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Center for Health Quality Outcomes & Economic Research (CHQOER)

Recent Investigator Publications:

BG Bokhour, DR Berlowitz, JA Long, NR Kressin.  How Do Providers Assess Antihypertensive Medication Adherence in Medical Encounters?  Journal of General Internal Medicine 2006; 21:577-583.

 

Bokhour B, Powel L, Clark J. No less a man: reconstructing identity after prostate cancer.  Communication and Medicine 2007;4:99-109.

 

Talcott J, Spain P, Clark J, Carpenter W, Do YK, Hamilton R, Galanko J, Godley P.  Hidden barriers between knowledge and behavior: the North Carolina prostate cancer screening and treatment experience.  Cancer 2007;109:1599-1606.

 

Rosen AK, Zhao S, Rivard P, Loveland S, Montez M, Elixhauser A, Romano P. Tracking rates of patient safety indicators over time: Lessons from the VA. Medical Care 2006; 44(9):850-861.

Eisen SV, Gerena M, Ranganathan G, Esch D, Idiculla T.  Reliability and Validity of the BASIS-24 Mental Health Survey for Whites, African-Americans, and Latinos.  Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research  July 2006;3:304-323.

Gaba D, Singer S, Rosen AK.  Safety Culture: Is the “Unit” the Right “Unit of Analysis”?  Critical Care Medicine 2007; 35(1):314-316.

BerlBerlowitz DR, Burgess JF, Young GJ.  Introduction: Special Supplemental Issue on Improving Quality of Care: Emerging Evidence on Pay-for-Performance.  Medical Care Research and Review 2006; 63: 11S-13S.

 

Ren XS, Qian S, Lee A, Herz L, Miller DR, Kazis LE. Treatment persistence: A comparison among patients with schizophrenia who were initiated on atypical antipsychotic agents. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics 2006; 31;57-65.

Hallenbeck J, Hickey EC.  Quality of care in a Veterans Affairs nursing home based hospice unit.  Journal of Palliative Medicine 2007; 10:1: 127-135.