1. Welcome to My Nightmare Ron D. Hays UCLA GIM/HSR Introduction to Fellows August 15, 2008 ~ 12:05 pm

2. Main Research Projects Health outcomes in cancer –National Cancer Institute IPA Linking preference measures –National Institute on Aging Item banking (PROMIS) –NIH Roadmap for Medical Research Initiative CAHPS® –Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality –Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

3. Recent Publications Clauser, S. B., Arora, N. K., Bellizzi, K. M., Haffer, S. C., Topor, M., & Hays, R. D. (2008). Disparities in HRQOL of cancer survivors and non-cancer managed care enrollees. Health Care Financing Review, 29 (4), 23-40. Smith, A. W., Reeve, B. B., Bellizzi, K. M., Harlan, L. C., Klabunde, C. N., Amsellem, M., Bierman, A. S., & Hays, R. D. (2008). Cancer, comorbidities, and health-related quality of life of older adults. Health Care Financing Review, 29 (4), 41-56. Hays, R. D., Smith, A. W., Reeve, B. B., Spritzer, K. L., Marcus, S. E., & Clauser, S. B. (2008). Cigarette smoking and health-related quality of life in Medicare beneficiaries. Health Care Financing Review, 29 (4), 57-68. Reeve, B. B., Smith, A. W., Arora, N. K., & Hays, R. D. (2008). Reducing bias in cancer research: Application of propensity score matching. Health Care Financing Review, 29 (4), 69-80.

5. Thank You! drhays@ucla.edu

6. Appendix: Other Publications Revicki, D., Hays, R. D., Cella, D., & Sloan, J. (2008). Recommended methods for determining responsiveness and minimally important differences for patient reported outcomes. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology., 61, 102-109 Eastwood, J. Doering, L,, Roper, J., & Hays, R. D. (2008). Uncertainty and health-related quality of life 1 year after coronary angiography. American Journal of Critical Care, 17, 232-242. Hepner, K., A., Morales, L. S., Hays, R. D., Orlando, M., & Miranda, J. (2008). Evaluating differential item functioning of the PRIME-MD mood module among black and white women in primary care. Women’s Health Issues, 18, 53-61. Sayles, J. N., Hays, R. D., Sarkisian, C. A., Mahajan, A. P., Spritzer, K. L., & Cunningham, W. E. (2008). Development and psychometric assessment of a multidimensional measure of internalized HIV stigma in a sample of HIV-positive adults. AIDS and Behavior. Ngo-Metzger, Q., Sorkin, D. H., Mangione, C., Gandek, B., & Hays, R. D. (2008). Evaluating the SF- 36 Health Survey (Version 2) in older Vietnamese Americans. Journal of Aging and Health, 20, 420-436. Weech-Maldonado, R., Fongwa, MN., Gutierrez, P., & Hays, R. D. (2008). Language and regional differences in evaluations of Medicare managed care by Hispanics. Health Services Research., 43 (2), 552-568. Elliott, M. N., Beckett, M. K., Chong, K., Hambarsoomians, K., & Hays, R. D. (2008). How do proxy responses and proxy-assisted responses differ from what Medicare beneficiaries might have reported about their health care? Health Services Research, 43 (3), 833-848.

7. Appendix: Other Publications Fongwa, M., Evangelista, L., Hays, R.D., Martins, D., Elashoff, D., Cowan, M., & Morisky, D. (2008). Adherence Treatment Factors in Hypertensive African American Women. Vascular Health and Risk Management, 4(1), 157-166. Quigley, D., Elliott, M. N., Hays, R. D., Klein, D., & Farley, D. (2008). Bridging from the Picker Hospital Survey to the CAHPS® hospital survey. Medical Care, 46, 654-661. Rothman, A. A., Park, H., Hays, R. D., Edwards, C., & Dudley, R. A. (2008). Can additional patient experience items improve the reliability of and add new domains to CAHPS® Hospital survey? Health Services Research., June 3 (epub). Lotstein, D., Inkelas, M., Hays, R. D., Halfon, N., & Brook, R. (2008). Access to care for youth with special health care needs in the transition to adulthood. Journal of Adolescent Health, 43, 23- 29. Cunningham, W. E., Wong, M., & Hays, R. D. (2008). Case management and health-related quality of life outcomes in a national sample of persons with HIV/AIDS. Journal of National Medical Association, 100 (7), 840-847. Cella, D., Viswanthan, H. N., Hays, R. D., Mendoza, T. R., Stein, K. D., Pasta, D. J., Foreman, A. J., Vadhan-Raj, S., & Kallich, J. D. (2008). Development of a fatigue and functional impact scale in anemic cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Cancer. Kanwal, F., Spiegal, B. M. R., Hays, R. D., Durazo, F., Han, S. B., Saab, S., Bolus, R., Kim, S. J., & Gralnek, I. M. (2008). Prospective validation of the Short Form Liver Disease Quality of Life instrument (The SF-LDQOL). Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Sorkin, D., Tan, A. L., Hays, R. D., Mangione, C., & Ngo-Metzger, Q. (2008). Self-reported health status of Vietnamese and non-Hispanic white older adults in California. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.