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

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

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

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

The cost-effectiveness of alternative vaccination strategies for polyvalent meningococcal vaccines in Burkina Faso: A transmission dynamic modeling study.

Yaesoubi R, Trotter C, Colijn C, Yaesoubi M, Colombini A, Resch S, Kristiansen PA, LaForce FM, Cohen T

PLoS Med 2018 Jan doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002495

Hepatitis A Outbreak in California - Addressing the Root Cause.

Kushel M

N Engl J Med 2018 Jan doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1714134

"I Feel Trapped": The Tension Between Personal and Structural Factors of Social Isolation and the Desire for Social Integration Among Older Residents of a High-Crime Neighborhood.

Portacolone E, Perissinotto C, Yeh JC, Greysen SR

Gerontologist 2018 Jan doi: 10.1093/geront/gnw268

Gender specific association of parathyroid hormone and vitamin D with metabolic syndrome in population with preserved renal function.

Kim MH, Lee J, Ha J, Jo K, Lim DJ, Lee JM, Chang SA, Kang MI, Cha BY

Sci Rep 2018 Jan doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17397-9

Structural Factors of Elders' Isolation in a High-Crime Neighborhood: An In-Depth Perspective.

Portacolone E

Public Policy Aging Rep 2018 Jan doi: 10.1093/ppar/prx025