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

Performance Measurement and Target-Setting in California's Safety Net Health Systems.

Hemmat S, Schillinger D, Lyles C, Ackerman S, Gourley G, Vittinghoff E, Handley M, Sarkar U

Am J Med Qual 2018 Mar doi: 10.1177/1062860617708393

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hydroxylated PBDE metabolites (OH-PBDEs) in maternal and fetal tissues, and associations with fetal cytochrome P450 gene expression.

Zota AR, Mitro SD, Robinson JF, Hamilton EG, Park JS, Parry E, Zoeller RT, Woodruff TJ

Environ Int 2018 Mar doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.12.030

Trends for Reported Discrimination in Health Care in a National Sample of Older Adults with Chronic Conditions.

Nguyen TT, Vable AM, Glymour MM, Nuru-Jeter A

J Gen Intern Med 2018 Mar doi: 10.1007/s11606-017-4209-5

Absence of cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in tuberculous meningitis is a common occurrence in HIV co-infection and a predictor of poor outcomes.

Cresswell FV, Bangdiwala AS, Meya DB, Bahr NC, Vidal JE, Török ME, Thao LTP, Thwaites GE, Boulware DR

Int J Infect Dis 2018 Mar doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.01.014

Factors Associated With Variation in Long-term Acute Care Hospital vs Skilled Nursing Facility Use Among Hospitalized Older Adults.

Makam AN, Nguyen OK, Xuan L, Miller ME, Goodwin JS, Halm EA

JAMA Intern Med 2018 Mar doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.8467

A randomised double blind placebo controlled phase 2 trial of adjunctive aspirin for tuberculous meningitis in HIV-uninfected adults.

Mai NT, Dobbs N, Phu NH, Colas RA, Thao LT, Thuong NT, Nghia HD, Hanh NH, Hang NT, Heemskerk AD, Day JN, Ly L, Thu DD, Merson L, Kestelyn E, Wolbers M, Geskus R, Summers D, Chau NV, Dalli J, Thwaites GE

Elife 2018 Feb doi: 10.7554/eLife.33478

Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force.

Henderson JT, Webber EM, Sawaya GF

JAMA 2018 Feb doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.21421

Paid Family and Childbearing Leave Policies at Top US Medical Schools.

Riano NS, Linos E, Accurso EC, Sung D, Linos E, Simard JF, Mangurian C

JAMA 2018 Feb doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.19519

Disparities in availability of essential medicines to treat non-communicable diseases in Uganda: A Poisson analysis using the Service Availability and Readiness Assessment.

Armstrong-Hough M, Kishore SP, Byakika S, Mutungi G, Nunez-Smith M, Schwartz JI

PLoS One 2018 Feb doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192332

Cost-effectiveness of liraglutide versus lixisenatide as add-on therapies to basal insulin in type 2 diabetes.

Ericsson Å, Glah D, Lorenzi M, Jansen JP, Fridhammar A

PLoS One 2018 Feb doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191953