Publications and Products from CHQOER Investigators

CHQOER Investigators have published recently on high priority health care issues including management of chronic disease (hypertension, diabetes), HIV/Hepatitis care, long term care, geriatrics, mental health and substance abuse, patient safety, balancing health care costs and quality, disparities, communication between patients and doctors, and using internet-based tools to improve disease management and access to care. 

For a current PubMed listing of publications from CHQOER Investigators, please click here:  CHQOER Publications 

Recent Publications:   (Names of CHQOER team members are underlined)

Borzecki AM, Cevasco M, Chen Q, Shin M, Itani KM, Rosen AK. How Valid is the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator "Postoperative Physiologic and Metabolic Derangement"? J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Apr 12. [Epub ahead of print]

Borzecki AM, Kaafarani H, Cevasco M, Hickson K, Macdonald S, Shin M, Itani KM, Rosen AK. How Valid is the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator "Postoperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma"? J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Apr 5. [Epub ahead of print]

Borzecki AM, Kaafarani HM, Utter GH, Romano PS, Itani KM, Shin MH, Chen Q, Rosen AK. How Valid is the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator "Postoperative Respiratory Failure"? J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Apr 5. [Epub ahead of print]

Carey K, Burgess JF Jr, Young GJ. Hospital competition and financial performance: the effects of ambulatory surgery centers. Health Econ. 2011 May;20(5):571-81.

Carey K, Stefos T. Controlling for quality in the hospital cost function. Health Care Manag Sci. 2011 Jun;14(2):125-34.

Dossa A, Capitman JA. Lay health mentors in community-based older adult disability prevention programs: provider perspectives. Res Gerontol Nurs. 2011 Apr;4(2):106-16.

Eisen SV, Bottonari KA, Glickman ME, Spiro A 3rd, Schultz MR, Herz L, Rosenheck R, Rofman ES. The incremental value of self-reported mental health measures in predicting functional outcomes of veterans. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2011 Apr;38(2):170-90.

Houston TK, Cherrington A, Coley HL, Robinson KM, Trobaugh JA, Williams JH, Foster PH, Ford DE, Gerber BS, Shewchuk RM, Allison JJ. The Art and Science of Patient Storytelling-Harnessing Narrative Communication for Behavioral Interventions: The ACCE Project. J Health Commun. 2011 May 2:1-12. [Epub ahead of print]

Kalman D, Herz L, Monti P, Kahler CW, Mooney M, Rodrigues S, O'Connor K. Incremental efficacy of adding bupropion to the nicotine patch for smoking cessation in smokers with a recent history of alcohol dependence: Results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Apr 18. [Epub ahead of print]

Ren XS, Crivera C, Sikirica M, Dirani R, Qian S, Kazis LE. Evaluation of health services use following the initiation of risperidone long-acting therapy among schizophrenia patients in the veterans health administration. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2011 Jun;36(3):383-9.

Rose AJ, Hylek EM, Ozonoff A, Ash AS, Reisman JI, Berlowitz DR. Risk-adjusted percent time in therapeutic range as a quality indicator for outpatient oral anticoagulation: results of the Veterans Affairs Study to Improve Anticoagulation (VARIA). Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2011 Jan 1;4(1):22-9.

Rose AJ, Hylek EM, Berlowitz DR, Ash AS, Reisman JI, Ozonoff A. Prompt Repeat Testing After Out-of-Range INR Values: A Quality Indicator for Anticoagulation Care. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2011 Apr 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Rose AJ, Ozonoff A, Berlowitz DR, Ash AS, Reisman JI, Hylek EM. Re-Examining the Recommended Follow-Up Interval after an In-Range INR Value: Results from the Veterans AffaiRs Study to Improve Anticoagulation (VARIA).  Chest. 2011 Feb 10. [Epub ahead of print]

Walkey AJ, Soylemez Wiener R. Utilization patterns and patient outcomes associated with use of rescue therapies in acute lung injury. Crit Care Med. 2011 Feb 17. [Epub ahead of print]

Pyne JM, Fortney JC, Curran GM, Tripathi S, Atkinson JH, Kilbourne AM, Hagedorn HJ, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Monson T, Bottonari KA, Asch SM, Gifford AL. Effectiveness of collaborative care for depression in human immunodeficiency virus clinics. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Jan 10;171(1):23-31.

Chaudhry AA, Berkenblit G, Gifford AL, Cofrancesco J Jr, Sosman J, Sullivan LE. Update in HIV Medicine for the Generalist. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 May;26(5):538-42. Epub 2010 Dec 8. No abstract available.

Groessl EJ, Weingart KR, Gifford AL, Asch SM, Ho SB. Development of the hepatitis C self-management program. Patient Educ Couns. 2011 May;83(2):252-5. Epub 2010 Jul 17.

Groessl EJ, Weingart KR, Stepnowsky CJ, Gifford AL, Asch SM, Ho SB. The hepatitis C self-management programme: a randomized controlled trial. J Viral Hepat. 2011 May;18(5):358-68.  

Selim AJ, Rogers W, Qian SX, Brazier J, Kazis LE. A preference-based measure of health: the VR-6D derived from the veterans RAND 12-Item Health Survey. Qual Life Res. 2011 Feb 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Halpern R, Becker L, Iqbal SU, Kazis LE, Macarios D, Badamgarav E. The association of adherence to osteoporosis therapies with fracture, all-cause medical costs, and all-cause hospitalizations: a retrospective claims analysis of female health plan enrollees with osteoporosis. J Manag Care Pharm. 2011 Jan-Feb;17(1):25-39.

Pugh MJ, Berlowitz DR, Rao JK, Shapiro G, Avetisyan R, Hanchate A, Jarrett K, Tabares J, Kazis LE. The quality of care for adults with epilepsy: an initial glimpse using the QUIET measure. BMC Health Serv Res. 2011 Jan 3;11:1.

Ren XS, Crivera C, Sikirica M, Dirani R, Qian S, Kazis LE. Evaluation of health services use following the initiation of risperidone long-acting therapy among schizophrenia patients in the veterans health administration. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2011 Jun;36(3):383-9.

Linsky A, McIntosh N, Cabral H, Kazis LE. Patient-provider language concordance and colorectal cancer screening.  J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Feb;26(2):142-7. Epub 2010 Sep 21.

Sengupta S, Lo B, Strauss RP, Eron J, Gifford AL. How researchers define vulnerable populations in HIV/AIDS clinical trials. AIDS Behav. 2010 Dec;14(6):1313-9.