Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Faculty

Robert J. Herbert
Research Associate

Academic Degrees
BS

Departmental Affiliation
Health Policy and Management

Departmental Address
HH311

Email: rherbert@jhsph.edu

Phone: 410-955-7310
Fax: 410-955-2301

Collexis expertise and publication web link

Research and Professional Experience

Interest in coordination of care, prevalence of chronic illness in contemporary American society, and interactions of providers and patients. Specialize in use of claims data to assess patterns of illness, care and outcomes among diverse patient populations.

Keywords

Chronic conditions; chronic illness; data analysis; claims data.

Selected Publications

Snyder CF, Frick KD, Kantsiper ME, Peairs KS, Herbert RJ, Blackford AL, Wolff AC and Earle, CC. Prevention, Screening, and Surveillance Care for Breast Cancer Survivors Compared With Controls: Changes from 1998 to 2002. J Clin Oncol.2009; 0: JCO.2008.18.0950v1 (online).

Snyder CF, Frick KD, Peairs KS, Kantsiper ME, Herbert RJ, Blackford AL, Wolff AC, Earle CC. Comparing Care for Breast Cancer Survivors to Non-Cancer Controls: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study. J Gen Intern Med, 2009 Jan 21. (Epub ahead of print).

Snyder CF, Earle CC, Herbert, RJ, Neville BA, Blackford, AL, Frick, KD. Trends in Follow-Up and Preventive Care for Colorectal Cancer Survivors. Journal of General Internal Medicine, Volume 23, Number 3, March, 2008, pg. 254-259.

Snyder CF, Earle CC, Herbert, RJ, Neville BA, Blackford, AL, Frick, KD. Preventive care for colorectal cancer survivors: a 5-year longitudinal study. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Mar 1;26 (7):1073-9.

Dy SM, Sharkey P, Herbert R, Haddad K, Wu AW. Comorbid illnesses and health care utilization among Medicare beneficiaries with lung cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2006 Sep; 59(3):218-25.

Wu CL, Sapirstein A, Herbert R, Rowlingson AJ, Michaels RK, Petrovic MA, Fleisher LA. Effect of postoperative epidural analgesia on morbidity and mortality following lung resection in Medicare patients. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia (2006) 18, 515–520.

Falik M, Needleman J, Herbert R, Wells B, Politzer R, Benedict MB. Comparative effectiveness of health centers as regular source of care: application of sentinel ACSC events as performance measures. J Ambul Care Manage. 2006 Jan-Mar;29(1):24-35.

Starfield B, Lemke, KW, Herbert R, Pavlovich W, Anderson, G. Comorbidity and the Use of Primary Care and Specialist Care in the Elderly. Ann Fam Med. 2005;3:215-222.

Wu CL, Hurley RW, Anderson GF, Herbert R, Rowlingson AJ, Fleisher LA. Effect of postoperative epidural analgesia on morbidity and mortality following surgery in medicare patients. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2004 Nov-Dec;29(6):525-33.

Fleisher LA, Pasternak LR, Herbert R, Anderson GF. Safety of outpatient surgery in the elderly: the importance of the patient, system, and location of care. Archives of Surgery, Vol. 139:67-72, 2004.

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