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

Nurses' Communication of Safety Events to Nursing Home Residents and Families.

Wagner LM, Driscoll L, Darlington JL, Flores V, Kim J, Melino K, Patel HD, Spetz J

J Gerontol Nurs 2018 Feb doi: 10.3928/00989134-20171002-01

Failure to initiate HIV treatment in patients with high CD4 counts: evidence from demographic surveillance in rural South Africa.

Bor J, Chiu C, Ahmed S, Katz I, Fox MP, Rosen S, Yapa M, Tanser F, Pillay D, Bärnighausen T

Trop Med Int Health 2018 Feb doi: 10.1111/tmi.13013

Proton therapy for pediatric head and neck malignancies.

Vogel J, Both S, Kirk M, Chao HH, Bagatell R, Li Y, Womer R, Balamuth N, Reilly A, Kurtz G, Lustig R, Tochner Z, Hill-Kayser C

Pediatr Blood Cancer 2018 Feb doi: 10.1002/pbc.26858

Correction to: Hydroxychloroquine dosing in immune-mediated diseases: implications for patient safety.

Gianfrancesco MA, Schmajuk G, Haserodt S, Trupin L, Izadi Z, Jafri K, Shiboski S, Sirota M, Dudley RA, Yazdany J

Rheumatol Int 2018 Feb doi: 10.1007/s00296-017-3918-8

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

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

Older African American Homeless-Experienced Smokers' Attitudes Toward Tobacco Control Policies-Results from the HOPE HOME Study.

Vijayaraghavan M, Olsen P, Weeks J, McKelvey K, Ponath C, Kushel M

Am J Health Promot 2018 Feb doi: 10.1177/0890117117729928

Are trends in billing for high-intensity emergency care explained by changes in services provided in the emergency department? An observational study among US Medicare beneficiaries.

Burke LG, Wild RC, Orav EJ, Hsia RY

BMJ Open 2018 Jan doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019357

The impact of a private sector living wage intervention on consumption and cardiovascular disease risk factors in a middle income country.

Rehkopf DH, Burmaster K, Landefeld JC, Adler-Milstein S, Flynn EP, Acevedo MC, Jones-Smith JC, Adler N, Fernald LCH

BMC Public Health 2018 Jan doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5052-2

APOEε4 and slow wave sleep in older adults.

Tranah GJ, Yaffe K, Nievergelt CM, Parimi N, Glymour MM, Ensrud KE, Cauley JA, Ancoli-Israel S, Mariani S, Redline S, Stone KL, Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study (MrOS) Research Group.

PLoS One 2018 Jan doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191281