Publications

Sacks NC, Cabral HJ, Pizer SD, Burgess JF. 2016. Myopic and forward looking behavior in branded oral anti-diabetic consumption: An example from Medicare Part D. Health Econ, May.

Sacks NC, Cyr P, Liu Y, Miller DJ, Chiarella MT, Louie AC. 2016. Burden of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) among older newly-diagnosed patients. Blood 128(22):4780; doi: 10.1182/blood.V128.22.4780.4780.

Sacks NC, Noone J, Cyr PL, Miller DJ, Chiarella MT, Louie AC. 2016. Hospitalizations for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML): Inpatient treatment is intensive and costly. Value in Health 19(3):A246; doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2016.03.1051.

Sacks NC, Sharma A, Cyr PL, Liu Y, Miller DJ, Chiarella MT, Louie AC. 2016. Outcomes for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML): Multiple hospitalizations and high mortality rates. Value in Health 19(7):A611; doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2016.09.1523.

Sacks NC, Ash AS, Ghosh K, Rosen AK, Wong JB, Cutler DM, Rosen AB. 2015. Recent national trends in acute myocardial infarction hospitalizations in Medicare: Shrinking declines and growing disparities [Letter to the Editor]. Epidemiol 26(4):e46–47; doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000298.

Sacks NC, Burgess JF, Cabral HJ, McDonnell ME, Pizer SD. 2015. The effects of cost sharing on adherence to medications prescribed for concurrent use: Do definitions matter? J Manag Care Pharmacy 21(8):678–687.

Sacks NC, Ash AS, Ghosh K, Rosen AK, Wong JB, Rosen AB. 2015. Trends in acute myocardial infarction hospitalizations: Are we seeing the whole picture? Am Heart J 170(6):1211-1219; doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.09.009.

Lancet JE, Cyr PL, Sacks NC, Chiarella MT, Louie AC, Cortes JE. CPX-351 enables administration of consolidation treatment in the outpatient setting and increases the time spent out of the hospital after completion of AML treatment compared with 7+3. American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, San Diego CA, 2015.

Sacks NC. 2013. Avoidable costs in U.S. healthcare: The $200 billion opportunity from using medicines more responsibly. IMS Health, June.

Sacks NC, Burgess JF, Cabral HJ, Pizer SD, McDonnell, ME. 2013. Cost sharing and decreased branded oral anti-diabetic medication adherence among elderly Part D Medicare beneficiaries. J Gen Intern Med 28(7):876–885.

Sacks NC, Cabral HJ, Kazis LE, Richmond R, Vetter D, Moore TM. 2009. A web-based nutrition program reduces health care costs in employees with cardiac risk factors: Before and after cost analysis. J Med Internet Res 23:11(4):e43; doi: 10.2196/jmir.1263.

Sacks NC. 2009. Healthcare spending among privately insured individuals under age 65. IMS Health, February.

Rose AJ, Sacks NC, Deshpande AP, Griffin SY, Cabral HJ, Kazis LE. 2008. Single-change items do not measure change in quality of life. J Clin Epidemiol 61(6):603–608.