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Overview

David B. Matchar is affiliated with the Duke NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore. Their research spans across multiple fields, primarily focusing on medicine and health professions. Within these broader areas, their work often addresses subfields such as general health professions, economics and econometrics, epidemiology, emergency medicine, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies

David B. Matchar has contributed to several frequent publication venues, reflecting the diverse nature of their research interests. These include:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • BMC Geriatrics
  • BMJ Open
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Among their recent papers are:

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2021 Update, 2021, Circulation
  • Singapore's health-care system: key features, challenges, and shifts, 2021, The Lancet
  • Digital health competencies for primary healthcare professionals: A scoping review, 2020, International Journal of Medical Informatics
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): an evidence map of medical literature, 2020, BMC Medical Research Methodology
  • Development and Assessment of an Interpretable Machine Learning Triage Tool for Estimating Mortality After Emergency Admissions, 2021, JAMA Network Open

Collaboration with other researchers is an important aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Marcus Eng Hock Ong
  • John Pastor Ansah
  • Angelique Chan
  • Gerald Choon-Huat Koh
  • Mariko Siyue Koh

Best Publications

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2018 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

    Emelia J. Benjamin;Salim S. Virani;Clifton W. Callaway;Alanna M. Chamberlain

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2014 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Alan S. Go;Dariush Mozaffarian;Veronique Lee Roger;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2015 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2012 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Véronique L. Roger;Alan S. Go;Donald M. Lloyd-Jones;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2011 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Véronique L. Roger;Alan S. Go;Donald M. Lloyd-Jones;Robert J. Adams

  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2013 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Alan S. Go;Dariush Mozaffarian;Véronique L. Roger;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2013 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Alan S. Go;Dariush Mozaffarian;Véronique L. Roger;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Heart disease and stroke statistics-2015 update: A report from the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics--2016 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Executive summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics - 2014 Update: A report from the American Heart Association

    Alan S. Go;Dariush Mozaffarian;Véronique L. Roger;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2021 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

    Salim S. Virani;Alvaro Alonso;Hugo J. Aparicio;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Guidelines for carotid endarterectomy: A multidisciplinary consensus statement from the Ad Hoc committee, American Heart Association

    Wesley S. Moore;H.J.M. Barnett;Hugh G. Beebe;Eugene F. Bernstein

  • Accuracy of the Papanicolaou Test in Screening for and Follow‐up of Cervical Cytologic Abnormalities: A Systematic Review

    K Nanda;Dc McCrory;Er Myers;La Bastian

  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2012 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Véronique L. Roger;Alan S. Go;Donald M. Lloyd-Jones;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Clopidogrel use and long-term clinical outcomes after drug-eluting stent implantation

    Eric L. Eisenstein;Kevin J. Anstrom;David F. Kong;Linda K. Shaw

  • Guidelines for carotid endarterectomy: a statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association

    J Biller;W M Feinberg;J E Castaldo;A D Whittemore

  • Likelihood ratios with confidence: sample size estimation for diagnostic test studies.

    David L. Simel;Gregory P. Samsa;David B. Matchar

  • Self-monitoring of oral anticoagulation: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data

    Carl Heneghan;Alison Ward;Rafael Perera;Clare Bankhead

  • Sudden Cardiac Arrest

    Emelia J Benjamin;Michael J Blaha;Stephanie E Chiuve;Mary Cushman

  • Book Reviews : Two-Sided Matching: A Study in Game-Theoretic Modeling and Analysis. BY ALVIN E. ROTH AND MARILDA A. OLIVEIRA SOROMAYER. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Cloth, pp. 265, $54.50

    David B. Matchar

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory P. Samsa
Gregory P. Samsa Duke University
Evan R. Myers
Evan R. Myers Duke University
Larry B. Goldstein
Larry B. Goldstein University of Kentucky
Eugene Z. Oddone
Eugene Z. Oddone Duke University
Angelique Chan
Angelique Chan Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Pamela W. Duncan
Pamela W. Duncan Wake Forest University
Yi Zeng
Yi Zeng Peking University
David L. Simel
David L. Simel Duke University
Brett M. Kissela
Brett M. Kissela University of Cincinnati
Amy P. Abernethy
Amy P. Abernethy Duke University

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