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

Medical center characteristics associated with PSA screening in elderly veterans with limited life expectancy.

So C, Kirby KA, Mehta K, Hoffman RM, Powell AA, Freedland SJ, Sirovich B, Yano EM, Walter LC

J Gen Intern Med 2012 Jun doi: 10.1007/s11606-011-1945-9

Postabortion contraception: qualitative interviews on counseling and provision of long-acting reversible contraceptive methods.

Morse J, Freedman L, Speidel JJ, Thompson KM, Stratton L, Harper CC

Perspect Sex Reprod Health 2012 Jun doi: 10.1363/4410012

Health-related quality of life in adolescents with or at risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Rhodes ET, Goran MI, Lieu TA, Lustig RH, Prosser LA, Songer TJ, Weigensberg MJ, Weinstock RS, Gonzalez T, Rawluk K, Zoghbi RM, Ludwig DS, Laffel LM

J Pediatr 2012 Jun doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.11.026

Half of older Americans seen in emergency department in last month of life; most admitted to hospital, and many die there.

Smith AK, McCarthy E, Weber E, Cenzer IS, Boscardin J, Fisher J, Covinsky K

Health Aff (Millwood) 2012 Jun doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0922

Patient turnover and the relationship between nurse staffing and patient outcomes.

Park SH, Blegen MA, Spetz J, Chapman SA, De Groot H

Res Nurs Health 2012 Jun doi: 10.1002/nur.21474

Self-reported comorbid pains in severe headaches or migraines in a US national sample.

Plesh O, Adams SH, Gansky SA

Headache 2012 Jun doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2012.02155.x

Challenges and opportunities in research on early-life events/exposures and cancer development later in life.

Mahabir S, Aagaard K, Anderson LM, Herceg Z, Hiatt RA, Hoover RN, Linet MS, Medina D, Potischman N, Tretli S, Trichopoulos D, Troisi R

Cancer Causes Control 2012 Jun doi: 10.1007/s10552-012-9962-5

Health care as a “market good”? Appendicitis as a case study.

Hsia RY, Kothari AH, Srebotnjak T, Maselli J

Arch Intern Med 2012 May doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1173

Analgesia effect of a fixed nitrous oxide/oxygen mixture on burn dressing pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Yuxiang L, Lu T, Jianqiang Y, Xiuying D, Wanfang Z, Wannian Z, Xiaoyan H, Shichu X, Wen N, Xiuqiang M, Yinsheng W, Ming Y, Guoxia M, Guangyi W, Wenjun H, Zhaofan X, Hongtai T, Jijun Z

Trials 2012 May doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-67

Temporal trends in and factors associated with bleeding complications among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data CathPCI Registry.

Subherwal S, Peterson ED, Dai D, Thomas L, Messenger JC, Xian Y, Brindis RG, Feldman DN, Senter S, Klein LW, Marso SP, Roe MT, Rao SV

J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 May doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.12.045