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

Assessing the impact of nurse post-discharge telephone calls on 30-day hospital readmission rates.

Harrison JD, Auerbach AD, Quinn K, Kynoch E, Mourad M

J Gen Intern Med 2014 Nov doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-2954-2

Surgery is cost-effective treatment for young patients with vestibular schwannomas: decision tree modeling of surgery, radiation, and observation.

Zygourakis CC, Oh T, Sun MZ, Barani I, Kahn JG, Parsa AT

Neurosurg Focus 2014 Nov doi: 10.3171/2014.8.FOCUS14435

Radiofrequency ablation to treat loco-regional recurrence of well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma.

Lee SJ, Jung SL, Kim BS, Ahn KJ, Choi HS, Lim DJ, Kim MH, Bae JS, Kim MS, Jung CK, Chong SM

Korean J Radiol 2014 Nov doi: 10.3348/kjr.2014.15.6.817

Statin medications are associated with a lower probability of having an abnormal screening prostate-specific antigen result.

Shi Y, Fung KZ, Freedland SJ, Hoffman RM, Tang VL, Walter LC

Urology 2014 Nov doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.06.069

The equal right to drink.

Schmidt LA

Drug Alcohol Rev 2014 Nov doi: 10.1111/dar.12215

A large-scale quantitative analysis of latent factors and sentiment in online doctor reviews.

Wallace BC, Paul MJ, Sarkar U, Trikalinos TA, Dredze M

J Am Med Inform Assoc 2014 Nov doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002711

Association between women veterans' experiences with VA outpatient health care and designation as a women's health provider in primary care clinics.

Bastian LA, Trentalange M, Murphy TE, Brandt C, Bean-Mayberry B, Maisel NC, Wright SM, Gaetano VS, Allore H, Skanderson M, Reyes-Harvey E, Yano EM, Rose D, Haskell S

Womens Health Issues 2014 Nov doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2014.07.005

Functional disability in late-middle-aged and older adults admitted to a safety-net hospital.

Brown RT, Pierluissi E, Guzman D, Kessell ER, Goldman LE, Sarkar U, Schneidermann M, Critchfield JM, Kushel MB

J Am Geriatr Soc 2014 Nov doi: 10.1111/jgs.13103

Body composition and mortality after adult lung transplantation in the United States.

Singer JP, Peterson ER, Snyder ME, Katz PP, Golden JA, D'Ovidio F, Bacchetta M, Sonett JR, Kukreja J, Shah L, Robbins H, Van Horn K, Shah RJ, Diamond JM, Wickersham N, Sun L, Hays S, Arcasoy SM, Palmer SM, Ware LB, Christie JD, Lederer DJ

Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2014 Nov doi: 10.1164/rccm.201405-0973OC

Innovation and transformation in California's safety net health care settings: an inside perspective.

Lyles CR, Aulakh V, Jameson W, Schillinger D, Yee H, Sarkar U

Am J Med Qual 2014 Nov doi: 10.1177/1062860613507474