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D-Index
91
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47320
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11532
National Ranking
5913

Sean D. Sullivan publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sean D. Sullivan sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 657 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Sean D. Sullivan D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sean D. Sullivan sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Sean D. Sullivan is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research encompasses multiple fields with a focus on medicine and economics, econometrics, and finance. The subfields of study relevant to their work include economics and econometrics, oncology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The primary research topics addressed by Sean D. Sullivan include health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life; pharmaceutical economics and policy; lung cancer treatments and mutations; colorectal cancer treatments and studies; economic and financial impacts of cancer; neutropenia and cancer infections; and diabetes treatment and management.

Their recent publications cover several areas within these topics. Notable papers include:

  • Cost-effectiveness analysis of semaglutide 2.4 mg for the treatment of adult patients with overweight and obesity in the United States, 2022, Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy
  • FINE-CKD model to evaluate economic value of finerenone in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, 2021, The American Journal of Managed Care
  • Validation of the FINE-CKD model for future health technology assessments for finerenone in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, 2022, The American Journal of Managed Care
  • Variation in market access decisions for cell and gene therapies across the United States, Canada, and Europe, 2021, Health Policy
  • Medicare Drug Price Negotiation in the United States: Implications and Unanswered Questions, 2022, Value in Health

Sean D. Sullivan has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Todd Williamson, Scott D. Ramsey, Josh J. Carlson, Inmaculada Hernandez, and Kangho Suh. The number of joint publications with these individuals ranges from 10 to 14.

Their work appears predominantly in a select group of publication venues, the most frequent being Value in Health and the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy. Additional venues include the Journal of Clinical Oncology, The American Journal of Managed Care, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Among their recognitions, Sean D. Sullivan was named a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Global strategy for asthma management and prevention: GINA executive summary.

    Bateman Ed;Hurd Ss;Barnes Pj;Bousquet J

  • International variation in the prevalence of COPD (The BOLD Study): a population-based prevalence study

    A Sonia Buist;Mary Ann McBurnie;William M. Vollmer;Suzanne Gillespie

  • An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: asthma control and exacerbations: standardizing endpoints for clinical asthma trials and clinical practice.

    Helen K. Reddel;D. Robin Taylor;Eric D. Bateman;Louis-Philippe Boulet

  • Expenditures and Health Status Among Adults With Back and Neck Problems

    Brook I. Martin;Richard A. Deyo;Sohail K. Mirza;Judith A. Turner

  • The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review for a National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop

    Roger Chou;Judith A. Turner;Emily B. Devine;Ryan N. Hansen

  • Budget Impact Analysis—Principles of Good Practice: Report of the ISPOR 2012 Budget Impact Analysis Good Practice II Task Force

    Sean D. Sullivan;Josephine A. Mauskopf;Federico Augustovski;J. Jaime Caro

  • Outcomes for COPD pharmacological trials: From lung function to biomarkers

    M. Cazzola;W. MacNee;F.J. Martinez;K.F. Rabe

  • Principles of Good Practice for Budget Impact Analysis: Report of the ISPOR Task Force on Good Research Practices—Budget Impact Analysis

    Josephine A. Mauskopf;Sean D. Sullivan;Lieven Annemans;Jaime Caro

  • The economic burden of COPD.

    Sean D. Sullivan;Scott D. Ramsey;Todd A. Lee

  • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Alongside Clinical Trials II—An ISPOR Good Research Practices Task Force Report

    Scott D. Ramsey;Scott D. Ramsey;Richard J. Willke;Henry Glick;Shelby D. Reed

  • Global epidemiology of hepatitis B virus.

    Brian Custer;Sean D. Sullivan;Thomas K. Hazlet;Uchenna Iloeje

  • Efficacy of Antiseptic-Impregnated Central Venous Catheters in Preventing Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection: A Meta-analysis

    David L. Veenstra;Sanjay Saint;Somnath Saha;Thomas Lumley

  • The health economics of asthma and rhinitis. I. Assessing the economic impact.

    Kevin B. Weiss;Sean D. Sullivan

  • A new perspective on concepts of asthma severity and control

    D. R. Taylor;E. D. Bateman;L.-P. Boulet;H. A. Boushey

  • Key principles for the improved conduct of health technology assessments for resource allocation decisions.

    Michael F. Drummond;J. Sanford Schwartz;Bengt Jönsson;Bryan R. Luce

  • The medical cost of undiagnosed sleep apnea.

    V Kapur;D K Blough;R E Sandblom;R Hert

  • Daily versus As-Needed Corticosteroids for Mild Persistent Asthma

    Homer A. Boushey;Christine A. Sorkness;Tonya S. King;Sean D. Sullivan

  • Trends in the cost of illness for asthma in the United States, 1985-1994.

    Kevin B. Weiss;Sean D. Sullivan;Christopher S. Lyttle

  • Rapid magnetic resonance imaging vs radiographs for patients with low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.

    Jeffrey G. Jarvik;William Hollingworth;Brook Martin;Scott S. Emerson

  • Economic Burden of COPD

    David H. Au;Sean D. Sullivan

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott D. Ramsey
Scott D. Ramsey Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Kevin B. Weiss
Kevin B. Weiss Northwestern University
David R. Flum
David R. Flum University of Washington
Louis P. Garrison
Louis P. Garrison University of Washington
Jonathan D. Campbell
Jonathan D. Campbell University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Peter J. Neumann
Peter J. Neumann University of Bern
Gary H. Lyman
Gary H. Lyman Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Richard A. Deyo
Richard A. Deyo Oregon Health & Science University
Anirban Basu
Anirban Basu University of Washington
Michael Drummond
Michael Drummond University of York

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