Publications | UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies

Use of Advanced Imaging Tests and the Not-So-Incidental Harms of Incidental Findings.

Smith-Bindman R

JAMA Intern Med 2018 Feb doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.7557

The ramifications of recent health policy actions for cardiovascular care of women: Progress, threats, and opportunities.

Brindis CD, Freund KM

Clin Cardiol 2018 Feb doi: 10.1002/clc.22896

Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients: Carotid and Aorta Intima-Media Thickness and Their Predictors.

Perito ER, Phelps A, Vase T, Feldstein VA, Lustig RH, Rosenthal P

J Pediatr 2018 Feb doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.10.006

Prognostic Models for 9-Month Mortality in Tuberculous Meningitis.

Thao LTP, Heemskerk AD, Geskus RB, Mai NTH, Ha DTM, Chau TTH, Phu NH, Chau NVV, Caws M, Lan NH, Thu DDA, Thuong NTT, Day J, Farrar JJ, Torok ME, Bang ND, Thwaites GE, Wolbers M

Clin Infect Dis 2018 Feb doi: 10.1093/cid/cix849

Association of Patient Frailty With Increased Morbidity After Common Ambulatory General Surgery Operations.

Seib CD, Rochefort H, Chomsky-Higgins K, Gosnell JE, Suh I, Shen WT, Duh QY, Finlayson E

JAMA Surg 2018 Feb doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.4007

Postacute Care after Pediatric Hospitalizations for a Primary Mental Health Condition.

By: Gay JC, Zima BT, Coker TR, Doupnik SK, Hall M, Rodean J, O'Neill M, Morse R, Rehm KP, Berry JG, Bardach NS

J Pediatr 2018 Feb doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.09.058

Cost-effectiveness analysis of metformin+dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors compared to metformin+sulfonylureas for treatment of type 2 diabetes.

Kwon CS, Seoane-Vazquez E, Rodriguez-Monguio R

BMC Health Serv Res 2018 Feb doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-2860-0

Homing in on the Social: System-Level Influences on Overly Aggressive Treatments at the End of Life.

Dzeng E, Dohan D, Curtis JR, Smith TJ, Colaianni A, Ritchie CS

J Pain Symptom Manage 2018 Feb doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.08.019

The impact of smoking on disease measures in rheumatoid arthritis: the need for appropriate adjustment of time-varying confounding.

Gianfrancesco MA, Yazdany J, Schmajuk G

Rheumatol Int 2018 Feb doi: 10.1007/s00296-017-3902-3

Hospital Standards to Promote Optimal Surgical Care of the Older Adult: A Report From the Coalition for Quality in Geriatric Surgery.

Berian JR, Rosenthal RA, Baker TL, Coleman J, Finlayson E, Katlic MR, Lagoo-Deenadayalan SA, Tang VL, Robinson TN, Ko CY, Russell MM

Ann Surg 2018 Feb doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002185