RONALD HAYS , Ph.D.

Core Director, Measurement Core

Address
UCLA School of Medicine
GIM/HSR
UCLA Med GIM & HSR, Box 951736
911 Broxton Plz
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1736

Phone
(310) 794-2296

Fax
(310) 794-0732

Email
hays@rand.org

homepage

Biography
Ron Hays (PhD, University of California, Riverside, Psychology) is Professor of Medicine at UCLA and a Senior Health Scientist at RAND. Dr. Hays has contributed to the development of research instruments to assess patient evaluations of health care, health-related quality of life, and other health outcomes. He has used these tools to assess individuals with diverse medical disorders and identify determinants of patient outcomes of health care. He has also studied adherence to medical regimens and other issues at the nexus of health, behavior, and the health care system. He is one of the Principal Investigators for CAHPS®, a project that has developed measures to assess consumer evaluations of hospitals, nursing homes, group practices, and individual physicians as well as tools to report these assessments to health care providers and consumers. Dr. Hays has published over 350 research articles and 31 book chapters. He is the editor-in-chief of Quality of Life Research and former deputy editor of Medical Care.