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Positions: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Education: |
Key Interests:
Dr. Fu’s current research interests include health economics, pharmacoeconomics, health outcome and health service research, health policy and economic evaluations. He is currently working on several clinical trials with a focus on cost-effectiveness data collection, decision-tree modeling, and cost-effectiveness analysis. Dr. Fu also has special research interests in utility assessment, propensity score method, econometrics, and mental health illnesses.
Selected Publications:
Fu AZ, Dow WH, Liu GG. Propensity score and difference-in-difference methods: a study of second-generation antidepressant use in patients with bipolar disorder. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 2007 Jun;7(1-2): 23-38.
Fu AZ, Liu GG, Christensen DB, Hansen RA. Effect of second-generation antidepressants on mania- and depression-related visits in adults with bipolar disorder: a retrospective study. Value in Health 2007 Mar-Apr;10(2):128-36.
Golshayan AR, Jin T, Maciejewski J, Fu AZ, Bershadsky B, Kattan MW, Kalaycio ME, Sekeres MA. Efficacy of growth factors compared to other therapies for low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes. British Journal of Haematology 2007 Apr;137(2): 125-132.
Sekeres MA, Fu AZ, Maciejewski JP, Golshayan AR, Kalaycio ME, Kattan MW. A Decision analysis to determine the appropriate treatment for low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes. Cancer 2007 Mar 15;109(6):1125-32.
Fu AZ, Kattan MW. Racial and ethnic differences in preference-based health status measure. Current Medical Research and Opinion 2006 Dec;22(12): 2439-2448.
Fu AZ, Christensen DB, Hansen RA, Liu GG. Second-generation antidepressant discontinuation and depressive relapse in adult patients with bipolar depression: results of a retrospective database analysis. Clinical Therapeutics 2006 Jun;28(6): 979–989.
Calvert N, Burch SP, Fu AZ, Reeves P, Thompson TR. The cost-effectiveness of lamotrigine in the maintenance treatment of adults with bipolar I disorder. Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy 2006 May;12(4): 322-330.
Tepper SJ, Martin V, Burch SP, Fu AZ, Kwong WJ, Downs KE. Acute headache treatments in patients with health care coverage: what prescriptions are doctors writing? Headache and Pain: Diagnostic Challenges, Current Therapy 2006 Jan;17(1): 11-17.
Fu AZ, Krishnan AA, Harris SD, Tompson TR. The economic burden of bipolar-related phases of depression versus mania. Drug Benefit Trends 2004 Nov;16(11): 569-575.
Fu AZ, Liu GG, Christensen DB. Inappropriate medication use and health outcomes in the elderly. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2004 Nov;52(11):1934-1939.
Liu GG, Dow WH, Fu AZ, Akin J. Health human capital and income growth in China. China Economic Quarterly 2004 Jan;4(1): 101-116.
Liu GG, Wu X, Peng C, Fu AZ. Urbanization and access to health care in China. Contemporary Economic Policy 2003 Jan;21(1):11-24.
Guo JD, Liu GG, Christensen DB, Fu AZ. How well have practices followed guidelines in prescribing antihypertensive drugs: the role of health insurance. Value in Health 2003 Jan-Feb;6(1):18-28.