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Brian Bresnahan, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Biography

Dr. Bresnahan is a health economist working in the UW/HMC Radiology Health Services Research Section and for the Comparative Effectiveness, Cost, and Outcomes Research Center (CECORC). He has a doctorate in Economics, worked in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry for seven years, and specializes in health economics, health policy, and outcomes research. Dr. Bresnahan has a wide range of experience in conducting clinical and patient-reported outcome studies, health outcomes and health services research, cost-effectiveness analysis, retrospective database analysis, and economic modeling. Dr. Bresnahan serves as the co-Chair of the Comparative Effectiveness Research Executive Steering Committee of the Society of Nuclear Medicine. He is a Director-at-Large in the Radiology Alliance of Health Services Research (RAHSR) of the Association of University Radiologists.

Awards and Honors

Recent Publications

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The Effect of Including Benchmark Prevalence Data of Common Imaging Findings in Spine Image Reports on Health Care Utilization Among Adults Undergoing Spine Imaging: A Stepped-Wedge Randomized Clinical Trial
Jarvik J.G., Meier E.N., James K.T., Gold L.S., Tan K.W., Kessler L.G., Suri P., Kallmes D.F., Cherkin D.C., Deyo R.A., Sherman K.J., Halabi S.S., Comstock B.A., Luetmer P.H., Avins A.L., Rundell S.D., Griffith B., Friedly J.L., Lavallee D.C., Stephens K.A., Turner J.A., Bresnahan B.W., Heagerty P.J.
JAMA network open. 2020 Sep:e2015713

Prevalence and Financial Impact of Claustrophobia, Anxiety, Patient Motion, and Other Patient Events in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Nguyen X.V., Tahir S., Bresnahan B.W., Andre J.B., Lang E.V., Mossa-Basha M., Mayr N.A., Bourekas E.C.
Topics in magnetic resonance imaging : TMRI. 2020 Jun:125-130

Clinical and Payer-Based Analysis of Value of Dual-Energy Computed Tomography for Workup of Incidental Abdominal Findings
Itani M., Bresnahan B., Rice K., Gunn M., Wang S., Revels J., Mileto A.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 2019 Jul:605-611

Use of ultrasound and mHealth to improve perinatal outcomes in low and middle income countries
Swanson J., Nathan R., Swanson D., Perez K., Bresnahan B., Mirza W., Goldenberg R.
Seminars in Perinatology. 2019 Jan

Imaging Intussusception in Children’s Hospitals in the United States: Trends, Outcomes, and Costs
Otero H., White A., Khwaja A., Griffis H., Katcoff H., Bresnahan B.
Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2019 Jan

Long-term outcomes of a large, prospective observational cohort of older adults with back pain
Jarvik J., Gold L., Tan K., Friedly J., Nedeljkovic S., Comstock B., Deyo R., Turner J., Bresnahan B., Rundell S., James K., Nerenz D., Avins A., Bauer Z., Kessler L., Heagerty P.
Spine Journal. 2018 Jan

Evaluating the Costs of IR in Health Care Delivery: Proceedings from a Society of Interventional Radiology Research Consensus Panel
Sarwar A., Hawkins C., Bresnahan B., Carlos R., Guimaraes M., Krol K., Kwan S., Latif W., Liu R., Marder W., Ray C., Banovac F.
Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 2017 Nov:1475-1486

Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process for Prioritizing Imaging Tests in Diagnosis of Suspected Appendicitis
Agapova M., Bresnahan B., Linnau K., Garrison L., Higashi M., Kessler L., Devine B.
Academic Radiology. 2017 May:530-537

Toward a Framework for Benefit-Risk Assessment in Diagnostic Imaging: Identifying Scenario-specific Criteria
Agapova M., Bresnahan B., Linnau K., Garrison L., Higashi M., Kessler L., Devine B.
Academic Radiology. 2017 May:538-549

Toward a Framework for Benefit-Risk Assessment in Diagnostic Imaging: Identifying Scenario-specific Criteria

Academic Radiology. 2017 May:538-549