Melony E. Sorbero

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Policy Researcher
Pittsburgh Office

Education

Ph.D. in health services research and policy, and M.P.H., University of Rochester School of Medicine; M.S. in public policy analysis, University of Rochester

Overview

Research Focus

Recent Projects

  • Quality of life after treatment for breast cancer
  • Socioeconomic and racial differences in breast cancer treatment
  • Physician and hospital pay for performance

Selected Publications

Jennifer J. Griggs et al., "Social and Racial Differences in Selection of Breast Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy Regimens," Journal of Clinical Oncology, 25(18), 2007

Nahed O. ElHassan et al., "Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Palivizumab in Premature Infants Without Chronic Lung Disease," Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 160(10), 2006

Jennifer J. Griggs et al., "Effect of Patient Socioeconomic Status and Body Mass Index on the Quality of Breast Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy," Journal of Clinical Oncology [Epub Dec 11, 2006

Jennifer J. Griggs et al., "Vitality, Mental Health, and Satisfaction with Information after Breast Cancer," Patient Education and Counseling, 2006

Melony E. S. Sorbero et al., "The Effect of Capitation on Switching Primary Care Physicians," Health Services Research, 38(1), 1

Publications

The Quality of Mental Health Care for Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom - 2013

Are Geriatricians More Efficient Than Other Physicians at Managing Inpatient Care for Elderly Patients? - 2012

An Evaluation of the Use of Performance Measures in Health Care - 2011

Care for Veterans with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: Good Performance, but Room to Improve on Many Measures - 2011

Comparative Effectiveness of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Management and the Roles of Margins and Surgeons - 2011

Medical Care Provided Under California's Workers' Compensation Program: Effects of the Reforms and Additional Opportunities to Improve the Quality and Efficiency of Care - 2011

Preventing Obesity and Its Consequences: Highlights of RAND Health Research - 2011

The Cost and Quality of VA Mental Health Services - 2011

Veterans Health Administration Mental Health Program Evaluation: Capstone Report - 2011

Achieving Strong Teamwork Practices in Hospital Labor and Delivery Units - 2010

Assessment of Pay-for-Performance Options for Medicare Physician Services: Final Report - 2010

Obesity and Angiolymphatic Invasion in Primary Breast Cancer - 2010

Using the Lessons of Behavioral Economics to Design More Effective Pay-for-Performance Programs - 2010

Adopting Information Technology to Drive Improvements in Patient Safety: Lessons from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Health Information Technology Grantees - 2009

Assessment of Contributions to Patient Safety Knowledge By the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-Funded Patient Safety Projects - 2009

Cost Effectiveness, Chemotherapy, and the Clinician - 2009

Diagnostic Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy - 2009

Episode-based Performance Measurement and Payment: Making It a Reality - 2009

Experiences of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-Funded Projects That Implemented Practices for Safer Patient Care - 2009

Pay for Performance in the Hospital Setting: What Is the State of the Evidence? - 2009

Race and Sex Differences in the Receipt of Timely and Appropriate Lung Cancer Treatment - 2009

The Growth of Partnerships to Support Patient Safety Practice Adoption - 2009

The Pen and the Scalpel: Effect of Diffusion of Information on Nonclinical Variations in Surgical Treatment - 2009

Training a Patient Safety Work Force: The Patient Safety Improvement Corps - 2009

An Exploration of Urban and Rural Differences in Lung Cancer Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries - 2008

Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Final Report -- Evaluation Report IV - 2008

Outcome Measures for Effective Teamwork in Inpatient Care: Final Report - 2008

Pay for Performance in California's Workers' Compensation Medical Treatment System: An Assessment of Options, Challenges, and Potential Benefits - 2008

Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Moving from Research to Practice Evaluation Report II (2003-2004) - 2007

Effect of Patient Socioeconomic Status and Body Mass Index on the Quality of Breast Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy - 2007

Social and Racial Differences in Selection of Breast Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy Regimens - 2007

Vitality, Mental Health, and Satisfaction with Information After Breast Cancer - 2007

Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Palivizumab in Premature Infants Without Chronic Lung Disease - 2006

Evaluation of the Patient Safety Improvement Corps: Experiences of the First Two Groups of Trainees - 2006

Addressing Disparities in the Quality of Breast Cancer Chemotherapy - 2005

Assessment of the National Patient Safety Initiative: Context and Baseline Evaluation Report I - 2005

Obese Women Receiving Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Are Often Undertreated - 2005

RAND Review: Vol. 29, No. 3, Fall 2005 - 2005

Undertreatment of Obese Women Receiving Breast Cancer Chemotherapy - 2005

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress from Program Inception to 2004 - 2004

Guidelines for Palivizumab Prophylaxis: Are They Based on Infant's Risk of Hospitalization for Respiratory Syncytial Viral Disease? - 2003

Racial Disparity in the Dose and Dose Intensity of Breast Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy - 2003

Regional Health Quality Improvement Coalitions: Lessons Across the Life Cycle - 2003

The Effect of Capitation on Switching Primary Care Physicians - 2003