Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Co-Director, Institute for Health and Aging, UCSF
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wendy.max@ucsf.edu Box 0646, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0646 |
| EDUCATION | |
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Stanford University, Stanford, CA, B.A., 1976, History, Economics
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
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1979-1980 |
Health Policy Analyst, Colorado Department of Health, Denver, CO |
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1980-81 |
Research Associate, Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, CO |
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1982-83 |
Teaching Assistant, Univ. of CO, Boulder, CO |
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1983-91 |
Assistant Professor, CA State University, Hayward |
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1991-94 |
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Institute for Health & Aging, UCSF |
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1994-99 |
Associate Adjunct Professor, Institute for Health & Aging, UCSF |
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1999-present |
Co-Director, Institute for Health & Aging, UCSF |
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1999-present |
Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF |
| SELECTED PUBLICATIONS | |
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1990 Max W, Rice D, MacKenzie EJ. The lifetime cost of injury, Inquiry 27: 332-343. |
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1991 Max W, MacKenzie E, Rice D. Traumatic head injuries: costs and consequences. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 6(2):76-91. |
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1993 Rice D, Fox P, Max W, Webber P, Lindeman D, Hauck W, Segura E. The economic burden of Alzheimer's disease care. Health Affairs, Summer 1993, 164-176. This paper was listed by Health Affairs as the #6 most cited paper in that journal from 1987 through 2005. |
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1993 Max W. The economic impact of Alzheimer's disease. Neurology 43 (Suppl 4), 6-10. |
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1993 Max W, Rice D. Shooting in the dark: Estimating the cost of firearm injuries. Health Affairs Winter 1993, 171-185. |
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1994 Bartlett J, Miller L, Rice D, Max W. Medical care expenditures attributable to cigarette smoking Ð United States, 1993." Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), 7/8/94, 43(26): 469-72. |
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1995 Max W, Webber P, Fox P. Alzheimer's disÂease: The unpaid burden of caring. Journal of Aging and Health 7(2):179-199. |
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1995 Max W, Rice D. The cost of smoking in California, 1993. TobaccoControl 4 (suppl 1): S39-S46. |
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1996 Max W. The cost of Alzheimer's disease: Will drug treatment ease the burden? PharmacoEcon 9: 5-10. |
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1996 Fox P, Gazzaniga J, Karter A, Max W. The Economic costs of cardiovascular disease mortality in California, 1991: Implications for public health policy. Journal of Public Health Policy 17(4): 442-459. |
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1996 Max W. Economic analysis in health care. In Charlene Harrington and Carroll Estes, Editors, Health Policy and Nursing. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1996. |
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1996 Rice D, Max W. Annotation: The high cost of injuries in the United States. American Journal of Public Health 86(1): 14-15. |
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1998 Miller L, Zhang X, Novotny T, Rice D, Max W. State estimates of Medicaid expenditures attributable to cigarette smoking, fiscal year 1993. Public Health Reports (March/April 1998)113: 140-151. |
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1998 Miller L, Zhang X, Rice D, Max W. State estimates of total medical expenditures attributable to cigarette smoking, 1993 ", Public Health Reports 113 (September/October 1998): 447-458. |
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1998 Max W, Stark B, Root S. Putting a lid on injury costs: the impact of the California motorcycle helmet law. Journal of Trauma 45(3): 550-56. |
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1999 Max W. Drug treatments for Alzheimer's disease: Shifting the burden of care. CNS Drugs 11(5): 363-72. |
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1999 Zhang X, Miller L, Max W, Rice D. Cost of smoking to the Medicare program, 1993. Health Care Financing Review 20(4): 179-196. |
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2000 Max W. Dementia: the challenges for economic analysis. In Evidence & Experience in Psychiatry: Dementia. Pages 364-366. Mario Maj and Norman Sartorius, editors. NY: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
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2000 Max, W., Webber, P. and P. Fox. "Alzheimer's Disease: The Unpaid Burden of Caring." Review Series. Dementia 4 1 2000, Anders Wimo and Bengt Winblad, Editors pp 14-15. |
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2000 Max W, Stark B, Root S. Putting a lid on injury costs: the economic impact of the California motorcycle helmet law. NHS Economic Evaluation Database, University of York, York, England. |
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2001 Max W. Economic analysis in health care. In Charlene Harrington and Carroll Estes, Editors, Health Policy. Crisis and Reform in the U.S. Health Care Delivery System. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, pp. 263-73. |
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2001 Fox P, Kohatsu N, Max W, Arnsberger P. Estimating the costs of caring for people with Alzheimer's disease in California: 2000-2040. Journal of Public Health Policy 22(I): 88-97. |
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2001 Max W. The financial impact of smoking on health-related costs: A review of the literature. Am J Health Promot 15 (5): 321-331. |
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2001 Rice D, Fillitt H, Max W, Knopman D, Lloyd J, Duttagupta S. Prevalance, costs, and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia: A managed care perspective. American Journal of Managed Care 7(8): 809-818. |
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2001 Max W. The economics of mental health care in the USA and the potential for managed care to expand into Europe. Commentary. Current Opinion in Psychiatry 14: 287-98. |
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2002 Max W, Sinnott P, Kao C, Sung H-Y, Rice DP. The burden of osteoporosis in California, 1998. Osteoporosis International 13: 493-500. |
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2002 Max W, Rice DP, Sung H-Y, Michel M, Breuer W, Zhang X. The economic burden of prostate cancer in California, 1998. Cancer 94(11): 2906-13. |
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2003 Max W, Rice DP, Sung H-Y, Michel M, Breuer, W, Zhang X. The economic burden of gynecologic cancers in California, 1998. Gynecologic Oncology 88: 96-103. |
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2003 Froelicher ES, Sohn M, Max W, Bacchetti. Women's initiative for nonsmoking (WINS) VII: Evaluation of health service utilization and costs among women smokers with cardiovascular disease. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, in press. |
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2003 Max W, Rice DP, Sung H-Y, Michel M, Breuer, W, Zhang X. The economic burden of gynecologic cancers in California, 1998. Gynecologic Oncology 88: 96-103. |
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2004 Froelicher ES, Sohn M, Max W, Bacchetti. Women's initiative for nonsmoking (WINS) VII: Evaluation of health service utilization and costs among women smokers with cardiovascular disease. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, in press. |
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2004 Max W, Rice DP, Finkelstein E, Bardwell RA, Leadbetter MS. The economic toll of intimate partner violence against women in the United States, 1995. Violence and Victims19(3): 259-72. |
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2004 Max W, Rice DP, Sung H-Y, Zhang X, Miller L. The economic burden of smoking in California. Tobacco Control 2004; 13: 264-67. |
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2005 Max W. The price of smoking by Sloan, Ostermann, Picone, Conover, and Taylor. Book review. NEJM 2005; 352(20); 2143-4. |
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12/6/06 |
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