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

Improving Food Security in the Context of a Stagnating Federal Minimum Wage.

Rohatgi KW, Seligman HK, Habib AR

J Gen Intern Med 2026 Mar doi: 10.1007/s11606-026-10285-x

US Overdose Mortality Saw First Drop Below the Jalal-Burke Exponential Growth Curve in 2024.

Friedman JR, Palamar JJ, Ciccarone D, Gaines TL, Borquez A, Shover CL, Strathdee SA

medRxiv 2026 Mar doi: 10.1101/2025.10.24.25338732

HIV heart inflammation is mediated by HIV infected myeloid cells, HIV-tat secretion, and aberrant function of Connexin43-containing channels.

Ajasin D, Arredondo-Anez S, Gutierrez JA, Ward MC, Maass K, Eugenin E

Sci Rep 2026 Mar doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-43625-2

Alleviating Costs for Critical Eye Specialty Services (ACCESS): a prospective cohort analysis of a cost-coverage program at a public safety-net hospital.

Morton RA, Pak IJ, Tang AS, Chesky D, Kanzaria HK, Yung M, Kim TN

Lancet Reg Health Am 2026 Mar doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2026.101450

Estimating the Hawthorne Effect in Real-World Blood Pressure Control Trials: An Analysis of the BP Home Trial.

Rosen M, Fontil V, Faulkner Modrow M, Smith SM, Carton TW, Chamberlain AM, O'Brien EC, Park S, Orozco J, Cooper DeHoff RM, Wozniak G, Rakotz M, McCulloch CE, Pletcher MJ

J Gen Intern Med 2026 Mar doi: 10.1007/s11606-026-10249-1

Advanced Prompting Techniques Informed by Clinical Expertise Improve the Accuracy of LLM Data Extraction but Increase Non-Determinism.

Wang Y, Cisneros AA, Stewart C, Malekhedayat M, Luong J, Smith-Bindman R, Mongan J

J Imaging Inform Med 2026 Mar doi: 10.1007/s10278-026-01882-7

Sleep Duration by Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Status: A JACC Data Report on Trends in the United States, 2020-2024.

Arun AS, Shah RM, Lu Y, Dhruva SS, Krumholz HM

J Am Coll Cardiol 2026 Mar doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2025.12.043

Health Care Utilization by Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Status: A JACC Data Report on Trends in the United States, 2019-2024.

Arun AS, Shah RM, Lu Y, Dhruva SS, Krumholz HM

J Am Coll Cardiol 2026 Mar doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2025.12.050

Declining use of percutaneous coronary intervention across population groups, 2011-2022.

Shteyler VM, Tabas J, Holtzman JN, Shen YC, Hsia RY

Health Aff Sch 2026 Mar doi: 10.1093/haschl/qxag039

Exercise by Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Status: A JACC Data Report on Trends in the United States, 2020-2024.

Arun AS, Shah RM, Lu Y, Dhruva SS, Wadhera RK, Krumholz HM

J Am Coll Cardiol 2026 Mar doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2025.12.044