Rachel H. Foster

ORCID: 0009-0005-0676-265X
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Research Areas
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Educational Assessment and Pedagogy
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Anesthesia and Pain Management
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Acne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects
  • Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes

Boston University
2024

Amyloidosis Foundation
2024

Columbia University Irving Medical Center
2024

Boston Medical Center
2024

Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
2023

Phoenix Children's Hospital
2023

University of Otago
2010-2015

Sydney Children's Hospital
2014

University of Auckland
2010

10.2165/00003495-200059020-00021 article EN Drugs 2000-02-01

<h3>Background</h3> New Zealand is a temperate country with substantial excess winter mortality. We investigated whether this mortality varies social factors. <h3>Methods</h3> Records from censuses in 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2001 were each anonymously probabilistically linked to 3 years of subsequent data creating five cohort studies the adult population (age 30–74 at census) years9 follow-up. Logistic regression analysis was used model risk dying compared summer deaths classified '1'...

10.1136/jech.2010.111864 article EN Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2010-10-19

10.2165/00023210-200620080-00010 article EN CNS Drugs 2006-01-01

To develop a new method for estimating the cost to governments of enacting public health legislation.We adopted central government perspective in costs. The parliamentary legislative acts and regulations New Zealand was calculated from proportion time devoted law-making (i.e. sitting days debating chamber), associated policy advice agencies documented issues related law-making. relative costs were estimated number pages that, between 1999 2010, 26.7% resources 16.7% generating laws Zealand....

10.2471/blt.11.097584 article EN cc-by Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2012-05-08

10.2165/00063030-199912050-00005 article EN BioDrugs 1999-01-01

There is momentum internationally to improve coordination of complex care pathways. Robust evaluations such interventions are scarce. This paper evaluates the cost-utility cancer coordinators for stage III colon patients, who generally require surgery followed by chemotherapy.We compared a hospital-based nurse coordinator (CCC) with 'business-as-usual' (no dedicated service) in patients New Zealand. A discrete event microsimulation model was constructed estimate quality-adjusted life-years...

10.1186/s12913-015-0970-5 article EN cc-by BMC Health Services Research 2015-08-04
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