Changes in Racial Disparities in Mortality After Cancer Surgery in the US, 2007-2016.
Lam MB, Raphael K, Mehtsun WT, Phelan J, Orav EJ, Jha AK, Figueroa JF.
JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Dec 01. 3(12):e2027415. PMID: 33270126
Associate Professor
E. John Orav
Other Positions
Associate Professor of Medicine (Biostatistics)
Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Assessment of Prevalence and Cost of Care Cascades After Routine Testing During the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit.
Ganguli I, Lupo C, Mainor AJ, Wang Q, Orav EJ, Rosenthal MB, Sequist TD, Colla CH.
JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Dec 01. 3(12):e2029891. PMID: 33306120
Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation, Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation, or a Strength-Training Exercise Program on Clinical Outcomes in Older Adults: The DO-HEALTH Randomized Clinical Trial.
Bischoff-Ferrari HA, Vellas B, Rizzoli R, Kressig RW, da Silva JAP, Blauth M, Felson DT, McCloskey EV, Watzl B, Hofbauer LC, Felsenberg D, Willett WC, Dawson-Hughes B, Manson JE, Siebert U, Theiler R, Staehelin HB, de Godoi Rezende Costa Molino C, Chocano-Bedoya PO, Abderhalden LA, Egli A, Kanis JA, Orav EJ.
JAMA. 2020 11 10. 324(18):1855-1868. PMID: 33170239
Association of Skilled Nursing Facility Participation in a Bundled Payment Model With Institutional Spending for Joint Replacement Surgery.
Barnett ML, Joynt Maddox KE, Orav EJ, Grabowski DC, Epstein AM.
JAMA. 2020 11 10. 324(18):1869-1877. PMID: 33170241
Effect of an Online Weight Management Program Integrated With Population Health Management on Weight Change: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Baer HJ, Rozenblum R, De La Cruz BA, Orav EJ, Wien M, Nolido NV, Metzler K, McManus KD, Halperin F, Aronne LJ, Minero G, Block JP, Bates DW.
JAMA. 2020 11 03. 324(17):1737-1746. PMID: 33141209
Medicaid Expansion and Mortality Among Patients With Breast, Lung, and Colorectal Cancer.
Lam MB, Phelan J, Orav EJ, Jha AK, Keating NL.
JAMA Netw Open. 2020 11 02. 3(11):e2024366. PMID: 33151317
Total Serum Testosterone and Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index Pain and Function Among Older Men and Women With Severe Knee Osteoarthritis.
Freystaetter G, Fischer K, Orav EJ, Egli A, Theiler R, Münzer T, Felson DT, Bischoff-Ferrari HA.
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 11. 72(11):1511-1518. PMID: 31557423
Ambulatory Follow-up and Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries After Emergency Department Discharge.
Lin MP, Burke RC, Orav EJ, Friend TH, Burke LG.
JAMA Netw Open. 2020 10 01. 3(10):e2019878. PMID: 33034640
Learning and the "Early Joiner" Effect for Medical Conditions in Medicare's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Program: Retrospective Cohort Study.
Joynt Maddox KE, Orav EJ, Zheng J, Epstein AM.
Med Care. 2020 10. 58(10):895-902. PMID: 32833936
Association of Nursing Home Ratings on Health Inspections, Quality of Care, and Nurse Staffing With COVID-19 Cases.
Figueroa JF, Wadhera RK, Papanicolas I, Riley K, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Jha AK.
JAMA. 2020 Sep 15. 324(11):1103-1105. PMID: 32790822
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