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

The cost of overtriage: more than one-third of low-risk injured patients were taken to major trauma centers.

Newgard CD, Staudenmayer K, Hsia RY, Mann NC, Bulger EM, Holmes JF, Fleischman R, Gorman K, Haukoos J, McConnell KJ

Health Aff (Millwood) 2013 Sep doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1142

Low literacy is associated with increased risk of hospitalization and death among individuals with heart failure.

Wu JR, Holmes GM, DeWalt DA, Macabasco-O'Connell A, Bibbins-Domingo K, Ruo B, Baker DW, Schillinger D, Weinberger M, Broucksou KA, Erman B, Jones CD, Cene CW, Pignone M

J Gen Intern Med 2013 Sep doi: 10.1007/s11606-013-2394-4

Instruments for assessing risk of bias and other methodological criteria of published animal studies: a systematic review.

Krauth D, Woodruff TJ, Bero L

Environ Health Perspect 2013 Sep doi: 10.1289/ehp.1206389

Oral health literacy: awareness and practices among pediatric dentists.

Stowers ME, Lee JY, Majewski RF, Estrella MR, Taylor GW, Boynton JR

Pediatr Dent 2013 Sep

Were the mental health benefits of a housing mobility intervention larger for adolescents in higher socioeconomic status families?

Nguyen QC, Schmidt NM, Glymour MM, Rehkopf DH, Osypuk TL

Health Place 2013 Sep doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.05.002

Re: Journal of the American Board Of Family Medicine issue on communities of solution.

Burns A, Gottlieb LM

J Am Board Fam Med 2013 Sep doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.05.130171

Focusing on value: this time is different.

Auerbach AD, Wachter RM

J Hosp Med 2013 Sep doi: 10.1002/jhm.2075

Pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of flooring to reduce injuries from falls in wards for older people.

Drahota AK, Ward D, Udell JE, Soilemezi D, Ogollah R, Higgins B, Dean TP, Severs M

Age Ageing 2013 Sep doi: 10.1093/ageing/aft067

Acute changes in blood pressure in patients with neuroblastoma treated with ¹³¹I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG).

Wong T, Matthay KK, Boscardin WJ, Hawkins RA, Brakeman PR, DuBois SG

Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013 Sep doi: 10.1002/pbc.24551

Work-related violence and inconsistent condom use with non-paying partners among female sex workers in Adama City, Ethiopia.

Mooney A, Kidanu A, Bradley HM, Kumoji EK, Kennedy CE, Kerrigan D

BMC Public Health 2013 Aug doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-771