Research Summary:

The Arbor Research Collaborative for Health (formerly the University Renal Research and Education Association (URREA)) was founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan, by Dr. Held, a nationally recognized leader in the field of renal research. An economist by training, Dr. Held's 22-year professional career has centered around the development and analysis of large databases and, in the last 18 years, has focused on the study of patients with kidney failure. Dr. Held has published extensively in medical journals on a wide range of topics related to the epidemiology and economics of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) including the dose of dialysis, the relationship between the length of dialysis and mortality, the impact of HLA mismatches on kidney transplant survival, and initial predictors of mortality in patients with ESRD.

Link to PubMed Citations

Selected Publications:

Dor A, Pauly MV, Eichleay MA, Held PJ. End-stage renal disease and economic incentives: the International Study of Health Care Organization and Financing (ISHCOF). Int J Health Care Finance Econ. 2007 Sep;7(2-3):73-111. Review.  

Lopes AA, Bragg-Gresham JL, Goodkin DA, Fukuhara S, Mapes DL, Young EW, Gillespie BW, Akizawa T, Greenwood RN, Andreucci VE, Akiba T, Held PJ, Port FK. Factors associated with health-related quality of life among hemodialysis patients in the DOPPS. Qual Life Res. 2007 May;16(4):545-57. Epub 2007 Feb 8. Erratum in: Qual Life Res. 2007 Aug;16(6):1095.  

Satayathum S, Pisoni RL, McCullough KP, Merion RM, Wikström B, Levin N, Chen K, Wolfe RA, Goodkin DA, Piera L, Asano Y, Kurokawa K, Fukuhara S, Held PJ, Port FK. Kidney transplantation and wait-listing rates from the international Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Kidney Int. 2005 Jul;68(1):330-7.  

Locatelli F, Pisoni RL, Akizawa T, Cruz JM, DeOreo PB, Lameire NH, Held PJ. Anemia management for hemodialysis patients: Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) guidelines and Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) findings. Am J Kidney Dis. 2004 Nov;44(5 Suppl 2):27-33.  

Pisoni RL, Bragg-Gresham JL, Young EW, Akizawa T, Asano Y, Locatelli F, Bommer J, Cruz JM, Kerr PG, Mendelssohn DC, Held PJ, Port FK. Anemia management and outcomes from 12 countries in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Am J Kidney Dis. 2004 Jul;44(1):94-111.  

Port FK, Wolfe RA, Hulbert-Shearon TE, McCullough KP, Ashby VB, Held PJ. High dialysis dose is associated with lower mortality among women but not among men. Am J Kidney Dis. 2004 Jun;43(6):1014-23.  

Roberts JP, Wolfe RA, Bragg-Gresham JL, Rush SH, Wynn JJ, Distant DA, Ashby VB, Held PJ, Port FK. Effect of changing the priority for HLA matching on the rates and outcomes of kidney transplantation in minority groups. N Engl J Med. 2004 Feb 5;350(6):545-51.  

Port FK, Pisoni RL, Bragg-Gresham JL, Satayathum SS, Young EW, Wolfe RA, Held PJ. DOPPS estimates of patient life years attributable to modifiable hemodialysis practices in the United States . Blood Purif. 2004;22(1):175-80.  

Bustami RT, Ojo AO, Wolfe RA, Merion RM, Bennett WM, McDiarmid SV, Leichtman AB, Held PJ, Port FK. Immunosuppression and the risk of post-transplant malignancy among cadaveric first kidney transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2004 Jan;4(1):87-93.  

Locatelli F, Pisoni RL, Combe C, Bommer J, Andreucci VE, Piera L, Greenwood R, Feldman HI, Port FK, Held PJ. Anaemia in haemodialysis patients of five European countries: association with morbidity and mortality in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2004 Jan;19(1):121-32. Erratum in: Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2004 Jun;19(6):1666.  

Rayner HC, Pisoni RL, Bommer J, Canaud B, Hecking E, Locatelli F, Piera L, Bragg-Gresham JL, Feldman HI, Goodkin DA, Gillespie B, Wolfe RA, Held PJ, Port FK. Mortality and hospitalization in haemodialysis patients in five European countries: results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2004 Jan;19(1):108-20.  

Hecking E, Bragg-Gresham JL, Rayner HC, Pisoni RL, Andreucci VE, Combe C, Greenwood R, McCullough K, Feldman HI, Young EW, Held PJ, Port FK. Haemodialysis prescription, adherence and nutritional indicators in five European countries: results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2004 Jan;19(1):100-7.