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

A comprehensive Choosing Wisely quality improvement initiative reduces unnecessary transfusions in an Academic Department of Surgery.

Hicks CW, Liu J, Yang WW, DiBrito SR, Johnson DJ, Brito A, Higgins RSD, Frank SM, Wick EC

Am J Surg 2017 Oct doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.06.020

Cervical cancer screening in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) in four US-Affiliated Pacific Islands between 2007 and 2015.

Senkomago V, Royalty J, Miller JW, Buenconsejo-Lum LE, Benard VB, Saraiya M

Cancer Epidemiol 2017 Oct doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2017.04.011

Contribution of Socioeconomic Status at 3 Life-Course Periods to Late-Life Memory Function and Decline: Early and Late Predictors of Dementia Risk.

Marden JR, Tchetgen Tchetgen EJ, Kawachi I, Glymour MM

Am J Epidemiol 2017 Oct doi: 10.1093/aje/kwx155

National Academy of Medicine Social and Behavioral Measures: Associations With Self-Reported Health.

Prather AA, Gottlieb LM, Giuse NB, Koonce TY, Kusnoor SV, Stead WW, Adler NE

Am J Prev Med 2017 Oct doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.02.010

Simplification of the HOSPITAL score for predicting 30-day readmissions.

Aubert CE, Schnipper JL, Williams MV, Robinson EJ, Zimlichman E, Vasilevskis EE, Kripalani S, Metlay JP, Wallington T, Fletcher GS, Auerbach AD, Aujesky D, D Donzé J

BMJ Qual Saf 2017 Oct doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2016-006239

Optimizing an Enhanced Recovery Pathway Program: Development of a Postimplementation Audit Strategy.

Grant MC, Galante DJ, Hobson DB, Lavezza A, Friedman M, Wu CL, Wick EC

Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2017 Oct doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2017.02.011

Outcomes Associated With a Five-Point Surgical Site Infection Prevention Bundle in Women Undergoing Surgery for Ovarian Cancer.

Lippitt MH, Fairbairn MG, Matsuno R, Stone RL, Tanner EJ 3rd, Wick EC, Angarita AC, Roche KL, Levinson KL, Bergstrom JE, Sinno AK, Curless MS, Wethington S, Temkin SM, Efron J, Hobson D, Fader AN

Obstet Gynecol 2017 Oct doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002213

Safety of Medical Abortion Provided Through Telemedicine Compared With In Person.

Grossman D, Grindlay K

Obstet Gynecol 2017 Oct doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002212

The FDA Unapproved Drugs Initiative: An Observational Study of the Consequences for Drug Prices and Shortages in the United States.

Gupta R, Dhruva SS, Fox ER, Ross JS

J Manag Care Spec Pharm 2017 Oct doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2017.23.10.1066

Tobacco Industry Research on Nicotine Replacement Therapy: "If Anyone Is Going to Take Away Our Business It Should Be Us".

Apollonio D, Glantz SA

Am J Public Health 2017 Oct doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303935