Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research


Upcoming Events

Jan 23
3-5 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
Determining Future Research Needs
Tim Carey
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Jan 30
3-5 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
Grants, Contracts, and the Money River
Tim Carey
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Feb 6
3-5 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
Pilot Funding
Tim Carey
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Feb 13
3-5 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
Project Management
Anne Jackman
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Feb 20
3-5 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
Budgeting and Screw-ups
Tim Carey
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Feb 27
3-5 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
The Job Talk: Interviewing, negotiating, and transitions
Morris Weinberger
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Mar 12
3-5 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
Using qualitative methods to inform quantitative methods
Jennifer Craft-Morgan
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Mar 19
3-5 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
Long term acute care study
Kathleen Dalton
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Apr 2
3-5 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
Understanding high financial performance in Critical Access Hospitals:
A mixed methods approach

George Pink
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Apr 23
3-5 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
Giselle Corbie-Smith
The IOM committee on CER standards
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

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Publications and Reports

Publications July 2010 - June 2011

Adams EK, Melvin CL, Raskind-Hood C, Joski PJ, Galactionova E. Infant delivery costs related to maternal smoking: an update. Nicotine Tob Res. 2011;13(8):627-37.

Adimora Adaora A.; Victor J. Schoenbach; Eboni M. Taylor; Maria R. Khan; Robert J. Schwartz. Concurrent partnerships, nonmonogamous partners, and substance use among women in the United States. American Journal of Public Health 2011;101(1):128-136.

Adimora Adaora A.; Judith D. Auerbach. Structural interventions for HIV prevention in the United States. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2010;55(SUPPL. 2):S132-S135.

Akers Aletha Y.; Melvin R. Muhammad; Giselle Corbie-Smith. "When you got nothing to do, you do somebody": A community's perceptions of neighborhood effects on adolescent sexual behaviors. Social Science and Medicine 2011;72(1):91-99.

Akers AY, Schwarz EB, Borrero S, Corbie-Smith G. Family discussions about contraception and family planning: A qualitative exploration of African American parent and adolescent perspectives. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health; (2010) September; 42(3): 160-7. PMID: 20887285 PMCID: PMC2951274

Amy EK, Julie LD, Jiu-Chiuan C, Charles P, Michael E, Joseph M. Perinatal exposure to hazardous air pollutants and autism spectrum disorders at age 8. Epidemiology. 2010;21(5):631-41.

Amy EK, Julie LD, Michael E, Joseph M, Charles P, Jiu-Chiuan C. Geographic Access to Health Services and Diagnosis with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Annals of Epidemiology. 2011;21(4):304-10.

Anandarajah G, Craigie F, Hatch R, Kliewer S, Marchand L, King D, Hobbs R, Daaleman TP. Toward competency-based curricula in patient-centered spiritual care: recommended competencies for family medicine resident education. Acad Med, 2010;85; 1897-1904.

Asher Gary N.; Alison A. Motsinger-Reif; Daniel E. Jonas; Anthony J. Viera. Quality of reporting on randomised controlled trials of auriculotherapy for pain. Acupuncture in Medicine 2011;29(2):122-126.

Aurelia M-OC, Darren AD, Kimberly AB, Victoria H, David WB, Dean S, et al. Relationship Between Literacy, Knowledge, Self-Care Behaviors, and Heart Failure-Related Quality of Life Among Patients With Heart Failure. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2011:1-8.

Bader JD, Shugars DA, Vollmer WM, GullionCM, Gilbert GH, Amaechi BT, Brown JP. Design of the Xylitol for Adult Caries Trial (X-ACT). BMC Oral Health 2010, 10:22. PMC2955560.

Bader JD, Lee JY, Shugars DA, Burrus BB, Wetterhall S. Clinical technical performance of dental therapists in Alaska. J Am Dent Assoc 2011;142:322-9.

Belsky D, Ricketts T, Poley S. Surgical Underservice in the U.S. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. September 2010; 95(9): 32-35. http://www.facs.org/fellows_info/bulletin/2010/belsky0910.pdf

Biola H, Sloane PD, Williams CS, Daaleman TP, Zimmerman S. Preferences versus practice: Life-sustaining treatments in last months of life in long-term care. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 11:42-51, 2010.

Bosworth HB, Almirall D, Weiner BJ, Maciejewski M, Kaufman MA, Powers BJ, Oddone EZ, Lee SD, Damush T, Newell M, Jackson GL. The implementation of a translational study involving primary care based behavioral program to improve blood pressure control: the HTN-IMPRVE study protocol (01295). Implement Sci 2010;5:54.

Bradley-Engen MS, Cuddeback GS, Gayman MD, Morrissey JP, Mancuso D. Trends in state prison admission of offenders with serious mental illness. Psychiatr Serv. 2010;61(12):1263-5.

Bricker PL, Baron RJ, Scheirer JJ, DeWalt DA, Derrickson J, Yunghans S, Gabbay RA. Collaboration in Pennsylvania: Rapidly Spreading Improved Chronic Care for Patients to Practices. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2010; 30(2):114-125.

Brookhart M. Alan; Brian D. Bradbury; Jerry Avorn; Sebastian Schneeweiss; Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer. The effect of altitude change on anemia treatment response in hemodialysis patients. American Journal of Epidemiology 2011;173(7):768-777

Brookhart M. Alan; Avorn Jerry; Winkelmayer Wolfgang. Anemia management and mortality risk in incident hemodialysis patients: Reply. Journal of the American Medical Association 2010;304(1):42-43.

Carey TS. Comparative effectiveness research in the era of health reform. NC Med J 2010; 71: 263-7.

Carpenter William R.; Wei-Shi Yeh; Sara E. Wobker; Paul A. Godley. Getting cancer prevalence right: Using state cancer registry data to estimate cancer survivors. Cancer Causes and Control 2011;22(5):765-773.

Carpenter WR, Reeder-Hayes K, Bainbridge J, Meyer AM, Amos KD, Weiner BJ, Godley PA. The role of organizational relationships and research networks in the diffusion of breast cancer treatment innovation. Med Care 2011 Feb;49(2):172-9. PMCID: PMC3037724.

Carpenter William R.; Daniel L. Howard; Yhenneko J. Taylor; Louie E. Ross; Sara E. Wobker; Paul A. Godley. Racial differences in PSA screening interval and stage at diagnosis. Cancer Causes and Control 2010;21(7):1071-1080.

Cella D, Riley W, Stone A, Rothrock N, Reeve B, Yount S, Amtmann D, Bode R, Buysse D, Choi S, Cook K, Devellis R, Dewalt D, Fries JF, Gershon R, Hahn EA, Pilkonis P, Revicki D, Rose M, Weinfurt K, Hays R, Lai JS; on behalf of the PROMIS Cooperative Group. The Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) developed and tested its first wave of adult self-reported health outcome item banks: 2005-2008. J Clin Epidemiol. Aug 3 2010.

Cené Crystal W.; Aletha Y. Akers; Stacey W. Lloyd; Tashuna Albritton; Wizdom Powell Hammond; Giselle Corbie-Smith. Understanding social capital and HIV risk in rural African American communities. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2011;():1-8.

Cené CW, Peek ME, Jacobs E, Horowitz CR. Community-based Teaching about Health Disparities: Combining Education, Scholarship, and Community Service. J Gen Intern Med. 2010; 25(2): S130-5 PMID: 20352507

Chuang Emmeline; Rebecca Wells. The role of inter-agency collaboration in facilitating receipt of behavioral health services for youth involved with child welfare and juvenile justice. Children and Youth Services Review 2010;32(12):1814-1822.

Chuang Emmeline; Rebecca Wells; Jeffrey A. Alexander. Public Managed Care and Service Access in Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Units. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research 2010;():1-20.

Charles A, Walker E, Poley S, Sheldon G, Ricketts T, Meyer A. Increasing the Number of Trainees in General Surgery: Is there Capacity? Academic Medicine. May 2011; 86(5):599-604.

Charles A, Gaul K, Poley S. Surgical Workforce in the American South. The American Surgeon. Feb 2011; 77(2):133-8.

Chen SY, Hansen RA, Gaynes BN, Farley JF, Morrissey JP, Maciejewski ML. Guideline-concordant antidepressant use among patients with major depressive disorder. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2010;32(4):360-7.

Cislo, Andrew M., Naomi J. Spence, and Mathew D. Gayman. 2010. “The Mental Health and Psychosocial Adjustment of Cuban Immigrants in South Florida.” Social Science & Medicine, 71:1173-1181.

Corbie-Smith G, Adimora A, Youmans S, Muhammad M, Blumenthal C, Ellison A, Akers A, Council B, Thigpen Y, Wynn M, Lloyd, SW. Project GRACE: A Staged Approach to Development of a Community-Academic Partnership to Address HIV in Rural African American Communities. Health Promotion Practice; (2011). March; 12(2):293-302 PMID: 20685913 PMC ID: PMC3063323.

Corbie-Smith Giselle; Moses Goldmon; Malika Roman Isler; Chanetta Washington; Alice Ammerman; Melissa Green; Audrina Bunton. Partnerships in health disparities research and the roles of pastors of black churches: Potential conflict, synergy, and expectations. Journal of the National Medical Association 2010;102(9):823-831.

Cuddeback GS, Morrissey JP. Program Planning and Staff Competencies for Forensic Assertive Community Treatment: ACT-Eligible Versus FACT-Eligible Consumers. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2011;17(1):90-7.

Cykert S, Dilworth-Anderson P, Monroe MH, Walker P,McGuire FR, Corbie-Smith G, Edwards LJ, Bunton AJ. Modifiable factors associated with decisions to undergo surgery among newly diagnosed patients with early stage lung cancer. JAMA  2010; 303(23): 2368-2376.

Daaleman TP, Kinghorn WA, Newton WP, Meador KG. Rethinking professionalism in medical education through formation. Fam Med, 2011;43:325-329.

Daaleman TP, Dobbs D. Religiosity, spirituality, and death attitudes in chronically ill older adults. Rsch in Aging, 2010; 32:224-243.

Daaleman TP. Medicaid costs and cures. Raleigh News & Observer, Feb 18, 2011, Op-Ed, p 7A.

Daaleman TP. Spiritual care by health care providers at the end-of-life. Vision, 2010;20: 23-25.

De Marco M, Cykert S, Coad N, Doost K. Roman Isler M, Schaal J, White B, Young D, & Corbie Smith G. (2010). Views on Personalized Medicine: Do the attitudes of African American and White prescription drug consumers differ? Public Health Genomics; (2010); 13(5): 276-83. PMID: 19776555

DeWalt DA, Broucksou KA, Hawk V, Brach C, Hink A, Rudd R, Callahan L. Developing and Testing the Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit. Nurs Outlook. 2011 Mar-Apr;59(2):85-94 .

Dewitt EM, Stucky BD, Thissen D, Irwin DE, Langer M, Varni JW, Lai JS, Yeatts KB, DeWalt DA. Construction of the eight-item patient-reported outcomes measurement information system pediatric physical function scales: built using item response theory. J Clin Epidemiol. Feb 1 2011.

Do Y.K.; W.R. Carpenter; P. Spain; J.A. Clark; R.J. Hamilton; J.A. Galanko; A. Jackman; J.A. Talcott; P.A. Godley. Race, healthcare access and physician trust among prostate cancer patients. Journal of Urology 2010;184(5):1991-.

Doherty Irene A.; Adaora A. Adimora; Stephen Q. Muth; Marc L. Serre; Peter A. Leone; William C. Miller. Comparison of sexual mixing patterns for syphilis in endemic and outbreak settings. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2011;38(5):378-384

Domino ME, Martin BC, Wiley-Exley E, Richards S, Henson A, Carey TS, Sleath B. Increasing time costs and copayments for prescription drugs: an analysis of policy changes. Heath Serv Res. 2011; 46:900-19. .

Domino Marisa Elena; Joel F. Farley. Did Medicare part D improve access to medications? Psychiatric Services 2010;61(2):118-120.

Donahue Katrina; Marcus Plescia; Karen Stafford. Do standing orders help with chronic disease care and health maintenance in ambulatory practice? Journal of Family Practice 2010;59(4):226-227.

Durham Danielle D.; Franziska S. Rokoske; Laura C. Hanson; John G. Cagle; Anna P. Schenck. Quality improvement in hospice: Adding a big job to an already big job? American Journal of Medical Quality 2011;26(2):103-109.

Earnshaw SR, Scheiman J, Fendrick AM, McDade C, Pignone M. Cost-utility of aspirin and proton pump inhibitors for primary prevention. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Feb 14;171(3):218-25. PMCID: PMC3137269

Emmett CP, Dobbs, D, Williams SW, Daaleman TP. “Peace with my maker.” Voices of seriously ill African American elders regarding advance care planning. Qual Inqu, 2011; 12: 119-125.

Erwin PC, Greene SB, Mays GP, Ricketts TC, Davis MV. 2011. The association of changes in local health department resources with changes in state level health outcomes. American Journal of Public Health 2011 Vol 101, No. 4, pp. 609-15.

Etzioni DA, Finlayson SR, Ricketts TC, Lynge DC, Dimick JB 2010. Getting the science right on the surgeon workforce. Archives of Surgery, in April 2011, 146(4) 381-4.

Ferguson B, Lowman SG, Dewalt DA. Assessing Literacy in Clinical and Community Settings: The Patient Perspective . J Health Commun 2011:1-11.

Federspiel, JJ, SC Stearns, RT van Domburg, BC Sheridan, JL Lund, PW Serruys. “Risk-Benefit Trade-offs in Revascularization Choices.” EuroIntervention, 6(8):936-941, March 2011.

Fraher E. Poley ST, Sheldon GF, Ricketts TC, Thompson KW. Shaping Surgical Workforce Policy through Evidence-Based Analyses. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. 2011; 96(5): 37-45.

Fraher E. Poley ST, Sheldon GF, Ricketts TC, Thompson KW. Shaping Surgical Workforce Policy through Evidence-Based Analyses. Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2011; 93(5): 1-5

Fraher E, Harden B, Kimball M. An International Call to Arms to Improve Allied Health Workforce Planning. Journal of Allied Health 2011; 40(1): 43-9 Freburger JK, Carey TS, Holmes GM. Physical therapy for chronic low back pain in North Carolina: overuse, underuse or misuse? Phys Ther 2011; 91:484-95.

Freburger JK, Carey TS, Holmes GM. Physical therapy for chronic low back pain in North Carolina: Overuse, underuse, or misuse? Phys Ther. 2011;91(4):484-95.

Freburger JK, Holmes GM, Ku EK, Heatwole-Shank K, Cutchin MP, Edwards LE. Disparities in post-acute rehabilitation care for lower extremity joint replacement. Arthritis Care Res. 2011; 63(7):1020-30.

Freburger JK, Holmes GM, Ku EK, Heatwole-Shank K, Cutchin MP, Edwards LE. Disparities in post-acute rehabilitation care for stroke: Analysis of the State Inpatient Databases. Archives Phys Med Rehab. 2011; 92(8):1220-9.

Freburger JK, Carey TS. Comparative effectiveness research: opportunities and challenges for physical therapy. Physical Therapy 2010; 90: 327-32.

Gaul K, Poley ST, Ricketts TC, Walker E, Groves J. 2010. Mapping the supply of surgeons in the United States, 2009. Chapel Hill, NC: American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute.

Gayman MD, Cuddeback GS, Morrissey JP. Help-Seeking Behaviors in a Community Sample of Young Adults with Substance Use Disorders. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2011 (Published online April 2011)

Gayman, Mathew D., R. Jay Turner, Andrew M. Cislo, and A. Henry Eliassen. 2010. “Early Adolescent Family Experiences and Perceived Social Support in Young Adulthood.” The Journal of Early Adolescence, DOI: 10.1177/0272431610376247.

Gilbert AR, Domino ME, Morrissey JP, Gaynes BN. Differential Service Utilization Associated With Trauma-informed Integrated Treatment for Women With Co-occurring Disorders. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2011. (Published: June 26, 2011)

Gifford Elizabeth J.; Rebecca Wells; Yu Bai; Tony O. Troop; Shari Miller; Leslie M. Babinski. Pairing nurses and social workers in schools: North Carolina's school-based child and family support teams. Journal of School Health 2010;80(2):104-107.

Goode AP, Freburger J, Carey T. Prevalence, practice patterns and evidence for chronic neck pain. Arthritis Care Res. 2010; 62: 1594-601.

Gould E, Reed P, Sloane P, Zimmerman S.  Dementia care training in nursing homes and assisted living settings, part 1.  Alzheimer's Care Today.  11(1):1-3, 2010.

Gourlay ML, Lewis CL, Preisser JS, Mitchell CM, Sloane PD.  Perceptions of informed decision making about cancer screening in a diverse primary care population.  Family Medicine.  42:421-427, 2010.

Greene SB, Williams CE, Pierson S, Hansen RA, Carey TS. Medication error reporting in nursing homes: identifying targets for patient safety improvement. Qual Saf Health Care 2010; 19: 218-22.

Greene, S.B., Williams C.E., Pierson S., Hansen R.A., and Carey T.S. “Online Medication Error Graphic Reports: A Pilot in North Carolina Nursing Homes.” Journal of Patient Safety, Vol 7, No. 4 pp. 92-98. June 2011.

Halladay Jacqueline R.; Philip D. Sloane; Ann Lefebvre; Samuel W. Warburton; Marti Wolf. Should your practice participate in a quality-reporting program? Family Practice Management 2011;18(1):

Halladay Jacqueline R.; Bonnie C. Yankaskas; J. Michael Bowling; Camille Alexander. Positive predictive value of mammography: Comparison of interpretations of screening and diagnostic images by the same radiologist and by different radiologists. American Journal of Roentgenology 2010;195(3):782-785

Hammond W, Matthews D, Mohottige D, Agyemang A, Corbie-Smith G. Masculinity, Medical Mistrust, and Preventive Health Services Delays Among Community-Dwelling African-American Men. Journal of General Internal Medicine; (2010). August 17 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20714819 PMCID: PMC2988156

Hansen, R.A., Cornell P.Y., Ryan P.B., Williams C.E., Pierson S., and Greene S.B. “Patterns in Nursing Home Medication Errors: Disproportionality Analysis as a Novel Method to Identify Quality Improvement Opportunities”. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, Vol 19, pp. 1087-1094, August 2010.

Hanson Laura C. Caregiver symptom burden among underserved cancer populations. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2011;41(3):658-659.

Hanson LC, Ersek M, Gilliam R, Carey TS. Oral feeding options for people with dementia: a systematic review. J Am Geriatr Soc 2011; 59:463-72.

Hanson Laura C; Robin Gilliam; Tae Joon Lee. Successful clinical trial research in nursing homes: The improving decision-making study. Clinical Trials 2010;7(6):735-743.

Hanson, L.C., Scheunemann, L.P., Zimmerman, S., Rokoske, F.S., & Schenck, A.P. (2010). The PEACE project review of clinical instruments for hospice and palliative care. Journal of Palliative Medicine 13(1), 1253-1260.

Hanson Laura C.; Hyman B. Muss. Cancer in the oldest old: Making better treatment decisions. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2010;28(12):1975-1976.

Hanson Laura C.; Anna P. Schenck; Franziska S. Rokoske; Amy P. Abernethy; Jean S. Kutner; Carol Spence; Judi Lund Person. Hospices' preparation and practices for quality measurement. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2010;39(1):1-8.

Harden B, Fraher EP. 2010. The Challenge of Health Workforce Planning in the Context of Service Redesign, Changing Demographics and International Workforce Migration. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation. 17(4): 195-200.

Head, B. J., Scherb, C. A., Reed, D., Conley, D. Weinberg, B M., Kozel, M., Gillette, S., Clarke, M., Moorhead, S. (2011). Nursing diagnoses, interventions, and patient outcomes for hospitalized older adults with pneumonia. Research in Gerontological Nursing 4(2): 95-105.

Head, B.J., Scherb, C.A., Maas, M.L., Swanson, E. A., Moorhead, S., Reed, D., Conley, D. M., & Kozel, M. (2011). Clinical documentation data retrieval for hospitalized older adults with heart failure: Part 2. International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classification 22(2): 68-76.

Helton, M.R., Cohen, L.W., Zimmerman, S., & van der Steen, J.T. (2011). The importance of physician

presence in nursing homes for residents with dementia and pneumonia. Journal of the American

Medical Director’s Association, 12, 68-73.

Hodder Sally L.; Jessica Justman; Danielle F. Haley; Adaora A. Adimora; Catherine I. Fogel; Carol E. Golin; Ann O'leary; Lydia Soto-Torres; Gina Wingood; et al. Challenges of a hidden epidemic: HIV prevention among women in the United States. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2010;55(SUPPL. 2):S69-S73.

Hoffman RM, Lewis CL, Pignone MP, Couper MP, Barry MJ, Elmore JG, Levin CA, Van Hoewyk J, Zikmund-Fisher BJ.Decision-making processes for breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer screening: the DECISIONS survey. Med Decis Making. 2010 Sep-Oct;30(5 Suppl):53S-64S. PMCID: PMC3139436

Holden Debra J; Russell Harris; Deborah S Porterfield; Daniel E Jonas; Laura C Morgan; Daniel Reuland; Michael Gilchrist; Meera Viswanathan; Kathleen N Lohr; et al. Enhancing the use and quality of colorectal cancer screening. Evidence report/technology assessment 2010;(190):1-195, v.

Holmes Mark; Carol Ford. Now the hard work begins. North Carolina Medical Journal 2010;71(4):377-379

Johnson, M., S. Clauser, D. O’Obrien, J. Beveridge, A. Kaluzny, ‘ Improving Community Cancer Care and Expanding Research in Community Hospitals”, Oncology Issues, January/February,2011, 26-28

Kalkbrenner AE, Daniels JL, Emch M, Morrissey J, Poole C, Chen JC. Geographic access to health services and diagnosis with an autism spectrum disorder. Ann Epidemiol. 2011;21(4):304-10.

Kalkbrenner AE, Daniels JL, Chen JC, Poole C, Emch M, Morrissey J. Perinatal exposure to hazardous air pollutants and autism spectrum disorders at age 8. Epidemiology. 2010;21(5):631-41. PMCID: 2989602.

Kavalieratos D, Weinberger M, Rao JK. Recommendations of community pharmacists and health food store employees regarding undiagnosed symptoms of diabetes. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Aug;25(8):799:802.

Kemper AR, Sloane PD, Trinité TL, Patterson BJ, Dolor RJ.  Challenges in Developing Community and Clinician Partnerships for Prevention.  Journal of Primary Care and Community Health. 1:128-133, 2010.

Kistler CE, Walter LC, Mitchell CM, Sloane PD.  Patient perceptions of mistakes in ambulatory care.  Archives of Internal Medicine. 170:1480-7, 2010.

Knauer SR, Freburger JK, Carey TS. Chronic low back pain among older adults: a population based perspective. J Aging Health 2010; 22: 1213-34.

Krebs EE, Blair MJ, Carey TS, Weinberger M. Documentation of pain care processes does not accurately reflect pain management delivered in primary care. J Gen Intern Med. 2010; 25: 194-9.

Leese, PJ, AJ Viera, AL Hinderliter, SC Stearns. “Cost-effectiveness of electrocardiography versus electrocardiography plus limited echocardiography to diagnose LVH in young, newly identified, hypertensives” American Journal of Hypertension, 23(6):592-598, 2010. www.nature.com/ajh/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ajh201042a.html

Leone, L.A., Allicock, M., Pignone, M.P, Johnson, L.M., Walsh, J. Campbell, M.K. Cancer Screening Patterns by Weight Group and Gender for Urban African-American Church Members. Journal of Community Health 2011 July 29 [Epub ahead of print] PMID:21800187

McCormack L, Treiman K, Bann C., Williams-Piehota P, Driscoll D, Poehlman J, Soloe C, Lohr K, Sheridan S, Golin C, Cykert S, and Harris R. Translating medical Evidence to promote informed healthcare decisions. Health Services Research 2011; 46:1200-1223.

Macabasco-O'Connell A , DeWalt DA, Broucksou K, Hawk V, Baker DW, Schillinger D, Ruo B, Bibbins-Domingo K, Holmes GM, Erman B, Weinberger M, Pignone M. Relationship between literacy, knowledge, self-care behaviors, and heart failure-related quality of life among patients with heart failure. JGIM 2011, 2011 Mar 3. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21369770.

Michie Marsha; Gail Henderson; Joanne Garrett; Giselle Corbie-Smith. If i Could in a small way help " Motivations for and beliefs about sample donation for genetic research. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 2011;6(2):57-70.

Miles Margaret Shandor; Malika Roman Isler; Bahby B. Banks; Sohini Sengupta; Giselle Corbie-Smith. Silent endurance and profound loneliness: Socioemotional suffering in African Americans living with HIV in the rural South. Qualitative Health Research 2011;21(4):489-501.

Miles M, Isler M, Banks B, Corbie-Smith G. (2010). Silent endurance and profound loneliness as socio-emotional suffering in African Americans living with HIV in the rural south. Qualitative Health Research; (2010). Nov 1 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21041516 PMCID: PMC3073239

Miller DP, Spangler JG, Case LD, Goff DC, Singh S, Pignone MP. Effectiveness of a Web-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Patient Decision Aid: A Randomized Controlled Trial in a Mixed Literacy Population. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2011 June; 40: 608-15. PMID:21565651 PMC Journal – In Process.

Miller E, Lee JY, DeWalt DA, Vann WF. Impact of Caregiver Literacy on Children’s Oral Health Outcomes. Pediatrics 2010; 126: 107-114.

Miller KM, Brenner A, Griffith JM, Pignone MP, Lewis CL. Promoting decision aid use in primary care using a staff member for delivery. Patient Educ Couns. 2011 Jun 14. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21680131.

Minasian LM, Carpenter WR, Weiner BJ, Anderson DE, McCaskill-Stevens W, Nelson S, Whitman C, Kelaghan J, O’Mara AM, Kaluzny AD. Translating research into practice: the National Cancer Institute’s Community Clinical Oncology Program. Cancer 2010 Oct 1; 116(19):4440-4449. PMCID: 2945622.

Mostafa Javed; Carlton Moore. The North Carolina translational and clinical sciences institute: Activities of the biomedical informatics core. Clinical and Translational Science 2010;3(3):71-72.

Nelligan C, Wright B, Scarborough J, Poley S, Walker E, Ricketts T. Charity Care among Surgeons. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. November 2010; 95(11):40-41.

Orwig, D., Hochberg, M., Yu-Yahiro, J., Resnick, B., Hawkes, W.G., Shardell, M., Hebel, J.R., Colvin, P., Miller, R.R., Golden, J., Zimmerman, S., & Magaziner, J. (2011). Delivery and outcomes of a year-long home-exercise program after hip fracture: a randomized controlled trial. Archives of Internal Medicine 171(4), 323-331.

Pahel B, RG Rozier, SC Stearns, R Quinonez. “Effectiveness of Preventive Dental Treatments by Physicians for Young Medicaid Enrollees.” Pediatrics, 127(3):e682-e689, 2011. (doi:10.1542/peds.2010-1457)

Pahel, B, J Preisser, SC Stearns, RG Rozier. “Multiple Imputation of Dental Caries Data Using a Zero Inflated Poisson Regression Model.” Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 71(1):71–78, Winter 2011. (doi: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2010.00197.x; NIHMS ID: NIHMS228337)

Pahel BT, RG Rozier, SC Stearns. “Agreement between structured checklists and Medicaid claims for preventive dental visits in primary care medical offices.” Health Informatics Journal, 16(2):115-128, 2010.

Parikh Seema; M. Alan Brookhart; Margaret Stedman; Jerry Avorn; Helen Mogun; Daniel H. Solomon. Correlations of nursing home characteristics with prescription of osteoporosis medications. Bone 2011;48(5):1164-1168.

Pignone MP, Flitcroft KL, Howard K, Trevena LJ Salkeld GP, St John DJB. Costs and cost-effectiveness of full implementation of a biennial faecal occult blood test screening program for bowel cancer in Australia. Med J Aust. 2011 Feb 21;194(4):180-5. PMCID: PMC3136747

Pignone M, Winquist A. Schild LA, Lewis CL, Scott T, Hawley J, Rimer BK, Glanz K. Effectiveness of a Patient and Practice-Level Colorectal Cancer Screening Intervention in Health Plan Members: The CHOICE Trial. Cancer . 2011 Feb 11. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25924 PMCID: PMC3136553

Pignone M and Lewis CL. Improving colon cancer screening in 2011. Archives of Internal Medicine 2011; 171: 647-8. PMID:21482837

Pignone M. Bariatric surgery reduces the need for glycemic control medications and related health care costs. Clinical Diabetes 2011;29(1):34-35.

Pignone M. High-protein and low-glycemic diets improve weight maintenance among overweight adults. Clinical Diabetes 2011;29(2):73-74.

Pletcher MJ, Pignone M. Evaluating the clinical utility of a biomarker: a review of methods for estimating health impact. Circulation. 2011 Mar 15;123(10):1116-24. PMCID: PMC3138723

Poley S., Ricketts, T., Belsky, D., Gaul, K. Pediatric surgeons: subspecialists increase faster than generalists. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. October 2010; 95(10): 36-39. http://www.facs.org/fellows_info/bulletin/2010/poley1010.pdf

Poley S, Newkirk V, Thompson K, Ricketts T. Independent Practice Becoming Increasingly Rare Among Surgeons. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. March 2011; 95(3):40-41.

Radford, A., Slifkin, R., King, J., Lampman, M., Richardson, I. and Rutledge, S., The Relationship Between the Financial Status of Sole Community Independent Pharmacies and Their Broader Involvement With Other Rural Providers. The Journal of Rural Health, 27(2011) 176-183 doi:10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00331.x.

Rajan Suja; Gary H. Lyman; Sally C. Stearns; William R. Carpenter. Effect of primary prophylactic granulocyte-colony stimulating factor use on incidence of neutropenia hospitalizations for elderly early-stage breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Medical Care 2011;49(7):649-657.

Rajan, SS, GH Lyman, WR Carpenter, SC Stearns. “Chemotherapy Characteristics are Important Predictors of Primary Prophylactic CSF Administration in Older Patients with Breast Cancer.” Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 127(2):511-520, 2011. (doi 10.1007/s10549-010-1216-1, 2010)

Reeder-Hayes KE, Bainbridge J, Meyer AM, Amos KD, Weiner BJ, Godley PA, Carpenter WR: Race and age disparities in receipt of sentinel lymph node biopsy for early-stage breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2011 Feb 22 [epub ahead of print].

Reeder-Hayes K: Way Back When. Journal of the American Medical Association 2011 Jun 8;305(22):2266-7.

Richardson, I., Slifkin, R., Randolph, R., Holmes G.M. “A Rural-Urban Comparison of Allied Health Professionals’ Average Hourly Wage”.  Journal of Allied Health, 39(3), 91E-96E, Fall 2010.

Ricketts TC. 2011. The health care workforce: Will it be ready as the boomers age? A review of how we can know (or not know) the answer. Annual Review of Public Health. Vol 32, pp 417-30.

Ricketts TC. 2010. Organisation territoriale de l’offre des soins primaries destineé aux populations le plus défavorisés, l’exempler de l’État de Caroline du Nord. Review française des Affaires sociales. Vol 64, no. 3. Julliet-Septembre. pp. 73-80.

Ricketts TC. 2010. Point de vue d’initiés… (Interview with Antoine Flahault, Julie Lyonnard and Jean-Noel Cabanis). Cahiers Hospitaliers. Number 231. October, pp. 14-16.

Ricketts TC. Surgery does not drive volume of physician services. Surgery News. September 2010; p. 4

Ross PT, Wiley Cené C, Bussey-Jones J, Brown AF, Blackman D, Fernández A, Fernández F. Glick SB, Horowitz CR, Jacobs EA, Peek ME, Wilkerson L, Lypson ML. A strategy for improving health disparities education in medicine. J Gen Intern Med. 2010; 25(2): S160-3 PMID: 20352512

Rowland J, Heazell A, Melvin C, Hill S. Auscultation of the fetal heart in early pregnancy. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2011;283 Suppl 1:9-11.

Rozier RG, SC Stearns, B Pahel, R Quinonez, J Park. “How a North Carolina Program Substantially Increased Preventive Oral Health Services For Low-Income Children.” Health Affairs, 29:2278-2285; doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0768, December 2010.

Salz T, Weinberger M, Ayanian JZ, Brewer NT, Earle CC, Lafata JE, Fisher DA, Weiner BJ, Sandler RS. Variation in use of surveillance colonoscopy among colorectal cancer survivors. BMC Health Serv Res 2010 10:256

Scherb, C.A., Head, B.J., Maas, M.L., Swanson, E. A., Moorhead, S., Reed, D., Conley, D. M., & Kozel, M. (2011). Most frequent nursing diagnoses, nursing interventions, and nursing-sensitive patient outcomes of hospitalized older adults with heart failure: Part 1. International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classification. 22(1): 13-22.

Scherb, C. A., Specht, J.K., Loes, J.L., Reed, D. (2011). Decisional involvement: Staff nurse and nurse manager perceptions. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 33(2): 161-179.

Scheunemann Leslie P.; Michelle McDevitt; Shannon S. Carson; Laura C. Hanson. Randomized, controlled trials of interventions to improve communication in intensive care: A systematic review. Chest 2011;139(3):543-554.

Schroy PC III,Emmons K, Peters E, Glick JT, Robinson PA, Lydotes MA, Mylvanaman S, Evans S, Chaisson C, Pignone M, Prout M, Davidson P, Heeren T. The Impact of a Novel Computer-Based Decision Aid on Shared Decision-Making for Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Randomized Trial. Medical Decision Making 2011 Jan-Feb;31(1):93-107PMID:20484090

Shattell MM, Donnelly N, Scheyett A, Cuddeback GS. Assertive community treatment and the physical health needs of persons with severe mental illness: issues around integration of mental health and physical health. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2011;17(1):57-63.

Sheldon, George. Access to Care and the Surgeon Shortage. Annals of Surgery. October 2010; 252(4):582-590.

Sheldon GF. The Evolving Surgeon Shortage in the Health Reform Era. J Gastrointest Surg. May 2011;15:1104-1111.

Sheridan, BC, SC Stearns, J Rossi, LP D’Arcy, JJ Federspiel, and TS Carey “Three-Year Outcomes of Multivessel Revascularization in Very Elderly Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients.” Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 89(6):1889-94, 2010.

Sleath B, Domino ME, Wiley-Exley E, Martin B, Richards S, Carey T. Antidepressant and antipsychotic use and adherence among Medicaid youths: differences by race. Community Ment Health J. 2010; 46: 265-72.

Sloane PD, Wroth T, Halladay J, Bray P, Spragens L, Stearns S, Zimmerman S.  How eight primary care practices initiated and maintained quality monitoring and reporting.  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.  24:360-369, 2011.

Sloane PD, Williams CS, Zimmerman S.  Immigrant Status and Intention to Leave Among Nursing Assistants in U.S. Nursing Homes.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  58:731-737, 2010.

Smith, S.K., Crespi, C.M., Petersen, L., Zimmerman, S., & Ganz, P.A. (2010). The impact of cancer and

quality of life for post-treatment non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors. Psychooncology 19(12), 1259-1267.

Stefan M, Blackwell J, Crawford K, Martinez J, Wu Sung S, Holliday S, Landry M, LaVine N, Lerfald N, Morris J, Greene S, and Cykert S. Patients' Attitudes Toward and Factors Predictive of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing of Academic Medical Clinics. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences 2010; 340: 264-267.

Stitzenberg K, Wong Y, Nielsen M, Egleston B, Uzzo R. Trends in Radical Prostatectomy: Centralization, Robotics, and Access to Urologic Cancer Care. Journal of Clinical Oncology. J Clin Oncol 28:15s, 2010 (suppl; abstr 6023).

Stitzenberg K, Meropol N. Trends in Centralization of Cancer Surgery. Annals of Surgical Oncology. November 2010; 17(11):2824-31.

Stürmer Til; Michele Jonsson Funk; Charles Poole; M. Alan Brookhart. Nonexperimental comparative effectiveness research using linked healthcare databases. Epidemiology 2011;22(3):298-301

Swanson, Jeffrey, Richard A. Van Dorn, Marvin S. Swartz, Andrew M. Cislo, Christine M. Wilder, Lorna L. Moser and Allison R. Gilbert. 2010. “Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: Did New York State’s Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Program Crowd out Voluntary Service Recipients?” Psychiatric Services, 61(10):988-995.

Swearingen CJ, McCollum L, Daltroy LH, Pincus T, Dewalt DA, Davis TC. Screening for Low Literacy in a Rheumatology Setting: More Than 10% of Patients Cannot Read "Cartilage," "Diagnosis," "Rheumatologist," or "Symptom". J Clin Rheumatol. 2010 Nov 16. [Epub ahead of print]

Thissen D, Varni JW, Stucky BD, Liu Y, Irwin DE, DeWalt DA. Using the PedsQL™ 3.0 Asthma Module to Obtain Scores Comparable with those of the PROMIS Pediatric Asthma Impact Scale (PAIS). Qual Life Res. 2011 Mar 8. [Epub ahead of print].

Triplette MA, Rossi J, Viera A, Cohen M, Pathman D. The contribution of hypertension to Black-White differences in likelihood of coronary artery disease detected during elective angiography. American Journal of Hypertension. 2011:24(2):181-6.

Van Dorn, Richard, Jeffrey W. Swanson, Marvin S. Swartz, Christine M. Wilder, Lorna L. Moser, Allison R. Gilbert, Andrew M. Cislo, and Pamela C. Robbins. 2010. “Continuing Medication and Hospitalization Outcomes after Assisted Outpatient Treatment in New York.” Psychiatric Services, 61(10):982-987.

Vaughn M, Sloane PD, Knierim K, Varkey D, Pilgard MA, Johnson BJB.  Practice-Based Research Network Partnership with CDC to Acquire Clinical Specimens to Study the Etiology of Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI).  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 23:720-727, 2010.

Walker E, Poley S, Ricketts T. The Aging Surgeon Population. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. December 2010; 95(12).

Wallace AS, Carlson JR, Malone RM, Joyner J, Dewalt DA: The influence of literacy on patient-reported experiences of diabetes self-management support. Nurs Res 2010, 59(5):356-363.

Wang V, Lee SY, Patel UD, Maciejewski ML, Ricketts TC. 2011. Longitudinal analysis of market factors associated with provision of peritoneal dialysis services. Medical Care Research and Review. June 16 epub ahead of print.

Watson Lea C.; Carmen L. Lewis; Charity G. Moore; Dilip V. Jeste. Perceptions of depression among dementia caregivers: Findings from the CATIE-AD trial. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2011;26(4):397-402.

Weiner BJ, Amick HA, Lund JL, Lee SYD, Hoff TJ. Use of qualitative methods in published health services and management research: a ten-year review. Med Care Res Rev 2010 Jul 30. [epub ahead of print]

Wells Rebecca; Emmeline Chuang; Lindsey E. Haynes; I-Heng Lee; Yu Bai. Child welfare agency ties to providers and schools and substance abuse treatment use by adolescents. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 2011;40(1):26-34.

Wells R, Morrissey J, Lee E, Radford A. “Recent Trends in Behavioral Health Care Service Provision by Community Health Centers.” Psychiatric Services, 61(8):759-764,2010.

Wohl DA, Scheyett A, Golin CE, White B, Matuszewski J, Bowling M, Smith P, Duffin F, Rosen D, Kaplan A, Earp J.  Intensive case management before and after prison release is no more effective than comprehensive pre-release discharge planning in linking HIV-infected prisoners to care: a randomized trial.  AIDS Behav. 2011 Feb;15(2):356-64.

Yeatts K, Stucky B, Thissen D, Irwin D, Varni J, Morgan DeWitt E, Lai JS, DeWalt DA. Item-analysis of the Pediatric Asthma Impact Scale (PAIS) for the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). Journal of Asthma 2010. 47(3):295-302.

Yankaskas Bonnie C.; Pamela Dickens; J. Michael Bowling; Molly P. Jarman; Karen Luken; Kathryn Salisbury; Jacqueline Halladay; Carol E. Lorenz. Barriers to adherence to screening mammography among women with disabilities. American Journal of Public Health 2010;100(5):947-953.

Zimmerman, S., Love, K., Sloane, P.D., Cohen, L.W., Reed, D., Carder, P. (2011).  Medication administration errors in assisted living: Scope, characteristics, and the importance of staff training. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 59(6), 1060-1068.

Zimmerman, S., & Cohen, L.W. (2010). Evidence behind The Green House and similar models of nursing home care. Aging Health 6(6), 731-751.

 

 

Chapters, Books, Reports:

 

Bader J. Publication of research findings. In: Giannobile W, Burt B, Genco R, eds. Clinical Research in Oral Health. Ames IA: Wiley-Blackwell. 2010.

Burns R, Bradley E, Weiner BJ (Eds). Shortell and Kaluzny’s Health Care Management: Organization Design and Behavior, 6 th edition. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishing. 2011.

Carpenter JM, Hadley HL, Groves J, Gaul K, and Fraher EP. North Carolina Health Professions 2009 Data Book. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. October 2010.

Clark, SC, Daaleman TP. Relationship issues. In Sloane PD, Slatt L, Ebell M. (eds): Essentials of Family Medicine (6 th ed). Wolters/Kluwer, Philadelphia 2011, 375-384

DeClerque JL, Shanahan E, Schectman R, Perry JR, Nguyen TTX. Consensus in Region IV: Women and Infant Health Indicators for Planning and Assessment. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010 September.

DeClerque JL, Shanahan E, Schectman R, Perry JR. Consensus in Region IV: Women and Infant Health Indicators for Planning and Assessment Florida Community Health Centers, Inc. FPAR Tables. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011 March.

DeClerque JL, Shanahan E. Healthy Start Local Evaluation Impact Report for 2006-2010: Eastern NC Healthy Start — Baby Love Plus. Washington DC: HRSA/MCHB, 2011 April.

Fraher E and Knapton A. “Migration Patterns of the Recently Trained Medical Workforce.” NHS Workforce Review Team. January 2010.

Gapenski LC and Pink GH. Understanding Healthcare Financial Management 6 th Edition, AUPHA/HAP, ISBN 13: 978-1-56793-362-8, 727 pages, December 2010.

Glasser M, Pathman D. Co-Editors’ Notes 24:1. Education for Health (online), 2011; 24(1). Available from: http://www.educationforhealth.net/publishedarticles/article_print_662.pdf.

Holmes GM and GH Pink, Risk of Financial Distress Among Critical Access Hospitals: A Proposed Model, Flex Monitoring Team Policy Brief # 20, April 2011.

Holmes GM, S Karim, and GH Pink, Changes in Obstetrical Services Among Critical Access Hospitals, Flex Monitoring Team Policy Brief # 18, March 2011.

Holmes GM, GH Pink, and HA Howard. Profitability of Rural Hospitals Paid Under Prospective Payment Compared to Rural Hospitals with Special Medicare Payment Provisions. Findings Brief #97, North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, 2010.

Holmes GM, GH Pink, SA Friedman, and HA Howard, A Comparison of Rural Hospitals with Special Medicare Payment Provisions to Urban and Rural Hospitals Paid under Prospective Payment, Final Report submitted to the federal Office of Rural Health Policy, August 2010

Kimball M, Fraher E., Gaul K and Lyons J. “Allied Health Job Vacancy Tracking Report”. North Carolina Health Professions Data System, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, May 2011.

Kimball M, Lyons J, Gaul K, Fraher E. The State of Allied Health in North Carolina. NC Health Professions Data System and the Council for Allied Health in North Carolina. October 2010.

Morgan, L.A., Frankowski, A.C., Roth, E.G., Keimig, L., Zimmerman, S., & Eckert, J.K. (2011). Quality Assisted Living: Translating Research into Practice. New York: Springer.Pink GH. Rural Hospital Profitability, Data Trends, Healthcare Financial Management 65(4): April 2011.

Newton H, Lyons JM, Hadley HL, Groves J, McGee V, Gaul K, and Fraher EP. North Carolina Health Professions 2010 Data Book. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. August 2011.

Odulana A, Kim M, Green M, Goldmon M, Meade SA, Boyd C, Taylor Y, Howard D, Godley P, Corbie-Smith G. Research Participation: Attitudes within the African American Church. Society of General Internal Medicine 34th Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, May 2011.

Pignone MP, Salazar R. Chapter 1: General approach to the patient; health maintenance and disease prevention . Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2011 Tierney LM, McPhee SJ, Papadakis MA, editors. New York: Lange, 2010, pages 1-20.

Radford A. “Evaluation of the Initiative to Implement Cancer and Tobacco Control Programs in Health Centers – Tobacco Supplement.” March 2011 For the North Carolina Community Health Center Association

Ricketts TC. 2011. Global Health Reform. In Fried B and Gaydos L. World Health Systems (2nd Edition) Chicago:AUPHA/HAP.

Ricketts TC. 2010. Accessing Health Care. Chapter in: A Companion to Health and Medical Geography. Brown T, McLafferty S, Moon G. eds. London: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 521-39.

Saada A, Perry JR, Shanahan EM, DeClerque JL. Improving Utilization of Prenatal and Interconceptional Case Management Services: Understanding Factors Related to Non-Use Among High-Risk Women in Forsyth and Guilford Counties. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011 Spring.

Sloane PD, Slatt L, Ebell M, Viera A, Power D, Smith M (eds).  Essentials of Family Medicine, 6 th Edition.  Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2011.

Sloane PD, Kemper AR. Cellulitis and Abscess Management in the Era of Resistance to Antibiotics (CAMERA). AHRQ Publication No. 11-0007-2-EF, March 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.  Available at:  http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/mrsa/nc_mrsa.htm

Viswanathan M., Nerz P., Delberth B., Voisin C.E., Lohr K.N. Assessing the Impact of AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Reports on Future Research. Methods Future Research Needs Report No. 7. (Prepared by the RTI International-University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-10056-I.) AHRQ Publication No. 11-EHC058-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. June 2011. Available at: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.

Walker E, Poley S, Ricketts TC. 2010. The Aging Surgeon Population: Fact Sheet No. 5. Chapel Hill, NC: American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute

Weiner BJ, Helfrich C. Learning and Innovation. In Burns R, Bradley E, Weiner BJ (eds). Shortell and Kaluzny’s Health Care Management: Organization Design and Behavior, 6 th edition. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishing, 2011, 221-48.