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  • Recent publications from Boston University’s Department of Health Law, Policy and Management: January 2020 Edition

      01/16/2020
      Austin Frakt

    Below are recent publications from me and my colleagues from Boston University’s Department of Health Law, Policy and Management. You can find all posts in this series here.

    January 2020 Edition

    Blevins CE, Grimone KR, Caviness CM, Stein MD, Abrantes AM. Categorizing Cannabis and Alcohol Use Patterns of Emerging Adults in Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization Treatment. J Psychiatr Pract. 2019 Nov; 25(6):491-498. PMID: 31821229.

    Drainoni ML, Childs E, Biello KB, Biancarelli DL, Edeza A, Salhaney P, Mimiaga MJ, Bazzi AR. “We don’t get much of a voice about anything”: perspectives on photovoice among people who inject drugs. Harm Reduct J. 2019 Nov 27; 16(1):61. PMID: 31775757.

    Evans L, Charns MP, Cabral HJ, Fabian MP. Change in geographic access to community health centers after Health Center Program expansion. Health Serv Res. 2019 Aug; 54(4):860-869. PMID: 30937888.

    Frakt AB. Making Health Care More Productive. JAMA. 2019 Nov 7; 322(23):2274-2275. PMID: 31846006.

    Jasuja GK, Ameli O, Reisman JI, Rose AJ, Miller DR, Berlowitz DR, Bhasin S. Health Outcomes Among Long-term Opioid Users With Testosterone Prescription in the Veterans Health Administration. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Dec 02; 2(12):e1917141. PMID: 31825502.

    Kim B, Bolton RE, Hyde J, Fincke BG, Drainoni ML, Petrakis BA, Simmons MM, McInnes DK. Coordinating across correctional, community, and VA systems: applying the Collaborative Chronic Care Model to post-incarceration healthcare and reentry support for veterans with mental health and substance use disorders. Health Justice. 2019 Dec 12; 7(1):18. PMID: 31832790.

    Kuhn J, Sheldrick RC, Broder-Fingert S, Chu A, Fortuna L, Jordan M, Rubin D, Feinberg E. Simulation and minimization: technical advances for factorial experiments designed to optimize clinical interventions. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2019 Dec 16; 19(1):239. PMID: 31842765.

    Monteiro J, Phillips KT, Herman DS, Stewart C, Keosaian J, Anderson BJ, Stein MD. Self-treatment of skin infections by people who inject drugs. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 Oct 28; 206:107695. PMID: 31786397.

    Ulrich MR. Revisionist History? Responding to Gun Violence Under Historical Limitations. American Journal of Law & Medicine. 2019 Nov. 13; 188-201. PMID: 31722627.

    Ulrich MR. A Public Health Approach to Gun Violence, Legally Speaking. Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics. 2019 July 12, 112-15. PMID: 31298120.

    Vail EA, Nadig NR, Sahetya SK, Vande Vusse LK, Walkey AJ, Liu V, Mathews KS. The Role of Professional Organizations in Fostering the Early Career Development of Academic Intensivists. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 Dec 04. PMID: 31800295.

    Walkey AJ, Bor J, Cordella NJ. Novel tools for a learning health system: a combined difference-in-difference/regression discontinuity approach to evaluate effectiveness of a readmission reduction initiative. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019 Dec 16. PMID: 31843880.

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