Kathleen Saunders

11.5k citations

76 papers · 9.1k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 42

Impact in

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine top 0.1%
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
Pharmacology top 0.1%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Papers in

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 17
- Pain Management and Opioid Use 17
Pharmacology 30
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation 30

Co-authors: Michael Von Korff Edward H. Wagner Joseph O. Merrill Cynthia I. Campbell Ronald C. Kessler Diana L. Miglioretti Carolyn M. Rutter Caleb J. Banta‐Green
Journals: Pain (12 papers)Clinical Journal of Pain (11 papers)Journal of Pain (8 papers)Journal of General Internal Medicine (4 papers)Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Kathleen Saunders

76 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Trends in long‐term opioid therapy for chronic non‐cancer pain 2009 · 441 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2009 Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
2008 Clinical Journal of Pain
2006 Archives of General Psychiatry
1992 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Kathleen Saunders, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Comparing Pain and Depressive Symptoms of Chronic Opioid Therapy Patients Receiving Dose Reduction and Risk Mitigation Initiatives With Usual Care Journal of Pain ·Manu Thakral, Rod Walker, Kathleen Saunders, Susan M. Shortreed, Michael L. Parchman, Ryan N. Hansen, Evette Ludman, Karen J. Sherman, Sascha Dublin, Michael Von Korff	2017	11
2	Natural Language Processing-Identified Problem Opioid Use And Its Associated Health Care Costs Value in Health ·Elizabeth T. Masters, Jack Mardekian, Arvind Ramaprasan, Kathleen Saunders, David E. Gross, Roy E. Palmer, David Cronkite, Michael Von Korff, David Carrell	2016	4
3	Timeliness of Care Planning upon Initiation of Chronic Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain Pain Medicine ·Michael Von Korff, Judith A. Turner, Susan M. Shortreed, Kathleen Saunders, Dori E. Rosenberg, Stephen Thielke, Linda LeResche	2015	10
4	The Impact of Opioid Risk Reduction Initiatives on High-Dose Opioid Prescribing for Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy Journal of Pain ·Michael Von Korff, Sascha Dublin, Rod Walker, Michael L. Parchman, Susan M. Shortreed, Ryan N. Hansen, Kathleen Saunders	2015	50
5	Evaluation of Health Plan Interventions to Influence Chronic Opioid Therapy Prescribing Clinical Journal of Pain ·Kathleen Saunders, Susan M. Shortreed, Stephen Thielke, Judith A. Turner, Linda LeResche, Randi Beck, Michael Von Korff	2015	19
6	Do Patient-perceived Pros and Cons of Opioids Predict Sustained Higher-Dose Use? Clinical Journal of Pain ·Stephen Thielke, Judith A. Turner, Susan M. Shortreed, Kathleen Saunders, Linda LeResche, Cynthia I. Campbell, Constance C. Weisner, Michael Von Korff	2013	34
7	Psychophysical Tests as Predictors of Back Pain Chronicity in Primary Care Journal of Pain ·Linda LeResche, Judith A. Turner, Kathleen Saunders, Susan M. Shortreed, Michael Von Korff	2013	28
8	Concurrent Use of Alcohol and Sedatives Among Persons Prescribed Chronic Opioid Therapy: Prevalence and Risk Factors Journal of Pain ·Kathleen Saunders, Michael Von Korff, Cynthia I. Campbell, Caleb J. Banta‐Green, Mark D. Sullivan, Joseph O. Merrill, Constance Weisner	2012	93
9	Group interventions for co-morbid insomnia and osteoarthritis pain in primary care: The lifestyles cluster randomized trial design Contemporary Clinical Trials ·Michael Von Korff, Michael V. Vitiello, Susan M. McCurry, Benjamin H. Balderson, Amy Moore, Laura D. Baker, Patricia Yarbro, Kathleen Saunders, Francis J. Keefe, Bruce Rybarczyk	2012	29
10	Frequency of comorbid insomnia, pain, and depression in older adults with osteoarthritis: Predictors of enrollment in a randomized treatment trial Journal of Psychosomatic Research ·Susan M. McCurry, Michael Von Korff, Michael V. Vitiello, Kathleen Saunders, Benjamin H. Balderson, Amy Moore, Bruce Rybarczyk	2011	52
11	Opioid Prescriptions for Chronic Pain and Overdose Annals of Internal Medicine ·Kate M. Dunn, Kathleen Saunders, Carolyn M. Rutter, Caleb J. Banta‐Green, Joseph O. Merrill, Mark D. Sullivan, Constance Weisner, Michael J. Silverberg, Cynthia I. Campbell, Bruce M. Psaty, Michael Von Korff	2010	55
12	Overdose and prescribed opioids: Associations among chronic non-cancer pain patients Annals of Internal Medicine ·Kate M. Dunn, Kathleen Saunders, Carolyn M. Rutter, Caleb J. Banta‐Green, Joseph O. Merrill, Mark D. Sullivan, Constance Weisner, Michael J. Silverberg, Cynthia I. Campbell, Bruce M. Psaty, Michael Von Korff	2010	32
13	Frequency and Priority of Pain Patients' Health Care Use Clinical Journal of Pain ·Michael Von Korff, Elizabeth Lin, Joshua J. Fenton, Kathleen Saunders	2007	54
14	Association Between Obesity and Psychiatric Disorders in the US Adult Population Archives of General Psychiatry ·Gregory E. Simon, Michael Von Korff, Kathleen Saunders, Diana L. Miglioretti, Paul K. Crane, Gerald van Belle, Ronald C. Kessler Hit paper breakdown →	2006	1037
15	Chronic spinal pain and physical–mental comorbidity in the United States: results from the national comorbidity survey replication Pain ·Michael Von Korff, Paul K. Crane, Michael Lane, Diana L. Miglioretti, Greg Simon, Kathleen Saunders, Paul Stang, Nancy A. Brandenburg, Ronald C. Kessler	2004	464
16	Costs of care for irritable bowel syndrome patients in a health maintenance organization The American Journal of Gastroenterology ·Rona L. Levy, Michael Von Korff, William E. Whitehead, Paul Stang, Kathleen Saunders, P Jhingran, Victoria Barghout, A Feld	2001	157
17	A Randomized Trial of a Lay Person-Led Self-Management Group Intervention for Back Pain Patients in Primary Care Spine ·Michael Von Korff, James E. Moore, Kate Lorig, Daniel C. Cherkin, Kathleen Saunders, Virginia González, Diana Laurent, Carolyn M. Rutter, Florence Comite	1998	208
18	Use of exogenous hormones and risk of temporomandibular disorder pain Pain ·Linda LeResche, Kathleen Saunders, Michael R. Von Korff, William E. Barlow, Samuel F. Dworkin	1997	283
19	Achieving Guidelines for the Treatment of Depression in Primary Care Medical Care ·Elizabeth Lin, Wayne Katon, Greg E. Simon, Michael Von Korff, Terry Bush, Carolyn M. Rutter, Kathleen Saunders, A. Walker	1997	191
20	Outcomes of “Inadequate” antidepressant treatment Journal of General Internal Medicine ·Gregory E. Simon, Elizabeth Lin, Wayne Katon, Kathleen Saunders, Michael VonKorff, Edward A. Walker, Terry Bush, Patricia J. Robinson	1995	85

About Kathleen Saunders

Kathleen Saunders is a scholar working on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pharmacology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Geriatrics and Gerontology and Family Practice, having authored 76 papers that have together received 9.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (39 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (30 papers), Pain Management and Opioid Use (17 papers), Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (16 papers), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (9 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (7 papers), Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes (6 papers) and Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (1.7k citations), Pharmacology (2.7k citations), Complementary and Manual Therapy (317 citations), Geriatrics and Gerontology (535 citations) and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (3.1k citations). Kathleen Saunders has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Michael Von Korff, Michael Von Korff, Edward H. Wagner, Joseph O. Merrill, Cynthia I. Campbell, Ronald C. Kessler, Diana L. Miglioretti, Carolyn M. Rutter, Caleb J. Banta‐Green and Constance Weisner. Their work appears in journals such as Pain, Clinical Journal of Pain, Journal of Pain, Journal of General Internal Medicine and Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety.

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