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Ping Zhang

Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publications -  166
Citations -  12698

Ping Zhang is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Diabetes mellitus & Type 2 diabetes. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 150 publications receiving 10596 citations. Previous affiliations of Ping Zhang include Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation & National Institutes of Health.

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Economic Evaluation of Combined Diet and Physical Activity Promotion Programs to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Among Persons at Increased Risk: A Systematic Review for the Community Preventive Services Task Force

TL;DR: This systematic economic review for the Community Preventive Services Task Force was done to estimate the cost associated with diet and physical activity promotion programs and the cost-effectiveness and costbenefit ratios of these programs.

Economic impact of Diabetes

TL;DR: Diabetes imposes a large economic burden on the national healthcare system and there is a large disparity in healthcare spending on diabetes between regions and countries.
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Cost-effectiveness of screening for pre-diabetes among overweight and obese U.S. adults.

TL;DR: In this paper, a Markov simulation model was used to estimate disease progression, costs, and quality of life of pre-diabetes patients in the U.S. and the cost-effectiveness of screening overweight and obese individuals for prediabetes and then modifying their lifestyle based on the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP).
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Health Utility Scores for People With Type 2 Diabetes in U.S. Managed Care Health Plans: Results from Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD)

TL;DR: Major diabetes complications and comorbidities are associated with decreased health-related quality-of-life and utility estimates from this study can be used to assess the impact of diabetes on quality of life and conduct cost-utility analyses.
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Application of economic analysis to diabetes and diabetes care.

TL;DR: How economic analyses can inform and guide policy decisions about allocation of resources in the prevention and care of diabetes and what is the cost-effectiveness, or economic return, on interventions used to prevent and control the disease are described.