Developing and Evaluating Composite Measures of Cancer Care Quality January 1, 2015 Samuel CA, Zaslavsky AM, Landrum MB, Lorenz K, Keating NL Alan M. Zaslavsky Mary Beth Landrum Nancy L. Keating Medical Care http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25373407
Dependent coverage provision led to uneven insurance gains and unchanged mortality rates in young adult trauma patients January 1, 2015 Scott JW, Sommers BD, Tsai TC, Scott KW, Schwartz AL, Song Z. Zirui Song Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/pdf/10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0880
Nearly Half of all Medicare Hospice Enrollees Received Care from Agencies Owned by Regional or National Chains January 1, 2015 Stevenson DG, Dalton JB, Grabowski DC, Huskamp HA David C. Grabowski Haiden A. Huskamp Health Affairs http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25561641
Predicting Suicides after Psychiatric Hospitalization in US Army Soldiers: The Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS) January 1, 2015 Kessler, R.C., Warner, C.H., Ivany, C., Petukhova, M. V., Rose, S., et al. Ronald C. Kessler Alan M. Zaslavsky JAMA Psychiatry http://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/pubmed/?term=Predicting%20suicides%20after%20psychiatric%20hospitalization%20in%20US%20Army%20Soldiers%3A%20The%20Army%20Study%20to%20Assess%20Risk%20and%20Resilience%20in%20Servicemembers%20%28Army%20STARRS%29
Cause-Specific Risk of Hospital Admission Related to Extreme Heat in Older Adults December 24, 2014 Bobb JF, Obermeyer Z, Wang Y, Dominici F JAMA http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25536257
A Novel Targeted Learning Method for Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping December 12, 2014 Wang H, Zhang Z, Rose S, van der Laan M Genetics http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25258376
Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Enrollees in Medicare Advantage Plans December 11, 2014 Ayanian JZ, Landon BE, Newhouse JP, Zaslavsky AM Bruce E. Landon Joseph P. Newhouse Alan M. Zaslavsky The New England Journal of Medicine http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25494268
Using Propensity Scores in Difference-in-Differences Models to Estimate the Effects of a Policy Change December 1, 2014 Stuart EA, Huskamp HA, Duckworth K, Simmons J, Song Z, Chernew M et al Haiden A. Huskamp Michael E. Chernew Zirui Song Health Services & Outcomes Research Methodology http://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/pubmed/?term=Using%20Propensity%20Scores%20in%20Difference-in-differences%20Models%20to%20Estimate%20the%20Effects%20of%20a%20Policy%20Change
Risk Factors for Accident Death in the U.S. Army, 2004-2009 December 1, 2014 Lewandowski-Romps L, Peterson C, Berglund PA, Collins S, et al Ronald C. Kessler American Journal of Preventive Medicine http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Risk%20Factors%20for%20Accident%20Death%20in%20the%20U.S.%20Army%2C%202004-2009
The Relationship Between Commercial Health Care Prices and Medicare Spending and Utilization November 27, 2014 Romley JA, Axeen S, Lakdawalla DN, Chernew ME, et al Michael E. Chernew Health Services Research http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=The%20relationship%20between%20commercial%20health%20care%20prices%20and%20Medicare%20spending%20and%20utilization