Benjamin M. Craig, PhD

Dr. Craig is an economist dedicated to improving the lives of cancer patients by informing medical decision making and health policy. He examines delivery of cancer services as well as their outcomes and cost using large administrative databases. He also translates patient-reported and clinical outcomes into decision-relevant information. In addition, he evaluates the cost-effectiveness of cancer interventions and the market potential for innovations in cancer prevention and personalized medicine. He is in the final year of a five-year NCI career development award in cancer health services research and currently is working a variety of decision analyses.

• Kessler LM, Craig BM, Saigal C, Quinn GP. Starting a Family: Characteristics Associated With Men's Reproductive Preferences. Am J Mens Health. 2013 May;7(3):198-205. Pubmedid: 23112251.
• Craig BM, Pickard AS, Stolk E, Brazier JE. US Valuation of the SF-6D. Med Decis Making. 2013 Apr. Pubmedid: 23629865.
• Craig BM, Han G, Munkin MK, Fenstermacher D. Simulating the contribution of a biospecimen and clinical data repository in a phase II clinical trial: A value of information analysis. Stat Methods Med Res. 2013 Mar. Pubmedid: 23503303.
• Pidala J, Craig BM, Lee SJ, Majhail N, Quinn G, Anasetti C. Practice variation in physician referral for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2013 Jan;48(1):63-67. Pubmedid: 22705801.
• Craig BM, Rollison DE, List AF, Cogle CR. Underreporting of myeloid malignancies by United States cancer registries. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Mar;21(3):474-481. Pubmedid: 22237987.
• Tarn DM, Young HN, Craig BM. Development of the patient approach and views toward healthcare communication (PAV-COM) measure among older adults. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012;12:289. Pubmedid: 22931537. Pmcid: PMC3496598.
• Craig BM, Rollison DE, List AF, Cogle CR. Diagnostic testing, treatment, cost of care, and survival among registered and non-registered patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. Leuk Res. 2011 Nov;35(11):1453-1456. Pubmedid: 21851978. Pmcid: PMC3191243.
• Craig BM, Busschbach JJ. Revisiting United States valuation of EQ-5D states. J Health Econ. 2011 Sep;30(5):1057-1063. Pubmedid: 21835477. Pmcid: PMC3188390.
• Craig BM, Busschbach JJ. Toward a more universal approach in health valuation. Health Econ. 2011 Jul;20(7):864-875. Pubmedid: 20677328.
• Cogle CR, Craig BM, Rollison DE, List AF. Incidence of the myelodysplastic syndromes using a novel claims-based algorithm: high number of uncaptured cases by cancer registries. Blood. 2011 Jun;117(26):7121-7125. Pubmedid: 21531980. Pmcid: PMC3143554.
• Craig BM, Bell BA, Quinn GP, Vadaparampil ST. Prevalence of cancer visits by physician specialty, 1997-2006. J Cancer Educ. 2010 Dec;25(4):548-555. Pubmedid: 20336400.
• Craig BM, Gilbert SM, Herndon JB, Vogel B, Quinn GP. Participation of older patients with prostate cancer in Medicare eligible trials. J Urol. 2010 Sep;184(3):901-906. Pubmedid: 20643449.
• Craig BM, Brisson M, Chesson H, Giuliano AR, Jit M. Proceedings of the Modeling Evidence in HPV Pre-Conference Workshop in Malmö, Sweden, May 9-10, 2009. Clin Ther. 2010 Aug;32(8):1546-1564. Pubmedid: 20728767.
• Craig BM, Strassels SA. Out-of-pocket Prices of Opioid Analgesics in the United States, 1999-2004. Pain Med. 2010 Feb;11(2):240-247. Pubmedid: 20002589.
• Craig BM, Oppe M. From a different angle: a novel approach to health valuation. Soc Sci Med. 2010 Jan;70(2):169-174. Pubmedid: 19880235. Pmcid: PMC2808428.
• Craig BM, Quinn GP, Vadaparampil ST. Sensitivity of self-report mammography use in older women. Am J Prev Med. 2009 Nov;37(5):441-444. Pubmedid: 19840700.
• Craig BM, Adams AK. Accuracy of body mass index categories based on self-reported height and weight among women in the United States. Matern Child Health J. 2009 Jul;13(4):489-496. Pubmedid: 18607705. Pmcid: PMC2731685.
• Rakel DP, Hoeft TJ, Barrett BP, Chewning BA, Craig BM, Niu M. Practitioner empathy and the duration of the common cold. Fam Med. 2009 July;41(7):494-501. Pubmedid: 19582635. Pmcid: PMC2720820.
• Augustovski FA, Irazola VE, Velazquez AP, Gibbons L, Craig BM. Argentine valuation of the EQ-5D health states. Value Health. 2009 Jun;12(4):587-596. Pubmedid: 19900257.
• Craig BM, Busschbach JJ, Salomon JA. Modeling ranking, time trade-off, and visual analog scale values for EQ-5D health states: a review and comparison of methods. Med Care. 2009 Jun;47(6):634-641. Pubmedid: 19433996. Pmcid: PMC2730922.
• Craig BM, Busschbach JJ, Salomon JA. Keep it simple: ranking health states yields values similar to cardinal measurement approaches. J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Mar;62(3):296-305. Pubmedid: 18945585. Pmcid: PMC2766172.
• Craig BM. The duration effect: a link between TTO and VAS values. Health Econ. 2009 Feb;18(2):217-225. Pubmedid: 18351621. Pmcid: PMC2760230.
• Craig BM, Busschbach JJ. The episodic random utility model unifies time trade-off and discrete choice approaches in health state valuation. Popul Health Metr. 2009;7:3. Pubmedid: 19144115. Pmcid: PMC2667164.
• Craig BM, Kraus CK, Chewning BA, Davis JE. Quality of care for older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma based on comparisons to practice guidelines and smoking status. BMC Health Serv Res. 2008;8:144. Pubmedid: 18611245. Pmcid: PMC2500012.
• Craig B, Ramachandran S. Relative risk of a shuffled deck: a generalizable logical consistency criterion for sample selection in health state valuation studies. Health Econ. 2006 Aug;15(8):835-848. Pubmedid: 16532509.
• Lundy J, Craig B. The use of disease-modifying agents among multiple sclerosis patients enrolled in medicare from 1995 to 2002 and the impact of medicare part D: analysis of claim data from the medicare current beneficiary survey. Clin Ther. 2006 Jan;28(1):140-145. Pubmedid: 16490588.
• Herman PM, Craig BM, Caspi O. Is complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) cost-effective? A systematic review. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2005 Jun;5:11-11. Pubmedid: 15932647.
• Fryback DG, Craig BM. Measuring economic outcomes of cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2004;(33):134-141. Pubmedid: 15504924.
• Craig BM, Kreling DH, Mott DA. Do seniors get the medicines prescribed for them? Evidence from the 1996-1999 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey. Health Aff (Millwood). 2003 May;22(3):175-182. Pubmedid: 12757282.
• Craig BM, Tseng DS. Cost-effectiveness of gastric bypass for severe obesity. Am J Med. 2002 Oct;113(6):491-498. Pubmedid: 12427499.
• Craig B, Ko?? C. Vice president Al Gore's health care agenda and the utilization of medical services: An empirical analysis. Medgenmed. 2000 Oct;2(4):E33-E33. Pubmedid: 11104479.
• Rowen D, Brazier J, Young T, Gaugris S, Craig BM, King MT, Velikova G. Deriving a preference-based measure for cancer using the EORTC QLQ-C30. Value Health. 14(5):721-731. Pubmedid: 21839411.
• Adams R, Craig BM, Walsh CD, Veale DJ, Bresnihan B, FitzGerald O, Barry M. The impact of a revised EQ-5D population scoring on preference-based utility scores in an inflammatory arthritis cohort. Value Health. 14(6):921-927. Pubmedid: 21914514.