Publications

Division/Center

Serious methodological flaws compromise study findings.

BMJ
Pande AH, Soumerai SB

Two-year trends in colorectal cancer screening after switch to a high-deductible health plan.

Med Care
Wharam JF, Graves AJ, Landon BE, Zhang F, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D

Medicare part D and changes in prescription drug use and cost burden: national estimates for the Medicare population, 2000 to 2007.

Med Care
Briesacher BA, Zhao Y, Madden JM, Zhang F, Adams AS, Tjia J, Ross-Degnan D, Gurwitz JH, Soumerai SB

Five-year patterns of adjuvant hormonal therapy use, persistence, and adherence among insured women with early-stage breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Res. Treat.
Nekhlyudov L, Li L, Ross-Degnan D, Wagner AK

Cost-related medication nonadherence and cost-saving strategies used by elderly Medicare cancer survivors.

J Cancer Surviv
Nekhlyudov L, Madden J, Graves AJ, Zhang F, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D

Effects of healthcare reforms on coverage, access, and disparities: quasi-experimental analysis of evidence from Massachusetts.

Am J Prev Med
Pande AH, Ross-Degnan D, Zaslavsky AM, Salomon JA

Massachusetts e-Health Project increased physicians' ability to use registries, and signals progress toward better care.

Health Aff (Millwood)
Fleurant M, Kell R, Love J, Jenter C, Volk LA, Zhang F, Bates DW, Simon SR

"Pay-for-performance" as a quality improvement tool: perceptions and policy recommendations of physicians and program leaders.

Qual Manag Health Care
Wharam JF, Frank MB, Rosland AM, Paasche-Orlow MK, Farber NJ, Sinsky C, Rucker L, Rask KJ, Barry MJ, Figaro MK

New users of antidepressant medications: first episode duration and predictors of discontinuation.

Eur. J. Clin. Pharmacol.
Lu CY, Roughead E

Cancer risk associated with insulin glargine among adult type 2 diabetes patients--a nationwide cohort study.

PLoS ONE
Chang CH, Toh S, Lin JW, Chen ST, Kuo CW, Chuang LM, Lai MS

A systematic review of failures in handoff communication during intrahospital transfers.

Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf
Ong MS, Coiera E

Reliability of a patient survey assessing cost-related changes in health care use among high deductible health plan enrollees.

BMC Health Serv Res
Penfold RB, Kullgren JT, Miroshnik I, Galbraith AA, Hinrichsen VL, Lieu TA

Emergency department utilization after the implementation of Massachusetts health reform.

Ann Emerg Med
Smulowitz PB, Lipton R, Wharam JF, Adelman L, Weiner SG, Burke L, Baugh CW, Schuur JD, Liu SW, McGrath ME, Liu B, Sayah A, Burke MC, Pope JH, Landon BE

Household expenditures for medicines and the role of free medicines in the Brazilian public health system.

Am J Public Health
Bertoldi AD, Barros AJ, Camargo AL, Hallal PC, Vandoros S, Wagner A, Ross-Degnan D

A simulation framework for mapping risks in clinical processes: the case of in-patient transfers.

J Am Med Inform Assoc
Dunn AG, Ong MS, Westbrook JI, Magrabi F, Coiera E, Wobcke W

Access to care and medicines, burden of health care expenditures, and risk protection: results from the World Health Survey.

Health Policy
Wagner AK, Graves AJ, Reiss SK, Lecates R, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D

The importance of high-quality evidence of the long-term impact of nonfatal events used in randomized controlled trials: a case study of prasugrel.

Clin. Pharmacol. Ther.
Lu CY, Karnon J, Sorich MJ

Determinants of patient-reported medication errors: a comparison among seven countries.

Int. J. Clin. Pract.
Lu CY, Roughead E

Effect of switching to a high-deductible health plan on use of chronic medications.

Health Serv Res
Reiss SK, Ross-Degnan D, Zhang F, Soumerai SB, Zaslavsky AM, Wharam JF

Altitude, life expectancy and mortality from ischaemic heart disease, stroke, COPD and cancers: national population-based analysis of US counties.

J Epidemiol Community Health
Ezzati M, Horwitz ME, Thomas DS, Friedman AB, Roach R, Clark T, Murray CJ, Honigman B