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| | Access and Disparities in Care | | King, R., Green, A., Tan-McGrory, A., Donahue, E., Kimbrough-Sugick, J., Betancourt, J. A plan for action: key perspectives from the racial/ethnic disparities strategy forum The Milbank Quarterly Jun 2008. | | | | Lidfeldt , J., Li, T., Hu, F., Manson, J., Kawachi, I. A prospective study of childhood and adult socioeconomic status and incidence of type 2 diabetes in women American Journal of Epidemiology Apr 2007. | | | | Neumann , P., Palmer, J., Daniels, N., Quigley, K., Gold, M., Chao, S.; Panel on Integrating Cost-Effectiveness Considerations into Health Policy Decisions A strategic plan for integrating cost-effectiveness analysis into the US healthcare system American Journal of Managed Care Apr 2008. | | | | Townsend, L., Flisher, A., King, G. A systematic review of the relationship between high school dropout and substance use Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review Dec 2007. | | | | Kang-Kim, M, Betancourt, J., Ayanian, J., Zaslavsky, A., Yucel, R., Weissman, J. Access to care and use of preventive services by Hispanics: State-based variations from 1991 to 2004 Medical Care May 2008. | | | | Osypuk, T., Acevedo-Garcia, D. Are racial disparities in preterm birth larger in hypersegregated areas? American Journal of Epidemiology Jun 2008. | | | | Bentley, R., Kavanagh, A., Subramanian, S., Turrell, G. Area disadvantage, individual socio-economic position, and premature cancer mortality in Australia 1998 to 2000: a multilevel analysis Cancer Causes Control Mar 2008. | | | | Lasser, K., Ayanian, J., Fletcher, R., Good, M. Barriers to colorectal cancer screening in community health centers: a qualitative study BMC Family Practice Feb 2008. | | | | Green, A., Peters-Lewis, A., Percac-Lima, S., Betancourt, J., Richter, J., Janairo, M., Gamba, G., Atlas, S. Barriers to Screening Colonoscopy for Low-income Latino and White Patients in an Urban Community Health Center Journal of General Internal Medicine Mar 2008. | | | | Berkman, L., Epstein, A. Beyond health care--socioeconomic status and health NEJM Jun 2008. | | | | McCarthy, E., Ngo, L., Chirikos, T., Roetzheim, R., Li, D., Drews, R., Iezzoni, L. Cancer stage at diagnosis and survival among persons with Social Security Disability Insurance on Medicare Health Service Research Apr 2007. | | | | Rosen, A., Cutler, D. Challenges in building disease-based national health accounts Medical Care Jul 2009. | | | | Scheffler, R., Brown, T., Syme, L., Kawachi, I., Tolstykh, I., Iribarren, C. Community-level social capital and recurrence of acute coronary syndrome Social Science and Medicine Jan 2008. | | | | Jha, A., Orav, E., Li, Z., Epstein, A. Concentration and quality of hospitals that care for elderly black patients Archives of Internal Medicine Jun 2007. | | | | Detrano, R., Guerci, A., Carr, J., Bild, D., Burke, G., Folsom, A., Liu, K., Shea, S., Szklo, M., Bluemke, D., O'Leary, D., Tracy, R., Watson, K., Wong, N., Kronmal, R. Coronary Calcium as a Predictor of Coronary Events in Four Racial or Ethnic Groups NEJM Mar 2008. | | | | Buchmueller, T., Glied, S., Royalty, A., Swartz, K. Cost and coverage implications of the McCain plan to restructure health insurance Health Affairs Sep 2008. | | | | Franko, D., Becker, A., Thomas, J., Herzog, D. Cross-ethnic differences in eating disorder symptoms and related distress The International Journal of Eating Disorders Mar 2007. | | | | Swartz, K., Ayanian, J., Soumerai, S., Epstein, A., Blumenthal, D., McNeil, B., Frank, R. Cures for Our Ailing System Newsweek Jan 2009. | | | | Green, A., Miller, E., Krupat, E., White, A., Taylor, W., Hirsh, D., Wilson, R., Betancourt, J. Designing and implementing a cultural competence OSCE: lessons learned from interviews with medical students Ethnic Disparities Spring 2007. | | | | Ayanian, J. Determinants of racial and ethnic disparities in surgical care World Journal of Surgery Apr 2008. | | | | McWilliams , J., Meara, E., Zaslavsky, A., Ayanian, J. Differences in control of cardiovascular disease and diabetes by race, ethnicity, and education: U.S. trends from 1999 to 2006 and effects of medicare coverage Annals of Internal Medicine Apr 2009. | | | | Stevenson, D., Huskamp, H., Grabowski, D., Keating, N. Differences in hospice care between home and institutional settings Journal of Palliative Medicine Oct 2007. | | | | Cook, N., Ayanian, J., Orav, E., Hicks, L. Differences in specialist consultations for cardiovascular disease by race, ethnicity, gender, insurance status, and site of primary care Circulation Apr 2009. | | | | Shields, A., Burke, W., Levy, D. Differential use of available genetic tests among primary care physicians in the United States: results of a national survey Genetics in Medicine May 2008. | | | | Ormel, J., Petukhova, M., Chatterji, S., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M., Bromet, E., Burger, H., Demyttenaere, K., de Girolamo, G., Haro, J., Hwang, I., Karam, E., Kawakami, N., Lépine, J., Medina-Mora, M., Posada-Villa, J., Sampson, N., Scott, K., Ustün, T., Von Korff, M., Williams, D., Zhang, M., Kessler, R. Disability and treatment of specific mental and physical disorders across the world The British Journal of Psychiatry May 2008. | | | | Williams, D., Mohammed, S. Discrimination and racial disparities in health: evidence and needed research Journal of Behavioral Medicine Nov 2008. | | | | Richman, L., Bennett, G., Pek, J., Siegler, I., Williams Jr., R. Discrimination, dispositions, and cardiovascular responses to stress Health Psychology Feb 2008. | | | | Hasnain-Wynia, R., Baker, D., Nerenz, D., Feinglass, J., Beal, A., Landrum, M., Behal, R., Weissman, J. Disparities in health care are driven by where minority patients seek care: examination of the hospital quality alliance measures Archives of Internal Medicine Jun 2007. | | | | Blendon, R., Buhr, T., Cassidy, E., Perez, D., Hunt, K., Fleischfresser, C., Benson, J., Hermann, M. Disparities in health: perspectives of a multi-ethnic, multi-racial America Health Affairs Sep-Oct 2007. | | | | Nelson, T., Gortmaker, S., Subramanian, S., Cheung, L, Wechsler, H. Disparities in overweight and obesity among US college students American Journal of Health Behavior Jul-Aug 2007. | | | | Blendon, R., Buhr, T., Cassidy, E., Pérez, D., Sussman, T., Benson, J., Herrmann, M. Disparities in physician care: experiences and perceptions of a multi-ethnic America Health Affairs Mar-Apr 2008. | | | | Jha, A., Bates, D., Jenter, C., Orav, E., Zheng, J., Simon, S. Do minority-serving physicians have comparable rates of use of electronic health records? AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings Oct 2007. | | | | Jha , A., Staiger, D., Lucas, F., Chandra, A. Do race-specific models explain disparities in treatments after acute myocardial infarction? American Heart Journal May 2007. | | | | Greenberg, C., Schneider, E., Lipsitz, S., Ko, C., Malin, J., Epstein, A., Weeks, J., Kahn, K. Do variations in provider discussions explain socioeconomic disparities in postmastectomy breast reconstruction? Journal of the American College of Surgeons Apr 2008. | | | | Balsa, A., Cao, Z., McGuire, T. Does managed health care reduce health care disparities between minorities and Whites? Journal of Health Economics Jan 2007. | | | | Krieger , N. Does racism harm health? Did child abuse exist before 1962? On explicit questions, critical science, and current controversies: an ecosocial perspective American Journal of Public Health Aug 2008. | | | | Gilman, S., Breslau, J., Conron, K., Koenen, K., Subramanian, S., Zaslavsky, A. Education and race-ethnicity differences in the lifetime risk of alcohol dependence Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Mar 2008. | | | | Jha, A., Bates, D., Jenter, C., Orav, E., Zheng, J., Cleary, P., Simon, S. Electronic health records: Use, barriers and satisfaction among physicians who care for black and Hispanic patients Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice Aug 2008. | | | | Miller, C., Gruskin, S., Subramanian, S., Heymann, J. Emerging health disparities in Botswana: examining the situation of orphans during the AIDS epidemic Social Science and Medicine Jun 2007. | | | | Rosenthal , M., Landon, B., Normand, S., Ahmad, T., Epstein, A. Engagement of health plans and employers in addressing racial and ethnic disparities in health care Medical Care Research and Review Dec 2008. | | | | Beckfield, J., Krieger, N. Epi + demos + cracy: Linking Political Systems and Priorities to the Magnitude of Health Inequities--Evidence, Gaps, and a Research Agenda Epidemiologic Reviews May 2009. | | | | Hicks, L., Tovar, D., Orav, E., Johnson, P. Experiences with hospital care: Perspectives of black and hispanic patients Journal of General Internal Medicine Apr 2008. | | | | Rudd, R. Health literacy skills of U.S. adults American Journal of Health Behavior Sep-Oct 2007. | | | | Iezzoni, L., Ngo, L. Health, disability, and life insurance experiences of working-age persons with multiple sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis, Sage Publications Jan 2007. | | | | Mills, P., Kessler, R., Cooper, J., Sullivan, S. Impact of a health promotion program on employee health risks and work productivity American Journal of Health Promotion Sep-Oct 2007. | | | | Green, A., Carney, D., Pallin, D., Ngo, L., Raymond, K., Iezzoni, L., Banaji, M. Implicit bias among physicians and its prediction of thrombolysis decisions for black and white patients Journal of General Internal Medicine Jun 2007. | | | | Subramanian, S., Kawachi, I., Smith, G. Income inequality and the double burden of under- and overnutrition in India Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Sep 2007. | | | | Ivers , L., Garfein, E., Augustin, J., Raymonville, M., Yang, A., Sugarbaker, D., Farmer, P. Increasing Access to Surgical Services for the Poor in Rural Haiti: Surgery as a Public Good for Public Health. World Journal of Surgery March 2008. | | | | Grossman, E., Keegan, T., Lessler, A., Ly, M., Huynh, L., O'Malley, A., Guadagnoli, E., Landon, B. Inside the health disparities collaboratives: A detailed exploration of quality improvement at community health centers Medical Care May 2008. | | | | Megerdichian, C., Rees, V., Wayne, G., Connolly, G. Internal tobacco industry research on olfactory and trigeminal nerve response to nicotine and other smoke components Nictotine and Tobacco Research Nov 2007. | | | | Wolin , K., Bennett, G. Interrelations of socioeconomic position and occupational and leisure-time physical activity in the national health and nutrition examination survey Journal of Physical Activity and Health Mar 2008. | | | | Acevedo-Garcia , D., Osypuk, T. Invited commentary: residential segregation and health--the complexity of modeling separate social contexts American Journal of Epidemiology Oct 2008. | | | | Volpp, K., Stone, R., Lave, J., Jha, A., Pauly, M., Klusaritz, H., Chen, H., Cen, L. Brucker, N., Polsky, D. Is thirty-day hospital mortality really lower for black veterans compared with white veterans? Health Services Research Aug 2007. | | | | Rolka, H., Burkom, H., Cooper, G., Kulldorff, M., Madigan, D., Wong, W. Issues in applied statistics for public health bioterrorism surveillance using multiple data streams: research needs Statistics in Medicine Apr 2007. | | | | Krakauer , E. Just palliative care: responding responsibly to the suffering of the poor Journal of Symptom and Pain Management Nov 2008. | | | | Glymour , M., Avendaño, M., Haas, S., Berkman, L. Lifecourse social conditions and racial disparities in incidence of first stroke Annals of Epidemiology Dec 2008. | | | | Wolin, K., Glynn, R., Colditz, G., Lee, I., Kawachi, I. Long-term physical activity patterns and health-related quality of life in U.S. women American Journal of Preventive Medicine Jun 2007. | | | | Acevedo-Garcia, D., Soobader, M., Berkman, L. Low birthweight among US Hispanic/Latino subgroups: the effect of maternal foreign-born status and education Social Science and Medicine Dec 2007. | | | | Haas, J., Earle, C., Orav, J., Brawarsky, P., Neville, B., Acevedo-Garcia, D., Williams, D. Lower use of hospice by cancer patients who live in minority versus white areas Journal of General Internal Medicine Mar 2007. | | | | Cook, B., McGuire, T., Zuvekas, S. Measuring trends in racial/ethnic health care disparities Medical Care Research and Review Sep 2008. | | | | Ohl , M., Landon, B., Cleary, P., Lemaster, J. Medical clinic characteristics and access to behavioral health services for persons with HIV Psychiatric Services Apr 2008. | | | | Miranda , J., McGuire, T., Williams, D., Wang, P. Mental health in the context of health disparities American Journal of Psychiatry Sep 2008. | | | | Chen, J., Coull, B., Waterman, P., Schwartz, J., Krieger, N. Methodologic implications of social inequalities for analyzing health disparities in large spatiotemporal data sets: An example using breast cancer incidence data (Northern and Southern California, 1988-2002) Statistics in Medicine Jun 2008. | | | | Edwards, C., Bennett, G., Wolin, K., Johnson, S., Fowler, S., Whitfield, K., Askew, S., MacKinnon, D., McDougald, C., Hubbard, R., Wellington, C., Feliu, M., Robinson, E. Misestimation of peer tobacco use: understanding disparities in tobacco use Journal of the National Medical Association Mar 2008. | | | | Williams, D., Costa, M., Odunlami, A., Mohammed, S. Moving upstream: how interventions that address the social determinants of health can improve health and reduce disparities Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Nov 2008. | | | | McGuire, T., Miranda, J. New evidence regarding racial and ethnic disparities in mental health: policy implications Health Affairs Mar-Apr 2008. | | | | Williams, D., Gonzalez, H., Williams, S., Mohammed, S., Moomal, H., Stein, D. Perceived discrimination, race and health in South Africa Social Science and Medicine May 2008. | | | | Grabowski , D., Stewart, K., Broderick, S., Coots, L. Predictors of nursing home hospitalization: a review of the literature Medical Care Research and Review Feb 2008 . | | | | Williams, D., González, H., Neighbors, H., Nesse, R., Abelson, J., Sweetman, J., Jackson, J. Prevalence and distribution of major depressive disorder in African Americans, Caribbean blacks, and non-Hispanic whites: results from the National Survey of American Life Archives of General Psychiatry Mar 2007. | | | | Sequist , T., Ayanian, J., Marshall, R., Fitzmaurice, G., Safran, D. Primary-care clinician perceptions of racial disparities in diabetes care Journal of General Internal Medicine Jan 2008. | | | | Clark, C., Hicks, L., Keogh, J., Epstein, A., Ayanian, J. Promoting access to renal transplantation: the role of social support networks in completing pre-transplant evaluations. Journal of General Internal Medicine May 2008. | | | | Mor, V., Zinn, J., Gozalo, P., Feng, Z., Intrator, O., Grabowski, D. Prospects for transferring nursing home residents to the community Health Affairs Nov-Dec 2007. | | | | Keohane, C., Bane, A., Featherstone, E., Hayes, J., Woolf, S., Hurley, A., Bates, D., Gandhi, T., Poon, EG. Quantifying nursing workflow in medication administration Journal of Nursing Administration Jan 2008. | | | | Waikar, S., Curhan, G., Ayanian, J., Chertow, G. Race and Mortality after Acute Renal Failure Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Sep 2007. | | | | Esnaola, N., Hall, B., Hosokawa, P., Ayanian, J., Henderson, W., Khuri, S., Zinner, M., Rogers, Jr., S. Race and surgical outcomes: it is not all black and white Annals of Surgery Oct 2008. | | | | Neighbors, H., Caldwell, C., Williams, D., Nesse, R., Taylor, R., Bullard, K., Torres, M., Jackson, J. Race, ethnicity, and the use of services for mental disorders: results from the National Survey of American Life Archives of General Psychiatry Apr 2007. | | | | Castellanos, L., Normand, S., Ayanian, J. Racial and ethnic disparities in access to higher and lower quality cardiac surgeons for coronary artery bypass grafting American Journal of Cardiology Jun 2009. | | | | Stockdale, S., Lagomasino, I., Siddique, J., McGuire, T., Miranda, J. Racial and ethnic disparities in detection and treatment of depression and anxiety among psychiatric and primary health care visits, 1995-2005 Medical Care Jul 2008. | | | | Cokkinides, V., Halpern, M., Barbeau, E., Ward, E., Thun, M. Racial and ethnic disparities in smoking-cessation interventions analysis of the 2005 national health interview survey American Journal of Preventation Medicine May 2008. | | | | Braun, L., Fausto-Sterling, A., Fullwiley, D., Hammonds, E., Nelson, A., Quivers, W., Reverby, S., Shields, A. Racial categories in medical practice: how useful are they? PLoS Medicine Sep 2007. | | | | Polite, B., Cirrincione, C., Fleming, G., Berry, D., Seidman, A., Muss, H., Norton, L., Shapiro, C., Bakri, K., Marcom, K., Lake, D., Schwartz, J., Hudis, C., Winer, E. Racial differences in clinical outcomes from metastatic breast cancer: a pooled analysis of CALGB 9342 and 9840--Cancer and Leukemia Group B Journal of Clinical Oncology Jun 2008. | | | | Trinacty, C., Adams, A., Soumerai, S., Zhang, F., Meigs, J., Piette, J., Ross-Degnan, D. Racial differences in long-term self-monitoring practice among newly drug-treated diabetes patients in an HMO Journal of General Internal Medicine Nov 2007. | | | | Drake, B., Lathan, C., Okechukwu, C., Bennett, G. Racial differences in prostate cancer screening by family history Annals of Epidemiology May 2008. | | | | Ahmed, A., Mohammed, S., Williams, D. Racial discrimination & health: pathways & evidence The Indian Journal of Medical Research Oct 2007. | | | | Swanson, J., Swartz, M., Van Dorn, R., Monahan, J., McGuire, T., Steadman, H., Robbins, P. Racial disparities in involuntary outpatient commitment: are they real? Health Affairs May-Jun 2009. | | | | Haas, J., Earle, C., Orav, J., Brawarsky, P., Keohane, M., Neville, B., Williams, D. Racial segregation and disparities in breast cancer care and mortality Cancer Sep 2008. | | | | Haas, J., Earle, C., Orav, J., Brawarsky, P., Neville, B., Williams, D. Racial segregation and disparities in cancer stage for seniors Journal of General Internal Medicine Mar 2008. | | | | Williams, D., Neighbors, H., Jackson, J. Racial/ethnic discrimination and health: findings from community studies American Journal of Public Health Aug 2008. | | | | Wu, A., Smith, L., Bokhour, B., Hohman, K., Lieu, T. Racial/Ethnic Variation in Parent Perceptions of Asthma Ambulatory Pediatrics Mar 2008. | | | | Smith, W., Betancourt, J., Wynia, M., Bussey-Jones, J., Stone, V., Phillips, C., Fernandez, A., Jacobs, E., Bowles, J. Recommendations for Teaching about Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Health Care Annals of Internal Medicine Nov 2007. | | | | Canino, G., Vila, D., Normand, S., Acosta-Pérez, E., Ramírez, R., García, P., Rand, C. Reducing asthma health disparities in poor Puerto Rican children: The effectiveness of a culturally tailored family intervention The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Nov 2007. | | | | Bennett, G., McNeill, L., Wolin, K., Duncan, D., Puleo, E., Emmons, K. Safe to walk? Neighborhood safety and physical activity among public housing residents PLoS Medicine Oct 2007. | | | | Borrell , L., Jacobs Jr, D., Williams, D., Pletcher, M., Houston, T., Kiefe, C. Self-reported racial discrimination and substance use in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Adults Study American Journal of Epidemiology Nov 2007. | | | | Polsky , D., Jha, A., Lave, J., Pauly, M., Cen, L., Klusaritz, H., Chen, Z., Volpp, K. Short- and Long-Term Mortality after an Acute Illness for Elderly Whites and Blacks Health Services Research Mar 2008. | | | | Quinn, M., Sembajwe, G., Stoddard, A., Kriebel, D., Krieger, N., Sorensen, G., Hartman, C., Naishadham, D., Barbeau, E. Social disparities in the burden of occupational exposures: results of a cross-sectional study American Journal of Industrial Medicine Dec 2007. | | | | Bruce, M., Beech, B., Sims, M., Brown, T., Wyatt, S., Taylor, H., Williams, D., Crook, E. Social environmental stressors, psychological factors, and kidney disease Journal of Investigative Medicine Feb 2009. | | | | Finkelstein, D., Kubzansky, L., Capitman J, Goodman E. Socioeconomic differences in adolescent stress: the role of psychological resources The Journal of Adolescent Health Feb 2007. | | | | Bernheim, S., Spertus, J., Reid, K., Bradley, E., Desai, R., Peterson, E., Rathore, S., Normand, S., Jones, P., Rahimi, A., Krumholz, H. Socioeconomic disparities in outcomes after acute myocardial infarction American Heart Journal Feb 2007. | | | | Loucks, E., Magnusson, K., Cook, S., Rehkopf, D., Ford, E., Berkman, L. Socioeconomic position and the metabolic syndrome in early, middle, and late life: evidence from NHANES 1999-2002 Annals of Epidemiology Oct 2007. | | | | Weissman, J., Zaslavsky, A., Wolf, R., Ayanian, J. State Medicaid coverage and access to care for low-income adults Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2008. | | | | Acevedo-Garcia , D., Stone, L. State variation in health insurance coverage for U.S. citizen children of immigrants Health Affairs Mar-Apr 2008. | | | | Garson, A., Blumenthal, D. State-federal partnerships for access to care: an end and a means JAMA Mar 2007. | | | | McGuire, T., Ayanian, J., Ford, D., Henke, R., Rost, K., Zaslavsky, A. Testing for statistical discrimination by race/ethnicity in panel data for depression treatment in primary care Health Services Research Apr 2008. | | | | Hunte, H., Williams, D. The association between perceived discrimination and obesity in a population-based multiracial and multiethnic adult sample American Journal of Public Health Oct 2008. | | | | Jha, A., Orav, E., Zheng, J., Epstein, A. The characteristics and performance of hospitals that care for elderly Hispanic Americans Health Affairs Mar-Apr 2008. | | | | Krieger , N., Rehkopf, D., Chen, J., Waterman, P., Marcelli, E., Kennedy, M. The fall and rise of US inequities in premature mortality: 1960-2002 PLoS Medicine Feb 2008. | | | | Meara, E., Richards, S., Cutler, D. The gap gets bigger: changes in mortality and life expectancy, by education, 1981-2000 Health Affairs Mar-Apr 2008. | | | | Williams, D. The health of men: structured inequalities and opportunities American Journal of Public Health Sep 2008. | | | | Rehkopf , D., Berkman, L., Coull, B., Krieger, N. The non-linear risk of mortality by income level in a healthy population: US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey mortality follow-up cohort, 1988-2001 BMC Public Health Nov 2008. | | | | Bloom , D., Bowser, D. The population health and income nexus in the Mississippi River Delta Region and beyond Journal of Health and Human Services Administration Summer 2008. | | | | Acevedo-Garcia, D., Osypuk, T., McArdle, N., Williams, D. Toward a policy-relevant analysis of geographic and racial/ethnic disparities in child health Health Affairs Mar-Apr 2008. | | | | Shields, A. Trends in private insurance, Medicaid/State Children's Health Insurance Program, and the health-care safety net: implications for asthma disparities. Chest Nov 2007. | | | | Chae, D., Takeuchi, D., Barbeau, E., Bennett, G., Lindsey J, Krieger N. Unfair treatment, racial/ethnic discrimination, ethnic identification, and smoking among asian Americans in the national latino and asian American study American Journal of Public Health Jan 2008. | | | | Krieger , N. Why epidemiologists cannot afford to ignore poverty Epidemiology Nov 2007. | | | | Iezzoni, L., Ngo, L., Kinkel, P. Working-age persons with multiple sclerosis and access to disease-modifying medications. Multiple Sclerosis, Sage Publications Sep 2007. | | | Back to top
| Health Care Management and Workforce | | Wang, O., Wang, Y., Lichtman, J., Bradley, E., Normand, S., Krumholz, H. "America's Best Hospitals" in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction Archives of Internal Medicine Jul 2007. | | | | Khatcheressian, J., Harrington, S., Lyckholm, L., Smith, T. 'Futile care': what to do when your patient insists on chemotherapy that likely won't help Oncology Oct 2008. | | | | Shrank, W., Porter, M., Jain, S., Choudhry, N. A blueprint for pharmacy benefit managers to increase value American Journal of Managed Care Feb 2009. | | | | Rothschild , J., Woolf, S., Finn, K., Friedberg, M., Lemay, C., Furbush, K., Williams, D., Bates D. A controlled trial of a rapid response system in an academic medical center Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety Juul 2008. | | | | Concannon, T., Kent, D., Normand, S., Newhouse, J., Griffith, J., Ruthazer, R., Beshansky, J., Wong, J., Aversano, T., Selker, H. A geospatial analysis of emergency transport and inter-hospital transfer in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction The American Journal of Cardiology Jan 2008. | | | | Campbell, E., Gruen, R., Mountford, J., Miller, L. Cleary, P., Blumenthal, D. A national survey of physician-industry relationships New England Journal of Medicine Apr 2007. | | | | Matheny, M., Sequist, T., Seger, A., Fiskio, J., Sperling, M., Bugbee, D., Bates, D., Gandhi, T. A randomized trial of electronic clinical reminders to improve medication laboratory monitoring Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Apr 2008. | | | | Kaelber , D., Jha, A., Johnston, D., Middleton, B., Bates, D. A research agenda for personal health records (PHRs) Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Aug 2008. | | | | McGlinchey, E., Wright, A., Poon, E., Jenter, C., Bates, D., Simon, S. Ability to perform registry functions among practices with and without electronic health records AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings Nov 2008. | | | | Stahl, J., Goldman, J., Rattner, D., Gazelle, S. Adapting to a new system of surgical technologies and perioperative processes among clinicians Journal of Surgical Research May 2007. | | | | Shields, A., Shin, P., Leu, M., Levy, D., Betancourt, J., Hawkins, D., Proser, M. Adoption of health information technology in community health centers: results of a national survey. Health Affairs Sep-Oct 2007. | | | | Staroselsky, M., Volk, L., Tsurikova, R., Newmark, L., Lippincott, M., Litvak, I., Kittler, A., Wang, T., Wald, J., Bates, D. An effort to improve electronic health record medication list accuracy between visits: Patients' and physicians' response International Journal of Medical Information Apr 2007. | | | | Virk, P., Bates, D., Halamka, J., Fournier, G., Rothschild, J. Analyzing transaction workflows in an ePrescribing system AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings Archive 2006. | | | | Poon, E., Jha, A.., Chritino, M., Honour, M., Fernandopulle, R., Middleton, B., Newhouse, J., Leape, L., Bates, D., Blumenthal, D., Kaushal, R. Assessing the level of healthcare information technology adoption in the United States: a snapshot BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making Jan 2006. | | | | Bu, D., Pan, E., Walker, J., Alder-Milstein, J., Kendrick, D., Hook, J., Cusack, C., Bates, D., Middleton, B., Benefits of information technology-enabled diabetes management. Diabetes Care Feb 2007. | | | | Rosenthal, M. Beyond pay for performance--emerging models of provider-payment reform NEJM Sep 2008. | | | | Jha, A., Laguette J, Seger A, Bates DW. Can surveillance systems identify and avert adverse drug events? A prospective evaluation of a commercial application Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Jun 2008. | | | | Bohmer, R., Lawrence, D. Care platforms: a basic building block for care delivery Health Affairs Sep-Oct 2008. | | | | Borman, K., Vick, L., Biester, T., Mitchell, M. Changing demographics of residents choosing fellowships: longterm data from the American Board of Surgery Journal of the American College of Surgeons May 2008. | | | | Liu, Y., Rao, K., Wu, J., Gakidou, E. China's health system performance Lancet Nov 2008. | | | | Fortuna, R., Ross-Degnan, D., Finkelstein, J., Zhang, F., Campion, F., Simon, S. Clinician attitudes towards prescribing and implications for interventions in a multi-specialty group practice Journal of Evaluation in Cinical Practice May 2008. | | | | Shahian, D., Normand, S. Comparison of "risk-adjusted" hospital outcomes Circulation Apr 2008. | | | | Subramanian , S., Hoover, S., Gilman, B., Field, T., Mutter, R., Gurwitz, J. Computerized physician order entry with clinical decision support in long-term care facilities: costs and benefits to stakeholders Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Sep 2007. | | | | Simon, S., Kaushal, R., Cleary, P., Jenter, C., Volk, L., Poon, E., Williams, D., Orav, E., Bates, D. Correlates of electronic health record adoption in office practices: a statewide survey. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings Archive 2006. | | | | Frost, L., Reich, M. Creating access to health technologies in poor countries Health Affairs Jul-Aug 2009. | | | | Wright, A., Bates, D., Middleton, B., Hongsermeier, T., Kashyap, V., Thomas, S., Sittig, D. Creating and sharing clinical decision support content with Web 2.0: Issues and examples Journal of Biomedical Informatics Oct 2008. | | | | Gillick, M. Decision making near life's end: a prescription for change Journal of Palliative Medicine Feb 2009. | | | | Carret , M., Fassa, A., Kawachi, I. 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Social capital and mental health in low income urban communities in Santiago, Chile Revista Médica de Chile Feb 2008. | | | | Myer, L., Stein, D., Grimsrud, A., Seedat, S., Williams, D. Social determinants of psychological distress in a nationally-representative sample of South African adults Social Science and Medicine Feb 2008. | | | | Gilman, S., Breslau, J., Subramanian, S., Hitsman, B., Koenen, K. Social Factors, Psychopathology, and Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy American Journal of Public Health Jan 2008. | | | | Ikeda, A., Iso, H., Kawachi, I., Yamagishi, K., Inoue, M., Tsugane, S.; for the JPHC Study Group. Social Support and Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease. The JPHC Study Cohorts II Stroke Jan 2008. | | | | Glymour, M., Weuve, J., Fay, M., Glass, T., Berkman, L. Social ties and cognitive recovery after stroke: does social integration promote cognitive resilience? Neuroepidemiology Jun 2008. | | | | Williams , D., Sternthal, M. 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Antecedents of obesity - analysis, interpretation, and use of longitudinal data American Journal of Epidemiology Jul 2007. | | | | Normand, S., Wolf, R., Ayanian, J., McNeil, B. Assessing the accuracy of hospital clinical performance measures Medical Decision Making Jan 2007. | | | | Kleinman, K., Abrams, A. Assessing the Utility of Public Health Surveillance Using Specificity, Sensitivity, and Lives Saved Statistics in Medicine Apr 2008. | | | | Rothschild, J., McGurk, S., Honour, M., Lu, L., McClendon, A., Srivastava, P., Churchill, W., Kaufman, R., Avorn, J., Cook E., Bates, D. Assessment of education and computerized decision support interventions for improving transfusion practice. Transfusion Feb 2007. | | | | Schneider , E., Nadel, M., Zaslavsky, A., McGlynn, E. 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Cost analysis of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program: selected states, 2003 to 2004 Cancer Feb 2008. | | | | Lee, G., Murphy, T., Lett, S., Cortese, M., Kretsinger, K., Schauer, S., Lieu, T. Cost effectiveness of pertussis vaccination in adults American Journal of Preventive Medicine Mar 2007. | | | | Tangka, F., Subramanian, S., Bapat, B., Seeff, L., DeGroff, A., Gardner, J., Ryerson, A., Nadel, M., Royalty, J. Cost of starting colorectal cancer screening programs: results from five federally funded demonstration programs Preventing Chronic Disease Apr 2008. | | | | Maviglia, S., Yoo, J., Franz, C., Featherstone, E., Churchill, W., Bates, D., Gandhi, T., Poon, E. Cost-benefit analysis of a hospital pharmacy bar code solution Archives of Internal Medicine Apr 2007. | | | | Kwon, J., Carey, M., Goldie, S., Kim, J. 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Modified-Symbol Digit Modalities Test for African Americans, Caribbean Black Americans, and non-Latino Whites: nationally representative normative data from the National Survey of American Life Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology Jun 2007. | | | | Horton, N., Kleinman, K. Much ado about nothing: A comparison of missing data methods and software to fit incomplete data regression models The American Statistician Feb 2007. | | | | Kulldorff, M., Mostashari, F., Duczmal, L., Katherine Yih, W., Kleinman, K., Platt, R. Multivariate scan statistics for disease surveillance Statistics in Medicine Apr 2007. | | | | Kosiborod, M., Lichtman, J., Heidenreich, P., Normand, S., Wang, Y., Brass, L., Krumholz, H. National Trends in Outcomes Among Elderly Patients with Heart Failure The American Journal of Medicine Jun 2006. | | | | Schackman, B., Scott, C., Sax, P., Losina, E., Wilkin, T., McKinnon, J., Swindells, S., Weinstein, M., Freedberg, K. Potential risks and benefits of HIV treatment simplification: a simulation model of a proposed clinical trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases Oct 2007. | | | | Finch, S., Lalama, C., Spino, C., Schwartz, H., Wasserman, R., McCormick, M., Bernstein, H. Practice-based research network solutions to methodological challenges encountered in a national, prospective cohort study of mothers and newborns Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology Jan 2008. | | | | Frangakis, C., Rubin, D., An, M., MacKenzie, E. Principal stratification designs to estimate input data missing due to death Biometrics Sep 2007. | | | | Ortega-Sanchez, I., Lee, G., Jacobs, R., Prosser, L., Molinari, N., Zhang, X., Baine, W., McCauley, M., Miller T., Working Group on Leading Economic Issues for New Vaccine for Adolescents. Projected cost-effectiveness of new vaccines for adolescents in the United States. Pediatrics Jan 2008. | | | | Troped, P., Wiecha, J., Fragala, M., Matthews, C., Finkelstein, D., Kim, J., Peterson, K. Reliability and validity of YRBS physical activity items among middle school students Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise Mar 2007. | | | | Snyder, R., Abarca, J., Meza, J., Rothschild, J., Rizos, A., Bates, D. Reliability evaluation of the adapted National Coordinating Council Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) index Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Safety May 2007. | | | | Pierre-Jacques, M., Safran, D., Zhang, F., Ross-Degnan, D., Adams, A., Gurwitz, J., Rusinak, D., Soumerai, S. Reliability of new measures of cost-related medication nonadherence Medical Care Apr 2008. | | | | Kessler , R., Keane, T., Ursano, R., Mokdad, A., Zaslavsky, A. Sample and design considerations in post-disaster mental health needs assessment tracking surveys International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 2008. | | | | Neumark-Sztainer , D., Wall, M., Haines, J., Story, M., Sherwood, N., van den Berg, P. Shared risk and protective factors for overweight and disordered eating in adolescents American Journal of Preventative Medicine Nov 2007. | | | | Krumholz, H., Keenan, P., Brush, Jr., J., Bufalino, V., Chernew, M., Epstein, A., Heidenreich, P., Ho, V., Masoudi, F., Matchar, D., Normand, S., Rumsfeld, J., Schuur, J., Smith, Jr., S., Spertus, J., Walsh, M. Standards for Measures Used for Public Reporting of Efficiency in Health Care. A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Interdisciplinary Council on quality of care and outcomes research and the American College of Cardiology Foundation Circulation Oct 2008. | | | | Teixeira-Pinto, A., Normand, S. Statistical methodology for classifying units on the basis of multiple-related measures Statistics in Medicine Jan 2008. | | | | Duan, N., Alegria, M., Canino, G., McGuire, T., Takeuchi, D. Survey conditioning in self-reported mental health service use: randomized comparison of alternative instrument formats Health Services Research April 2007. | | | | Adler-Milstein, J., Bu, D., Pan, E., Walker, J., Kendrick, D., Hook, J., Bates, D., Middleton, B. The cost of information technology-enabled diabetes management Disease Management Jun 2007. | | | | Rothschild, J., Bates, D., Franz, C., Soukup, J., Kaushal, R. The costs and savings associated with prevention of adverse events by critical care nurses Journal of Critical Care Apr 2008. | | | | Rubin, D. The design versus the analysis of observational studies for causal effects: parallels with the design of randomized trials Statistics in Medicine Jan 2007. | | | | Sprivulis, P., Walker, J., Johnston, D., Pan, E., Adler-Milsteain, J., Middleton, B., Bates, D. 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Using hierarchical models to attribute sources of variation in consumer assessments of health care Statistics in Medicine Apr 2007. | | | | Woo, P., Kim, J., Leung, G. What is the most cost-effective population-based cancer screening program for Chinese women? Journal of Clinical Oncology Feb 2007. | | | | Shapiro, N., Wolfe, R., Wright, S., Moore, R., Bates, D. Who needs a blood culture? A prospectively derived and validated prediction rule Journal of Emergency Medicine May 2008. | | | | Kroenke, C., Spiegelman, D., Manson, J., Schernhammer, E., Colditz, G., Kawachi, I. Work characteristics and incidence of type 2 diabetes in women American Journal of Epidemiology Jan 2007. | | | Back to top
| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | | Donohue, J., Cevasco, M., Rosenthal, M. A decade of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs. New England Journal of Medicine Aug 2007. | | | | Smith, D., Kramer, J., Perrin, N., Platt, R., Roblin, D., Lane, K., Goodman, M., Nelson, W., Yang, X., Soumerai, S. A randomized trial of direct-to-patient communication to enhance adherence to beta-blocker therapy following myocardial infarction Archives of Internal Medicine Mar 2008. | | | | McCabe, S., West, B., Wechsler, H. Alcohol-use disorders and nonmedical use of prescription drugs among U.S. college students Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs Jul 2007. | | | | Huskamp, H., Busch, A., Domino, M., Normand, S. Antidepressant reformulations: who uses them, and what are the benefits? Health Affairs May-Jun 2009. | | | | Gill, S., Bronskill, S., Normand, S., Anderson, G., Sykora, K., Lam, K., Bell, C., Lee, P., Fischer, H., Herrmann, N., Gurwitz, J., Rochon, P. Antipsychotic drug use and mortality in older adults with dementia Annals of Internal Medicine Jun 2007. | | | | Gillick, M. Controlling off-label medication use Annals of Internal Medicine Feb 2009. | | | | Reed, M., Brand, R., Newhouse, J., Selby, J., Hsu, J. Coping with prescription drug cost sharing: knowledge, adherence, and financial burden Health Services Research Apr 2008. | | | | Goldman, R., Sanchez-Hernandez, M., Ross-Degnan, D., Piette, J., Trinacty, C., Simon, S. Developing an automated speech-recognition telephone diabetes intervention International Journal for Quality in Health Care May 2008. | | | | Zhang, Y., Soumerai, S. Do newer prescription drugs pay for themselves? A reassessment of the evidence Health Affairs May-Jun 2007. | | | | Issa, A., Phillips, K., Van Bebber, S., Nidamarthy, H., Lasser, K., Haas, J., Alldredge, B., Wachter, R., Bates, D. Drug withdrawals in the United States: a systematic review of the evidence and analysis of trends Current Drug Safety Sep 2007. | | | | Carpenter, D., Zucker, E., Avorn, J. Drug-Review Deadlines and Safety Problems NEJM Mar 2008. | | | | Brown, J., Kulldorff, M., Chan, K., Davis, R., Graham, D., Pettus, P., Andrade, S., Raebel, M., Herrinton, L., Roblin, D., Boudreau, D., Smith, D., Gurwitz, J., Gunter, M., Platt, R. Early detection of adverse drug events within population-based health networks: application of sequential testing methods Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety Dec 2007. | | | | Degenhardt, L., Chiu, W., Sampson, N., Kessler, R., Anthony, J. Epidemiological patterns of extra-medical drug use in the United States: evidence from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, 2001-2003 Drug and Alcohol Dependence Oct 2007. | | | | Huskamp, H., Donohue, J., Koss, C., Berndt, E., Frank, R. Generic entry, reformulations and promotion of SSRIs in the US PharmacoEconomics 2008. | | | | Garcia-Contreras, L., Wong, Y., Muttil, P., Padilla, D., Sadoff, J., Derousse, J., Germishuizen, W., Goonesekera, S., Elbert, K., Bloom, B., Miller, R., Fourie, P., Hickey, A., Edwards, D. Immunization by a bacterial aerosol Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Mar 2008. | | | | Tija, J., Briesacher, B., Soumerai, S., Pierre-Jacques, M., Zhang, F., Ross-Degnan, D., Gurwitz, J. Medicare beneficiaries and free prescription drug samples: a national survey Journal of General Internal Medicine Mar 2008. | | | | Keohane , C., Bates, D. Medication Safety Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America Mar 2008. | | | | Kesselheim, A., Avorn, J. Pharmaceutical promotion to physicians and First Amendment rights NEJM Apr 2008. | | | | Donohue, J., Fischer, M., Huskamp, H., Weissman, J. 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Shifting terrain in the regulation of off-label promotion of pharmaceuticals NEJM Apr 2009. | | | | Cutler, D. The demise of the blockbuster? New England Journal of Medicine Mar 2007. | | | | Huskamp, H., Deverka, P., Landrum, M., Epstein, R., McGuigan, K. The effect of three-tier formulary adoption on medication continuation and spending among elderly retirees. Health Services Research Oct 2007. | | | | Kessler, R., Cantrell, C., Berglund, P., Sokol, M. The effects of copayments on medication adherence during the first two years of prescription drug treatment Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Jun 2007. | | | | Frank, R. The Ongoing Regulation of Generic Drugs New England Journal of Medicine Nov 2007. | | | | Galea , S., Sweet, A., Beninger, P., Steinberg, S., Larussa, P., Gershon, A., Sharrar, R. The safety profile of varicella vaccine: a 10-year review Journal of Infectious Diseases Mar 2008. | | | | Phillips, J., Siegel, S., Shields, A., Patterson, F., Gould, T., Strasser, A., Ray, R., Pinto, A., Audrain-McGovern, J., Rukstalis, M., Perkins, K., Blendy, J., Lerman, C. Translating basic science to improve pharmacotherapy for nicotine dependence Nicotine and Tobacco Research Nov 2007. | | | | McCabe, S., West, B., Wechsler, H. Trends and college-level characteristics associated with the non-medical use of prescription drugs among US college students from 1993 to 2001 Addition Mar 2007. | | | | McCabe, S., Brower, K., West, B., Nelson, T., Wechsler, H. Trends in non-medical use of anabolic steroids by U.S. college students: results from four national surveys Drug and Alcohol Abuse Oct 2007. | | | Back to top
| Population-specific Issues | | Bärnighausen, T., Bloom, D. "Conditional scholarships" for HIV/AIDS health workers: Educating and retaining the workforce to provide antiretroviral treatment in sub-Saharan Africa Social Science & Medicine Dec 2008. | | | | Austin, S., Roberts, A., Corliss, H., Molnar, B. "Mostly heterosexual" and heterosexual young women: sexual violence victimization history and sexual risk indicators in a community-based urban cohort American Journal of Public Health Sep 2007. | | | | Kessler, R., Amminger, G., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Lee, S., Ustün, T. Age of onset of mental disorders: a review of recent literature Current Opinion in Psychiatry Jul 2007. | | | | Owens, P., Zodet, M., Berdahl, T., Dougherty, D., McCormick, M., Simpson, L. Annual report on health care for children and youth in the United States: Focus on injury-related emergency department utilization and expenditures Ambulatory Pediatrics Jul - Aug 2008. | | | | Suglia, S., Wright, R., Schwartz, J., Wright, R. Association between lung function and cognition among children in a prospective birth cohort study Psychosomatic Medicine Mar 2008. | | | | Herring, S., Rich-Edwards, J., Oken, E., Rifas-Shiman, S., Kleinman, K., Gillman, M. Association of postpartum depression with weight retention 1 year after childbirth Obesity Mar 2008. | | | | Lee, S., Tsang, A., Li, X., Phillips, M., Kleinman, A. Attitudes toward suicide among Chinese people in Hong Kong Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior Oct 2007. | | | | Goldie, S., O'Shea, M., Diaz, M., Kim, S. Benefits, cost requirements and cost-effectiveness of the HPV16,18 vaccine for cervical cancer prevention in developing countries: policy implications Reproductive Health Matters Nov 2008. | | | | Keating, N., Landrum MB, Guadagnoli E, Winer EP, Ayanian JZ. Care in the months before death and hospice enrollment among older women with advanced breast cancer Journal of General Internal Medicine Jan 2008. | | | | Busch, A., Lehman, A., Goldman, H., Frank, R. Changes over time and disparities in schizophrenia treatment quality Medical Care Feb 2009. | | | | Fortuna , R., Ting, D., Kaelber, D., Simon, S. Characteristics of medicine-pediatrics practices: results from the national ambulatory medical care survey Academic Medicine Mar 2009. | | | | Belfer, M. Child and adolescent mental disorders: the magnitude of the problem across the globe Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry Jan 2008. | | | | Martin, L., Kubzansky, L., LeWinn, K., Lipsitt, L., Satz, P., Buka, S. Childhood cognitive performance and risk of generalized anxiety disorder International Journal of Epidemiology Aug 2007. | | | | Keck, Jr., P., Kessler, R., Ross, R. Clinical and economic effects of unrecognized or inadequately treated bipolar disorder Journal of Psychiatric Practice May 2008. | | | | Kuhlthau, K., Hill, K., Fluet, C., Meara, E., Yucel, R. Correlates of therapy use and expenditures in children in the United States Developmental Neurorehabilitation Oct 2007. | | | | Norquist , G., McGuire, T., Essock, S. Cost-effectiveness of depression treatment for adolescents The American Journal of Psychiatry May 2008. | | | | Belfer, M. 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Early childhood factors associated with the development of post-traumatic stress disorder: results from a longitudinal birth cohort Psychological Medicine Feb 2007. | | | | Ackerson, L., Kawachi, I., Barbeau, E., Subramanian, S. Effects of individual and proximate educational context on intimate partner violence: a population-based study of women in India American Journal of Public Health Mar 2008. | | | | Ferris, T., Johnson, S., Co, J., Backus, M., Perrin, J., Bates, D., Poon, E. Electronic results management in pediatric ambulatory care: qualitative assessment Pediatrics Jan 2009. | | | | Kubzansky , L., Thurston, R. Emotional vitality and incident coronary heart disease: benefits of healthy psychological functioning Archives of General Psychiatry Dec 2007. | | | | Birnbaum, H., Kessler, R., Kelley, D., Ben-Hamadi, R., Joish, V., Greenberg, P. Employer burden of mild, moderate, and severe major depressive disorder: mental health services utilization and costs, and work performance Depression and Anxiety Jun 2009. | | | | Gruskin, S., Ferguson L, O'Malley J. Ensuring sexual and reproductive health for people living with HIV: an overview of key human rights, policy and health systems issues Reproductive Health Matters May 2007. | | | | Galea, S., Brewin, C., Gruber, M., Jones, R., King, D., King, L., McNally, R., Ursano, R., Petukhova, M., Kessler, R. Exposure to hurricane-related stressors and mental illness after Hurricane Katrina Archives of General Psychiatry Dec 2007. | | | | Jeon, G., Jang, S., Rhee, S., Kawachi, I., Cho, S. Gender differences in correlates of mental health among elderly Koreans The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences Sep 2007. | | | | Koenen , K., Nugent, N., Amstadter, A. 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Health-related impact of deployment extensions on spouses of active duty army personnel Military Medicine Mar 2008. | | | | Krieger, N. Hormone therapy and the rise and perhaps fall of US breast cancer incidence rates: critical reflections International Journal of Epidemiology Mar 2008. | | | | Andrus , J., Lewis, M., Goldie, S., García, P., Winkler, J., Ruiz-Matus, C., de Quadros, C. Human papillomavirus vaccine policy and delivery in Latin America and the Caribbean Vaccine Aug 2008. | | | | Rosenthal, M., Li, Z., Robertson, A., Milstein, A. Impact of financial incentives for prenatal care on birth outcomes and spending Health Services Research Jul 2009. | | | | Horvitz-Lennon, M., Donohue, J., Domino, M., Normand, S. Improving quality and diffusing best practices: the case of schizophrenia Health Affairs May-Jun 2009. | | | | Dubowitz, T., Subramanian, S., Acevedo-Garcia, D., Osypuk, T., Peterson, K. Individual and Neighborhood Differences in Diet Among Low-Income Foreign and U.S.-Born Women Women's Health Issues Jan 2008. | | | | Kessler, R., Heeringa, S., Lakoma, M., Petukhova, M., Rupp, A., Schoenbaum, M., Wang, P., Zaslavsky, A. Individual and societal effects of mental disorders on earnings in the United States: Results from the national comorbidity survey replication American Journal of Psychiatry May 2008. | | | | McCormick, M. Issues in measuring child health Ambulatory Pediatrics Mar-Apr 2008. | | | | Subramanian , S., Gamanagatti, S., Sinha, A., Sampangi, R. 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Maternal depressive symptoms, parenting self-efficacy, and child growth American Journal of Public Health Nov 2007. | | | | Pitiphat , W, Joshipura, K., Gillman, M., Williams, P., Douglass, C., Rich-Edwards, J. Maternal periodontitis and adverse pregnancy outcomes Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology Feb 2008. | | | | Woolford, S., Clark, S., Lumeng, J., Williams, D., Davis, M. Maternal perspectives on growth and nutrition counseling provided at preschool well-child visits Journal of the National Medical Association Feb 2007. | | | | Prosser, L., Corso, P. Measuring health-related quality of life for child maltreatment: a systematic literature review Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Jul 2007. | | | | Cook, B., McGuire, T., Miranda, J. 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