Past funded research
These are some of the projects that have been conducted or facilitated by CHPR.
- Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN)
- Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Nathan Kuppermann, M.D., M.P.H.
Conducts high priority research into the prevention and management of acute illness and injuries in children and youth of all ages. - Childhood Head Trauma
- Childhood Head Trauma: A Neuroimaging Decision Rule Nathan Kuppermann, M.D., M.P.H.
Aims to develop a highly accurate decision rule for the evaluation of children with blunt head trauma. - Palliative Care and Clinical Trials
- Simultaneous Care: Linking Palliation to Clinical Trials Frederick J. Meyers, M.D.
Investigates methods for providing cancer patients enrolled in clinical trials with improved problem-solving and decision-making skills to decrease patient stress and increase the volume and quality of doctor-patient communication. - ELSI Resident Curriculum
- Interactive ELSI Curriculum for Primary Care Residents Michael S. Wilkes, M.D., Ph.D.
Development and evaluation of Web-based curriculum on the ELSI related to genetics for primary care residents in IM and PEDs. - Social Influences on Practice (SIP)
- Social Influences on Practice Richard Kravitz, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Examines the effects of patient request style on physician prescribing behavior. - Barriers to Clinical Trial Participation
- Micro-level Barriers in Accrual to Cancer Clinical Trials Primo N. Lara, M.D. & Debora Paterniti, Ph.D.
A "bottom-up" approach to addressing interactional breakdown as a critical component of understanding and eliminating barriers to early phase clinical trials. - Lorazepam and Pediatric Status Epilepticus
- Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy of Lorazepam in the Treatment of Pediatric Status Epilepticus Jim Chamberlain & Cheryl Vance, M.D.
Study aimed at determining the pharmacokinetics of lorazepam in children. - CABG Project
- California Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Project Zhongmin Li, Ph.D.
Study accessing several issues related to Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery and current available measurement tools. - Prescription Drug Information Project: Phase II
- Prescription Drug Information Project: Phase II Richard Kravitz, M.D.
Second phase of an initiative to provide easily accessible, reliable and objective information to health care decision makers concerning treatment options for 6 medical conditions treated with 8 drug classes
- IMR Outreach
- Clinical Reviews and IMR Outreach Edward Callahan, Ph.D.
Provides IMR information to physicians and patients while monitoring and evaluating DMHC outreach efforts. - Palliative Care in Assisted Living
- Improving Palliative Care in Assisted Living Anthony Jerant, M.D.
Examines and compares two TLC models of palliative care delivery for elderly assisted living residents. - Prescription Drug Advertising
- Comparative Information on Prescription Drugs Advertised Directly to Consumers Richard Kravitz, M.D., M.S.P.H. Establishes effective strategies for assisting consumers in selecting optimal drug and treatment regimens.
- Tamoxifen Cancer Study (POWER)
- Tamoxifen Prevention of Breast Cancer: What is Cost Effective? Joy Melnikow, M.D., M.P.H.
A cost effectiveness analysis of the use of tamoxifen for breast cancer risk reduction. - California Quality Report Card
- Evaluation of the California Quality of Care Report Card Julie Rainwater, Ph.D.
A comprehensive evaluation of California's Quality of Care Report Card by CHSRPC. - AHRQ Quality Indicators
- Support for AHRQ Quality Indicators Patrick Romano, M.D., M.P.H.
Assists the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality with refinement and support of the AHRQ Quality Indicators. - INQUIRE
- Information about Quality in a Randomized Evaluation Patrick Romano, M.D., M.P.H.
Examines the effect of the presentation of quality of care information on consumer health care decisions. - Maternal Outcomes
- Construct OB Outcomes Data and Reports Patrick Romano, M.D., M.P.H.
Development of a multi-indicator report card on obstetric performance for all California hospitals. - Traumatic Brain Injury Surveillance
- Traumatic Brain Injury Surveillance Patrick Romano, M.D., M.P.H.
A wide-scale evaluation of the state's Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) surveillance system. - AB394 (Nurse Staffing Ratios)
- Public Response to Implementation of AB 394 Patrick Romano, M.D., M.P.H.
Provision of analytic and technical support for the California State Department of Health Services regarding California Assembly Bill 394. - Frequent ED Users
- Study on Emergency Department Usage Richard Kravitz, M.D.
Examined utilization rates of the UC Davis Emergency Department (ED) over an 18 month period and how those utilization rates varied according to patient characteristics already routinely collected in patient records - TRUE HIV Prevention Program
- Minority Substance Abuse Prevention and HIV Prevention Services Program Edward Callahan, Ph.D.
Aimed at reducing substance abuse and HIV infection among minority youth in Sacramento County. - Medicare and Minority Elders
- Medicare + Choice and Minority Elderly Debora Paterniti, Ph.D.
Examines Medicare benefit package availability and individual level characteristics of elderly Medicare recipients across race and ethnicity. - WARFDOCS
- Informatics tools to reduce warfaring dosing errors Richard H. White, M.D.
Evaluation of the efficacy of a PDA-based tool to assist in accurately prescribing warfarin. - Assessing Medi-Cal Changes
- Assessing Costs of Policy Changes to Medi-Cal Paul Leigh, Ph.D.
Aimed at estimating the cost savings to the state government of Medi-Cal changes. - Medi-Cal Change Expenditure Impacts
- Estimating Expenditure and Enrollment Impacts of Selected Medi-Cal Redesign Policy Changes Paul Leigh, Ph.D.
Focuses on specific Medi-Cal Redesign Policy changes, including those suggested as options by the State in February 2005. - Abnormal Mammogram Follow-up
- Intervening to Increase Follow-up to Abnormal Mammograms Debora Paterniti, Ph.D.
Seeks to develop an intervention that will assist health professionals and women to communicate about barriers to timely abnormal mammogram follow-up. - Health Policy Conference
- Health Policy Conference Yali Bair, Ph.D.
The conference will bring together researchers, clinicians, legislative and state department representatives to discuss solutions to California's emergency health care services challenges.