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WENDY MAX, PHD

Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Co-Director, Institute for Health and Aging, UCSF

CONTACT

wendy.max@ucsf.edu
(415) 476-8023 (voice)
(415) 476-3915 (fax)

Box 0646, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0646

EDUCATION

Stanford University, Stanford, CA, B.A., 1976, History, Economics
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, M.S., 1981, Economics
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, Ph.D., 1983, Economics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1979-1980

Health Policy Analyst, Colorado Department of Health, Denver, CO

1980-81

Research Associate, Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, CO

1982-83

Teaching Assistant, Univ. of CO, Boulder, CO

1983-91

Assistant Professor, CA State University, Hayward

1991-94

Assistant Adjunct Professor, Institute for Health & Aging, UCSF

1994-99

Associate Adjunct Professor, Institute for Health & Aging, UCSF

1999-present

Co-Director, Institute for Health & Aging, UCSF

1999-present

Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1990 Max W, Rice D, MacKenzie EJ. The lifetime cost of injury, Inquiry 27: 332-343.

1991 Max W, MacKenzie E, Rice D. Traumatic head injuries: costs and consequences. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 6(2):76-91.

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.

1993 Max W. The economic impact of Alzheimer's disease. Neurology 43 (Suppl 4), 6-10.

1993 Max W, Rice D. Shooting in the dark: Estimating the cost of firearm injuries. Health Affairs Winter 1993, 171-185.

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.

1995 Max W, Webber P, Fox P. Alzheimer's disÂease: The unpaid burden of caring. Journal of Aging and Health 7(2):179-199.

1995 Max W, Rice D. The cost of smoking in California, 1993. TobaccoControl 4 (suppl 1): S39-S46.

1996 Max W. The cost of Alzheimer's disease: Will drug treatment ease the burden? PharmacoEcon 9: 5-10.

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.

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.

1996 Rice D, Max W. Annotation: The high cost of injuries in the United States. American Journal of Public Health 86(1): 14-15.

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.

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.

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.

1999 Max W. Drug treatments for Alzheimer's disease: Shifting the burden of care. CNS Drugs 11(5): 363-72.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2002 Max W, Sinnott P, Kao C, Sung H-Y, Rice DP. The burden of osteoporosis in California, 1998. Osteoporosis International 13: 493-500.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2005 Max W. The price of smoking by Sloan, Ostermann, Picone, Conover, and Taylor. Book review. NEJM 2005; 352(20); 2143-4.

12/6/06

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