John Z. Ayanian, M.D. M.P.P.

Publications

• Smith AK, Ayanian JZ, Covinsky KE, Landon BE, McCarthy EP, Wee CC, Steinman MA.Conducting High-Value Secondary Dataset Analysis: An Introductory Guide and Resources.J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Feb 8.
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• Zheng H, Zhang W, Ayanian JZ, Zaborski LB, Zaslavsky AM.Profiling Hospitals by Survival of Patients with Colorectal Cancer.Health Serv Res. 2011 Jan 6.
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• Lobb R, Ayanian JZ, Allen JD, Emmons KM.Stage of breast cancer at diagnosis among low-income women with access to mammography.Cancer. 2010 Dec 1;116(23):5487-96.
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• Sequist TD, Zaslavsky AM, Colditz GA, Ayanian JZ.Electronic Patient Messages to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.Arch Intern Med. 2010 Dec 13.
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• Nielsen SS, He Y, Ayanian JZ, Gomez SL, Kahn KL, West DW, Keating NL.Quality of cancer care among foreign-born and US-born patients with lung or colorectal cancer.Cancer. 2010 Dec 1;116(23):5497-506.
  20672356
• McWilliams JM, Meara E, Zaslavsky AM, Ayanian JZ.Commentary: Assessing the Health Effects of Medicare Coverage for Previously Uninsured Adults: A Matter of Life and Death?.Health Serv Res. 2010 Oct;45(5 Pt 1):1407-22; discussion 1423-9.
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• Salz T, Weinberger M, Ayanian JZ, Brewer NT, Earle CC, Elston Lafata J, Fisher DA, Weiner BJ, Sandler RS.Variation in use of surveillance colonoscopy among colorectal cancer survivors in the United States.BMC Health Serv Res. 2010;10:256.
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• Ayanian JZ, Zaslavsky AM, Arora NK, Kahn KL, Malin JL, Ganz PA, van Ryn M, Hornbrook MC, Kiefe CI, He Y, Urmie JM, Weeks JC, Harrington DP.Patients' Experiences With Care for Lung Cancer and Colorectal Cancer: Findings From the Cancer Care Outcomes Resear
  20713876
• Smith-Gagen J, Cress RD, Drake CM, Romano PS, Yost KJ, Ayanian JZ.Quality-of-life and surgical treatments for rectal cancer-a longitudinal analysis using the California Cancer Registry.Psycho Oncology. 2010 Aug;19(8):870-8.
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• Hill S, Sarfati D, Blakely T, Robson B, Purdie G, Dennett E, Cormack D, Dew K, Ayanian JZ, Kawachi I.Ethnicity and management of colon cancer in New Zealand: do indigenous patients get a worse deal?.Cancer. 2010 Jul 1;116(13):3205-14.
  20564634
• Sequist TD, Franz C, Ayanian JZ.Cost-effectiveness of patient mailings to promote colorectal cancer screening.Med Care. 2010 Jun;48(6):553-7.
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• Russell BE, Gurrola E, Ndumele CD, Landon BE, O'Malley JA, Keegan T, Ayanian JZ, Hicks LS, .Perspectives of Non-Hispanic Black and Latino Patients in Boston's Urban Community Health Centers on their Experiences with Diabetes and Hypertension.J Gen Intern
  20180156
• Ayanian JZ.Racial disparities in outcomes of colorectal cancer screening: biology or barriers to optimal care?.Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2010 Apr 21;102(8):511-3.
  20357246
• Bitton A, Zaslavsky AM, Ayanian JZ.Health Risks, Chronic Diseases, and Access to Care Among US Pacific Islanders.J Gen Intern Med. 2010 May;25(5):435-40.
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• Earle CC, Chretien Y, Morris C, Ayanian JZ, Keating NL, Polgreen LA, Wallace R, Ganz PA, Weeks JC.Employment Among Survivors of Lung Cancer and Colorectal Cancer.J Clin Oncol. 2010 Apr 1;28(10):1700-5.
  20194860
• Lobb R, Allen JD, Emmons KM, Ayanian JZ.Timely Care After an Abnormal Mammogram Among Low-Income Women in a Public Breast Cancer Screening Program.Arch Intern Med. 2010 Mar 22;170(6):521-8.
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• Kahn KL, Adams JL, Weeks JC, Chrischilles EA, Schrag D, Ayanian JZ, Kiefe CI, Ganz PA, Bhoopalam N, Potosky AL, Harrington DP, Fletcher RH.Adjuvant chemotherapy use and adverse events among older patients with stage III colon cancer.JAMA. 2010 Mar 17;303(
  20233821
• Ndumele CD, Russell BE, Ayanian JZ, Landon BE, Keegan T, O'Malley AJ, Hicks LS.Strategies to improve chronic disease management in seven metro Boston community health centers.Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2009;3(3):203-11.
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• Ndumele CD, Russell BE, Ayanian JZ, Landon BE, Keegan T, O'Malley AJ, Hicks LS.Strategies to improve chronic disease management in seven metro Boston community health centers.Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2009;3(3):197-8.
  20208219
• Jones RG, Trivedi AN, Ayanian JZ.Factors influencing the effectiveness of interventions to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care.Soc Sci Med. 2010 Feb;70(3):337-41.
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• Sequist TD, Fitzmaurice GM, Marshall R, Shaykevich S, Marston A, Safran DG, Ayanian JZ.Cultural competency training and performance reports to improve diabetes care for black patients: a cluster randomized, controlled trial.Ann Intern Med. 2010 Jan 5;152(
  20048271
• McWilliams JM, Meara E, Zaslavsky AM, Ayanian JZ.Medicare spending for previously uninsured adults.Ann Intern Med. 2009 Dec 1;151(11):757-66.
  19949141
• Rogers SO, Ayanian JZ, Ko CY, Kahn KL, Zaslavsky AM, Sandler RS, Keating NL.Surgeons' volume of colorectal cancer procedures and collaborative decision-making about adjuvant therapies.Ann Surg. 2009 Dec;250(6):895-900.
  19855265
• McWilliams JM, Meara E, Zaslavsky AM, Ayanian JZ.Medicare Spending for Previously Uninsured Adults.Ann Intern Med. 2009 Oct 5.
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• Byfield SA, Earle CC, Ayanian JZ, McCarthy EP.Treatment and outcomes of gastric cancer among United States-born and foreign-born Asians and Pacific Islanders.Cancer. 2009 Oct 1;115(19):4595-605.
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• Yeates KE, Cass A, Sequist TD, McDonald SP, Jardine MJ, Trpeski L, Ayanian JZ.Indigenous people in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States are less likely to receive renal transplantation.Kidney Int. 2009 Sep;76(6):659-64.
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• Henke RM, Zaslavsky AM, McGuire TG, Ayanian JZ, Rubenstein LV.Clinical inertia in depression treatment.Med Care. 2009 Sep;47(9):959-67.
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• Block JP,He Y,Zaslavsky AM,Ding L,Ayanian JZ.Psychosocial Stress and Change in Weight Among US Adults.Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Jul 15;170(2):181-92.
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• Castellanos LR, Normand SL, Ayanian JZ.Racial and ethnic disparities in access to higher and lower quality cardiac surgeons for coronary artery bypass grafting.Am J Cardiol. 2009 Jun 15;103(12):1682-6.
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• Lasser KE,Murillo J,Medlin E,Lisboa S,Valley-Shah L,Fletcher RH,Emmons KM,Ayanian JZ.A Multilevel Intervention to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening among Community Health Center Patients: Results of a Pilot Study.BMC Fam Pract. 2009 May 29;10(1):37.
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• Huskamp HA,Keating NL,Malin JL,Zaslavsky AM,Weeks JC,Earle CC,Teno JM,Virnig BA,Kahn KL,He Y,Ayanian JZ.Discussions with physicians about hospice among patients with metastatic lung cancer.Arch Intern Med. 2009 May 25;169(10):954-62.
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• Cook NL,Ayanian JZ,Orav EJ,Hicks LS.Differences in specialist consultations for cardiovascular disease by race, ethnicity, gender, insurance status, and site of primary care.Circulation. 2009 May 12;119(18):2463-70.
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• McWilliams JM,Meara E,Zaslavsky AM,Ayanian JZ.Differences in control of cardiovascular disease and diabetes by race, ethnicity, and education: U.S. trends from 1999 to 2006 and effects of medicare coverage.Ann Intern Med. 2009 Apr 21;150(8):505-15.
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• Sequist TD,Zaslavsky AM,Marshall R,Fletcher RH,Ayanian JZ.Patient and physician reminders to promote colorectal cancer screening: a randomized controlled trial.Arch Intern Med. 2009 Feb 23;169(4):364-71.
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• Ayanian JZ.The elusive quest for quality and cost savings in the Medicare program.JAMA. 2009 Feb 11;301(6):668-70.
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• Esnaola NF,Hall BL,Hosokawa PW,Ayanian JZ,Henderson WG,Khuri SF,Zinner MJ,Rogers SO Jr.Race and surgical outcomes: it is not all black and white.Ann Surg. 2008 Oct;248(4):647-55.
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• Yost KJ,Hahn EA,Zaslavsky AM,Ayanian JZ,West DW.Predictors of health-related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer.Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008;6:66.
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• Earle CC,Landrum MB,Souza JM,Neville BA,Weeks JC,Ayanian JZ.Aggressiveness of cancer care near the end of life: is it a quality-of-care issue?.J Clin Oncol. 2008 Aug 10;26(23):3860-6. Review.
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• McInnes DK,Cleary PD,Stein KD,Ding L,Mehta CC,Ayanian JZ.Perceptions of cancer-related information among cancer survivors: a report from the American Cancer Society's Studies of Cancer Survivors.Cancer. 2008 Sep 15;113(6):1471-9.
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• Keating NL,Zaslavsky AM,Goldstein J,West DW,Ayanian JZ.Randomized trial of $20 versus $50 incentives to increase physician survey response rates.Med Care. 2008 Aug;46(8):878-81.
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• Ayanian JZ, Sequist TD, Zaslavsky AM, Johannes RS.Physician Reminders to Promote Surveillance Colonoscopy for Colorectal Adenomas : A Randomized Controlled Trial.J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Jun;23(6):762-7.
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• Sequist TD, Ayanian JZ, Marshall R, Fitzmaurice GM, Safran DG.Primary-care Clinician Perceptions of Racial Disparities in Diabetes Care.J Gen Intern Med. 2008 May;23(5):678-84.
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• Ayanian JZ.Determinants of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Surgical Care.World J Surg. 2008 Apr;32(4):509-15.
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• Kaplan GG, McCarthy EP, Ayanian JZ, Korzenik J, Hodin R, Sands BE.Impact of Hospital Volume on Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality Following a Colectomy for Ulcerative Colitis.Gastroenterology. 2008 Mar;134(3):680-7.
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• Lasser KE, Ayanian JZ, Fletcher RH, Good MJ.Barriers to colorectal cancer screening in community health centers: a qualitative study.BMC Fam Pract. 2008;9:15.
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• Weissman JS, Zaslavsky AM, Wolf RE, Ayanian JZ.State Medicaid Coverage and Access to Care for Low-income Adults.J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2008;19(1):307-19.
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• Trivedi AN, Rakowski W, Ayanian JZ.Effect of cost sharing on screening mammography in Medicare health plans.N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 24;358(4):375-83.
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• McWilliams JM, Meara E, Zaslavsky AM, Ayanian JZ.Health of previously uninsured adults after acquiring Medicare coverage.JAMA. 2007 Dec 26;298(24):2886-94.
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• Keating NL, Landrum MB, Guadagnoli E, Winer EP, Ayanian JZ.Care in the months before death and hospice enrollment among older women with advanced breast cancer.J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Jan;23(1):11-8.
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• Mehrotra A, Zaslavsky AM, Ayanian JZ.Preventive health examinations and preventive gynecological examinations in the United States.Arch Intern Med. 2007 Sep 24;167(17):1876-83.
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• Waikar SS, Curhan GC, Ayanian JZ, Chertow GM.Race and mortality after acute renal failure.J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Oct;18(10):2740-8.
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• Keating NL, Zaslavsky AM, Herrinton LJ, Selby JV, Wolf RE, Ayanian JZ.Quality of diabetes care among cancer survivors with diabetes.Med Care. 2007 Sep;45(9):869-75.
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• McWilliams JM, Meara E, Zaslavsky AM, Ayanian JZ.Use of health services by previously uninsured Medicare beneficiaries.N Engl J Med. 2007 Jul 12;357(2):143-53.
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• Keating NL, Landrum MB, Landon BE, Ayanian JZ, Borbas C, Guadagnoli E.The influence of cost containment strategies and physicians' financial arrangements on patients' trust and satisfaction.J Ambul Care Manage. 2007 Apr-Jun;30(2):92-104.
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• Keating NL, Landrum MB, Guadagnoli E, Winer EP, Ayanian JZ.Surveillance testing among survivors of early-stage breast cancer.J Clin Oncol. 2007 Mar 20;25(9):1074-81.
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• Zhang W, Ayanian JZ, Zaslavsky AM.Patient characteristics and hospital quality for colorectal cancer surgery.Int J Qual Health Care. 2007 Feb;19(1):11-20.
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• Normand SL, Wolf RE, Ayanian JZ, McNeil BJ.Assessing the Accuracy of Hospital Clinical Performance Measures.Med Decis Making. 2007 January-February;27(1):9-20.
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• Rogers SO, Wolf RE, Zaslavsky AM, Wright WE, Ayanian JZ.Relation of surgeon and hospital volume to processes and outcomes of colorectal cancer surgery.Ann Surg. 2006 Dec;244(6):1003-11.
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• Levine DA, Kiefe CI, Houston TK, Allison JJ, McCarthy EP, Ayanian JZ.Younger stroke survivors have reduced access to physician care and medications: National Health Interview Survey from years 1998 to 2002.Arch Neurol. 2007 Jan;64(1):37-42.
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• Ayanian JZ, Jacobsen PB.Enhancing research on cancer survivors.J Clin Oncol. 2006 Nov 10;24(32):5149-53. Review.
  17093278
• Trivedi AN, Zaslavsky AM, Schneider EC, Ayanian JZ.Relationship between quality of care and racial disparities in Medicare health plans.JAMA. 2006 Oct 25;296(16):1998-2004.
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• Keating NL, Herrinton LJ, Zaslavsky AM, Liu L, Ayanian JZ.Variations in hospice use among cancer patients.J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Aug 2;98(15):1053-9.
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• Malin JL, Ko C, Ayanian JZ, Harrington D, Nerenz DR, Kahn KL, Ganther-Urmie J, Catalano PJ, Zaslavsky AM, Wallace RB, Guadagnoli E, Arora NK, Roudier MD, Ganz PA.Understanding cancer patients' experience and outcomes: development and pilot study of the Ca
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• Trivedi AN, Ayanian JZ.Perceived discrimination and use of preventive health services.J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Jun;21(6):553-8.
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• Earle A, Ayanian JZ, Heymann J.Work resumption after newly diagnosed coronary heart disease: findings on the importance of paid leave.J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2006 May;15(4):430-41.
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• Earle CC, Ayanian JZ.Looking back from death: the value of retrospective studies of end-of-life care.J Clin Oncol. 2006 Feb 20;24(6):838-40.
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• Keating NL, Landrum MB, Guadagnoli E, Winer EP, Ayanian JZ.Factors related to underuse of surveillance mammography among breast cancer survivors.J Clin Oncol. 2006 Jan 1;24(1):85-94.
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• Zheng H, Yucel R, Ayanian JZ, Zaslavsky AM.Profiling providers on use of adjuvant chemotherapy by combining cancer registry and medical record data.Med Care. 2006 Jan;44(1):1-7.
  16365606
• Sequist TD, Cullen T, Ayanian JZ.Information Technology as a Tool to Improve the Quality of American Indian Health Care.Am J Public Health. 2005 Dec;95(12):2173-9.
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• Earle CC, Neville BA, Beth Landrum M, Souza JM, Weeks JC, Block SD, Grunfeld E, Ayanian JZ.Evaluating claims-based indicators of the intensity of end-of-life cancer care.Int J Qual Health Care. 2005 Dec;17(6):505-9.
  15985505
• Arora NK, Ayanian JZ, Guadagnoli E.Examining the relationship of patients' attitudes and beliefs with their self-reported level of participation in medical decision-making.Med Care. 2005 Sep;43(9):865-72.
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• Ayanian JZ, Zaslavsky AM, Guadagnoli E, Fuchs CS, Yost KJ, Creech CM, Cress RD, O'Connor LC, West DW, Wright WE.Patients' perceptions of quality of care for colorectal cancer by race, ethnicity, and language.J Clin Oncol. 2005 Sep 20;23(27):6576-86.
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• Trivedi AN, Zaslavsky AM, Schneider EC, Ayanian JZ.Trends in the quality of care and racial disparities in Medicare managed care.N Engl J Med. 2005 Aug 18;353(7):692-700.
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• Jha AK, Perlin JB, Steinman MA, Peabody JW, Ayanian JZ.Quality of ambulatory care for women and men in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System.J Gen Intern Med. 2005 Aug;20(8):762-5.
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• Hicks LS, Shaykevich S, Bates DW, Ayanian JZ.Determinants of racial/ethnic differences in blood pressure management among hypertensive patients.BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2005 Jun 22;5(1):16.
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• Krumholz HM, Peterson ED, Ayanian JZ, Chin MH, DeBusk RF, Goldman L, Kiefe CI, Powe NR, Rumsfeld JS, Spertus JA, Weintraub WS,.Report of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute working group on outcomes research in cardiovascular disease.Circulation
  15956152
• Ma J, Sehgal NL, Ayanian JZ, Stafford RS.National trends in statin use by coronary heart disease risk category.PLoS Med. 2005 May;2(5):e123.
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• Hicks LS, Ayanian JZ, Orav EJ, Soukup J, McWilliams JM, Choi SS, Johnson PA.Is hospital service associated with racial and ethnic disparities in experiences with hospital care?.Am J Med. 2005 May;118(5):529-35.
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• Peralta CA, Hicks LS, Chertow GM, Ayanian JZ, Vittinghoff E, Lin F, Shlipak MG.Control of hypertension in adults with chronic kidney disease in the United States.Hypertension. 2005 Jun;45(6):1119-24.
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• Persell SD, Maviglia SM, Bates DW, Ayanian JZ.Ambulatory hypercholesterolemia management in patients with atherosclerosis. Gender and race differences in processes and outcomes.J Gen Intern Med. 2005 Feb;20(2):123-30.
  15836544
• Zaslavsky AM, Ayanian JZ.Integrating research on racial and ethnic disparities in health care over place and time.Med Care. 2005 Apr;43(4):303-7.
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• Trivedi AN, Gibbs B, Nsiah-Jefferson L, Ayanian JZ, Prothrow-Stith D.Creating a state minority health policy report card.Health Aff (Millwood). 2005 Mar-Apr;24(2):388-96.
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• Liu MJ, Hawk H, Gershman ST, Smith SM, Karacek R, Woodford ML, Ayanian JZ.The effects of a National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program on social disparities in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in Massachusetts.Cancer Causes Control. 2
  15750855
• Keating NL, Landrum MB, Ayanian JZ, Winer EP, Guadagnoli E.The association of ambulatory care with breast cancer stage at diagnosis among Medicare beneficiaries.J Gen Intern Med. 2005 Jan;20(1):38-44.
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• Elmore JG, Nakano CY, Linden HM, Reisch LM, Ayanian JZ, Larson EB.Racial inequities in the timing of breast cancer detection, diagnosis, and initiation of treatment.Med Care. 2005 Feb;43(2):141-8.
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• Cass A, Devitt J, Preece C, Cunningham J, Anderson K, Snelling P, Eris J, Ayanian J.Barriers to access by Indigenous Australians to kidney transplantation: the IMPAKT study.Nephrology (Carlton). 2004 Dec;9 Suppl 4:S144-6.
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• Ayanian JZ.Race, region, and the quest for quality in cardiovascular care.Am J Med. 2004 Dec 1;117(11):874-5.
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• Yeates KE, Schaubel DE, Cass A, Sequist TD, Ayanian JZ.Access to renal transplantation for minority patients with ESRD in Canada.Am J Kidney Dis. 2004 Dec;44(6):1083-9.
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• Persell SD, Keating NL, Landrum MB, Landon BE, Ayanian JZ, Borbas C, Guadagnoli E.Relationship of diabetes-specific knowledge to self-management activities, ambulatory preventive care, and metabolic outcomes.Prev Med. 2004 Oct;39(4):746-52.
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• Hicks LS, Fairchild DG, Horng MS, Orav EJ, Bates DW, Ayanian JZ.Determinants of JNC VI guideline adherence, intensity of drug therapy, and blood pressure control by race and ethnicity.Hypertension. 2004 Oct;44(4):429-34.
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• Keating NL, Landrum MB, Landon BE, Ayanian JZ, Borbas C, Wolf R, Guadagnoli E.The influence of physicians' practice management strategies and financial arrangements on quality of care among patients with diabetes.Med Care. 2004 Sep;42(9):829-39.
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• Hicks LS, Cleary PD, Epstein AM, Ayanian JZ.Differences in health-related quality of life and treatment preferences among black and white patients with end-stage renal disease.Qual Life Res. 2004 Aug;13(6):1129-37.
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• Ayanian JZ, Chrischilles EA, Wallace RB, Fletcher RH, Fouad MN, Kiefe CI, Harrington DP, Weeks JC, Kahn KL, Malin JL, Lipscomb J, Potosky AL, Provenzale DT, Sandler RS, Van Ryn M, West DW.Understanding cancer treatment and outcomes: the cancer care outcom
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• Sequist TD, Narva AS, Stiles SK, Karp SK, Cass A, Ayanian JZ.Access to renal transplantation among American Indians and Hispanics.Am J Kidney Dis. 2004 Aug;44(2):344-52.
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• McWilliams JM, Zaslavsky AM, Meara E, Ayanian JZ.Health insurance coverage and mortality among the near-elderly.Health Aff (Millwood). 2004 July-Aug;23(4):223-233.
• Keating NL, Gandhi TK, Orav EJ, Bates DW, Ayanian JZ.Patient characteristics and experiences associated with trust in specialist physicians.Arch Intern Med. 2004 May 10;164(9):1015-20.
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• Keating NL, Landon BE, Ayanian JZ, Borbas C, Guadagnoli E.Practice, clinical management, and financial arrangements of practicing generalists.J Gen Intern Med. 2004 May;19(5 Pt 1):410-8.
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• Persell SD, Zaslavsky AM, Weissman JS, Ayanian JZ.Age-related differences in preventive care among adults with diabetes.Am J Med. 2004 May 1;116(9):630-4.
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• Ayanian JZ, Cleary PD, Keogh JH, Noonan SJ, David-Kasdan JA, Epstein AM.Physicians' beliefs about racial differences in referral for renal transplantation.Am J Kidney Dis. 2004 Feb;43(2):350-7.
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• Keating NL, Landrum MB, Landon BE, Ayanian JZ, Borbas C, Guadagnoli E.Measuring the quality of diabetes care using administrative data: is there bias?.Health Serv Res. 2003 Dec;38(6 Pt 1):1529-45.
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• Earle CC, Neville BA, Landrum MB, Ayanian JZ, Block SD, Weeks JC.Trends in the aggressiveness of cancer care near the end of life.J Clin Oncol. 2004 Jan 15;22(2):315-21.
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• Meyerhardt JA, Tepper JE, Niedzwiecki D, Hollis DR, Schrag D, Ayanian JZ, O'Connell MJ, Weeks JC, Mayer RJ, Willett CG, MacDonald JS, Benson AB, Fuchs CS.Impact of hospital procedure volume on surgical operation and long-term outcomes in high-risk curativ
  14701779
• Keating NL, Landrum MB, Ayanian JZ, Winer EP, Guadagnoli E.Consultation with a medical oncologist before surgery and type of surgery among elderly women with early-stage breast cancer.J Clin Oncol. 2003 Dec 15;21(24):4532-9.
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• Ayanian JZ, Zaslavsky AM, Weissman JS, Schneider EC, Ginsburg JA.Undiagnosed hypertension and hypercholesterolemia among uninsured and insured adults in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Am J Public Health. 2003 Dec;93(12):2051-4.
  14652333
• Cass A, Cunningham J, Snelling P, Ayanian JZ.Late referral to a nephrologist reduces access to renal transplantation.Am J Kidney Dis. 2003 Nov;42(5):1043-9.
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• Meyerhardt JA, Catalano PJ, Schrag D, Ayanian JZ, Haller DG, Mayer RJ, Macdonald JS, Benson AB, Fuchs CS.Association of hospital procedure volume and outcomes in patients with colon cancer at high risk for recurrence.Ann Intern Med. 2003 Oct 21;139(8):649
  14568853
• Keating NL, Ayanian JZ.Challenges and opportunities for primary care evaluation.Int J Qual Health Care. 2003 Oct;15(5):371-3.
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• Cress RD, Zaslavsky AM, West DW, Wolf RE, Felter MC, Ayanian JZ.Completeness of information on adjuvant therapies for colorectal cancer in population-based cancer registries.Med Care. 2003 Sep;41(9):1006-12.
  12972840
• McWilliams JM, Zaslavsky AM, Meara E, Ayanian JZ.Impact of Medicare coverage on basic clinical services for previously uninsured adults.JAMA. 2003 Aug 13;290(6):757-64.
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• Ayanian JZ.Is geography destiny? Illuminating the survival advantage of elderly patients in New England after acute myocardial infarction.Am Heart J. 2003 Aug;146(2):207-9.
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• Hodgson DC, Zhang W, Zaslavsky AM, Fuchs CS, Wright WE, Ayanian JZ.Relation of hospital volume to colostomy rates and survival for patients with rectal cancer.J Natl Cancer Inst. 2003 May 21;95(10):708-16.
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• Ayanian JZ, Zaslavsky AM, Fuchs CS, Guadagnoli E, Creech CM, Cress RD, O'Connor LC, West DW, Allen ME, Wolf RE, Wright WE.Use of adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy for colorectal cancer in a population-based cohort.J Clin Oncol. 2003 Apr 1;21(7):
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• Earle CC, Park ER, Lai B, Weeks JC, Ayanian JZ, Block S.Identifying potential indicators of the quality of end-of-life cancer care from administrative data.J Clin Oncol. 2003 Mar 15;21(6):1133-8.
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• Ayanian JZ, Weissman JS.Teaching hospitals and quality of care: a review of the literature.Milbank Q. 2002;80(3):569-93, v.
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• Hodgson DC, Fuchs CS, Ayanian JZ.Impact of patient and provider characteristics on the treatment and outcomes of colorectal cancer.J Natl Cancer Inst. 2001 Apr 4;93(7):501-15.
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• Roetzheim RG, Pal N, Tennant C, Voti L, Ayanian JZ, Schwabe A, Krischer JP.Effects of health insurance and race on early detection of cancer.J Natl Cancer Inst. 1999 Aug 18;91(16):1409-15.
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• Keating NL, Cleary PD, Rossi AS, Zaslavsky AM, Ayanian JZ.Use of hormone replacement therapy by postmenopausal women in the United States.Ann Intern Med. 1999 Apr 6;130(7):545-53.
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• Ayanian JZ, Cleary PD.Perceived risks of heart disease and cancer among cigarette smokers.JAMA. 1999 Mar 17;281(11):1019-21.
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• Ayanian JZ, Weissman JS, Chasan-Taber S, Epstein AM.Quality of care for two common illnesses in teaching and nonteaching hospitals.Health Aff (Millwood). 1998 Nov-Dec;17(6):194-205.
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• Iezzoni LI, Ayanian JZ, Bates DW, Burstin HR.Paying more fairly for Medicare capitated care.N Engl J Med. 1998 Dec 24;339(26):1933-8.
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• Keating NL, Zaslavsky AM, Ayanian JZ.Physicians' experiences and beliefs regarding informal consultation.JAMA. 1998 Sep 9;280(10):900-4.
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• Ayanian JZ, Landrum MB, Normand SL, Guadagnoli E, McNeil BJ.Rating the appropriateness of coronary angiography--do practicing physicians agree with an expert panel and with each other?.N Engl J Med. 1998 Jun 25;338(26):1896-904.
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