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

Study design implications of death and hospitalization as end points in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Collard HR, Brown KK, Martinez FJ, Raghu G, Roberts RS, Anstrom KJ

Chest 2014 Nov doi: 10.1378/chest.14-0492

Measuring briefing and checklist compliance in surgery: a tool for quality improvement.

Johnston FM, Tergas AI, Bennett JL, Valero V 3rd, Morrissey CK, Fader AN, Hobson DB, Weaver SJ, Rosen MA, Wick EC

Am J Med Qual 2014 Nov doi: 10.1177/1062860613509402

Relationships between driving distance, rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis, and disease-modifying antirheumatic drug receipt.

Polinski JM, Brookhart MA, Ayanian JZ, Katz JN, Kim SC, Lii J, Tonner C, Yelin E, Solomon DH

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2014 Nov doi: 10.1002/acr.22333

Radiofrequency ablation to treat loco-regional recurrence of well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma.

Lee SJ, Jung SL, Kim BS, Ahn KJ, Choi HS, Lim DJ, Kim MH, Bae JS, Kim MS, Jung CK, Chong SM

Korean J Radiol 2014 Nov doi: 10.3348/kjr.2014.15.6.817

Assessing the impact of nurse post-discharge telephone calls on 30-day hospital readmission rates.

Harrison JD, Auerbach AD, Quinn K, Kynoch E, Mourad M

J Gen Intern Med 2014 Nov doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-2954-2

Surgery is cost-effective treatment for young patients with vestibular schwannomas: decision tree modeling of surgery, radiation, and observation.

Zygourakis CC, Oh T, Sun MZ, Barani I, Kahn JG, Parsa AT

Neurosurg Focus 2014 Nov doi: 10.3171/2014.8.FOCUS14435

Characterization of HPV and host genome interactions in primary head and neck cancers.

Parfenov M, Pedamallu CS, Gehlenborg N, Freeman SS, Danilova L, Bristow CA, Lee S, Hadjipanayis AG, Ivanova EV, Wilkerson MD, Protopopov A, Yang L, Seth S, Song X, Tang J, Ren X, Zhang J, Pantazi A, Santoso N, Xu AW, Mahadeshwar H, Wheeler DA, Haddad RI, Jung J, Ojesina AI, Issaeva N, Yarbrough WG, Hayes DN, Grandis JR, El-Naggar AK, Meyerson M, Park PJ, Chin L, Seidman JG, Hammerman PS, Kucherlapati R, Cancer Genome Atlas Network.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014 Oct doi: 10.1073/pnas.1416074111

[Qualitative and quantitative diagnostic performance of 320-slice computed tomography for detecting coronary artery disease with respect to atherosclerotic plaque characteristics].

Li S, Liu J, Peng L, Dong R, Wu H, Wang C, Ni Q, Luo Y, Zhu J, Chen L

Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2014 Oct

The health of homeless people in high-income countries: descriptive epidemiology, health consequences, and clinical and policy recommendations.

Fazel S, Geddes JR, Kushel M

Lancet 2014 Oct doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61132-6

How innovative are new drugs launched in the UK? A retrospective study of new drugs listed in the British National Formulary (BNF) 2001-2012.

Ward DJ, Slade A, Genus T, Martino OI, Stevens AJ

BMJ Open 2014 Oct doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006235