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

Comparative efficacy of biologics as monotherapy and in combination with methotrexate on patient reported outcomes (PROs) in rheumatoid arthritis patients with an inadequate response to conventional DMARDs--a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Jansen JP, Buckley F, Dejonckheere F, Ogale S

Health Qual Life Outcomes 2014 Jul doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-12-102

The underuse of carotid interventions in veterans with symptomatic carotid stenosis.

Keyhani S, Cheng E, Ofner S, Williams L, Bravata D

Am J Manag Care 2014 Jul

Infectious complication of Blunt head injury.

Kanzaria HK, Detz A

Emerg Med J 2014 Jul doi: 10.1136/emermed-2013-203158

Do generous unemployment benefit programs reduce suicide rates? A state fixed-effect analysis covering 1968-2008.

Cylus J, Glymour MM, Avendano M

Am J Epidemiol 2014 Jul doi: 10.1093/aje/kwu106

Distinguishing screening from diagnostic mammograms using Medicare claims data.

Fenton JJ, Zhu W, Balch S, Smith-Bindman R, Fishman P, Hubbard RA

Med Care 2014 Jul doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318269e0f5

Effect of telomere length on survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: an observational cohort study with independent validation.

Stuart BD, Lee JS, Kozlitina J, Noth I, Devine MS, Glazer CS, Torres F, Kaza V, Girod CE, Jones KD, Elicker BM, Ma SF, Vij R, Collard HR, Wolters PJ, Garcia CK

Lancet Respir Med 2014 Jul doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(14)70124-9

No evidence found that hospitals are using new electronic health records to increase Medicare reimbursements.

By: Adler-Milstein J, Jha AK

Health Aff (Millwood) 2014 Jul doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0023

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in US Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older: incidence, prevalence, and survival, 2001-11.

Raghu G, Chen SY, Yeh WS, Maroni B, Li Q, Lee YC, Collard HR

Lancet Respir Med 2014 Jul doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(14)70101-8

Sociodemographic, disease, health system, and contextual factors affecting the initiation of biologic agents in rheumatoid arthritis: a longitudinal study.

Yelin E, Tonner C, Kim SC, Katz JN, Ayanian JZ, Brookhart MA, Solomon DH

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2014 Jul doi: 10.1002/acr.22244

Modeling scenarios for the end of AIDS.

Lima VD, Thirumurthy H, Kahn JG, Saavedra J, Cárceres CF, Whiteside A

Clin Infect Dis 2014 Jul doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu339