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

D-dimer and the workup of pulmonary embolism: a teachable moment.

Wray CM

JAMA Intern Med 2015 Jan doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5861

A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of cardiac contractility modulation in patients with moderately reduced left ventricular ejection fraction and a narrow QRS duration: study rationale and design.

Abraham WT, Lindenfeld J, Reddy VY, Hasenfuss G, Kuck KH, Boscardin J, Gibbons R, Burkhoff D, FIX-HF-5C Investigators and Coordinators.

J Card Fail 2015 Jan doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.09.011

Prevalence of mental health disorders among justice-involved veterans.

Blodgett JC, Avoundjian T, Finlay AK, Rosenthal J, Asch SM, Maisel NC, Midboe AM

Epidemiol Rev 2015 Jan doi: 10.1093/epirev/mxu003

Muscle strength, muscle mass, and physical disability in women with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Andrews JS, Trupin L, Schmajuk G, Barton J, Margaretten M, Yazdany J, Yelin EH, Katz PP

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2015 Jan doi: 10.1002/acr.22399

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

Consumer familiarity, perspectives and expected value of personalized medicine with a focus on applications in oncology.

Garfeld S, Douglas MP, MacDonald KV, Marshall DA, Phillips KA

Per Med 2015 Jan doi: 10.2217/pme.14.74

Using Rapid Ethnography to Support the Design and Implementation of Health Information Technologies.

Ackerman S, Gleason N, Gonzales R

Stud Health Technol Inform 2015 Jan

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