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

A comprehensive Choosing Wisely quality improvement initiative reduces unnecessary transfusions in an Academic Department of Surgery.

Hicks CW, Liu J, Yang WW, DiBrito SR, Johnson DJ, Brito A, Higgins RSD, Frank SM, Wick EC

Am J Surg 2017 Oct doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.06.020

Cervical cancer screening in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) in four US-Affiliated Pacific Islands between 2007 and 2015.

Senkomago V, Royalty J, Miller JW, Buenconsejo-Lum LE, Benard VB, Saraiya M

Cancer Epidemiol 2017 Oct doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2017.04.011

Contribution of Socioeconomic Status at 3 Life-Course Periods to Late-Life Memory Function and Decline: Early and Late Predictors of Dementia Risk.

Marden JR, Tchetgen Tchetgen EJ, Kawachi I, Glymour MM

Am J Epidemiol 2017 Oct doi: 10.1093/aje/kwx155

Tobacco Industry Research on Nicotine Replacement Therapy: "If Anyone Is Going to Take Away Our Business It Should Be Us".

Apollonio D, Glantz SA

Am J Public Health 2017 Oct doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303935

Associations of Physician Empathy with Patient Anxiety and Ratings of Communication in Hospital Admission Encounters.

Weiss R, Vittinghoff E, Fang MC, Cimino JEW, Chasteen KA, Arnold RM, Auerbach AD, Anderson WG

J Hosp Med 2017 Oct doi: 10.12788/jhm.2828

Optimizing an Enhanced Recovery Pathway Program: Development of a Postimplementation Audit Strategy.

Grant MC, Galante DJ, Hobson DB, Lavezza A, Friedman M, Wu CL, Wick EC

Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2017 Oct doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2017.02.011

Outcomes Associated With a Five-Point Surgical Site Infection Prevention Bundle in Women Undergoing Surgery for Ovarian Cancer.

Lippitt MH, Fairbairn MG, Matsuno R, Stone RL, Tanner EJ 3rd, Wick EC, Angarita AC, Roche KL, Levinson KL, Bergstrom JE, Sinno AK, Curless MS, Wethington S, Temkin SM, Efron J, Hobson D, Fader AN

Obstet Gynecol 2017 Oct doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002213

Trends in Regionalization of Care for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Hsia RY, Sabbagh S, Sarkar N, Sporer K, Rokos IC, Brown JF, Brindis RG, Guo J, Shen YC

West J Emerg Med 2017 Oct doi: 10.5811/westjem.2017.8.34592

"The land of the sick and the land of the healthy": Disability, bureaucracy, and stigma among people living with poverty and chronic illness in the United States.

Whittle HJ, Palar K, Ranadive NA, Turan JM, Kushel M, Weiser SD

Soc Sci Med 2017 Oct doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.08.031

Information Mismatch: Cancer Risk Counseling with Diverse Underserved Patients.

Joseph G, Pasick RJ, Schillinger D, Luce J, Guerra C, Cheng JKY

J Genet Couns 2017 Oct doi: 10.1007/s10897-017-0089-4