Rahman Azari, Ph.D.
Rahman Azari, Ph.D. CHPR Core Faculty Member and Professor of Statistics |
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Address Department of Statistics University of California, Davis One Shields Ave. Davis, CA 95616 |
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Research Interests Categorical Data Analysis; Time Series Analysis; Spatial Analysis; Applications of Statistics in the Medical and Biological Sciences |
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Dr. Rahman Azari joined the Department of Statistics at UC Davis in 1985, and he has been a core faculty member of the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research since its inception. He has actively been involved in more than thirty research projects with the UC Davis Medical School funded by NIH, NIMH, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, California Department of Health Services and other federal and state agencies. He has published in many reputed scientific journals including Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Journal of Applied Statistics, Journal of Epidemiology, Medical Care, Journal of Family Practice, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and Journal of American Geriatric Society. He has contributed to research in different areas of health care including physician patient interaction and health outcomes, patient expectations, medical decision analysis, cost-effectiveness of health services, palliative care, and health services for minority populations. |
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Recent Publications
Patient-Centered Care: The Influence of Patient and Resident Physician Gender and Gender Concordance in Primary Care. Bertakis KD, Azari R. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Dec 7. [Epub ahead of print]
- Determinants and outcomes of patient-centered care. Bertakis KD, Azari R. Patient Educ Couns. 2011 Oct;85(1):46-52. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.08.001. Epub 2010 Aug 30.
- Patient-centered care is associated with decreased health care utilization. Bertakis KD, Azari R. J Am Board Fam Med. 2011 May-Jun;24(3):229-39.
Treatment of dermatosis papulosa nigra in 10 patients: a comparison trial of electrodesiccation, pulsed dye laser, and curettage. Garcia MS, Azari R, Eisen DB. Dermatol Surg. 2010 Dec;36(12):1968-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01769.x. Epub 2010 Oct 11. PMID: 21040130
Patient gender differences in the prediction of medical expenditures. Bertakis KD, Azari R.J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2010 Oct;19(10):1925-32. PMID: 20831429
Determinants and outcomes of patient-centered care. Bertakis KD, Azari R. Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Aug 27. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20801601
Attributes affecting the medical school primary care experience. Jerant A, Srinivasan M, Bertakis KD, Azari R, Pan RJ, Kravitz RL. Acad Med. 2010 Apr;85(4):605-13.
Geographic distribution of autism in California: a retrospective birth cohort analysis. Van Meter KC, Christiansen LE, Delwiche LD, Azari R, Carpenter TE, Hertz-Picciotto I. Autism Res. 2010 Feb;3(1):19-29.
Encouraging patients with depressive symptoms to seek care: a mixed methods approach to message development. Bell RA, Paterniti DA, Azari R, Duberstein PR, Epstein RM, Rochlen AB, Johnson MD, Orrange SE, Slee C, Kravitz RL. Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Feb;78(2):198-205. Epub 2009 Aug 11.
Results of a survey regarding perioperative antiseptic practices.
Eisen DB, Warshawski L, Zloty D, Azari R.
J Cutan Med Surg. 2009 May-Jun;13(3):134-9.
Training residents to employ self-efficacy-enhancing interviewing techniques: randomized controlled trial of a standardized patient intervention.
Jerant A, Kravitz RL, Azari R, White L, García JA, Vierra H, Virata MC, Franks P.
J Gen Intern Med. 2009 May;24(5):606-13. Epub 2009 Mar 19.
A procedure to characterize geographic distributions of rare disorders in cohorts.
Van Meter KC, Christiansen LE, Hertz-Picciotto I, Azari R, Carpenter TE.
International Journal of Health Geographics 2008 May 28;7:26.
Determinants of Physician Discussion Regarding Tobacco and Alcohol Abuse.
Bertakis KD, Azari R.
The Journal of Health Communication 2007; 12:513-525.
Patient gender and physician practice style.
Bertakis KD, Azari R.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2007 Jul;16(6):859-68.
Fam Med. 2006 Jun;38(6):427-34.
Body mass index is not a good predictor of bone density: results from WHI, CHS, and EPIDOS.
Robbins J, Schott AM, Azari R, Kronmal R.
J Clin Densitom. 2006 Jul-Sep;9(3):329-34. Epub 2006 May 2.
The influence of obesity, alcohol abuse, and smoking on utilization of health care services.
Bertakis KD, Azari R.
Fam Med. 2006 Jun;38(6):427-34
The Palliative Care in Assisted Living (PCAL) pilot study: successes, shortfalls, and methodological implications.
Jerant AF, Azari RS, Nesbitt TS, Edwards-Goodbee A, Meyers FJ.
Soc Sci Med. 2006 Jan;62(1):199-207. Epub 2005 Jun 28.
The impact of obesity on primary care visits.
Bertakis KD, Azari R.
Obes Res. 2005 Sep;13(9):1615-23.
Recruitment strategies for minority participation: challenges and cost lessons from the POWER interview.
Keyzer JF, Melnikow J, Kuppermann M, Birch S, Kuenneth C, Nuovo J, Azari R, Oto-Kent D, Rooney M.
Ethn Dis. 2005 Summer;15(3):395-406.
Preferences of Women Evaluating Risks of Tamoxifen (POWER) study of preferences for tamoxifen for breast cancer risk reduction.
Melnikow J, Paterniti D, Azari R, Kuenneth C, Birch S, Kuppermann M, Nuovo J, Keyzer J, Henderson S.
Cancer. 2005 May 15;103(10):1996-2005.
Influence of patients' requests for direct-to-consumer advertised antidepressants: a randomized controlled trial.
Kravitz RL, Epstein RM, Feldman MD, Franz CE, Azari R, Wilkes MS, Hinton L, Franks P.
JAMA. 2005 Apr 27;293(16):1995-2002. Erratum in: JAMA. 2005 Nov 16;294(19):2436.
Obesity and the use of health care services.
Bertakis KD, Azari R.
Obes Res. 2005 Feb;13(2):372-9.
Use of conventional and complementary health care during the transition to menopause: longitudinal results from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN).
Bair YA, Gold EB, Azari RA, Greendale G, Sternfeld B, Harkey MR, Kravitz RL.
Menopause. 2005 Jan-Feb;12(1):31-9.
Validity of scores generated by a web-based multimedia simulated patient case software: a pilot study.
Jerant AF, Azari R.
Acad Med. 2004 Aug;79(8):805-11.
Patient pain in primary care: factors that influence physician diagnosis.
Bertakis, KD, Azari R, Callahan, EJ.
Ann Fam Med. 2004 May-Jun;2(3):224-30.
The TLC Model of Palliative Care in the Elderly: Preliminary Applications in the Assisted Living Setting
Jerant, A.F., Azari, R, Nesbitt, T.S., and Meyers, F.J
Annals of Family Medicine 2004 Vol 2(1) 54-65.
Nonparametric Regression to the Mean
Müller, H-G, Abramson, I. and Azari, R
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2003 Vol 100, 9715-9720.
Impact of Environmental Tobacco Smoke on Children With Sickle Cell Disease
West, D.C., Romano, P., Azari, R, Rudominer, A, Holman, M., and Sandhu, S
Arch. of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 2003 Vol 157, 1197-1201.
Patient Request Fulfillment in Office Practice: Antecedents and Relation to Outcomes
Kravitz, R.L, Bell, R.A., Azari, R,Thom, D., and Krupat, E
Medical Care, 2002 Vol 40(1), 38-51.
Ethnic Differences in Use of Complementary and Aternative Medicine in Midlife: Longitudinal Results from SWAN Participants Bair, YA, Gold EB, Greendale GA, Sternfled B, Alder SR, Azari R, and Harkey M
American Journal of Public Health, 2002 Vol 92(11) 1832-1840.
