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

Utilization of cardiac monitoring tests in women with nonmetastatic breast cancer treated with trastuzumab.

Shin J, Liang SY, Hassett MJ, Phillips KA, Haas JS

Per Med 2013 Sep doi: 10.2217/pme.13.68

Measuring hospital quality using pediatric readmission and revisit rates.

Bardach NS, Vittinghoff E, Asteria-Peñaloza R, Edwards JD, Yazdany J, Lee HC, Boscardin WJ, Cabana MD, Dudley RA

Pediatrics 2013 Sep doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-3527

Advancing age and 30-day adverse outcomes after nonemergent general surgeries.

Gajdos C, Kile D, Hawn MT, Finlayson E, Henderson WG, Robinson TN

J Am Geriatr Soc 2013 Sep doi: 10.1111/jgs.12401

Patient choice in the selection of hospitals by 9-1-1 emergency medical services providers in trauma systems.

Newgard CD, Mann NC, Hsia RY, Bulger EM, Ma OJ, Staudenmayer K, Haukoos JS, Sahni R, Kuppermann N, Western Emergency Services Translational Research Network (WESTRN) Investigators.

Acad Emerg Med 2013 Sep doi: 10.1111/acem.12213

Resident involvement is associated with worse outcomes after major lower extremity amputation.

Iannuzzi JC, Chandra A, Rickles AS, Kumar NG, Kelly KN, Gillespie DL, Monson JR, Fleming FJ

J Vasc Surg 2013 Sep doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.04.046

A research agenda for adolescent-centered primary care in the United States.

Fox HB, McManus MA, Irwin CE Jr, Kelleher KJ, Peake K

J Adolesc Health 2013 Sep doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.06.025

The cost of overtriage: more than one-third of low-risk injured patients were taken to major trauma centers.

Newgard CD, Staudenmayer K, Hsia RY, Mann NC, Bulger EM, Holmes JF, Fleischman R, Gorman K, Haukoos J, McConnell KJ

Health Aff (Millwood) 2013 Sep doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1142

Health literacy and antidepressant medication adherence among adults with diabetes: the diabetes study of Northern California (DISTANCE).

Bauer AM, Schillinger D, Parker MM, Katon W, Adler N, Adams AS, Moffet HH, Karter AJ

J Gen Intern Med 2013 Sep doi: 10.1007/s11606-013-2402-8

Instruments for assessing risk of bias and other methodological criteria of published animal studies: a systematic review.

Krauth D, Woodruff TJ, Bero L

Environ Health Perspect 2013 Sep doi: 10.1289/ehp.1206389

Oral health literacy: awareness and practices among pediatric dentists.

Stowers ME, Lee JY, Majewski RF, Estrella MR, Taylor GW, Boynton JR

Pediatr Dent 2013 Sep