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Peter J. Veazie, Ph.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Administrative: (585) 276-5162

Office: (585) 273-5464

Fax: (585) 461-4532

Faculty Appointments

Biography

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dr. Veazie's primary interests are the decision behavior of health care providers and patients, the consequent health outcomes, and the influence of social and organizational systems on such behavior and outcomes. He is specifically interested in the structuring and use of information by patients and providers, the impact of psychological disposition and states on health care decisions, the decision strategies of healthcare providers in the management of patients with chronic illnesses, the physician/patient interaction, and how physician decision processes can lead to medical errors.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: Dr. Veazie is presently studying (1) physician use of racial information in diagnosis and treatment decisions, and (2) the effect on patient risk perceptions of various graphical representations of very low level risks.

Research

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dr. Veazie's primary interests are the decision behavior of health care providers and patients, the consequent health outcomes, and the influence of social and organizational systems on such behavior and outcomes. He is specifically interested in the structuring and use of information by patients and providers, the impact of psychological disposition and states on health care decisions, the decision strategies of healthcare providers in the management of patients with chronic illnesses, the physician/patient interaction, and how physician decision processes can lead to medical errors.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: Dr. Veazie is presently studying (1) physician use of racial information in diagnosis and treatment decisions, and (2) the effect on patient risk perceptions of various graphical representations of very low level risks.

Credentials

Education

1987
BS | Univ of Washington
Civil Engineering

1996
MS | Univ Minnesota
Health Services Research

2003
PhD | Univ Minnesota
Health Services Research

Patents

Patent Title: Integrated Multi-Criteria Decision Support Framework
Patent #: 9,058,354
Issue Date: Jun 16, 2015
Country: United States
Invented By: James Dolan, Peter Veazie

Publications

Journal Articles

2023
Kannan V, Veazie P. "US Trends in Social Isolation, Social Engagement, and Companionship ? Nationally and by Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity, Family Income, and Work Hours, 2003-2020". Social Science & Medicine--Population Health. 2023; .

2023
Qin Q, Veazie P, Temkin-Greener H, Makineni R, Cai S. "Racial/ethnic differences in risk factors associated with COVID-19-related outcomes among older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD)". Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2023; .

2022
McCabe M, Dokus K M, Ryan N, Shi H, James A, Meadow M, Dolan J, Veazie P, Judge S, Orloff M, McIntosh S, Kashyap R. "Assessing the Effectiveness of a Primary Care Provider Office-Based Intervention for Increasing Organ Donor Registration Rates in Two New York State Counties". Progress in Transplantation. 2022; .

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