Ziegenfuss, Jeanette Y., PhD
Director of Survey and Evaluation Sciences, Center for Evaluation and Survey Research

Positions

Director of Survey and Evaluation Science, Center for Evaluation and Survey Research

Joined the Institute: 2012

Education and training: PhD, health services research, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Overview/research interests: Survey research methodology, data collection, recruitment methods, health services research, evaluation, population health and access to care.

Current research activities and funding:

Lead on 20+ projects currently implemented through the Center for Survey and Evaluation Research
Institute Data Coordinating Center leader
PI on a study investigating cost and quality trade-offs in a survey HealthPartners patients and members
PI on a study partnering with the Minnesota Department of Health on optimal messaging strategies to increase safe fish consumption
Co-I participating in a number of studies as the survey methodologist responsible for survey design and implementation

Publications

selected publications

Journal Article
- A strategy to promote population-wide life satisfaction while advancing equity. American Journal of Managed Care. 2020
- Design of a pragmatic cluster-randomized trial comparing telehealth care and best practice clinic-based care for uncontrolled high blood pressure. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2020
- Patient and care team perspectives of telemedicine in critical access hospitals. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2020
- What outcomes matter to patients after joint or spine surgery?. Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2020
- Responses to a social media campaign promoting safe fish consumption among women. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2019
- The health and well-being of an ACO population. American Journal of Managed Care. 2019
- The predicted impact of adopting health-promoting behaviors on disease burden in a commercially insured population. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2019
- Understanding primary care providers' perceptions of cancer prevention and screening in a predominantly rural healthcare system in the upper Midwest. BMC Health Services Research. 2019
- Validating a method to assess disease burden from insurance claims. American Journal of Managed Care. 2019
- Piquing their “Pinterest”: a qualitative study to format and deliver complex fish consumption guidelines to women who are or could become pregnant 2018
- Potentially preventable hospital and emergency department events: lessons from a large innovation project. The Permanente journal. 2018
- Understanding primary care provider attitudes and behaviors regarding cardiovascular disease risk and diabetes prevention in the northern midwest. Clinical Diabetes. 2018
- Optimizing patient-reported outcome and risk factor reporting from cancer survivors: a randomized trial of four different survey methods among colorectal cancer survivors. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 2017
- Patient-centered outcomes measurement: does it require information from patients?. Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2017
- The challenges of collecting and using patient care data from diverse care systems: lessons From COMPASS. American Journal of Medical Quality. 2017
- Cross-sectional study of perceived neighborhood collective efficacy and risk of ADHD among a nationally-representative sample of children 2016
- Awareness of breast density and its impact on breast cancer detection and risk. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2015
- Evaluating the structure of the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) survey from the patient's perspective. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2015
- It is time to ask patients what outcomes are important to them 2015
- Patient experience with care and clinical outcomes in diabetes: a case for more person-centered measurement 2015
- The effect of achieving patient-reported outcome measures on satisfaction. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2015
- A national survey of radiation oncologists and urologists on recommendations of prostate-specific antigen screening for prostate cancer. BJU International. 2014
- Envelope type and response rates in a survey of health professionals 2014
- Misperceptions of weight status among adolescents: sociodemographic and behavioral correlates 2014
- Patterns of complementary and alternative medicine use in children with common neurological conditions 2014
- Perceptions of active surveillance and treatment recommendations for low-risk prostate cancer: results from a national survey of radiation oncologists and urologists. Medical Care. 2014
- Perceptions of radiation oncologists and urologists on sources and type of evidence to inform prostate cancer treatment decisions. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2014
- Putting diabetes on the map: what does population health really look like at the local level?. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2014
- Specialty bias in treatment recommendations and quality of life among radiation oncologists and urologists for localized prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. 2014
- Survey mode and asking about future intentions did not impact self-reported colorectal cancer screening accuracy. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2014
- A brief Patient-Reported Outcomes Quality of Life (PROQOL) instrument to improve patient care. PLoS Medicine. 2013
- An assessment of incentive versus survey length trade-offs in a web survey of radiologists. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2013
- Characteristics of exclusive users of mind-body medicine vs. other alternative medicine approaches in the United States 2013
- Clinical implementation of quality of life instruments and prediction tools for localized prostate cancer: results from a national survey of radiation oncologists and urologists. Journal of Urology. 2013
- Factors associated with decisions to step down asthma medications. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice. 2013
- Is patient assessment of asthma care delivery associated with publicly reported performance measures?. Journal of Asthma. 2013
- Population-based trends in urinary diversion among patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. BJU International. 2013
- Potential bias in the bank: what distinguishes refusers, nonresponders and participants in a clinic-based biobank? 2013
- Self-report of hypoglycemia and health-related quality of life in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Endocrine Practice. 2013
- Variation in treatment recommendations of adjuvant radiation therapy for high-risk prostate cancer by physician specialty. Urology. 2013
- Asthma expenditures in the United States comparing 2004 to 2006 and 1996 to 1998. American Journal of Managed Care. 2012
- Deployment of a mixed-mode data collection strategy does not reduce nonresponse bias in a general population health survey. Health Services Research. 2012
- Getting physicians to open the survey: little evidence that an envelope teaser increases response rates. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2012
- Increased mortality of patients with diabetes reporting severe hypoglycemia. Diabetes care. 2012
- Patient characteristics of provider survey respondents: no evidence of nonresponse bias. Evaluation and the Health Professions. 2012
- Telephone follow-up to a mail survey: when to offer an interview compared to a reminder call. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2012
- The impact of asthma medication guidelines on asthma controller use and on asthma exacerbation rates comparing 1997-1998 and 2004-2005. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. 2012
- Offering results to participants in a diabetes survey: effects on survey response rates 2011
Conference Poster
Review
- Leadership in practice-based research: the National Dental PBRN [review]. Journal of Dentistry. 2019
Abstract
- Early discharge with next day stress testing in low risk chest pain patients presenting to the emergency department is feasible [abstract]. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2015

presentations

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