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Richard Gabriel Frank, Ph.D.

TitleMargaret T. Morris Professor of Health Care Policy
InstitutionHarvard Medical School
DepartmentHealth Care Policy
AddressHarvard Medical School
Health Care Policy
180 Longwood Ave
Boston MA 02115
Phone617/432-0178
Fax617/432-1219

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  1. Frank RG. Supported employment: evidence on economic impacts. Psychiatr Serv. 2013 Feb 1; 64(2):103.
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  2. Frank RG. Using shared savings to foster coordinated care for dual eligibles. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jan 31; 368(5):404-5.
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  3. Chernew ME, Frank RG, Parente ST. Slowing medicare spending growth: reaching for common ground. Am J Manag Care. 2012 Aug; 18(8):465-8.
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  4. Fung V, Price M, Busch A, Dow W, Fireman B, Hui R, Landrum MB, Frank R, Newhouse J, Hsu J. CB7-02: Medicare Part D Cost-sharing and Antipsychotic Drug Use in Two Medicare Advantage Systems. Clin Med Res. 2012 Aug; 10(3):182.
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  5. Ramalingam SS, Blackhall F, Krzakowski M, Barrios CH, Park K, Bover I, Seog Heo D, Rosell R, Talbot DC, Frank R, Letrent SP, Ruiz-Garcia A, Taylor I, Liang JQ, Campbell AK, O'Connell J, Boyer M. Randomized phase II study of dacomitinib (PF-00299804), an irreversible pan-human epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor, versus erlotinib in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Sep 20; 30(27):3337-44.
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  6. Goldman HH, Frank RG. Beyond the trends: policy considerations in psychiatric rehabilitation. Isr J Health Policy Res. 2012; 1(1):25.
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  7. Fullerton CA, Epstein AM, Frank RG, Normand SL, Fu CX, McGuire TG. Medication use and spending trends among children with ADHD in Florida's Medicaid program, 1996-2005. Psychiatr Serv. 2012 Feb 1; 63(2):115-21.
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  8. Hillman BJ, Frank RA, Rodriguez GM. New pathways to medicare coverage for innovative PET radiopharmaceuticals: report of a medical imaging & technology alliance (MITA) workshop. J Nucl Med. 2012 Feb; 53(2):336-42.
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  9. Shapiro GI, Frank R, Dandamudi UB, Hengelage T, Zhao L, Gazi L, Porro MG, Woo MM, Lewis LD. The effect of food on the bioavailability of panobinostat, an orally active pan-histone deacetylase inhibitor, in patients with advanced cancer. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2012 Feb; 69(2):555-62.
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  10. Bauer AM, Azzone V, Alexander L, Goldman HH, Unützer J, Frank RG. Are patient characteristics associated with quality of depression care and outcomes in collaborative care programs for depression? Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2012 Jan-Feb; 34(1):1-8.
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  11. Frank RG. Medicare drug prices and the deficit. N Engl J Med. 2011 Nov 3; 365(18):1657-9.
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  12. Bauer AM, Azzone V, Goldman HH, Alexander L, Unützer J, Coleman-Beattie B, Frank RG. Implementation of collaborative depression management at community-based primary care clinics: an evaluation. Psychiatr Serv. 2011 Sep; 62(9):1047-53.
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  13. Hodgkin D, Volpe-Vartanian J, Merrick EL, Horgan CM, Nierenberg AA, Frank RG, Lee S. Customization in prescribing for bipolar disorder. Health Econ. 2012 Jun; 21(6):653-68.
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  14. Price RA, Frank RG, Cleary PD, Goldie SJ. Effects of direct-to-consumer advertising and clinical guidelines on appropriate use of human papillomavirus DNA tests. Med Care. 2011 Feb; 49(2):132-8.
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  15. Azzone V, Frank RG, Normand SL, Burnam MA. Effect of insurance parity on substance abuse treatment. Psychiatr Serv. 2011 Feb; 62(2):129-34.
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  16. Alakeson V, Frank RG. Health care reform and mental health care delivery. Psychiatr Serv. 2010 Nov; 61(11):1063.
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  17. Busch SH, Frank RG, Martin A, Barry CL. Characterizing declines in pediatric antidepressant use after new risk disclosures. Med Care Res Rev. 2011 Feb; 68(1):96-111.
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  18. Alakeson V, Frank RG, Katz RE. Specialty care medical homes for people with severe, persistent mental disorders. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 May; 29(5):867-73.
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  19. Ojeda VD, Frank RG, McGuire TG, Gilmer TP. Mental illness, nativity, gender and labor supply. Health Econ. 2010 Apr; 19(4):396-421.
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  20. Fullerton CA, Busch AB, Frank RG. The rise and fall of gabapentin for bipolar disorder: a case study on off-label pharmaceutical diffusion. Med Care. 2010 Apr; 48(4):372-9.
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  21. Glied S, Herzog K, Frank R. Review: the net benefits of depression management in primary care. Med Care Res Rev. 2010 Jun; 67(3):251-74.
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  22. Busch SH, Frank RG, Leslie DL, Martin A, Rosenheck RA, Martin EG, Barry CL. Antidepressants and suicide risk: how did specific information in FDA safety warnings affect treatment patterns? Psychiatr Serv. 2010 Jan; 61(1):11-6.
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  23. Mullen KJ, Frank RG, Rosenthal MB. Can you get what you pay for? Pay-for-performance and the quality of healthcare providers. Rand J Econ. 2010; 41(1):64-91.
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  24. Hutchins EC, Frank RG, Glied SA. The evolving private psychiatric inpatient market. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2011 Jan; 38(1):122-31.
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  25. Horvitz-Lennon M, McGuire TG, Alegria M, Frank RG. Racial and ethnic disparities in the treatment of a Medicaid population with schizophrenia. Health Serv Res. 2009 Dec; 44(6):2106-22.
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  26. Huskamp HA, West JC, Rae DS, Rubio-Stipec M, Regier DA, Frank RG. Part D and dually eligible patients with mental illness: medication access problems and use of intensive services. Psychiatr Serv. 2009 Sep; 60(9):1169-74.
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  27. Lu C, Frank RG, Liu Y, Shen J. The impact of mental health on labour market outcomes in China. J Ment Health Policy Econ. 2009 Sep; 12(3):157-66.
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  28. Barry CL, Goldman HH, Frank RG, Huskamp HA. Lessons for healthcare reform from the hard-won success of behavioral health insurance parity. Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Sep; 166(9):969-71.
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  29. Horvitz-Lennon M, Frank RG, Thompson W, Baik SH, Alegría M, Rosenheck RA, Normand SL. Investigation of racial and ethnic disparities in service utilization among homeless adults with severe mental illnesses. Psychiatr Serv. 2009 Aug; 60(8):1032-8.
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  30. Frank RG, Zeckhauser RJ. Health insurance exchanges--making the markets work. N Engl J Med. 2009 Sep 17; 361(12):1135-7.
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  31. Glied SA, Frank RG. Better but not best: recent trends in the well-being of the mentally ill. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 May-Jun; 28(3):637-48.
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  32. Frank RG, Goldman HH, McGuire TG. Trends in mental health cost growth: an expanded role for management? Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 May-Jun; 28(3):649-59.
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  33. Danziger S, Frank RG, Meara E. Mental illness, work, and income support programs. Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Apr; 166(4):398-404.
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  34. Khachaturian ZS, Snyder PJ, Doody R, Aisen P, Comer M, Dwyer J, Frank RA, Holzapfel A, Khachaturian AS, Korczyn AD, Roses A, Simpkins JW, Schneider LS, Albert MS, Egge R, Deves A, Ferris S, Greenberg BD, Johnson C, Kukull WA, Poirier J, Schenk D, Thies W, Gauthier S, Gilman S, Bernick C, Cummings JL, Fillit H, Grundman M, Kaye J, Mucke L, Reisberg B, Sano M, Pickeral O, Petersen RC, Mohs RC, Carrillo M, Corey-Bloom JP, Foster NL, Jacobsen S, Lee V, Potter WZ, Sabbagh MN, Salmon D, Trojanowski JQ, Wexler N, Bain LJ. A roadmap for the prevention of dementia II: Leon Thal Symposium 2008. Alzheimers Dement. 2009 Mar; 5(2):85-92.
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  35. Busch AB, Lehman AF, Goldman H, Frank RG. Changes over time and disparities in schizophrenia treatment quality. Med Care. 2009 Feb; 47(2):199-207.
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  36. Blais MA, Frank RG, Nierenberg AA, Rauch SL. Measuring outcomes makes good sense. Psychiatr Serv. 2009 Jan; 60(1):112.
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  37. Busch AB, Frank RG, Sachs G, Normand SL. Bipolar-I patient characteristics associated with differences in antimanic medication prescribing. Psychopharmacol Bull. 2009; 42(1):35-49.
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  38. Stevenson DG, Frank RG, Tau J. Private long-term care insurance and state tax incentives. Inquiry. 2009; 46(3):305-21.
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  39. Azzone V, Frank RG, Pakes JR, Earle CC, Hassett MJ. Behavioral health services for women who have breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Feb 10; 27(5):706-12.
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  40. Lu C, Frank RG, McGuire TG. Demand response of mental health services to cost sharing under managed care. J Ment Health Policy Econ. 2008 Sep; 11(3):113-25.
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  41. Glied SA, Frank RG. Shuffling toward parity--bringing mental health care under the umbrella. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jul 10; 359(2):113-5.
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  42. Landon BE, Rosenthal MB, Normand SL, Frank RG, Epstein AM. Quality monitoring and management in commercial health plans. Am J Manag Care. 2008 Jun; 14(6):377-86.
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  43. Frank RG. Policy toward second-generation antipsychotic drugs: a cautionary note. Psychiatr Serv. 2008 May; 59(5):521-2.
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  44. Frank RG. Depression in primary care: quality improvement and economics. Manag Care. 2008 Mar; 17(3 Suppl 2):22-4; discussion 25-6.
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  45. Frank RG, Newhouse JP. Should drug prices be negotiated under part D of Medicare? And if so, how? Health Aff (Millwood). 2008 Jan-Feb; 27(1):33-43.
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  46. Busch AB, Frank RG, Sachs G. Bipolar-I depression outpatient treatment quality and costs in usual care practice. Psychopharmacol Bull. 2008; 41(2):24-39.
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  47. Huskamp HA, Donohue JM, Koss C, Berndt ER, Frank RG. Generic entry, reformulations and promotion of SSRIs in the US. Pharmacoeconomics. 2008; 26(7):603-16.
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  48. Landon BE, Normand SL, Meara E. The relationship between medical practice characteristics and quality of care for cardiovascular disease. Med Care Res Rev. 2008 Apr; 65(2):167-86.
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  49. Swartz K, Ayanian JZ, Soumerai SB, Epstein AM, Blumenthal D, McNeil BJ, Frank RG. Cures for an ailing system. Newsweek. 2007 Dec 10; 150(24):78, 80, 82 passim.
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  50. Rosenthal MB, Landon BE, Normand SL, Frank RG, Ahmad TS, Epstein AM. Employers' use of value-based purchasing strategies. JAMA. 2007 Nov 21; 298(19):2281-8.
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  51. Frank RG. The ongoing regulation of generic drugs. N Engl J Med. 2007 Nov 15; 357(20):1993-6.
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  52. Frank RG, Glied SA. Mental health in the mainstream of health care. Health Aff (Millwood). 2007 Nov-Dec; 26(6):1539-41.
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  53. Frank RG, Zeckhauser RJ. Custom-made versus ready-to-wear treatments: behavioral propensities in physicians' choices. J Health Econ. 2007 Dec 1; 26(6):1101-27.
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  54. Frank RG. Regulation of follow-on biologics. N Engl J Med. 2007 Aug 30; 357(9):841-3.
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  55. Azrin ST, Huskamp HA, Azzone V, Goldman HH, Frank RG, Burnam MA, Normand SL, Ridgely MS, Young AS, Barry CL, Busch AB, Moran G. Impact of full mental health and substance abuse parity for children in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Pediatrics. 2007 Feb; 119(2):e452-9.
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  56. Frank RG, Garfield RL. Managed behavioral health care carve-outs: past performance and future prospects. Annu Rev Public Health. 2007; 28:303-20.
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  57. Busch AB, Ling D, Frank RG, Greenfield SF. Changes in the quality of care for bipolar I disorder during the 1990s. Psychiatr Serv. 2007 Jan; 58(1):27-33.
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  58. Newhouse JP, Seiguer E, Frank RG. Was Part D a giveaway to the pharmaceutical industry? Inquiry. 2007; 44(1):15-25.
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  59. Rosenthal MB, Landon BE, Normand SL, Frank RG, Epstein AM. Pay for performance in commercial HMOs. N Engl J Med. 2006 Nov 2; 355(18):1895-902.
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  60. O'Malley AJ, Frank RG, Kaddis A, Rothenberg BM, McNeil BJ. Impact of alternative interventions on changes in generic dispensing rates. Health Serv Res. 2006 Oct; 41(5):1876-94.
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  61. Frank RG, Pindyck T, Donahue SA, Pease EA, Foster MJ, Felton CJ, Essock SM. Impact of a media campaign for disaster mental health counseling in post-September 11 New York. Psychiatr Serv. 2006 Sep; 57(9):1304-8.
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  62. Busch AB, Huskamp HA, Normand SL, Young AS, Goldman H, Frank RG. The impact of parity on major depression treatment quality in the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program after parity implementation. Med Care. 2006 Jun; 44(6):506-12.
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  63. Barry CL, Frank RG, McGuire TG. The costs of mental health parity: still an impediment? Health Aff (Millwood). 2006 May-Jun; 25(3):623-34.
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  64. Busch AB, Frank RG, Lehman AF, Greenfield SF. Schizophrenia, co-occurring substance use disorders and quality of care: the differential effect of a managed behavioral health care carve-out. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2006 May; 33(3):388-97.
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  65. Frank RG, Glied S. Changes in mental health financing since 1971: implications for policymakers and patients. Health Aff (Millwood). 2006 May-Jun; 25(3):601-13.
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  66. Rosenthal MB, Frank RG. What is the empirical basis for paying for quality in health care? Med Care Res Rev. 2006 Apr; 63(2):135-57.
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  67. Goldman HH, Frank RG, Burnam MA, Huskamp HA, Ridgely MS, Normand SL, Young AS, Barry CL, Azzone V, Busch AB, Azrin ST, Moran G, Lichtenstein C, Blasinsky M. Behavioral health insurance parity for federal employees. N Engl J Med. 2006 Mar 30; 354(13):1378-86.
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  68. Timbie JW, Horvitz-Lennon M, Frank RG, Normand SL. A meta-analysis of labor supply effects of interventions for major depressive disorder. Psychiatr Serv. 2006 Feb; 57(2):212-8.
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  69. Barry CL, Frank RG. Commentary: an economic perspective on implementing evidence-based depression care. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2006 Jan; 33(1):21-5.
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  70. Alegría M, Frank R, McGuire T. Managed care and systems cost-effectiveness: treatment for depression. Med Care. 2005 Dec; 43(12):1225-33.
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  71. Araya R, Rojas G, Fritsch R, Frank R, Lewis G. Inequities in mental health care after health care system reform in Chile. Am J Public Health. 2006 Jan; 96(1):109-13.
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  72. Rosenthal MB, Frank RG, Li Z, Epstein AM. Early experience with pay-for-performance: from concept to practice. JAMA. 2005 Oct 12; 294(14):1788-93.
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  73. Meara E, Frank RG. Spending on substance abuse treatment: how much is enough? Addiction. 2005 Sep; 100(9):1240-8.
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  74. Frank RG. Looking for truth in all the wrong places. Med Care. 2005 Aug; 43(8):751-2.
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  75. Horvitz-Lennon M, O'Malley AJ, Frank RG, Normand SL. Improving traditional intention-to-treat analyses: a new approach. Psychol Med. 2005 Jul; 35(7):961-70.
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  76. Kessler RC, Demler O, Frank RG, Olfson M, Pincus HA, Walters EE, Wang P, Wells KB, Zaslavsky AM. Prevalence and treatment of mental disorders, 1990 to 2003. N Engl J Med. 2005 Jun 16; 352(24):2515-23.
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  77. Landon BE, Normand SL, Frank R, McNeil BJ. Characteristics of medical practices in three developed managed care markets. Health Serv Res. 2005 Jun; 40(3):675-95.
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  78. Huskamp HA, Deverka PA, Epstein AM, Epstein RS, McGuigan KA, Muriel AC, Frank RG. Impact of 3-tier formularies on drug treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2005 Apr; 62(4):435-41.
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  79. Frank RG, Conti RM, Goldman HH. Mental health policy and psychotropic drugs. Milbank Q. 2005; 83(2):271-98.
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  80. Donohue JM, Berndt ER, Rosenthal M, Epstein AM, Frank RG. Effects of pharmaceutical promotion on adherence to the treatment guidelines for depression. Med Care. 2004 Dec; 42(12):1176-85.
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  81. Greenfield SF, Azzone V, Huskamp H, Cuffel B, Croghan T, Goldman W, Frank RG. Treatment for substance use disorders in a privately insured population under managed care: costs and services use. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2004 Dec; 27(4):265-75.
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  82. Frank RG, Hogan MF. Talbott and financing policy: Reducing fragmentation. Psychiatr Serv. 2004 Oct; 55(10):1150-1.
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  83. Frank RG. Prescription-drug prices. N Engl J Med. 2004 Sep 30; 351(14):1375-7.
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  84. Busch AB, Frank RG, Lehman AF. The effect of a managed behavioral health carve-out on quality of care for medicaid patients diagnosed as having schizophrenia. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2004 May; 61(5):442-8.
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  85. Cubanski J, Frank RG, Epstein AM. Savings from drug discount cards: relief for Medicare beneficiaries? Health Aff (Millwood). 2004 Jan-Jun; Suppl Web Exclusives:W4-198-209.
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  86. Huskamp HA, Deverka PA, Epstein AM, Epstein RS, McGuigan KA, Frank RG. The effect of incentive-based formularies on prescription-drug utilization and spending. N Engl J Med. 2003 Dec 4; 349(23):2224-32.
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  87. Barry CL, Gabel JR, Frank RG, Hawkins S, Whitmore HH, Pickreign JD. Design of mental health benefits: still unequal after all these years. Health Aff (Millwood). 2003 Sep-Oct; 22(5):127-37.
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  88. Frank RG, Huskamp HA, Pincus HA. Aligning incentives in the treatment of depression in primary care with evidence-based practice. Psychiatr Serv. 2003 May; 54(5):682-7.
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  89. Frank RG. Government commitment and regulation of prescription drugs. Health Aff (Millwood). 2003 May-Jun; 22(3):46-8.
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  90. Horvitz-Lennon M, Normand SL, Frank RG, Goldman HH. "Usual care" for major depression in the 1990s: characteristics and expert-estimated outcomes. Am J Psychiatry. 2003 Apr; 160(4):720-6.
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  91. Frank RG. New estimates of drug development costs. J Health Econ. 2003 Mar; 22(2):325-30.
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  92. Essock SM, Drake RE, Frank RG, McGuire TG. Randomized controlled trials in evidence-based mental health care: getting the right answer to the right question. Schizophr Bull. 2003; 29(1):115-23.
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  93. Pincus HA, Hough L, Houtsinger JK, Rollman BL, Frank RG. Emerging models of depression care: multi-level ('6 P') strategies. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res. 2003; 12(1):54-63.
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  94. Frank RG, Goldman HH, Hogan M. Medicaid and mental health: be careful what you ask for. Health Aff (Millwood). 2003 Jan-Feb; 22(1):101-13.
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  95. Domino ME, Frank RG, Rosenheck R. The diffusion of new antipsychotic medications and formulary policy. Schizophr Bull. 2003; 29(1):95-104.
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  96. Normand SL, Belanger AJ, Frank RG. Evaluating selection out of health plans for Medicaid beneficiaries with substance abuse. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2003 Jan-Feb; 30(1):78-92.
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  97. Rosenthal MB, Frank RG, Buchanan JL, Epstein AM. Transmission of financial incentives to physicians by intermediary organizations in California. Health Aff (Millwood). 2002 Jul-Aug; 21(4):197-205.
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  98. Berndt ER, Bir A, Busch SH, Frank RG, Normand SL. The medical treatment of depression, 1991-1996: productive inefficiency, expected outcome variations, and price indexes. J Health Econ. 2002 May; 21(3):373-96.
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  99. Normand SL, Frank RG, McGuire TG. Using elicitation techniques to estimate the value of ambulatory treatments for major depression. Med Decis Making. 2002 May-Jun; 22(3):245-61.
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  100. Barry CL, Frank RG. Economic grand rounds: economics and the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health. Psychiatr Serv. 2002 Apr; 53(4):409-11.
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  101. Rosenthal MB, Berndt ER, Donohue JM, Frank RG, Epstein AM. Promotion of prescription drugs to consumers. N Engl J Med. 2002 Feb 14; 346(7):498-505.
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