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Veerappa K. Chetty, PhD

Research Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Family Medicine

PhD, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
MS, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
MA, Annamalai University

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ORCID : 0000-0002-2640-3874

Dr. Chetty is a health economist and a statistician. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has been a professor of economics at Columbia University, New York and the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India. His research interests are in medical decision-making taking costs into account and reducing medical errors. He is working on cost-effective management of Diabetes using sequential statistical methods and complex adaptive systems approach. He has been a consultant to the United Nations and the World Bank.

Research Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
General Internal Medicine

Boston Medical Center

BMC Research
NIH RePORTER Research

Comprehensive Analysis of Data from Testing the Re-engineered Hospital Discharge
09/30/2009 - 09/29/2010 (PI)
DHHS/AHRQ
1 R03 HS017354-01A2

A New Approach To Mdm
07/01/2000 - 06/30/2002 (PI)
NIH-NCI
5 R21 CA91575-02

Title

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs
2009	Comprehensive Analysis of Data from Testing the Re-engineered Hospital Discharge	1R03HS017354-01A2	1
2001	A New Approach To Medical Decision Making	5R21CA091575-02
2000	A New Approach To Medical Decision Making	1R21CA091575-01

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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Taba Taba Vakili S, Nezami BG, Shetty A, Chetty VK, Srinivasan S. Association of high dietary saturated fat intake and uncontrolled diabetes with constipation: evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2015 Oct; 27(10):1389-97. PMID: 26176421; PMCID: PMC4584183; DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12630;

Woz S, Mitchell S, Hesko C, Paasche-Orlow M, Greenwald J, Chetty VK, O'Donnell J, Jack B. Gender as risk factor for 30 days post-discharge hospital utilisation: a secondary data analysis. BMJ Open. 2012; 2(2):e000428.View Related Profiles.

Jack, Brian
Paasche-Orlow, Michael
Mitchell, Suzanne
Chetty, Veerappa

PMID: 22514241; PMCID: PMC3332240; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000428;

Walley AY, Paasche-Orlow M, Lee EC, Forsythe S, Chetty VK, Mitchell S, Jack BW. Acute care hospital utilization among medical inpatients discharged with a substance use disorder diagnosis. J Addict Med. 2012 Mar; 6(1):50-6.View Related Profiles.

Walley, Alexander
Jack, Brian
Paasche-Orlow, Michael
Mitchell, Suzanne
Chetty, Veerappa

PMID: 21979821; PMCID: PMC6034987; DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e318231de51;

Siegel KR, Echouffo-Tcheugui JB, Ali MK, Mehta NK, Narayan KM, Chetty V. Societal correlates of diabetes prevalence: An analysis across 94 countries. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2012 Apr; 96(1):76-83. PMID: 22189172; DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2011.11.014;

Mwangi SM, Usta Y, Shahnavaz N, Joseph I, Avila J, Cano J, Chetty VK, Larsen CP, Sitaraman SV, Srinivasan S. Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor enhances human islet posttransplantation survival. Transplantation. 2011 Oct 15; 92(7):745-51. PMID: 21869742; PMCID: PMC3684966; DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31822bc95a;

Chetty VK, Culpepper L, Phillips RL, Rankin J, Xierali I, Finnegan S, Jack B. FPs lower hospital readmission rates and costs. Am Fam Physician. 2011 May 1; 83(9):1054.View Related Profiles.

Jack, Brian
Culpepper, Larry
Chetty, Veerappa

PMID: 21534517

Mitchell SE, Paasche-Orlow MK, Forsythe SR, Chetty VK, O'Donnell JK, Greenwald JL, Culpepper L, Jack BW. Post-discharge hospital utilization among adult medical inpatients with depressive symptoms. J Hosp Med. 2010 Sep; 5(7):378-84.View Related Profiles.

Jack, Brian
Culpepper, Larry
Paasche-Orlow, Michael
Mitchell, Suzanne
Chetty, Veerappa

PMID: 20577971; DOI: 10.1002/jhm.673;

Jack BW, Chetty VK, Anthony D, Greenwald JL, Sanchez GM, Johnson AE, Forsythe SR, O'Donnell JK, Paasche-Orlow MK, Manasseh C, Martin S, Culpepper L. A reengineered hospital discharge program to decrease rehospitalization: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Feb 3; 150(3):178-87.View Related Profiles.

Jack, Brian
Manasseh, Christopher
Culpepper, Larry
Paasche-Orlow, Michael
Martin, Stephen
Chetty, Veerappa

PMID: 19189907; PMCID: PMC2738592

Duffy CM, Assaf A, Cyr M, Burkholder G, Coccio E, Rohan T, McTiernan A, Paskett E, Lane D, Chetty VK. Alcohol and folate intake and breast cancer risk in the WHI Observational Study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009 Aug; 116(3):551-62. PMID: 18785003; PMCID: PMC4104749; DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-0167-2;

Fogarty CT, Sharma S, Chetty VK, Culpepper L. Mental health conditions are associated with increased health care utilization among urban family medicine patients. J Am Board Fam Med. 2008 Sep-Oct; 21(5):398-407.View Related Profiles.

Culpepper, Larry
Chetty, Veerappa

PMID: 18772294; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.05.070082;

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Chetty VK, Bruce Zellner B. Use of survey and clinical data for screening and diagnosis. Stat Med. 2007 Jul 30; 26(17):3213-28. PMID: 17230454

Kartha A, Anthony D, Manasseh CS, Greenwald JL, Chetty VK, Burgess JF, Culpepper L, Jack BW. Depression is a risk factor for rehospitalization in medical inpatients. Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry. 2007; 9(4):256-62.View Related Profiles.

Kartha, Anand Bhaskaran
Jack, Brian
Manasseh, Christopher
Burgess, James
Culpepper, Larry
Chetty, Veerappa

PMID: 17934548; PMCID: PMC2018837; DOI: 10.4088/pcc.v09n0401;

Wiecha JM, Chetty VK, Pollard T, Shaw PF. Web-based versus face-to-face learning of diabetes management: the results of a comparative trial of educational methods. Fam Med. 2006 Oct; 38(9):647-52.View Related Profiles.

Wiecha, John
Shaw, Peter
Chetty, Veerappa

PMID: 17009189

Odell CD, Kotelchuck M, Chetty VK, Fowler J, Stubblefield PG, Orejuela M, Jack BW. Maternal hypertension as a risk factor for low birth weight infants: comparison of Haitian and African-American women. Matern Child Health J. 2006 Jan; 10(1):39-46.View Related Profiles.

Jack, Brian
Odell, Christine
Fowler, Josephine
Stubblefield, Phillip
Chetty, Veerappa

PMID: 16397832

Zellner BB, Rand SD, Prost R, Krouwer H, Chetty VK. A cost-minimizing diagnostic methodology for discrimination between neoplastic and non-neoplastic brain lesions: utilizing a genetic algorithm. Acad Radiol. 2004 Feb; 11(2):169-77. PMID: 14974592

Cohen D, Guirguis-Blake J, Jack B, Chetty VK, Phillips RL, Green LA, Fryer GE. Family physicians are an important source of newborn care: the case of the state of Maine. Am Fam Physician. 2003 Aug 15; 68(4):593.View Related Profiles.

Jack, Brian
Chetty, Veerappa

PMID: 12952378

Cohen D, Guirguis-Blake J, Jack B, Chetty VK, Green LA, Fryer GE, Phillips RL. Family physicians make a substantial contribution to maternity care: the case of the state of Maine. Am Fam Physician. 2003 Aug 1; 68(3):405.View Related Profiles.

Jack, Brian
Chetty, Veerappa

PMID: 12924826

Butzen J, Prost R, Chetty V, Donahue K, Neppl R, Bowen W, Li SJ, Haughton V, Mark L, Kim T, Mueller W, Meyer G, Krouwer H, Rand S. Discrimination between neoplastic and nonneoplastic brain lesions by use of proton MR spectroscopy: the limits of accuracy with a logistic regression model. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2000 Aug; 21(7):1213-9. PMID: 10954271

Heimler R, Shekhawat P, Hoffman RG, Chetty VK, Sasidharan P. Hospital readmission and morbidity following early newborn discharge. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1998 Oct; 37(10):609-15. PMID: 9793730

Chetty VK. Stochastic technology, production organization and costs. J Health Econ. 1998 Apr; 17(2):187-210. PMID: 10180915

Marbella AM, Chetty VK, Layde PM. Neonatal hospital lengths of stay, readmissions, and charges. Pediatrics. 1998 Jan; 101(1 Pt 1):32-6. PMID: 9417147

Rand SD, Prost R, Haughton V, Mark L, Strainer J, Johansen J, Kim TA, Chetty VK, Mueller W, Meyer G, Krouwer H. Accuracy of single-voxel proton MR spectroscopy in distinguishing neoplastic from nonneoplastic brain lesions. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1997 Oct; 18(9):1695-704. PMID: 9367317

Mark DH, Gottlieb MS, Zellner BB, Chetty VK, Midtling JE. Medicare costs in urban areas and the supply of primary care physicians. J Fam Pract. 1996 Jul; 43(1):33-9. PMID: 8691178

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Bar chart showing 23 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1998 and 2011