Physical Activity Rewards Programmes Among Active and Insufficiently Active Full-Time Employees." Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 15, no. 5 (October 2017): 647-656.  Full Text
    • Butte, NF, Hoelscher, DM, Barlow, SE, Pont, S, Durand, C, Vandewater, EA, Liu, Y, Adolph, AL, Pérez, A, Wilson, TA, Gonzalez, A, Puyau, MR, Sharma, SV, Byrd-Williams, C, Oluyomi, A, Huang, T, Finkelstein, EA, Sacher, PM, and Kelder, SH. "Efficacy of a Community- Versus Primary Care-Centered Program for Childhood Obesity: TX CORD RCT." Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 25, no. 9 (September 2017): 1584-1593.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA. "Cost-effectiveness of Obesity Interventions: Will We Know It When We See It?." Pediatrics 140, no. 3 (September 2017).  Full Text
    • Bilger, M, Kruger, EJ, and Finkelstein, EA. "Measuring Socioeconomic Inequality in Obesity: Looking Beyond the Obesity Threshold." Health economics 26, no. 8 (August 2017): 1052-1066.  Full Text
    • Nguyen, HV, Bose, S, Mital, S, Yii, ACA, Ang, SY, Lam, SSW, Anantham, D, Finkelstein, E, and Koh, MS. "Is bronchial thermoplasty cost-effective as treatment for problematic asthma patients? Singapore's perspective on a global model." Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) 22, no. 6 (August 2017): 1102-1109.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Tham, K-W, Haaland, BA, and Sahasranaman, A. "Applying economic incentives to increase effectiveness of an outpatient weight loss program (TRIO) - A randomized controlled trial." Social science & medicine (1982) 185 (July 2017): 63-70.  Full Text
    • Jafar, TH, Jehan, I, de Silva, HA, Naheed, A, Gandhi, M, Assam, P, Finkelstein, EA, Quigley, HL, Bilger, M, Khan, AH, Clemens, JD, Ebrahim, S, Turner, EL, for COBRA-BPS Study Group, , and Kasturiratne, A. "Multicomponent intervention versus usual care for management of hypertension in rural Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial." Trials 18, no. 1 (June 12, 2017): 272-null.  Full Text
    • Vedanthan, R, Kamano, JH, Lee, H, Andama, B, Bloomfield, GS, DeLong, AK, Edelman, D, Finkelstein, EA, Hogan, JW, Horowitz, CR, Manyara, S, Menya, D, Naanyu, V, Pastakia, SD, Valente, TW, Wanyonyi, CC, and Fuster, V. "Bridging Income Generation with Group Integrated Care for cardiovascular risk reduction: Rationale and design of the BIGPIC study." American Heart Journal 188 (June 2017): 175-185.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Mansfield, C, Wood, D, Rowe, B, Chay, J, and Ozdemir, S. "Trade-offs between civil liberties and national security: A discrete choice experiment." Contemporary Economic Policy 35, no. 2 (April 1, 2017): 292-311.  Full Text
    • Ozdemir, S, Wong, TT, Allingham, RR, and Finkelstein, EA. "Predicted patient demand for a new delivery system for glaucoma medicine." Medicine 96, no. 15 (April 2017): e6626-.  Full Text
    • Riddell, MA, Edwards, N, Thompson, SR, Bernabe-Ortiz, A, Praveen, D, Johnson, C, Kengne, AP, Liu, P, McCready, T, Ng, E, Nieuwlaat, R, Ovbiagele, B, Owolabi, M, Peiris, D, Thrift, AG, Tobe, S, Yusoff, K, and GACD Hypertension Research Programme, . "Developing consensus measures for global programs: lessons from the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Hypertension research program." Globalization and Health 13, no. 1 (March 15, 2017): 17-null.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Ozdemir, S, Malhotra, C, Jafar, TH, Choong, HL, and Suhardjono, J. "Identifying Factors That Influence Physicians' Recommendations for Dialysis and Conservative Management in Indonesia." Kidney international reports 2, no. 2 (March 2017): 212-218.  Full Text
    • Ozdemir, S, Wu, HK, Finkelstein, EA, and Wong, TT. "Parents' views on their children's use of eye drops and willingness to accept a new sustained-release subconjunctival injection." Clinical Ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 11 (January 2017): 1903-1909.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Haaland, BA, Bilger, M, Sahasranaman, A, Sloan, RA, Nang, EEK, and Evenson, KR. "Effectiveness of activity trackers with and without incentives to increase physical activity (TRIPPA): a randomised controlled trial." The Lancet. Diabetes & Endocrinology 4, no. 12 (December 2016): 983-995.  Full Text
    • Nguyen, HV, Tan, GSW, Tapp, RJ, Mital, S, Ting, DSW, Wong, HT, Tan, CS, Laude, A, Tai, ES, Tan, NC, Finkelstein, EA, Wong, TY, and Lamoureux, EL. "Cost-effectiveness of a National Telemedicine Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program in Singapore." Ophthalmology 123, no. 12 (December 2016): 2571-2580.  Full Text
    • Snodgrass, AM, Tan, PT, Soh, SE, Goh, A, Shek, LP, van Bever, HP, Gluckman, PD, Godfrey, KM, Chong, YS, Saw, SM, Kwek, K, Teoh, OH, and GUSTO Study Group, . "Tobacco smoke exposure and respiratory morbidity in young children." Tobacco Control 25, no. e2 (December 2016): e75-e82.  Full Text
    • Quah, PL, Cheng, TS, Cheung, YB, Yap, F, Saw, S-M, Godfrey, KM, Gluckman, PD, Chong, Y-S, and Chong, MF-F. "Maternal and infant correlates of maternal feeding beliefs and practices in a multi-ethnic Asian population: the GUSTO (Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes) study." Public Health Nutrition 19, no. 15 (October 2016): 2789-2798.  Full Text
    • Ding, D, Lawson, KD, Kolbe-Alexander, TL, Finkelstein, EA, Katzmarzyk, PT, van Mechelen, W, Pratt, M, and Lancet Physical Activity Series 2 Executive Committee, . "The economic burden of physical inactivity: a global analysis of major non-communicable diseases." Lancet (London, England) 388, no. 10051 (September 2016): 1311-1324.  Full Text
    • Dong, D, Ozdemir, S, Mong Bee, Y, Toh, S-A, Bilger, M, and Finkelstein, E. "Measuring High-Risk Patients' Preferences for Pharmacogenetic Testing to Reduce Severe Adverse Drug Reaction: A Discrete Choice Experiment." Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 19, no. 6 (September 2016): 767-775.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, E, Malhotra, C, Chay, J, Ozdemir, S, Chopra, A, and Kanesvaran, R. "Impact of Treatment Subsidies and Cash Payouts on Treatment Choices at the End of Life." Value in Health : the Journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 19, no. 6 (September 2016): 788-794.  Full Text
    • Fok, D, Aris, IM, Ho, J, Lim, SB, Chua, MC, Pang, WW, Saw, S-M, Kwek, K, Godfrey, KM, Kramer, MS, Chong, YS, and GUSTO Study Group, . "A Comparison of Practices During the Confinement Period among Chinese, Malay, and Indian Mothers in Singapore." Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) 43, no. 3 (September 2016): 247-254.  Full Text
    • Jafar, TH, Silva, AD, Naheed, A, Jehan, I, Liang, F, Assam, PN, Legido-Quigley, H, Finkelstein, EA, Ebrahim, S, Wickremasinghe, R, Alam, D, Khan, AH, and COBRA-BPS Study Group, . "Control of blood pressure and risk attenuation: a public health intervention in rural Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka: feasibility trial results." Journal of hypertension 34, no. 9 (September 2016): 1872-1881.  Full Text
    • Epstein, LH, Finkelstein, EA, Katz, DL, Jankowiak, N, Pudlewski, C, and Paluch, RA. "Effects of nutrient profiling and price changes based on NuVal® scores on food purchasing in an online experimental supermarket." Public Health Nutrition 19, no. 12 (August 2016): 2157-2164.  Full Text
    • Bilger, M, Wong, TT, Howard, KL, Lee, JY, Toh, AN, John, G, Lamoureux, EL, and Finkelstein, EA. "Study on Incentives for Glaucoma Medication Adherence (SIGMA): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to increase glaucoma medication adherence using value pricing." Trials 17, no. 1 (July 15, 2016): 316-null.  Full Text
    • W Tobe, S, and Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Hypertension Research Teams With the World Hypertension League, . "The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Supports 15 Major Studies in Hypertension Prevention and Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries." Journal of Clinical Hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 18, no. 7 (July 2016): 600-605.  Full Text
    • Malhotra, C, Sim, DKL, Jaufeerally, F, Vikas, NN, Sim, GWC, Tan, BC, Ng, CSH, Tho, PL, Lim, J, Chuang, CY-T, Fong, FHM, Liu, J, and Finkelstein, EA. "Impact of advance care planning on the care of patients with heart failure: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial." Trials 17, no. 1 (June 10, 2016): 285-.  Full Text
    • Nguyen, HV, Bose, S, and Finkelstein, E. "Incremental cost-utility of sevelamer relative to calcium carbonate for treatment of hyperphosphatemia among pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients." BMC nephrology 17, no. 1 (April 28, 2016): 45-.  Full Text
    • Flynn, TN, Bilger, M, Malhotra, C, and Finkelstein, EA. "Are Efficient Designs Used in Discrete Choice Experiments Too Difficult for Some Respondents? A Case Study Eliciting Preferences for End-of-Life Care." Pharmacoeconomics 34, no. 3 (March 2016): 273-284.  Full Text
    • Yong, K-L, Nguyen, HV, Cajucom-Uy, HY, Foo, V, Tan, D, Finkelstein, EA, and Mehta, JS. "Cost Minimization Analysis of Precut Cornea Grafts in Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty." Medicine 95, no. 8 (February 2016): e2887-null.  Full Text
    • Chen, PY, Finkelstein, EA, Ng, MJ, Yap, F, Yeo, GSH, Rajadurai, VS, Chong, YS, Gluckman, PD, Saw, SM, Kwek, KYC, and Tan, KH. "Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Screening Strategies in Singapore." Asia-Pacific journal of public health 28, no. 1 (January 2016): 15-25.  Full Text
    • Malhotra, C, Bilger, M, Liu, J, and Finkelstein, E. "Barriers to breast and cervical cancer screening in Singapore: A mixed methods analysis." Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 17, no. 8 (January 1, 2016): 3885-3893.
    • Malhotra, C, Bilger, M, Liu, J, and Finkelstein, E. "Barriers to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in Singapore: a Mixed Methods Analysis." Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention : Apjcp 17, no. 8 (January 2016): 3887-3895.
    • Malhotra, C, Cheng Sim Wong, G, Tan, BC, Ng, CSH, Lee, NC, Lau, CSL, Sim, DKL, and Finkelstein, EA. "Living with heart failure: Perspectives of patients from Singapore." Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 25, no. 2 (January 1, 2016): 92-97.  Full Text
    • Epstein, LH, Finkelstein, E, Raynor, H, Nederkoorn, C, Fletcher, KD, Jankowiak, N, and Paluch, RA. "Experimental analysis of the effect of taxes and subsides on calories purchased in an on-line supermarket." Appetite 95 (December 2015): 245-251.  Full Text
    • Luo, N, Wang, X, Ang, M, Finkelstein, EA, Aung, T, Wong, T-Y, and Lamoureux, E. "A Vision "Bolt-On" Item Could Increase the Discriminatory Power of the EQ-5D Index Score." Value in Health : the Journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 18, no. 8 (December 2015): 1037-1042.  Full Text
    • Dong, D, Tan-Koi, W-C, Teng, GG, Finkelstein, E, and Sung, C. "Cost-effectiveness analysis of genotyping for HLA-B*5801 and an enhanced safety program in gout patients starting allopurinol in Singapore." Pharmacogenomics 16, no. 16 (November 10, 2015): 1781-1793.  Full Text
    • GACD Hypertension Research Programme, Writing Group, , Peiris, D, Thompson, SR, Beratarrechea, A, Cárdenas, MK, Diez-Canseco, F, Goudge, J, Gyamfi, J, Kamano, JH, Irazola, V, Johnson, C, Kengne, AP, Keat, NK, Miranda, JJ, Mohan, S, Mukasa, B, Ng, E, Nieuwlaat, R, Ogedegbe, O, Ovbiagele, B, Plange-Rhule, J, Praveen, D, Salam, A, Thorogood, M, Thrift, AG, Vedanthan, R, Waddy, SP, Webster, J, Webster, R, Yeates, K, Yusoff, K, and Hypertension Research Programme members, . "Behaviour change strategies for reducing blood pressure-related disease burden: findings from a global implementation research programme." Implementation Science : Is 10 (November 9, 2015): 158-null.  Full Text
    • Dong, D, Bilger, M, van Dam, RM, and Finkelstein, EA. "Consumption Of Specific Foods And Beverages And Excess Weight Gain Among Children And Adolescents." Health Affairs (Project Hope) 34, no. 11 (November 2015): 1940-1948.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Bilger, M, Flynn, TN, and Malhotra, C. "Preferences for end-of-life care among community-dwelling older adults and patients with advanced cancer: A discrete choice experiment." Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 119, no. 11 (November 2015): 1482-1489.  Full Text
    • Quah, PL, Chan, YH, Aris, IM, Pang, WW, Toh, JY, Tint, MT, Broekman, BFP, Saw, SM, Kwek, K, Godfrey, KM, Gluckman, PD, Chong, YS, Meaney, MJ, Yap, FKP, van Dam, RM, Lee, YS, Chong, MFF, and GUSTO Study Group, . "Prospective associations of appetitive traits at 3 and 12 months of age with body mass index and weight gain in the first 2 years of life." Bmc Pediatrics 15 (October 12, 2015): 153-null.  Full Text
    • Malhotra, C, Farooqui, MA, Kanesvaran, R, Bilger, M, and Finkelstein, E. "Comparison of preferences for end-of-life care among patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers: A discrete choice experiment." Palliative Medicine 29, no. 9 (October 2015): 842-850.  Full Text
    • Ang, M, Nguyen, HV, Kiew, SY, Chen, S, Chee, S-P, and Finkelstein, E. "Cost-effectiveness of alternative strategies for interferon-γ release assays and tuberculin skin test in tuberculous uveitis." The British journal of ophthalmology 99, no. 7 (July 2015): 984-989.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Kruger, E, and Karnawat, S. "Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Qsymia for Weight Loss." Pharmacoeconomics 33, no. 7 (July 2015): 699-706.  Full Text
    • Lai, H, Choong, CV, Fook-Chong, S, Ng, YY, Finkelstein, EA, Haaland, B, Goh, ES, Leong, BS-H, Gan, HN, Foo, D, Tham, LP, Charles, R, Ong, MEH, and PAROS study group, . "Interventional strategies associated with improvements in survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Singapore over 10 years." Resuscitation 89 (April 2015): 155-161.  Full Text
    • Yu, Y-M, Chan, Y-H, Calder, PC, Hardjojo, A, Soh, S-E, Lim, AL, Fisk, HL, Teoh, OH, Goh, A, Saw, S-M, Kwek, K, Gluckman, PD, Godfrey, KM, Chong, Y-S, Shek, LP-C, Pan, A, Chong, MFF, van Bever, HPS, and GUSTO study group, . "Maternal PUFA status and offspring allergic diseases up to the age of 18 months." The British journal of nutrition 113, no. 6 (March 9, 2015): 975-983.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Sahasranaman, A, John, G, Haaland, BA, Bilger, M, Sloan, RA, Nang, EEK, and Evenson, KR. "Design and baseline characteristics of participants in the TRial of Economic Incentives to Promote Physical Activity (TRIPPA): a randomized controlled trial of a six month pedometer program with financial incentives." Contemporary Clinical Trials 41 (March 2015): 238-247.  Full Text
    • Tan, T-E, Peh, GSL, Finkelstein, EA, and Mehta, JS. "A practical model for economic evaluation of tissue-engineered therapies." Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Systems biology and medicine 7, no. 2 (March 2015): 91-100. (Review)  Full Text
    • Hoelscher, DM, Butte, NF, Barlow, S, Vandewater, EA, Sharma, SV, Huang, T, Finkelstein, E, Pont, S, Sacher, P, Byrd-Williams, C, Oluyomi, AO, Durand, C, Li, L, and Kelder, SH. "Incorporating primary and secondary prevention approaches to address childhood obesity prevention and treatment in a low-income, ethnically diverse population: study design and demographic data from the Texas Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (TX CORD) study." Childhood Obesity (Print) 11, no. 1 (February 2015): 71-91.  Full Text
    • Corso, P, Finkelstein, E, Miller, T, Fiebelkorn, I, and Zaloshnja, E. "Incidence and lifetime costs of injuries in the United States." Injury Prevention 21, no. 6 (January 1, 2015): 434-440.  Full Text
    • Dixon, JB, Egger, GJ, Finkelstein, EA, Kral, JG, and Lambert, GW. "'Obesity paradox' misunderstands the biology of optimal weight throughout the life cycle." International Journal of Obesity (2005) 39, no. 1 (January 2015): 82-84.  Full Text
    • Dixon, JB, Egger, GJ, Finkelstein, EA, Kral, JG, and Lambert, GW. "'Obesity paradox' misunderstands the biology of optimal weight throughout the life cycle." International Journal of Obesity 39, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 82-84. (Review)  Full Text
    • Goodwin, NJ, O'Farrell, SE, Jagoe, K, Rouse, J, Roma, E, Biran, A, and Finkelstein, EA. "Use of behavior change techniques in clean cooking interventions: a review of the evidence and scorecard of effectiveness." Journal of health communication 20 Suppl 1 (January 2015): 43-54. (Review)  Full Text
    • Lamoureux, EL, Mcintosh, R, Constantinou, M, Fenwick, EK, Xie, J, Casson, R, Finkelstein, E, Goldberg, I, Healey, P, Thomas, R, Ang, GS, Pesudovs, K, and Crowston, J. "Comparing the effectiveness of selective laser trabeculoplasty with topical medication as initial treatment (the Glaucoma Initial Treatment Study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial." Trials 16 (January 2015): 406-.  Full Text
    • Malhotra, C, Chan, N, Zhou, J, Dalager, HB, and Finkelstein, E. "Variation in physician recommendations, knowledge and perceived roles regarding provision of end-of-life care." BMC palliative care 14 (January 2015): 52-.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Strombotne, KL, Zhen, C, and Epstein, LH. "Food prices and obesity: a review." Advances in Nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) 5, no. 6 (November 14, 2014): 818-821. (Review)  Full Text
    • Chong, Y-S, Cai, S, Lin, H, Soh, SE, Lee, Y-S, Leow, MK-S, Chan, Y-H, Chen, L, Holbrook, JD, Tan, K-H, Rajadurai, VS, Yeo, GS-H, Kramer, MS, Saw, S-M, Gluckman, PD, Godfrey, KM, Kwek, K, and GUSTO study group, . "Ethnic differences translate to inadequacy of high-risk screening for gestational diabetes mellitus in an Asian population: a cohort study." Bmc Pregnancy and Childbirth 14 (October 2, 2014): 345-null.  Full Text
    • Soh, S-E, Tint, MT, Gluckman, PD, Godfrey, KM, Rifkin-Graboi, A, Chan, YH, Stünkel, W, Holbrook, JD, Kwek, K, Chong, Y-S, Saw, SM, and GUSTO Study Group, . "Cohort profile: Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) birth cohort study." International Journal of Epidemiology 43, no. 5 (October 2014): 1401-1409.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, and Kruger, E. "Meta- and cost-effectiveness analysis of commercial weight loss strategies." Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 22, no. 9 (September 2014): 1942-1951. (Review)  Full Text
    • Chong, MFF, Wong, JXY, Colega, M, Chen, L-W, van Dam, RM, Tan, CS, Lim, AL, Cai, S, Broekman, BFP, Lee, YS, Saw, SM, Kwek, K, Godfrey, KM, Chong, YS, Gluckman, P, Meaney, MJ, Chen, H, and GUSTO study group, . "Relationships of maternal folate and vitamin B12 status during pregnancy with perinatal depression: The GUSTO study." Journal of Psychiatric Research 55 (August 2014): 110-116.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA. "How big of a problem is obesity?." Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery 10, no. 4 (July 2014): 569-570. (Review)  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA. "How big of a problem is obesity?." Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 10, no. 4 (July 1, 2014): 569-570. (Review)  Full Text
    • Keyserling, TC, Sheridan, SL, Draeger, LB, Finkelstein, EA, Gizlice, Z, Kruger, E, Johnston, LF, Sloane, PD, Samuel-Hodge, C, Evenson, KR, Gross, MD, Donahue, KE, Pignone, MP, Vu, MB, Steinbacher, EA, Weiner, BJ, Bangdiwala, SI, and Ammerman, AS. "A comparison of live counseling with a web-based lifestyle and medication intervention to reduce coronary heart disease risk: a randomized clinical trial." JAMA internal medicine 174, no. 7 (July 2014): 1144-1157.  Full Text
    • Epstein, LH, Jankowiak, N, Fletcher, KD, Carr, KA, Nederkoorn, C, Raynor, HA, and Finkelstein, E. "Women who are motivated to eat and discount the future are more obese." Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 22, no. 6 (June 2014): 1394-1399.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Graham, WCK, and Malhotra, R. "Lifetime direct medical costs of childhood obesity." Pediatrics 133, no. 5 (May 2014): 854-862. (Review)  Full Text
    • Ngo, CS, Pan, C-W, Finkelstein, EA, Lee, C-F, Wong, IB, Ong, J, Ang, M, Wong, T-Y, and Saw, S-M. "A cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating an incentive-based outdoor physical activity programme to increase outdoor time and prevent myopia in children." Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) 34, no. 3 (May 2014): 362-368.  Full Text
    • Vedanthan, R, Kamano, JH, Naanyu, V, Delong, AK, Were, MC, Finkelstein, EA, Menya, D, Akwanalo, CO, Bloomfield, GS, Binanay, CA, Velazquez, EJ, Hogan, JW, Horowitz, CR, Inui, TS, Kimaiyo, S, and Fuster, V. "Optimizing linkage and retention to hypertension care in rural Kenya (LARK hypertension study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial." Trials 15 (April 27, 2014): 143-null.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Epstein, LH, Paluch, RA, Wrotniak, BH, Daniel, TO, Kilanowski, C, Wilfley, D, and Finkelstein, E. "Cost-effectiveness of family-based group treatment for child and parental obesity." Childhood Obesity (Print) 10, no. 2 (April 2014): 114-121.  Full Text
    • "Cost-effectiveness of osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis in Singapore." American Journal of Ophthalmology 157, no. 1 (January 1, 2014).  Full Text
    • Broekman, BFP, Wang, C, Li, Y, Rifkin-Graboi, A, Saw, SM, Chong, Y-S, Kwek, K, Gluckman, PD, Fortier, MV, Meaney, MJ, Qiu, A, and GUSTO Study Group, . "Gestational age and neonatal brain microstructure in term born infants: a birth cohort study." Plos One 9, no. 12 (January 2014): e115229-null.  Full Text
    • Dong, D, Tan, A, Mehta, JS, Tan, D, and Finkelstein, EA. "Cost-effectiveness of osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis in Singapore." Am J Ophthalmol 157, no. 1 (January 2014): 78-84.e2.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Epstein, LH, Jankowiak, N, Fletcher, KD, Carr, KA, Nederkoorn, C, Raynor, HA, and Finkelstein, E. "Women who are motivated to eat and discount the future are more obese." Obesity 22, no. 6 (2014): 1394-1399.  Full Text
    • Farooqui, MA, Tan, Y-T, Bilger, M, and Finkelstein, EA. "Effects of financial incentives on motivating physical activity among older adults: results from a discrete choice experiment." BMC public health 14 (January 2014): 141-.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, E, Malhotra, C, and Yee, ACP. "Improving the end-of-life experience in Singapore: building capacity in palliative care education and research." Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore 43, no. 1 (January 2014): 1-2.
    • Finkelstein, EA, Chay, J, and Bajpai, S. "The economic burden of self-reported and undiagnosed cardiovascular diseases and diabetes on Indonesian households." PloS one 9, no. 6 (January 2014): e99572-.  Full Text
    • Malhotra, R, Østbye, T, Riley, CM, and Finkelstein, EA. "Erratum: Young adult weight trajectories through midlife by body mass category (Obesity (2013) 21 (1923-1934) DOI: 10.1002/oby.20318)." Obesity 22, no. 7 (January 1, 2014): 1770-null.  Full Text
    • Ngo, CS, Pan, CW, Finkelstein, EA, Lee, CF, Wong, IB, Ong, J, Ang, M, Wong, TY, and Saw, SM. "A cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating an incentive-based outdoor physical activity programme to increase outdoor time and prevent myopia in children." Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 34, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 362-368.  Full Text
    • Tan, T-E, Peh, GSL, George, BL, Cajucom-Uy, HY, Dong, D, Finkelstein, EA, and Mehta, JS. "A cost-minimization analysis of tissue-engineered constructs for corneal endothelial transplantation." PloS one 9, no. 6 (January 2014): e100563-.  Full Text
    • Zhen, C, Finkelstein, EA, Nonnemaker, J, Karns, S, and Todd, JE. "Predicting the Effects of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes on Food and Beverage Demand in a Large Demand System." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 96, no. 1 (January 2014): 1-25.  Full Text
    • Sheridan, SL, Draeger, LB, Pignone, MP, Sloane, PD, Samuel-Hodge, C, Finkelstein, EA, Gizlice, Z, Vu, MB, Gitterman, DP, Bangdiwala, SI, Donahue, KE, Evenson, K, Ammerman, AS, and Keyserling, TC. "Designing and implementing a comparative effectiveness study of two strategies for delivering high quality CHD prevention: methods and participant characteristics for the Heart to Health study." Contemporary Clinical Trials 36, no. 2 (November 2013): 394-405.  Full Text
    • Hanoch, Y, and Finkelstein, EA. "Health Psychology Meets Behavioral Economics: Introduction to Special Issue." HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 32, no. 9 (September 2013): 929-931.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Malhotra, R, Ostbye, T, Riley, CM, and Finkelstein, EA. "Young adult weight trajectories through midlife by body mass category." Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 21, no. 9 (September 2013): 1923-1934.  Full Text
    • Dharani, R, Lee, C-F, Finkelstein, EA, and Saw, S-M. "Response to Mahroo et al." Eye (London, England) 27, no. 8 (August 2013): 991-null. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Tan, Y-T, Malhotra, R, Lee, C-F, Goh, S-S, and Saw, S-M. "A cluster randomized controlled trial of an incentive-based outdoor physical activity program." J Pediatr 163, no. 1 (July 2013): 167-72.e1.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Finkelstein, EA, Østbye, T, and Malhotra, R. "Body mass trajectories through midlife among adults with class I obesity." Surg Obes Relat Dis 9, no. 4 (July 2013): 547-553.e1.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Bilger, M, Finkelstein, EA, Kruger, E, Tate, DF, and Linnan, LA. "The effect of weight loss on health, productivity, and medical expenditures among overweight employees." Medical Care 51, no. 6 (June 2013): 471-477.  Full Text
    • Hung, S-I, and Chung, W-H. "Cost-effectiveness of HLA-B*1502 genotyping in adult patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy in Singapore." Neurology 80, no. 17 (April 2013): 1621-. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Chan, SL, Wen Low, JJ, Lim, YW, Finkelstein, E, Farooqui, MA, Chia, KS, and Wee, HL. "Willingness-to-pay and preferences for warfarin pharmacogenetic testing in Chinese warfarin patients and the Chinese general public." Personalized Medicine 10, no. 2 (March 2013): 127-137.  Full Text
    • Bilger, M, Finkelstein, EA, Kruger, E, Tate, DF, and Linnan, LA. "The effect of weight loss on health, productivity, and medical expenditures among overweight employees." Medical Care 51, no. 6 (2013): 471-477.  Full Text
    • Bose, S, Ang, M, Mehta, JS, Tan, DT, and Finkelstein, E. "Cost-effectiveness of descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty versus penetrating keratoplasty." Ophthalmology 120, no. 3 (2013): 464-470.  Full Text
    • Dreyer, N, Dixon, JB, Okerson, T, Finkelstein, EA, and Globe, D. "Prevalence of comorbidities and baseline characteristics of LAP-BAND AP® subjects in the Helping Evaluate Reduction in Obesity (HERO) study." PloS one 8, no. 11 (January 2013): e78971-.  Full Text
    • Drury, VB, Saw, SM, Finkelstein, E, Wong, TY, and Tay, PKC. "A new community-based outdoor intervention to increase physical activity in Singapore children: Findings from focus groups." Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore 42, no. 5 (2013): 225-231.
    • Finkelstein, EA, Allaire, BT, Globe, D, and Dixon, JB. "The business case for bariatric surgery revisited: a non-randomized case-control study. (Published online)" PLoS One 8, no. 9 (2013): e75498-.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Finkelstein, EA, Ostbye, T, and Malhotra, R. "Body mass trajectories through midlife among adults with class i obesity." Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 9, no. 4 (2013): 547-553.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Tan, Y-T, Malhotra, R, Lee, C-F, Goh, S-S, and Saw, S-M. "A cluster randomized controlled trial of an incentive-based outdoor physical activity program." Journal of Pediatrics 163, no. 1 (2013): 167-172.e1.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Zhen, C, Bilger, M, Nonnemaker, J, Farooqui, AM, and Todd, JE. "Implications of a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax when substitutions to non-beverage items are considered." Journal of Health Economics 32, no. 1 (January 2013): 219-239.  Full Text
    • Malhotra, R, Østbye, T, Riley, CM, and Finkelstein, EA. "Young adult weight trajectories through midlife by body mass category." Obesity 21, no. 9 (2013): 1923-1934.  Full Text
    • Rees, G, Mellor, D, Holloway, EE, Sturrock, BA, Hegel, MT, Casten, R, Xie, J, Finkelstein, E, Lamoureux, E, and Keeffe, JE. "Integrated depression management: A proposed trial of a new model of care in a low vision rehabilitation setting." Ophthalmic Epidemiology 20, no. 5 (2013): 321-329.  Full Text
    • Zheng, Y-F, Pan, C-W, Chay, J, Wong, TY, Finkelstein, E, and Saw, S-M. "The economic cost of myopia in adults aged over 40 years in Singapore." Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 54, no. 12 (2013): 7532-7537.  Full Text
    • Crane, MM, Tate, DF, Finkelstein, EA, and Linnan, LA. "Motivation for participating in a weight loss program and financial incentives: An analysis from a randomized trial." Journal of Obesity 2012 (September 19, 2012).  Full Text
    • Dong, D, Sung, C, and Finkelstein, EA. "Cost-effectiveness of HLA-B*1502 genotyping in adult patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy in Singapore." Neurology 79, no. 12 (September 5, 2012): 1259-1267.  Full Text
    • Do, YK, and Finkelstein, EA. "Youth employment, income, and smoking initiation: results from Korean panel data." J Adolesc Health 51, no. 3 (September 2012): 226-232.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Dharani, R, Lee, C-F, Theng, ZX, Drury, VB, Ngo, C, Sandar, M, Wong, T-Y, Finkelstein, EA, and Saw, S-M. "Comparison of measurements of time outdoors and light levels as risk factors for myopia in young Singapore children." Eye (London, England) 26, no. 7 (July 2012): 911-918.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Khavjou, OA, Thompson, H, Trogdon, JG, Pan, L, Sherry, B, and Dietz, W. "Obesity and severe obesity forecasts through 2030." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 42, no. 6 (June 2012): 563-570.  Full Text
    • Jakicic, JM, Tate, DF, Lang, W, Davis, KK, Polzien, K, Rickman, AD, Erickson, K, Neiberg, RH, and Finkelstein, EA. "Effect of a stepped-care intervention approach on weight loss in adults: a randomized clinical trial." Jama 307, no. 24 (June 2012): 2617-2626.  Full Text
    • Epstein, LH, Jankowiak, N, Nederkoorn, C, Raynor, HA, French, SA, and Finkelstein, E. "Experimental research on the relation between food price changes and food-purchasing patterns: a targeted review." The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 95, no. 4 (April 2012): 789-809. (Review)  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, and Bilger, M. "Hard truths and a new strategy for addressing childhood obesity." Childhood Obesity (Print) 8, no. 2 (April 2012): 106-109.  Full Text
    • Linnan, L, Tate, DF, Harrington, CB, Brooks-Russell, A, Finkelstein, E, Bangdiwala, S, Birken, B, and Britt, A. "Organizational- and employee-level recruitment into a worksite-based weight loss study." Clinical Trials (London, England) 9, no. 2 (April 2012): 215-225.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Allaire, BT, Dibonaventura, MD, and Burgess, SM. "Incorporating indirect costs into a cost-benefit analysis of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding." Value in Health : the Journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 15, no. 2 (March 2012): 299-304.  Full Text
    • de Lima Lopes, G, Segel, JE, Tan, DSW, Do, YK, Mok, T, and Finkelstein, EA. "Cost-effectiveness of epidermal growth factor receptor mutation testing and first-line treatment with gefitinib for patients with advanced adenocarcinoma of the lung." Cancer 118, no. 4 (February 2012): 1032-1039.  Full Text
    • Bose, S, Ang, M, Mehta, JS, Tan, DT, and Finkelstein, E. "Cost-Effectiveness of Descemet's Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty versus Penetrating Keratoplasty." Ophthalmology (2012).  Full Text
    • Dixon, JB, Murphy, DK, Segel, JE, and Finkelstein, EA. "Impact of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding on type 2 diabetes." Obesity Reviews : an Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity 13, no. 1 (January 2012): 57-67. (Review)  Full Text
    • Rahman, F, Bose, S, Linnan, M, Rahman, A, Mashreky, S, Haaland, B, and Finkelstein, E. "Cost-effectiveness of an injury and drowning prevention program in Bangladesh." Pediatrics 130, no. 6 (2012): e1621-e1628.  Full Text
    • Stünkel, W, Pan, H, Chew, SB, Tng, E, Tan, JH, Chen, L, Joseph, R, Cheong, CY, Ong, M-L, Lee, YS, Chong, Y-S, Saw, SM, Meaney, MJ, Kwek, K, Sheppard, AM, Gluckman, PD, GUSTO Study Group, , and Holbrook, JD. "Transcriptome changes affecting Hedgehog and cytokine signalling in the umbilical cord: implications for disease risk." Plos One 7, no. 7 (January 2012): e39744-null.  Full Text
    • Trogdon, JG, Finkelstein, EA, Feagan, CW, and Cohen, JW. "State-and payer-specific estimates of annual medical expenditures attributable to obesity." Obesity 20, no. 1 (2012): 214-220.  Full Text
    • Ferdinand, KC, Orenstein, D, Hong, Y, Journigan, JG, Trogdon, J, Bowman, J, Zohrabian, A, Kilgore, M, White, A, Mokdad, A, Pechacek, TF, Goetzel, RZ, Labarthe, DR, Puckrein, GA, Finkelstein, E, Wang, G, French, ME, and Vaccarino, V. "Health economics of cardiovascular disease: Defining the research agenda." Cvd Prevention and Control 6, no. 3 (September 1, 2011): 91-100.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Allaire, BT, DiBonaventura, MD, and Burgess, SM. "Direct and indirect costs and potential cost savings of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding among obese patients with diabetes." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 53, no. 9 (September 2011): 1025-1029.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Allaire, BT, Burgess, SM, and Hale, BC. "Financial implications of coverage for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding." Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : Official Journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery 7, no. 3 (May 2011): 295-303.  Full Text
    • Anderson, WL, Wiener, JM, Finkelstein, EA, and Armour, BS. "Estimates of national health care expenditures associated with disability." Journal of Disability Policy Studies 21, no. 4 (March 1, 2011): 230-240.  Full Text
    • Heidenreich, PA, Trogdon, JG, Khavjou, OA, Butler, J, Dracup, K, Ezekowitz, MD, Finkelstein, EA, Hong, Y, Johnston, SC, Khera, A, Lloyd-Jones, DM, Nelson, SA, Nichol, G, Orenstein, D, Wilson, PWF, Woo, YJ, American Heart Association Advocacy Coordinating Committee, , Stroke Council, , Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention, , Council on Clinical Cardiology, , Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, , Council on Arteriosclerosis, , Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, , Council on Cardiopulmonary, , Critical Care, , Perioperative and Resuscitation, , Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, , Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, , Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, and and Interdisciplinary Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, . "Forecasting the future of cardiovascular disease in the United States: a policy statement from the American Heart Association." Circulation 123, no. 8 (March 2011): 933-944.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Finkelstein, EA, Strombotne, KL, Chan, NL, and Krieger, J. "Mandatory menu labeling in one fast-food chain in King County, Washington." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 40, no. 2 (February 2011): 122-127.  Full Text
    • Do, YK, and Finkelstein, EA. "Adolescent weight status and self-reported school performance in South Korea." J Obes 2011 (2011): 798409-.  Full Text  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • Koo, TS, Finkelstein, E, Tan, D, and Mehta, JS. "Incremental cost-utility analysis of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty compared with penetrating keratoplasty for the treatment of keratoconus." American Journal of Ophthalmology 152, no. 1 (2011): 40-47.  Full Text
    • Li, J, Linnan, L, Finkelstein, EA, Tate, DF, Naseer, C, and Evenson, KR. "Knowledge and perceptions among overweight and obese employees about lifestyle-related health benefit changes." North Carolina medical journal 72, no. 3 (2011): 183-190.  Open Access Copy
    • Zheng, Y, Lamoureux, E, Finkelstein, E, Wu, R, Lavanya, R, Chua, D, Aung, T, Saw, S-M, and Wong, TY. "Independent impact of area-level socioeconomic measures on visual impairment." Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 52, no. 12 (2011): 8799-8805.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Zhen, C, Nonnemaker, J, and Todd, JE. "Impact of targeted beverage taxes on higher- and lower-income households." Archives of Internal Medicine 170, no. 22 (December 2010): 2028-2034.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, and Segel, JE. "Does cost savings mean cost effective?." Am J Prev Med 39, no. 5 (November 2010): 489-490.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Finkelstein, EA, DiBonaventura, MD, Burgess, SM, and Hale, BC. "The costs of obesity in the workplace." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 52, no. 10 (October 2010): 971-976.  Full Text
    • Tangka, FK, Trogdon, JG, Richardson, LC, Howard, D, Sabatino, SA, and Finkelstein, EA. "Cancer treatment cost in the United States: has the burden shifted over time?." Cancer 116, no. 14 (July 2010): 3477-3484.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, and Strombotne, KL. "The economics of obesity." The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 91, no. 5 (May 2010): 1520S-1524S.  Full Text
    • Epstein, LH, Dearing, KK, Roba, LG, and Finkelstein, E. "The influence of taxes and subsidies on energy purchased in an experimental purchasing study." Psychological Science 21, no. 3 (March 2010): 406-414.  Full Text
    • Anderson, WL, Armour, BS, Finkelstein, EA, and Wiener, JM. "Estimates of state-level health-care expenditures associated with disability." Public Health Reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 125, no. 1 (January 2010): 44-51.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Brown, DS, Wrage, LA, Allaire, BT, and Hoerger, TJ. "Individual and aggregate years-of-life-lost associated with overweight and obesity." Obesity 18, no. 2 (2010): 333-339.  Full Text
    • Houtven, GV, Reed, WR, Biddle, EA, Volkwein, JC, Clayton, L, and Finkelstein, E. "Rates and costs of respiratory illness in coal mining: A cross-industry comparative analysis." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 52, no. 6 (2010): 610-617.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Linnan, LA, Tate, DF, and Leese, PJ. "A longitudinal study on the relationship between weight loss, medical expenditures, and absenteeism among overweight employees in the WAY to Health study." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 51, no. 12 (December 2009): 1367-1373.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Tangka, FK, Trogdon, JG, Sabatino, SA, and Richardson, LC. "The personal financial burden of cancer for the working-aged population." The American Journal of Managed Care 15, no. 11 (November 2009): 801-806.
    • Finkelstein, EA, Trogdon, JG, Cohen, JW, and Dietz, W. "Annual medical spending attributable to obesity: payer-and service-specific estimates." Health Affairs (Project Hope) 28, no. 5 (September 2009): w822-w831.  Full Text
    • "ERRATUM." Economic Inquiry 47, no. 3 (July 2009): 603-603.  Full Text
    • Trogdon, J, Finkelstein, EA, Reyes, M, and Dietz, WH. "A return-on-investment simulation model of workplace obesity interventions." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 51, no. 7 (July 2009): 751-758.  Full Text
    • Khavjou, OA, Finkelstein, EA, Farris, R, and Will, JC. "Recall of three heart disease risk factor diagnoses among low-income women." Journal of Women'S Health (2002) 18, no. 5 (May 2009): 667-675.  Full Text
    • McKinnon, RA, Orleans, CT, Kumanyika, SK, Haire-Joshu, D, Krebs-Smith, SM, Finkelstein, EA, Brownell, KD, Thompson, JW, and Ballard-Barbash, R. "Considerations for an obesity policy research agenda." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 36, no. 4 (April 2009): 351-357. (Review)  Full Text
    • NONNEMAKER, JAMES, FINKELSTEIN, ERIC, ENGELEN, MARK, HOERGER, THOMAS, and FARRELLY, MATTHEW. "HAVE EFFORTS TO REDUCE SMOKING REALLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC?." Economic Inquiry 47, no. 2 (April 2009): 366-376.  Full Text
    • Brown, DS, Finkelstein, EA, Brown, DR, Buchner, DM, and Johnson, FR. "Estimating older adults' preferences for walking programs via conjoint analysis." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 36, no. 3 (March 2009): 201-7.e4.  Full Text
    • Armour, BS, Finkelstein, EA, and Fiebelkorn, IC. "State-level Medicaid expenditures attributable to smoking." Preventing chronic disease 6, no. 3 (2009): A84-.
    • Honeycutt, AA, Segel, JE, Hoerger, TJ, and Finkelstein, EA. "Comparing cost-of-illness estimates from alternative approaches: An application to diabetes." Health Services Research 44, no. 1 (2009): 303-320.  Full Text
    • Nonnemaker, JM, Morgan-Lopez, AA, Pais, JM, and Finkelstein, EA. "Youth BMI trajectories: Evidence from the NLSY97." Obesity 17, no. 6 (2009): 1274-1280.  Full Text
    • Tate, DF, Finkelstein, EA, Khavjou, O, and Gustafson, A. "Cost effectiveness of internet interventions: Review and recommendations." Annals of Behavioral Medicine 38, no. 1 (2009): 40-45.  Full Text
    • Brown, DS, Finkelstein, EA, and Mercy, JA. "Methods for estimating medical expenditures attributable to intimate partner violence." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 23, no. 12 (December 2008): 1747-1766.  Full Text
    • Trogdon, JG, Finkelstein, EA, Hylands, T, Dellea, PS, and Kamal-Bahl, SJ. "Indirect costs of obesity: a review of the current literature." Obesity Reviews : an Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity 9, no. 5 (September 2008): 489-500. (Review)  Full Text
    • Trogdon, JG, Finkelstein, EA, and Hoerger, TJ. "Use of econometric models to estimate expenditure shares." Health Services Research 43, no. 4 (August 2008): 1442-1452.  Full Text
    • Allison, DB, Downey, M, Atkinson, RL, Billington, CJ, Bray, GA, Eckel, RH, Finkelstein, EA, Jensen, MD, and Tremblay, A. "Obesity as a disease: A white paper on evidence and arguments commissioned by the council of the obesity society." Obesity 16, no. 6 (2008): 1161-1177.  Full Text
    • Arterburn, D, Westbrook, EO, Wiese, CJ, Ludman, EJ, Grossman, DC, Fishman, PA, Finkelstein, EA, Jeffery, RW, and Drewnowski, A. "Insurance coverage and incentives for weight loss among adults with metabolic syndrome." Obesity 16, no. 1 (2008): 70-76.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Brown, DS, Brown, DR, and Buchner, DM. "A randomized study of financial incentives to increase physical activity among sedentary older adults." Preventive Medicine 47, no. 2 (2008): 182-187.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Brown, DS, and Evans, D. "Do obese persons comprehend their personal health risks?." American Journal of Health Behavior 32, no. 5 (2008): 508-516.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Trogdon, JG, Brown, DS, Allaire, BT, Dellea, PS, and Kamal-Bahl, SJ. "The lifetime medical cost burden of overweight and obesity: Implications for obesity prevention." Obesity 16, no. 8 (2008): 1843-1848.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, and Brown, DS. "Return on investment for bariatric surgery." American Journal of Managed Care 14, no. 9 (2008): 561-562.
    • Finkelstein, EA, and Trogdon, JG. "Public health interventions for addressing childhood overweight: Analysis of the business case." American Journal of Public Health 98, no. 3 (2008): 411-415.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Linnan, LA, Tate, DF, and Birken, BE. "A pilot study testing the effect of different levels of financial incentives on weight loss among overweight employees." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 49, no. 9 (September 2007): 981-989.  Full Text
    • Trogdon, JG, Finkelstein, EA, Nwaise, IA, Tangka, FK, and Orenstein, D. "The economic burden of chronic cardiovascular disease for major insurers." Health Promotion Practice 8, no. 3 (July 2007): 234-242.  Full Text
    • Corso, PS, Mercy, JA, Simon, TR, Finkelstein, EA, and Miller, TR. "Medical costs and productivity losses due to interpersonal and self-directed violence in the United States." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 32, no. 6 (June 2007): 474-482.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Chen, H, Prabhu, M, Trogdon, JG, and Corso, PS. "The relationship between obesity and injuries among U.S. adults." American Journal of Health Promotion : Ajhp 21, no. 5 (May 2007): 460-468.  Full Text
    • Khavjou, OA, Finkelstein, EA, and Will, JC. "The impact of medication use in a multicomponent intervention: results from the WISEWOMAN program." American Journal of Health Promotion : Ajhp 21, no. 4 (March 2007): 267-273.  Full Text
    • Farris, RP, Will, JC, Khavjou, O, and Finkelstein, EA. "Beyond effectiveness: Evaluating the public health impact of the WISEWOMAN program." American Journal of Public Health 97, no. 4 (2007): 641-647.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, E, Prabhu, M, and Chen, H. "Increased prevalence of falls among elderly individuals with mental health and substance abuse conditions." American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 15, no. 7 (2007): 611-619.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Brown, DS, Trogdon, JG, Segel, JE, and Ben-Joseph, RH. "Age-specific impact of obesity on prevalence and costs of diabetes and dyslipidemia." Value in Health 10, no. SUPPL. 1 (January 1, 2007).  Full Text
    • Stevens, JA, Corso, PS, Finkelstein, EA, and Miller, TR. "The costs of fatal and non-fatal falls among older adults." Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention 12, no. 5 (October 2006): 290-295.  Full Text
    • Corso, P, Finkelstein, E, Miller, T, Fiebelkorn, I, and Zaloshnja, E. "Incidence and lifetime costs of injuries in the United States." Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention 12, no. 4 (August 2006): 212-218.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Khavjou, OA, Will, JC, Farris, RP, and Prabhu, M. "Assessing the ability of cardiovascular disease risk calculators to evaluate effectiveness of trials and interventions." Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research 6, no. 4 (August 2006): 417-424.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Khavjou, O, and Will, JC. "Cost-effectiveness of WISEWOMAN, a program aimed at reducing heart disease risk among low-income women." Journal of Women'S Health (2002) 15, no. 4 (May 2006): 379-389.  Full Text
    • Mobley, LR, Root, ED, Finkelstein, EA, Khavjou, O, Farris, RP, and Will, JC. "Environment, obesity, and cardiovascular disease risk in low-income women." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 30, no. 4 (April 2006): 327-332.  Full Text
    • Evans, WD, Renaud, JM, Finkelstein, E, Kamerow, DB, and Brown, DS. "Changing perceptions of the childhood obesity epidemic." American Journal of Health Behavior 30, no. 2 (March 2006): 167-176.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, and Brown, DS. "Why does the private sector underinvest in obesity prevention and treatment?." North Carolina medical journal 67, no. 4 (2006): 310-312.
    • Finkelstein, E, Brown, DS, Avidor, Y, and Takeuchi, AH. "Erratum: The role of price, sociodemographic factors, and health in the demand for bariatric surgery (American Journal of Managed Care (October 2005) 11, 10 (630-637))." American Journal of Managed Care 11, no. 12 (December 1, 2005): 806-.
    • Finkelstein, EA, Chen, H, Miller, TR, Corso, PS, and Stevens, JA. "A comparison of the case-control and case-crossover designs for estimating medical costs of nonfatal fall-related injuries among older Americans." Medical Care 43, no. 11 (November 2005): 1087-1091.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, E, Fiebelkorn, LC, and Wang, G. "The costs of obesity among full-time employees." American Journal of Health Promotion : Ajhp 20, no. 1 (September 2005): 45-51.  Full Text
    • Evans, WD, Finkelstein, EA, Kamerow, DB, and Renaud, JM. "Public perceptions of childhood obesity." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 28, no. 1 (2005): 26-32.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Brown, DS, Avidor, Y, and Takeuchi, AH. "The role of price, sociodemographic factors, and health in the demand for bariatric surgery." American Journal of Managed Care 11, no. 10 (2005): 630-637.
    • Finkelstein, EA, Ruhm, CJ, and Kosa, KM. "Economic causes and consequences of obesity." Annual Review of Public Health 26 (January 2005): 239-257. (Review)  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, and Brown, DS. "A cost-benefit simulation model of coverage for bariatric surgery among full-time employees." American Journal of Managed Care 11, no. 10 (2005): 641-646.
    • Finkelstein, EA, Khavjou, OA, Mobley, LR, Haney, DM, and Will, JC. "Racial/ethnic disparities in coronary heart disease risk factors among WISEWOMAN enrollees." Journal of Women'S Health (2002) 13, no. 5 (June 2004): 503-518.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Wittenborn, JS, and Farris, RP. "Evaluation of public health demonstration programs: the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of WISEWOMAN." Journal of Women'S Health (2002) 13, no. 5 (June 2004): 625-633.  Full Text
    • Max, W, Rice, DP, Finkelstein, E, Bardwell, RA, and Leadbetter, S. "The economic toll of intimate partner violence against women in the United States." Violence and Victims 19, no. 3 (June 2004): 259-272.  Full Text
    • Mobley, LR, Finkelstein, EA, Khavjou, OA, and Will, JC. "Spatial analysis of body mass index and smoking behavior among WISEWOMAN participants." Journal of Women'S Health (2002) 13, no. 5 (June 2004): 519-528.  Full Text
    • Will, JC, Farris, RP, Sanders, CG, Stockmyer, CK, and Finkelstein, EA. "Health promotion interventions for disadvantaged women: overview of the WISEWOMAN projects." Journal of Women'S Health (2002) 13, no. 5 (June 2004): 484-502.  Full Text
    • Corso, P, Grosse, S, and Finkelstein, E. "The skinny on COI analysis." Obesity research 12, no. 7 (2004): 1189--.
    • Finkelstein, E, French, S, Variyam, JN, and Haines, PS. "Pros and cons of proposed interventions to promote healthy eating." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 27, no. 3 SUPPL. (2004): 163-171.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Fiebelkorn, IC, and Wang, G. "State-level estimates of annual medical expenditures attributable to obesity." Obesity Research 12, no. 1 (2004): 18-24.
    • Miller, TR, Zaloshnja, E, Lawrence, BA, Crandall, J, Ivarsson, J, and Finkelstein, AE. "Pedestrian and pedalcyclist injury costs in the United States by age and injury severity." Annual Proceedings. Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine 48 (January 2004): 265-284.
    • Saver, BG, Ritzwoller, DP, Maciosek, M, Goodman, MJ, Conrad, DA, Finkelstein, E, Haase, M, Barrett, P, and Cain, KC. "Does Payment Drive Procedures? Payment for Specialty Services and Procedure Rate Variations in 3 HMOs." American Journal of Managed Care 10, no. 3 (2004): 229-237.
    • Finkelstein, EA, and Kosa, KM. "Use of incentives to motivate healthy behaviors among employees." Gender Issues 21, no. 3 (December 1, 2003): 50-59.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, E, and Corso, P. "Cost-of-illness analyses for policy making: A cautionary tale of use and misuse." Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 3, no. 4 (August 1, 2003): 367-369.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Bray, JW, Chen, H, Larson, MJ, Miller, K, Tompkins, C, Keme, A, and Manderscheid, R. "Prevalence and costs of major depression among elderly claimants with diabetes." Diabetes Care 26, no. 2 (February 2003): 415-420.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, Fiebelkorn, IC, and Wang, G. "National medical spending attributable to overweight and obesity: how much, and who's paying?." Health affairs (Project Hope) Suppl (2003): W3-219-26-.
    • Finkelstein, EA, Troped, PJ, Will, JC, and Palombo, R. "Cost-effectiveness of a cardiovascular disease risk reduction program aimed at financially vulnerable women: The Massachusetts WISEWOMAN Project." Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine 11, no. 6 (2002): 519-526.  Full Text
    • Hoerger, TJ, Finkelstein, EA, and Bernard, SL. "Medicare beneficiary satisfaction with durable medical equipment suppliers." Health Care Financing Review 23, no. 1 (2001): 123-136.

  • Book Sections

    • Finkelstein, E, and Yang, HK. "Obesity and Medical Costs." In The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Obesity. September 18, 2012.  Full Text
    • Finkelstein, EA, and Hoerger, TJ. "Can fiscal approaches help to reduce obesity risk?." In Obesity Epidemiology: From Aetiology to Public Health. September 9, 2010.  Full Text

  • Conference Papers

    • Nguyen, HV, Finkelstein, EA, Mital, S, and Gardner, DS-L. "Incremental cost-effectiveness of algorithm-driven genetic testing versus no testing for Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY) in Singapore." November 2017.  Full Text
    • Boh, C, Li, H, Finkelstein, E, Haaland, B, Xin, X, Yap, S, Pasupathi, Y, and Ong, ME. "Factors Contributing to Inappropriate Visits of Frequent Attenders and Their Economic Effects at an Emergency Department in Singapore." September 2015.  Full Text
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Duke Global Health Outreach. Bridging Income Generation with GrouP Integrated Care (BIGPIC). April 2015  2015
  • Global Health Outreach. Improving Vision and Quality of Life: An innovative and comprehensive eye care model for individuals in residential care facilities. January 2013  2013
  • Duke Global Health Outreach. Systems Approach to Obesity Prevention in Underserved Children in Texas. September 2011  2011

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