Susan C Hedrick
Professor Emeritus, Health Systems and Population Health
Research Interests
Cost-effectiveness of community-based long-term care
Bio
Susan Hedrick’s research focus is the cost-effectiveness of interventions to improve care for persons with chronic illnesses. She is PI of an evaluation of Washington’s community-based residential care programs and the evaluation of the VA Pilot Program in Assisted Living. She is Associate Director of the Northwest Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System.
Education
PhD Health Services, Michigan State University, 1982
MA Psychology, Michigan State University, 1975
BA Psychology, Kalamazoo College, 1970
Recent Publications (PubMed)
Long-term effectiveness of screening for hearing loss: the screening for auditory impairment–which hearing assessment test (SAI-WHAT) randomized trial.
Yueh B, Collins MP, Souza PE, Boyko EJ, Loovis CF, Heagerty PJ, Liu CF, Hedrick SC. Long-term effectiveness of screening for hearing loss: the screening for auditory impairment–which hearing assessment test (SAI-WHAT) randomized trial. J Am Geriatr Soc.
Assisted living pilot program: health outcomes.
Hedrick SC, Guihan M, Chapko MK, Sullivan J, Zhou XH, Manheim LM, Forsberg CW, Mambourg FJ. Assisted living pilot program: health outcomes. J Aging Health. 2009 Feb;21(1):190-207. Epub 2008 Dec 12.
Association of body weight with condition-specific quality of life in male veterans.
Arterburn DE, McDonell MB, Hedrick SC, Diehr P, Fihn SD. Association of body weight with condition-specific quality of life in male veterans. Am J Med. 2004 Nov 15;117(10):738-46.
Cost-effectiveness of collaborative care for depression in a primary care veteran population.
Liu CF, Hedrick SC, Chaney EF, Heagerty P, Felker B, Hasenberg N, Fihn S, Katon W. Cost-effectiveness of collaborative care for depression in a primary care veteran population. Psychiatr Serv. 2003 May;54(5):698-704.
The association between depressive symptoms and health status in patients with chronic pulmonary disease.
Felker B, Katon W, Hedrick SC, Rasmussen J, McKnight K, McDonnell MB, Fihn SD. The association between depressive symptoms and health status in patients with chronic pulmonary disease. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2001 Mar-Apr;23(2):56-61.
Cost as a study outcome: sensitivity of study conclusions to the method of estimating cost.
Chapko MK, Hedrick S. Cost as a study outcome: sensitivity of study conclusions to the method of estimating cost. Med Care. 1999 Apr;37(4 Suppl Va):AS37-44.