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

Optimal surgical care for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: an international consensus.

de Kleuver M, Lewis SJ, Germscheid NM, Kamper SJ, Alanay A, Berven SH, Cheung KM, Ito M, Lenke LG, Polly DW, Qiu Y, van Tulder M, Shaffrey C

Eur Spine J 2014 Dec doi: 10.1007/s00586-014-3356-1

Stereotactic radiosurgery to the resection bed for intracranial metastases and risk of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.

Ojerholm E, Lee JY, Thawani JP, Miller D, O'Rourke DM, Dorsey JF, Geiger GA, Nagda S, Kolker JD, Lustig RA, Alonso-Basanta M

J Neurosurg 2014 Dec doi: 10.3171/2014.6.GKS14708

San Francisco children living in redeveloped public housing used acute services less than children in older public housing.

Kersten EE, LeWinn KZ, Gottlieb L, Jutte DP, Adler NE

Health Aff (Millwood) 2014 Dec doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1021

Soda and cell aging: associations between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and leukocyte telomere length in healthy adults from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.

Leung CW, Laraia BA, Needham BL, Rehkopf DH, Adler NE, Lin J, Blackburn EH, Epel ES

Am J Public Health 2014 Dec doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302151

Fishing for Food? Analyzing links between fishing livelihoods and food security around Lake Victoria, Kenya.

Fiorella KJ, Hickey MD, Salmen CR, Nagata JM, Mattah B, Magerenge R, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Brashares JS, Fernald LH

Food Secur 2014 Dec doi: 10.1007/s12571-014-0393-x

Association of sickle cell trait with chronic kidney disease and albuminuria in African Americans.

Naik RP, Derebail VK, Grams ME, Franceschini N, Auer PL, Peloso GM, Young BA, Lettre G, Peralta CA, Katz R, Hyacinth HI, Quarells RC, Grove ML, Bick AG, Fontanillas P, Rich SS, Smith JD, Boerwinkle E, Rosamond WD, Ito K, Lanzkron S, Coresh J, Correa A, Sarto GE, Key NS, Jacobs DR, Kathiresan S, Bibbins-Domingo K, Kshirsagar AV, Wilson JG, Reiner AP

JAMA 2014 Nov doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.15063

The design of a low literacy decision aid about rheumatoid arthritis medications developed in three languages for use during the clinical encounter.

Barton JL, Koenig CJ, Evans-Young G, Trupin L, Anderson J, Ragouzeos D, Breslin M, Morse T, Schillinger D, Montori VM, Yelin EH

BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2014 Nov doi: 10.1186/s12911-014-0104-8

Spatial diversity of bacterioplankton communities in surface water of northern South China Sea.

Li J, Li N, Li F, Zou T, Yu S, Wang Y, Qin S, Wang G

PLoS One 2014 Nov doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113014

The Impact of HIT on Cost and Quality in Patient-Centered Medical Home Practices.

By: Adler-Milstein J, Cohen GR, Markovitz A, Paustian M

AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2014 Nov

Billing and insurance-related administrative costs in United States' health care: synthesis of micro-costing evidence.

Jiwani A, Himmelstein D, Woolhandler S, Kahn JG

BMC Health Serv Res 2014 Nov doi: 10.1186/s12913-014-0556-7