University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Medicine Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research DirectorAppointed: 2000 | |
QualificationsM.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Epidemiology, 1985. Expertise and Research InterestsHealth Services Research
Musculoskeletal epidemiology
Health disparities research
Evidence-based practice
Clinical epidemiology
Future ResearchAppropriate utilization of diagnostic tests and therapies for chronic back pain
Evidence-based practice reviews
Appropriate use of feeding tubes in the elderly KeywordsCOS Keywords:Epidemiology, Internal Medicine.Additional Terms:Clinical Epidemiology, Evidence-based Practice, Health Disparity Research, Health Services Research.MembershipsSociety of General Internal Medicine Honors and Awards2004,
Laureate,
American college of physicians
2003,
Eisenberg Award,
AHRQ,
Research mentoring
Funding Received- AHRQ:
Center of Excellence in the elimination of racial health disparities,
$700,000,
2002
to 2006.
- AHRQ:
Evidence-based practice center (co-director),
$800,000,
2002
to 2007.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH):
Feeding tubes in the elderly,
$600,000,
2000
to 2003.
Publications- Carey TS, Garrett JM, Jackman AM, Beyond the good prognosis. Examination of an inception cohort of patients with chronic low back pain, Spine, 25(1), 115-20, Jan 2000
- Carey TS, Randomized controlled trials in surgery: an essential component of scientific progress [editorial], Spine, 24(23), 2553-5, December 1999
- Lohr KN, Carey TS, Assessing 'best evidence': issues in grading the quality of studies for systematic reviews, Joint Commission Journal On Quality Improvement, 25(9), 470-9, September 1999
- Garbutt JC, West SL, Carey TS, Lohr KN, Crews FT, Pharmacological treatment of alcohol dependence: a review of the evidence, Jama, 281(14), 1318-25, April 1999
- Carey TS, Garrett JM, Jackman A, Hadler N, Recurrence and care seeking after acute back pain: results of a long-term follow-up study. North Carolina Back Pain Project, Medical Care, 37(2), 157-64, February 1999
- Carey TS, Disability: how successful are we in determining disability?, Neurologic Clinics, 17(1), 167-78, February 1999
- Smucker D R, Konrad T R, Curtis P, Carey T S, Practitioner self-confidence and patient outcomes in acute low back pain, Archives of Family Medicine, 7(3), 223-8, May 1998
- Hadler N M, Carey T S, Low back pain: an intermittent and remittent predicament of life [comment], Annals of The Rheumatic Diseases, 57(1), 1-2, Jan 1998
- Mielenz T J, Carey T S, Dyrek D A, Harris B A, Garrett J M, Darter J D, Physical therapy utilization by patients with acute low back pain, Physical Therapy, 77(10), 1040-51, October 1997
- Carey T S, Garrett J, Patterns of ordering diagnostic tests for patients with acute low back pain. The North Carolina Back Pain Project, Annals of Internal Medicine, 125(10), 807-14, 15 Nov 1996
- Margolis P A, Lannon C M, Stevens R, Harlan C, Bordley W C, Carey T, Leininger L, Keyes L L, Earp J L, Linking clinical and public health approaches to improve access to health care for socially disadvantaged mothers and children. A feasibility study, Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 150(8), 815-21, August 1996
- Carey T S, Evans A T, Hadler N M, Lieberman G, Kalsbeek W D, Jackman A M, Fryer J G, McNutt R A, Acute severe low back pain. A population-based study of prevalence and care-seeking, Spine, 21(3), 339-44, 01 Feb 1996
- Hadler N M, Carey T S, Garrett J, The influence of indemnification by workers' compensation insurance on recovery from acute backache. North Carolina Back Pain Project, Spine, 20(24), 2710-5, 15 Dec 1995
- Carey T S, Garrett J, Jackman A, McLaughlin C, Fryer J, Smucker D R, The outcomes and costs of care for acute low back pain among patients seen by primary care practitioners, chiropractors, and orthopedic surgeons. The North Carolina Back Pain Project [see comments], New England Journal of Medicine, 333(14), 913-7, 5 Oct 1995
- Margolis P A, Carey T, Lannon C M, Earp J L, Leininger L, The rest of the access-to-care puzzle. Addressing structural and personal barriers to health care for socially disadvantaged children, Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 149(5), 541-5, May 1995
- Carey T S, Garrett J, Jackman A, Sanders L, Kalsbeek W, Reporting of acute low back pain in a telephone interview. Identification of potential biases, Spine, 20(7), 787-90, 1 Apr 1995
- Carey T S, Evans A, Hadler N, Kalsbeek W, McLaughlin C, Fryer J, Care-seeking among individuals with chronic low back pain, Spine, 20(3), 312-7, 01 Feb 1995
- Carey T S, Chronic back pain: behavioral interventions and outcomes in a changing healthcare environment, Behavioral Medicine, 20(3), 113-7, Autumn 1994
- Goldstein A O, Carey T S, Levis D, Madson S, Bernstein J, Variations in hypertension control in indigent rural primary care clinics in North Carolina, Archives of Family Medicine, 3(6), 514-9, June 1994
- Hammond J E, Berger R G, Carey T S, Fakhry S M, Rutledge R, Kichak J P, Cleveland T J, Dempsey M J, Tsongalis N M, Ayscue C F, Report on the clinical workstation and clinical data repository utilization at UNC Hospitals, 276-80, 1994
- Ammerman A S, DeVellis R F, Carey T S, Keyserling T C, Strogatz D S, Haines P S, Simpson R J Jr, Siscovick D S, Physician-based diet counseling for cholesterol reduction: current practices, determinants, and strategies for improvement, Preventive Medicine, 22(1), 96-109, January 1993
- Hammond J E, Berger R G, Carey T S, Fakhry S M, Rutledge R, Kichak J P, Cleveland T J, Dempsey M J, Tsongalis N M, Ayscue C F, Progress report on the clinical workstation and clinical data repository at UNC Hospitals, 243-7, 1993
- Carey T S, Thomas D, Woolsey A, Proctor R, Philbeck M, Bowen G, Blish C, Fletcher S, Half a loaf is better than waiting for the bread truck. A computerized mini-medical record for outpatient care, Archives of Internal Medicine, 152(9), 1845-9, September 1992
- Ammerman A S, DeVellis B M, Haines P S, Keyserling T C, Carey T S, DeVellis R F, Simpson R J Jr, Nutrition education for cardiovascular disease prevention among low income populations--description and pilot evaluation of a physician-based model, Patient Education and Counseling, 19(1), 5-18, February 1992
- Carey T S, Weis K, Homer C, Prepaid versus traditional Medicaid plans: lack of effect on pregnancy outcomes and prenatal care, Health Services Research, 26(2), 165-81, June 1991
- Hammond J E, Berger R G, Carey T S, Rutledge R, Cleveland T J, Kichak J P, Ayscue C F, Making the transition from information systems of the 1970s to medical information systems of the 1990s: the role of the physician's workstation, Journal of Medical Systems, 15(3), 257-67, June 1991
- Carey T S, Holcombe B J, Endotracheal intubation as a risk factor for complications of nasoenteric tube insertion [see comments], Critical Care Medicine, 19(3), 427-9, March 1991
- Carey T S, Levis D, Pickard C G, Bernstein J, Development of a model quality-of-care assessment program for adult preventive care in rural medical practices, qrb. Quality Review Bulletin, 17(2), 54-9, February 1991
- Hammond J E, Berger R G, Carey T S, Rutledge R, Cleveland T J, Kichak J P, Ayscue C F, The Physician's Workstation: an example of end user integration of information systems, 970-2, 1991
- Carey T S, Weis K, Diagnostic testing and return visits for acute problems in prepaid, case-managed Medicaid plans compared with fee-for-service, Archives of Internal Medicine, 150(11), 2369-72, November 1990
- Carey T, Weis K, Homer C, Prepaid versus traditional Medicaid plans: effects on preventive health care, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 43(11), 1213-20, 1990
- Carey T S, Occupational back pain: issues in prevention and treatment, Baillieres Clinical Rheumatology, 3(1), 143-56, April 1989
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