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

The first 500: initial experience with widespread use of low-dose ketamine for acute pain management in the ED.

Ahern TL, Herring AA, Anderson ES, Madia VA, Fahimi J, Frazee BW

Am J Emerg Med 2015 Feb doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.11.010

Cost-effectiveness of hypertension therapy according to 2014 guidelines.

Moran AE, Odden MC, Thanataveerat A, Tzong KY, Rasmussen PW, Guzman D, Williams L, Bibbins-Domingo K, Coxson PG, Goldman L

N Engl J Med 2015 Jan doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa1406751

Cost-effectiveness of the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment (NASG): evidence from a cluster randomized controlled trial in Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Downing J, El Ayadi A, Miller S, Butrick E, Mkumba G, Magwali T, Kaseba-Sata C, Kahn JG

BMC Health Serv Res 2015 Jan doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-0694-6

Optimizing perioperative Crohn's disease management: role of coordinated medical and surgical care.

Bennett JL, Ha CY, Efron JE, Gearhart SL, Lazarev MG, Wick EC

World J Gastroenterol 2015 Jan doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i4.1182

Classification accuracy of claims-based methods for identifying providers failing to meet performance targets.

Hubbard RA, Benjamin-Johnson R, Onega T, Smith-Bindman R, Zhu W, Fenton JJ

Stat Med 2015 Jan doi: 10.1002/sim.6318

Accuracy of visual inspection with acetic acid to detect cervical cancer precursors among HIV-infected women in Kenya.

Huchko MJ, Sneden J, Sawaya G, Smith-McCune K, Maloba M, Abdulrahim N, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR

Int J Cancer 2015 Jan doi: 10.1002/ijc.28996

The Bacteroides fragilis toxin gene is prevalent in the colon mucosa of colorectal cancer patients.

Boleij A, Hechenbleikner EM, Goodwin AC, Badani R, Stein EM, Lazarev MG, Ellis B, Carroll KC, Albesiano E, Wick EC, Platz EA, Pardoll DM, Sears CL

Clin Infect Dis 2015 Jan doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu787

Resting heart rate and risk of incident heart failure: three prospective cohort studies and a systematic meta-analysis.

Khan H, Kunutsor S, Kalogeropoulos AP, Georgiopoulou VV, Newman AB, Harris TB, Bibbins-Domingo K, Kauhanen J, Gheorghiade M, Fonarow GC, Kritchevsky SB, Laukkanen JA, Butler J

J Am Heart Assoc 2015 Jan doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001364

CRB2 mutations produce a phenotype resembling congenital nephrosis, Finnish type, with cerebral ventriculomegaly and raised alpha-fetoprotein.

Slavotinek A, Kaylor J, Pierce H, Cahr M, DeWard SJ, Schneidman-Duhovny D, Alsadah A, Salem F, Schmajuk G, Mehta L

Am J Hum Genet 2015 Jan doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.11.013

Are men at greater risk of lean mass deficits in rheumatoid arthritis?

Baker JF, Long J, Ibrahim S, Leonard MB, Katz P

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2015 Jan doi: 10.1002/acr.22396