Jutta Joesch, PhD

Methods Core Director
Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,               University of Washington at Harborview Medical Center

325 9th Avenue, PSB-5008
Box 359911
Seattle, WA98104
(206) 897-4211

joesch@u.washington.edu

Educational Background:

• BS, University of Hohenheim- West Germany, Consumer Studies, 1977
• MS, University of Hohenheim- West Germany, Consumer Studies, 1981
• PhD, Cornell University- Ithaca, NY, Consumer Economics, 1989

Current Research Interests:

• Program evaluation for alcohol/drug dependence, mental health problems
• Economics of risky behavior
• Cost-effectiveness

Funded Research Projects:

• Fact Sheet
• Publication: Krupski, A., Campbell, K., Joesch, J.M., Lucenko, B.A., & Roy-Byrne, P. (2009). Impact of Access to Recovery services on alcohol/drug treatment outcomes. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 37(4), 435-442.

Selected Publications:

• Sears, J.M., Krupski, A., Joesch, J., Estee, S., Ho, L., Sha, M.F., Ries, R., Dunn, C., Huber, A., Roy-Byrne, P. (2010). The use of administrative data as a substitute for individual screening scores in observational studies related to problematic alcohol or drug use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 111;89-96.
• Krupski, A., Sears, J., Joesch, J. M., Estee, S., He, L., Dunn, C. W., Roy-Byrne, P., Ries, R. (2010). The impact of brief interventions and brief treatment on admissions to chemical Dependency Treatment. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 110(1-2):126-36.
• Bennett, W. R. M., Joesch, J. M., Mazur, M., & Roy-Byrne, P. (2009). Characteristics of HIV positive patients treated in a psychiatric emergency department. Psychiatric Services, 60(3), 398-401.
• Kim, H., Kieckhefer, G. M., Greek, A., Joesch, J. M., & Baydar, N. (2009). Health care utilization by children with asthma. Preventing Chronic Disease, 6(1), A12.
• Roy-Byrne, P., Joesch, J. M., Wang, P. S., & Kessler, R. C. (2009). Low socioeconomic status and mental health care use among respondents with anxiety and depression in the NCSR. Psychiatric Services, 60(9), 1190-1197.
• Davydow D. S., Zatzick, D. F., Rivara, F. P. et al. (2009). Predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder and return to usual major activity in traumatically injured intensive care unit survivors. General Hospital Psychiatry, 31(5), 428-435.
• Baydar, N., Kieckhefer, G. M., Joesch, J. M., Greek, A., & Kim, H. (2009). Changes in the health burden of a national sample of children with asthma. Social Science & Medicine, 70, 321-328. 
• Roy-Byrne, P., Joesch, J., Wang, P., & Kessler, R. (2009). Socioeconomic disadvantage and mental health care use in patients with anxiety and depression in the NCS-R. Psychiatric Services, 60, 1190-1197.
• Krupski, A., Campbell, K., Joesch, J.M., Lucenko, B.A., & Roy-Byrne, P. (2009). Impact of access to recovery services on alcohol/drug treatment outcomes. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 37(4), 435-442.
• Bennett, W.R., Joesch, J.M., Mazur, M., & Roy-Byrne, P. (2009). Characteristics of HIV-positive patients treated in a psychiatric emergency department. Psychiatry Services, 60(3), 398-401.
• Kim, H., Kieckhefer, G. M., Greek, A., Joesch, J. M., & Baydar, N. (2009). Health care utilization by children with asthma. Preventing Chronic Disease, 6(1).
• Zatzick D., Jurkovich, G. J., Rivara, F. P., Wang, J., Fan, M-Y., Joesch, J. M., Mackenzie, E. (2008). A national US study of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and work and functional outcomes after hospitalization for traumatic injury. Annals of Surgery, 248(3), 429-437.
• Baydar, N., Joesch, J.M., Kieckhefer, G.M., Kim, H., & Greek, A. (2007). Employment behaviors of mothers who have a child with asthma. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 28, 337-355.
• Joesch, J.M., Kim, H., Kieckhefer, G.M., Greek, A.A., & Baydar, N. (2006). Does your child have asthma? Filled prescriptions and household report of child asthma. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 20, 374-383.
• Greek, A.A., Kieckhefer, G.M., Kim, H., Joesch, J.M., & Baydar, N. (2006). Family perceptions of the usual source of care among children with asthma by race/ethnicity, language and family income. Journal of Asthma, 43, 61-69.
• Kiechefer, G.M., Greek, A.A., Joesch, J.M., & Kim, H. (2005). Presence and characteristics of medical home and health services utilization among children with asthma. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 19, 285-292.
• Wickizer, T.M., Kopjar, B., Franklin, G., & Joesch, J. (2004). Do drug-free workplace programs prevent occupational injuries? Evidence from Washington State. Health Services Research, 39, 85-104.
• Klepinger, D.H., Johnson, T.R., & Joesch, J.M. (2002). Impacts of unemployment insurance work-search requirements: The Maryland experience. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 56, 3-22.
• Cheadle, A., Wickizer, T.M., Franklin, G., Cain, K., Joesch, J., Kyes, K., et al. (1999). Evaluation of the Washington State Workers' Compensation Managed Case Project II: Medical and disability costs. Medical Care, 37, 982-993.
• Joesch, J.M., Wickizer, T.M., & Feldstein, P.J. (1998). Does competition by Health Maintenance Organizations affect the adoption of cost-containment measures by fee-for-service plans? American Journal of Managed Care, 4, 700-706.