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Anna N.A. Tosteson
Researcher at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Publications - 67
Citations - 2189
Anna N.A. Tosteson is an academic researcher from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Breast cancer screening. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 67 publications receiving 1610 citations. Previous affiliations of Anna N.A. Tosteson include Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center & Dartmouth College.
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Pathologists’ diagnosis of invasive melanoma and melanocytic proliferations: observer accuracy and reproducibility study
Joann G. Elmore,Raymond L. Barnhill,David E. Elder,Gary Longton,Margaret S. Pepe,Lisa M. Reisch,Patricia A. Carney,Linda J. Titus,Heidi D. Nelson,Heidi D. Nelson,Tracy Onega,Anna N.A. Tosteson,Martin A. Weinstock,Martin A. Weinstock,Stevan R. Knezevich,Michael W. Piepkorn +15 more
TL;DR: D diagnoses spanning moderately dysplastic nevi to early stage invasive melanoma were neither reproducible nor accurate in this large study of pathologists in the USA.
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Comparative effectiveness evidence from the spine patient outcomes research trial: surgical versus nonoperative care for spinal stenosis, degenerative spondylolisthesis, and intervertebral disc herniation.
Anna N.A. Tosteson,Tor D. Tosteson,Jon D. Lurie,William A. Abdu,Harry N. Herkowitz,Gunnar Andersson,Todd J. Albert,Keith H. Bridwell,Wenyan Zhao,Margaret R. Grove,Milton C. Weinstein,James Neil Weinstein +11 more
TL;DR: Comparative effectiveness evidence for clearly defined diagnostic groups from Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial shows good value for surgery compared with nonoperative care over 4 years.
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Cost-effectiveness of digital mammography breast cancer screening.
Anna N.A. Tosteson,Natasha K. Stout,Dennis G. Fryback,Suddhasatta Acharyya,Benjamin A. Herman,Lucy G. Hannah,Etta D. Pisano +6 more
TL;DR: Screening for breast cancer by using all-digital mammography is not cost-effective, whereas density-targeted screening strategies are more costly and of uncertain value, particularly among women age 65 years or older.
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Decision Analysis and Cost-effectiveness Analysis.
Hilary F. Ryder,Christene M. McDonough,Christene M. McDonough,Anna N.A. Tosteson,Jon D. Lurie +4 more
TL;DR: Decision analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis are systematic approaches used to support decision-making under conditions of uncertainty that involve important trade-offs in healthcare decision making.
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Breast cancer screening in an era of personalized regimens: a conceptual model and National Cancer Institute initiative for risk-based and preference-based approaches at a population level.
Tracy Onega,Elisabeth F. Beaber,Brian L. Sprague,William E. Barlow,Jennifer S. Haas,Anna N.A. Tosteson,Mitchell D. Schnall,Katrina Armstrong,Marilyn M. Schapira,Berta M. Geller,Donald L. Weaver,Emily F. Conant +11 more
TL;DR: A conceptual model of personalized breast cancer screening is presented in this article that emphasizes key domains and transitions throughout the screening process, as well as multilevel perspectives to function at the level of the patient, provider, facility, health care system, and population/policy arena.