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Bogart LM, Howerton D, Lange J, Becker K, Setodji CM, Asch SM.
Scope of rapid HIV testing in private nonprofit urban community health settings in the United States.
Am J Public Health. 2008 Apr;98(4):736-42. Epub 2008 Feb 28.

Ponce NA, Cochran SD, Mays VM, Chia J, Brown ER.
Health coverage of low-income citizen and noncitizen wage earners: sources and disparities.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2008 Apr;10(2):167-76.

Mendez-Luck CA, Kennedy DP, Wallace SP.
Concepts of Burden in Giving Care to Older Relatives: A Study of Female Caregivers in a Mexico City Neighborhood.
J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2008 Mar 7; [Epub ahead of print]

Norris K, Nissenson A.
Racial disparities in chronic kidney disease: tragedy, opportunity, or both?
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Mar;3(2):314-6. Epub 2008 Feb 20.

Yoon J, Malin JL, Tisnado DM, Tao ML, Adams JL, Timmer MJ, Ganz PA, Kahn KL.
Symptom management after breast cancer treatment: is it influenced by patient characteristics?
Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2008 Mar;108(1):69-77. Epub 2007 Jul 19.

Laberge A, Weech-Maldonado R, Johnson CE, Jia H, Dewald L.
Outsourcing veterans for long-term care: comparison of community and state veterans' nursing homes.
J Health Hum Serv Adm. 2008 Spring;30(4):441-67.

Duru OK, Li S, Jurkovitz C, Bakris G, Brown W, Chen SC, Collins A, Klag M, McCullough PA, McGill J, Narva A, Pergola P, Singh A, Norris K.
Race and sex differences in hypertension control in CKD: results from the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP).
Am J Kidney Dis. 2008 Feb;51(2):192-8.

Gary TL, Safford MM, Gerzoff RB, Ettner SL, Karter AJ, Beckles GL, Brown AF.
Perception of neighborhood problems, health behaviors, and diabetes outcomes among adults with diabetes in managed care: the Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study.Diabetes Care.
Diabetes Care. 2008 Feb;31(2):273-8. Epub 2007 Nov 13.

Tseng CW, Tierney EF, Gerzoff RB, Dudley RA, Waitzfelder B, Ackermann RT, Karter AJ, Piette J, Crosson JC, Ngo-Metzger Q, Chung R, Mangione CM.
Race/ethnicity and economic differences in cost-related medication underuse among insured adults with diabetes: the Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes Study.
Diabetes Care. 2008 Feb;31(2):261-6. Epub 2007 Nov 13.

Ngo-Metzger Q, August KJ, Srinivasan M, Liao S, Meyskens FL Jr.
End-of-Life care: guidelines for patient-centered communication.
Am Fam Physician. 2008 Jan 15;77(2):167-74.

Ani C, Bazargan M, Hindman D, Bell D, Farooq MA, Akhanjee L, Yemofio F, Baker R, Rodriguez M.
Depression symptomatology and diagnosis: discordance between patients and physicians in primary care settings.
BMC Fam Pract. 2008 Jan 3;9:1.

Fongwa MN, Sayre MM, Ruth Anderson NL.
Quality indicator themes among African Americans, Latinos, and Whites.
J Nurs Care Qual. 2008 Jan-Mar;23(1):50-7.

Harawa N, Adimora A.
Incarceration, African Americans and HIV: advancing a research agenda.
J Natl Med Assoc. 2008 Jan;100(1):57-62.

Hepner KA, Morales LS, Hays RD, Edelen MO, Miranda J.
Evaluating differential item functioning of the PRIME-MD mood module among impoverished black and white women in primary care.
Womens Health Issues. 2008 Jan-Feb;18(1):53-61.

Ngo-Metzger Q, Phillips RS, McCarthy EP.
Ethnic disparities in hospice use among Asian-American and Pacific Islander patients dying with cancer.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Jan;56(1):139-44. Epub 2007 Nov 27.

Cook BL, McGuire T, Miranda J.
Measuring trends in mental health care disparities, 2000 2004.
Psychiatr Serv. 2007 Dec;58(12):1533-40.

Johnson CE, Weech-Maldonado R, Huanguang Jia, Reker D, Buchanan R, Laberge A.
Characteristics of community nursing homes serving per diem veterans, 1999 to 2002.
Med Care Res Rev. 2007 Dec;64(6):673-90. Epub 2007 Sep 18.

Mendez-Luck CA, Yu H, Meng YY, Jhawar M, Wallace SP.
Estimating health conditions for small areas: asthma symptom prevalence for state legislative districts.
Health Serv Res. 2007 Dec;42(6 Pt 2):2389-409.

Nadeem E, Lange JM, Edge D, Fongwa M, Belin T, Miranda J.
Does stigma keep poor young immigrant and U.S.-born Black and Latina women from seeking mental health care?
Psychiatr Serv. 2007 Dec;58(12):1547-54.

Tseng CW, Dudley RA, Brook RH, Keeler E, Steers WN, Alexander GC, Waitzfelder BE, Mangione CM.
Elderly patients' preferences and experiences with providers in managing their drug costs.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Dec;55(12):1974-80. Epub 2007 Oct 18.

Norris KC, Brusuelas R, Jones L, Miranda J, Duru OK, Mangione CM.
Partnering with community-based organizations: an academic institution's evolving perspective.
Ethn Dis. 2007 Winter;17(1 Suppl 1):S27-32. Erratum in: Ethn Dis. 2007 Spring;17(2):205.

Brown AF.
Patient, system and clinician level interventions to address disparities in diabetes care.
Curr Diabetes Rev. 2007 Nov;3(4):244-8. Review.

Cheng EM, Chen A, Cunningham W.
Primary language and receipt of recommended health care among Hispanics in the United States.
J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Nov;22 Suppl 2:283-8.

Derose KP, Kanouse DE, Weidmer B, Weech-Maldonado R, García RE, Hays RD.
Developing a Spanish-language consumer report for CAHPS health plan surveys.
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007 Nov;33(11):681-8.

Ngo-Metzger Q, Sorkin DH, Phillips RS, Greenfield S, Massagli MP, Clarridge B, Kaplan SH.
Providing high-quality care for limited English proficient patients: the importance of language concordance and interpreter use.
J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Nov;22 Suppl 2:324-30.

Sayles JN, Ryan GW, Silver JS, Sarkisian CA, Cunningham WE.
Experiences of social stigma and implications for healthcare among a diverse population of HIV positive adults.
J Urban Health. 2007 Nov;84(6):814-28. Epub 2007 Sep 2.

Wells KB, Sherbourne CD, Miranda J, Tang L, Benjamin B, Duan N.
The cumulative effects of quality improvement for depression on outcome disparities over 9 years: results from a randomized, controlled group-level trial.
Med Care. 2007 Nov;45(11):1052-9.

Wu S, Ridgely MS, Escarce JJ, Morales LS.
Language access services for Latinos with limited English proficiency: lessons learned from Hablamos Juntos.
J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Nov;22 Suppl 2:350-5.

Hahn EA, Cella D, Chassany O, Fairclough DL, Wong GY, Hays RD; Clinical Significance Consensus Meeting Group.
Precision of health-related quality-of-life data compared with other clinical measures.
Mayo Clin Proc. 2007 Oct;82(10):1244-54.

Wells KB, Schoenbaum M, Duan N, Miranda J, Tang L, Sherbourne C.
Cost-effectiveness of quality improvement programs for patients with subthreshold depression or depressive disorder.
Psychiatr Serv. 2007 Oct;58(10):1269-78.

Wells KB, Miranda J.
Reducing the burden of depression: building villages for coordinated care.
JAMA. 2007 Sep 26;298(12):1451-2. No abstract available

Brown ER, Ponce N, Lavarreda SA.
Job-based insurance declines for moderate- and low-income workers.
Policy Brief UCLA Cent Health Policy Res. 2007 Jul;(PB2007-8):1-6. No abstract available.

Tseng CW, Mangione CM, Brook RH, Keeler E, Dudley RA.
Identifying widely covered drugs and drug coverage variation among Medicare part D formularies.
JAMA. 2007 Jun 20;297(23):2596-602.

Martins D, Wolf M, Pan D, Zadshir A, Tareen N, Thadhani R, Felsenfeld A, Levine B, Mehrotra R, Norris K.
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and the serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in the United States: data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Arch Intern Med. 2007 Jun 11;167(11):1159-65.

Selby JV, Mangione CM, Gerzoff RB.
Improving the management of chronic disease.
N Engl J Med. 2007 Jun 7;356(23):2422-4; author reply 2422-4. No abstract available.

DiMassa G, Escarce JJ.
Insurance and health care expenditures: what's the real question?
Ann Intern Med. 2007 Jun 5;146(11):814-5. No abstract available.

Bao Y, Fox SA, Escarce JJ.
Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic differences in the discussion of cancer screening: "between-" versus "within-" physician differences.
Health Serv Res. 2007 Jun;42(3 Pt 1):950-70.

Tisnado DM, Adams JL, Liu H, Damberg CL, Hu A, Chen WP, Kahn KL.
Does concordance between data sources vary by medical organization type?
Am J Manag Care. 2007 Jun;13(6 Part 1):289-96.

Asuncion MM, Shaheen M, Ganesan K, Velasques J, Teklehaimanot S, Pan D, Norris K.
Increase in hypoglycemic admissions: California hospital discharge data.
Ethn Dis. 2007 Summer;17(3):536-40.

Rodríguez MA, Calhoun RT, Jatulis D, Wood D.
Quality improvement for medicaid members of a commercial health plan: impact on racial/ethnic differences.
Ethn Dis. 2007 Summer;17(3):447-52.

Bird CE, Fremont AM, Bierman AS, Wickstrom S, Shah M, Rector T, Horstman T, Escarce JJ.
Does quality of care for cardiovascular disease and diabetes differ by gender for enrollees in managed care plans?
Womens Health Issues. 2007 May-Jun;17(3):131-8. Epub 2007 Apr 16.

Brown AF, Ang A, Pebley AR.
The relationship between neighborhood characteristics and self-rated health for adults with chronic conditions.
Am J Public Health. 2007 May;97(5):926-32. Epub 2007 Mar 29.

Dwight-Johnson M, Lagomasino IT.
Addressing depression treatment preferences of ethnic minority patients.
Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2007 May-Jun;29(3):179-81. No abstract available.

Klap R, Tang L, Wells K, Starks SL, Rodriguez M.
Screening for domestic violence among adult women in the United States.
J Gen Intern Med. 2007 May;22(5):579-84. Epub 2007 Mar 9.

Rogowski J, Jain AK, Escarce JJ.
Hospital competition, managed care, and mortality after hospitalization for medical conditions in California.
Womens Health Issues. 2007 May-Jun;17(3):131-8. Epub 2007 Apr 16.

Duru OK, Vargas RB, Kermah D, Pan D, Norris K.
Health Insurance Status and Hypertension Monitoring and Control in the United States.
Am J Hypertens. 2007 Apr;20(4):348-353.

Yu H, Meng YY, Mendez-Luck CA, Jhawar M, Wallace SP.
Small-area estimation of health insurance coverage for California legislative districts.
Am J Public Health. 2007 Apr;97(4):731-7. Epub 2007 Feb 28.

Moore A, Whiteman EJ, Ward KT. 
Risks of Combined Alcohol/Medication Use in Older Adults.
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2007 Mar; 5(1):64-74.

Shapiro MF.
Opting for quality.
Med Care. 2007 Mar;45(3):187-8. No abstract available.

Vega WA, Karno M, Alegria M, Alvidrez J, Bernal G, Escamilla M, Escobar J, Guarnaccia P, Jenkins J, Kopelowicz A, Lagomasino IT, Lewis-Fernandez R, Marin H, Lopez S, Loue S.
Research issues for improving treatment of U.S. Hispanics with persistent mental disorders.
Psychiatr Serv. 2007 Mar;58(3):385-94.

Fonarow GC, Srikanthan P, Costanzo MR, Cintron GB, Lopatin M; ADHERE Scientific Advisory Committee and Investigators.
An obesity paradox in acute heart failure: analysis of body mass index and inhospital mortality for 108,927 patients in the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry.
Am Heart J. 2007 Jan;153(1):74-81.

Cabral HJ, Tobias C, Rajabiun S, Sohler N, Cunningham C, Wong M, Cunningham W.
Outreach program contacts: do they increase the likelihood of engagement and retention in HIV primary care for hard-to-reach patients?
AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2007;21 Suppl 1:S59-67.

Teresi JA, Ocepek-Welikson K, Kleinman M, Cook KF, Crane PK, Gibbons LE, Morales LS, Orlando-Edelen M, Cella D.
Evaluating measurement equivalence using the item response theory log-likelihood ratio (IRTLR) method to assess differential item functioning (DIF): applications (with illustrations) to measures of physical functioning ability and general distress.
Qual Life Res. 2007;16 Suppl 1:43-68. Epub 2007 May 5.

Watson DW, Bisesi L, Tanamly S, Branch CA, Novgrod J, Sim T, Williams E 3rd.
African-American clergy's perceptions of the leading health problems in their communities and their role in supporting parishioners' health.
J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2006 Spring-Summer;60(1-2):13-25. Erratum in: J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2006 Fall;60(3):front cover. West, Donnie W [corrected to Watson, Donnie W].

Belzer M, Sanchez K, Olson J, Jacobs AM, Tucker D.
Advance supply of emergency contraception: a randomized trial in adolescent mothers.
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2005 Oct;18(5):347-54.