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

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

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

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

Genetic ancestry influences asthma susceptibility and lung function among Latinos.

Pino-Yanes M, Thakur N, Gignoux CR, Galanter JM, Roth LA, Eng C, Nishimura KK, Oh SS, Vora H, Huntsman S, Nguyen EA, Hu D, Drake KA, Conti DV, Moreno-Estrada A, Sandoval K, Winkler CA, Borrell LN, Lurmann F, Islam TS, Davis A, Farber HJ, Meade K, Avila PC, Serebrisky D, Bibbins-Domingo K, Lenoir MA, Ford JG, Brigino-Buenaventura E, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Thyne SM, Sen S, Rodriguez-Santana JR, Bustamante CD, Williams LK, Gilliland FD, Gauderman WJ, Kumar R, Torgerson DG, Burchard EG

J Allergy Clin Immunol 2015 Jan doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.07.053

A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.

By: Cabana MD, Bardach NS

J Pediatr 2015 Jan doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.09.021

Evaluating the generalizability of a large streamlined cardiovascular trial: comparing hospitals and patients in the dual antiplatelet therapy study versus the National Cardiovascular Data Registry.

Yeh RW, Czarny MJ, Normand SL, Kereiakes DJ, Holmes DR Jr, Brindis RG, Weaver WD, Rumsfeld JS, Roe MT, Kim S, Driscoll-Shempp P, Mauri L

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2015 Jan doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.001239

Preventing Loss of Independence through Exercise (PLIÉ): qualitative analysis of a clinical trial in older adults with dementia.

Wu E, Barnes DE, Ackerman SL, Lee J, Chesney M, Mehling WE

Aging Ment Health 2015 Jan doi: 10.1080/13607863.2014.935290

Implementation of surgical quality improvement: auditing tool for surgical site infection prevention practices.

Hechenbleikner EM, Hobson DB, Bennett JL, Wick EC

Dis Colon Rectum 2015 Jan doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000259