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 PRIMARY CARE: A Key Lever to Advance Health Equity 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Below you can find publications related to our research at the National Center for Primary Care.

• 2022-2023
  • Gaglioti AH, Li C, Baltrus PT, She Z, Douglas MD, Moore MA, Rao A, Cheng Immergluck L, Ayer T, Bazemore A, Rust G, Mack DH. Interpersonal Primary Care Continuity for Chronic Conditions Is Associated with Fewer Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicaid Enrollees. J Am Board Fam Med. 2023 Mar 3:jabfm.2022.220015R1. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.220015R1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36868870.
  • Islam SJ, Kim JH, Li X, Ko YA, Baltrus P, Mitchell GF, Fox ER, Mujahid MS, Vaccarino V, Lewis TT, Taylor HA, Sims M, Quyyumi AA. Neighborhood characteristics and arterial stiffness among Black adults - Results from the Jackson Heart Study and Morehouse-Emory Cardiovascular Center for Health Equity. Vasc Med. 2023 Jan 3;:1358863X221136163. doi: 10.1177/1358863X221136163. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36597615.
  • Heboyan V, Douglas M, McGregor B, Benevides TW. Response to Mental Health Utilization in Youth and Young Adults. Med Care. 2022 May 1;60(5):394-395. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001718. PubMed PMID: 35389964.
  • Gaglioti AH, Rivers D, Ringel JB, Judd S, Safford MM. Individual and Neighborhood Influences on the Relationship Between Waist Circumference and Coronary Heart Disease in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study. Prev Chronic Dis. 2022 Apr 21;19:E20. doi: 10.5888/pcd19.210195. PubMed PMID: 35446759; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9044900.
  • Ali AM, Gaglioti AH, Stone RH, Crawford ND, Dobbin KK, Guglani L, Young HN. Access and Utilization of Asthma Medications Among Patients Who Receive Care in Federally Qualified Health Centers. J Prim Care Community Health. 2022 Jan-Dec;13:21501319221101202. doi: 10.1177/21501319221101202. PubMed PMID: 35603467.
• 2020-2021
  • Barreto T, Li C, Chung YK, Jabbarpour Y, Baltrus P, Gaglioti A. Measuring State-Level Racial Inequity in Severe Maternal Morbidity in the Medicaid Population. Matern Child Health J. 2021 Dec 2;. doi: 10.1007/s10995-021-03192-6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34855057.
  • Li C, Douglas M, Zahidi R, Josiah Willock R, Caplan L, Baltrus P, Gillis E, Mack D, Gaglioti A. Racial and ethnic disparities in H1N1 vaccine uptake in Medicaid: Lessons learned for a COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Prev Med Rep. 2021 Dec;24:101588. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101588. Epub 2021 Oct 6. PubMed PMID: 34642618; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8498984.
  • Heboyan V, Douglas MD, McGregor B, Benevides TW. Impact of Mental Health Insurance Legislation on Mental Health Treatment in a Longitudinal Sample of Adolescents. Med Care. 2021 Oct 1;59(10):939-946. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001619. PubMed PMID: 34369459; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8425633.
  • Islam SJ, Beydoun N, Mehta A, Kim JH, Ko YA, Jin Q, Baltrus P, Topel ML, Liu C, Mujahid MS, Vaccarino V, Sims M, Ejaz K, Searles C, Dunbar SB, Lewis TT, Taylor HA, Pemu P, Quyyumi AA. Association of physical activity with arterial stiffness among Black adults. Vasc Med. 2021 Sep 22;:1358863X211032725. doi: 10.1177/1358863X211032725. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34549642.
  • Islam SJ, Hwan Kim J, Joseph E, Topel M, Baltrus P, Liu C, Ko YA, Almuwaqqat Z, Mujahid MS, Sims M, Mubasher M, Ejaz K, Searles C, Dunbar SB, Pemu P, Taylor H, Bremner JD, Vaccarino V, Quyyumi AA, Lewis TT. Association Between Early Trauma and Ideal Cardiovascular Health Among Black Americans: Results From the Morehouse-Emory Cardiovascular (MECA) Center for Health Equity. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2021 Sep;14(9):e007904. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.121.007904. Epub 2021 Aug 12. PubMed PMID: 34380328; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8455434.
  • Ko YA, Shen J, Kim JH, Topel M, Mujahid M, Taylor H, Quyyumi A, Sims M, Vaccarino V, Baltrus P, Lewis T. Identifying neighbourhood and individual resilience profiles for cardiovascular health: a cross-sectional study of blacks living in the Atlanta metropolitan area. BMJ Open. 2021 Jul 30;11(7):e041435. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041435. PubMed PMID: 34330849; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8327812.
  • Douglas MD, Bent Weber S, Bass C, Li C, Gaglioti AH, Benevides T, Heboyan V. Creation of a Longitudinal Legal Data Set to Support Legal Epidemiology Studies of Mental Health Insurance Legislation. Psychiatr Serv. 2021 Jul 29;:appips202100019. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100019. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34320828.
  • Douglas MD, Respress E, Gaglioti AH, Li C, Blount MA, Hopkins J, Baltrus PT, Willock RJ, Caplan LS, Dawes DE, Mack D. Variation in Reporting of the Race and Ethnicity of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Across US States: April 12, 2020, and November 9, 2020. Am J Public Health. 2021 Jun;111(6):1141-1148. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306167. Epub 2021 Apr 15. PubMed PMID: 33856884.
  • Cohen S, Yan F, Taylor H, Sims M, Li C, Quyyumi AA, Mubasher M, Lewis TT, Baltrus P. Food Access and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Metropolitan Atlanta Census Tracts With Residents at Low Risk and High Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: The Morehouse-Emory Cardiovascular Center for Health Equity Study. Prev Chronic Dis. 2021 May 6;18:E42. doi: 10.5888/pcd18.200316. PubMed PMID: 33964124.
  • Gaglioti AH, Li C, Douglas MD, Baltrus PT, Blount MA, Zahidi R, Caplan LS, Willock RJ, Fasuyi OB, Mack DH. Population-Level Disparities in COVID-19: Measuring the Independent Association of the Proportion of Black Population on COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in US Counties. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2021 May-Jun 01;27(3):268-277. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001354. PubMed PMID: 33762542
  • Matthews KA, Gaglioti AH, Holt JB, McGuire LC, Greenlund KJ. County-Level Concentration of Selected Chronic Conditions Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries and Its Association with Medicare Spending in the United States, 2017. Popul Health Manag. 2021 Apr;24(2):214-221. doi: 10.1089/pop.2019.0231. Epub 2020 Apr 1. PubMed PMID: 32233970.
  • Mack DH, Hughes C, Douglas M, Gaglioti A. Disaster Preparedness and Equitable Care during Pandemics. J Natl Med Assoc. 2021 Apr;113(2):220-222. doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2020.09.149. Epub 2020 Oct 23. PubMed PMID: 33268104.
  • Matthews KA, Ullrich F, Gaglioti AH, Dugan S, Chen MS, Hall DM. Nonmetropolitan COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality Rates Surpassed Metropolitan Rates Within the First 24 Weeks of the Pandemic Declaration: United States, March 1-October 18, 2020. J Rural Health. 2021 Mar;37(2):272-277. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12555. Epub 2021 Feb 22. PubMed PMID: 33619806; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8013429.
  • Baltrus PT, Douglas M, Li C, Caplan LS, Blount M, Mack D, Gaglioti AH. Percentage of Black Population and Primary Care Shortage Areas Associated with Higher COVID-19 Case and Death Rates in Georgia Counties. South Med J. 2021 Feb;114(2):57-62. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001212. PubMed PMID: 33537783; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7870015.
  • Collin LJ, Gaglioti AH, Beyer KM, Zhou Y, Moore MA, Nash R, Switchenko JM, Miller-Kleinhenz JM, Ward KC, McCullough LE. Neighborhood-Level Redlining and Lending Bias Are Associated with Breast Cancer Mortality in a Large and Diverse Metropolitan Area. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021 Jan;30(1):53-60. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-1038. Epub 2020 Oct 2. PubMed PMID: 33008873; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7855192.
  • Mack DH, Hughes C, Douglas M, Gaglioti A. Disaster Preparedness and Equitable Care during Pandemics. J Natl Med Assoc. 2020 Oct 22;. doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2020.09.149. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33268104.
  • Kim JH, Islam SJ, Topel ML, Ko YA, Mujahid MS, Vaccarino V, Liu C, Sims M, Mubasher M, Searles CD, Dunbar SB, Pemu P, Taylor HA, Quyyumi AA, Baltrus P, Lewis TT. Individual Psychosocial Resilience, Neighborhood Context, and Cardiovascular Health in Black Adults: A Multilevel Investigation From the Morehouse-Emory Cardiovascular Center for Health Equity Study. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020 Oct;13(10):e006638. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.120.006638. Epub 2020 Oct 7. PubMed PMID: 33023334.
  • Collin LJ, Gaglioti AH, Beyer KMM, Zhou Y, Moore MA, Nash R, Switchenko JM, Miller-Kleinhenz JM, Ward KC, McCullough LE. Neighborhood-level redlining and lending bias are associated with breast cancer mortality in a large and diverse metropolitan area. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 Oct 2;. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-1038. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33008873.
  • Matthews KA, Kahl AR, Gaglioti AH, Charlton ME. Differences in Travel Time to Cancer Surgery for Colon versus Rectal Cancer in a Rural State: A New Method for Analyzing Time-to-Place Data Using Survival Analysis. J Rural Health. 2020 Sep;36(4):506-516. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12452. Epub 2020 Jun 5. PubMed PMID: 32501619.
  • Matthews KA, Gaglioti AH, Holt JB, Wheaton AG, Croft JB. Estimating health service utilization potential using the supply-concentric demand-accumulation spatial availability index: a pulmonary rehabilitation case study. Int J Health Geogr. 2020 Aug 3;19(1):30. doi: 10.1186/s12942-020-00224-2. PubMed PMID: 32746848; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7397658.
  • Islam SJ, Kim JH, Topel M, Liu C, Ko YA, Mujahid MS, Sims M, Mubasher M, Ejaz K, Morgan-Billingslea J, Jones K, Waller EK, Jones D, Uppal K, Dunbar SB, Pemu P, Vaccarino V, Searles CD, Baltrus P, Lewis TT, Quyyumi AA, Taylor H. Cardiovascular Risk and Resilience Among Black Adults: Rationale and Design of the MECA Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 May 5;9(9):e015247. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.015247. Epub 2020 Apr 28. PubMed PMID: 32340530.
  • McGregor B, Li C, Baltrus P, Douglas M, Hopkins J, Wrenn G, Holden K, Respress E, Gaglioti A. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Treatment and Treatment Type for Depression in a National Sample of Medicaid Recipients. Psychiatr Serv. 2020 Apr 2;:appips201900407. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201900407. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32237981.
  • Matthews KA, Gaglioti AH, Holt JB, McGuire LC, Greenlund KJ. County-Level Concentration of Selected Chronic Conditions Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries and Its Association with Medicare Spending in the United States, 2017. Popul Health Manag. 2020 Apr 1;. doi: 10.1089/pop.2019.0231. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32233970.
  • She Z, Gaglioti AH, Baltrus P, Li C, Moore MA, Immergluck LC, Rao A, Ayer T. Primary Care Comprehensiveness and Care Coordination in Robust Specialist Networks Results in Lower Emergency Department Utilization: A Network Analysis of Medicaid Physician Networks. J Prim Care Community Health. 2020 Jan-Dec;11:2150132720924432. doi: 10.1177/2150132720924432. PubMed PMID: 32507022; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7278335.
  • Islam SJ, Kim JH, Baltrus P, Topel ML, Liu C, Ko YA, Mujahid MS, Vaccarino V, Sims M, Mubasher M, Khan A, Ejaz K, Searles C, Dunbar S, Pemu P, Taylor HA, Quyyumi AA, Lewis TT. Neighborhood Characteristics and Ideal Cardiovascular Health Among Black Adults: Results From the Morehouse-Emory Cardiovascular (MECA) Center for Health Equity. Ann Epidemiol. 2020 Dec 4;. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.11.009. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33285258.
  • T Baltrus P, Li C, H Gaglioti A. Having a Usual Source of Care Is Associated with Longer Telomere Length in a National Sample of Older Adults. J Am Board Fam Med. 2020 Nov-Dec;33(6):832-841. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2020.06.200008. PubMed PMID: 33219062.
• 2018-2019
  • Gaglioti AH, Walston D, Vasquez Guzman CE, Toppin Dera N, Ortiz C, Wright LC, Roberts T, Parker S, Young V. A Practical Approach to Establishing a Practice-Based Research Network Stakeholder Engagement Infrastructure. J Am Board Fam Med. 2019 Sep-Oct;32(5):695-704. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2019.05.190046. PubMed PMID: 31506365.
  • Collin LJ, Jiang R, Ward KC, Gogineni K, Subhedar PD, Sherman ME, Gaudet MM, Breitkopf CR, D'Angelo O, Gabram-Mendola S, Aneja R, Gaglioti AH, McCullough LE. Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Outcomes in the Metropolitan Atlanta Area: New Insights and Approaches for Health Equity. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2019 Sep;3(3):pkz053. doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkz053. eCollection 2019 Sep. PubMed PMID: 32328557; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7049995.
  • Brown M, Ofili EO, Okirie D, Pemu P, Franklin C, Suk Y, Quarshie A, Mubasher M, Sow C, Montgomery Rice V, Williams D, Brooks M, Alema-Mensah E, Mack D, Dawes D. Morehouse Choice Accountable Care Organization and Education System (MCACO-ES): Integrated Model Delivering Equitable Quality Care. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Aug 25;16(17). doi: 10.3390/ijerph16173084. PubMed PMID: 31450652; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6747305.
  • Topel ML, Kim JH, Mujahid MS, Ko YA, Vaccarino V, Mubasher M, Liu C, Dunbar S, Sims M, Taylor HA, Quyyumi AA, Baltrus P, Lewis TT. Individual Characteristics of Resilience are Associated With Lower-Than-Expected Neighborhood Rates of Cardiovascular Disease in Blacks: Results From the Morehouse-Emory Cardiovascular (MECA) Center for Health Equity Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Jun 18;8(12):e011633. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.011633. Epub 2019 Jun 15. PubMed PMID: 31203713; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6645651.
  • Kim JH, Lewis TT, Topel ML, Mubasher M, Li C, Vaccarino V, Mujahid MS, Sims M, Quyyumi AA, Taylor HA Jr, Baltrus PT. Identification of Resilient and At-Risk Neighborhoods for Cardiovascular Disease Among Black Residents: the Morehouse-Emory Cardiovascular (MECA) Center for Health Equity Study. Prev Chronic Dis. 2019 May 9;16:E57. doi: 10.5888/pcd16.180505. PubMed PMID: 31074715.
  • Baltrus P, Malhotra K, Rust G, Levine R, Li C, Gaglioti AH. Identifying County-Level All-Cause Mortality Rate Trajectories and Their Spatial Distribution Across the United States. Prev Chronic Dis. 2019 May 2;16:E55. doi: 10.5888/pcd16.180486. PubMed PMID: 31050636.
  • Matthews KA, Gaglioti AH, Holt JB, Wheaton AG, Croft JB. Using spatially adaptive floating catchments to measure the geographic availability of a health care service: Pulmonary rehabilitation in the southeastern United States. Health Place. 2019 Mar;56:165-173. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.01.017. Epub 2019 Feb 16. PubMed PMID: 30776768; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6452632.
  • Westfall JM, Roper R, Gaglioti A, Nease DE Jr. Practice-Based Research Networks: Strategic Opportunities to Advance Implementation Research for Health Equity. Ethn Dis. 2019;29(Suppl 1):113-118. doi: 10.18865/ed.29.S1.113. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 30906158; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6428170.
  • Baltrus P, Li C, Rust G, Levine R, Gaglioti A. Identifying distinct and inequitable county level all-cause mortality rate trajectories and their spatial distribution across the US (1999-2016). Preventing Chronic Disease. In Press. View Appendix.
  • Matthews KA, Xu W, Gaglioti AH, Holt JB, Croft JB, Mack D, McGuire LC. Racial and ethnic estimates of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in the United States (2015-2060) in adults aged ≥65 years. Alzheimers Dement. 2018 Sep 17;. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.3063. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30243772; NIHMSID:NIHMS999706.
  • Gastala NM, Wingrove PM, Gaglioti AH, Liaw W, Bazemore A. The Growing Trend of Health Coaches in Team-Based Primary Care Training A Multicenter Pilot Study. Fam Med. 2018 Jul;50(7):526-530. doi: 10.22454/FamMed.2018.459897. PubMed PMID: 30005115; NIHMSID:NIHMS1002544.
  • Glover LM, Bertoni AG, Golden SH, Baltrus P, Min YI, Carnethon MR, Taylor H, Sims M.Sex differences in the association of psychosocial resources with prevalent type 2 diabetes among African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study. J Diabetes Complications. 2019 Feb;33(2):113-117. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2018.11.005. Epub 2018 Nov 22. PubMed PMID: 30545559; NIHMSID:NIHMS1516403.
  • Gaglioti AH, Xu J, Rollins L, Baltrus P, O'Connell LK, Cooper DL, Hopkins J, Botchwey ND, Akintobi TH. Neighborhood Environmental Health and Premature Death From Cardiovascular Disease. Prev Chronic Dis. 2018 Feb 1;15:E17. doi: 10.5888/pcd15.170220. PubMed PMID: 29389312; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5798222.
  • Xu J, Williams-Livingston A, Gaglioti A, McAllister C, Rust G. A Practical Risk Stratification Approach for Implementing a Primary Care Chronic Disease Management Program in an Underserved Community. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2018;29(1):202-213. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2018.0014. PubMed PMID: 29503295; NIHMSID:NIHMS1002553.
  • Glover LM, Bertoni AG, Golden SH, Baltrus P, Min YI, Carnethon MR, Taylor H, Sims M.Sex differences in the association of psychosocial resources with prevalent type 2 diabetes among African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study. J Diabetes Complications. 2018 Nov 22;. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2018.11.005. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30545559.
• 2016-2017
  • McRoy L, Ramamonjiarivelo Z, Epané J, Powers M, Xu J, Weech-Maldonado R, Rust G.Country of Birth and Variations in Asthma and Wheezing Prevalence, and Emergency Department Utilization in Children: A NHANES Study. J Immigr Minor Health. 2017 Dec;19(6):1290-1295. doi: 10.1007/s10903-016-0459-2. PubMed PMID: 27393335.
  • Douglas MD, Benevides TW, Carretta H. Analyzing State Autism Private Insurance Mandates for Allied Health Services: A Pilot Study. OTJR (Thorofare N J). 2017 Oct;37(4):218-226. doi: 10.1177/1539449217730355. Epub 2017 Sep 5. PubMed PMID: 28874097; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5772933.
  • Gaglioti AH, Barlow P, Thoma KD, Bergus GR. Integrated care coordination by an interprofessional team reduces emergency department visits and hospitalisations at an academic health centre. J Interprof Care. 2017 Sep;31(5):557-565. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2017.1329716. Epub 2017 Jul 20. PubMed PMID: 28726526.
  • Brooks D, Douglas M, Aggarwal N, Prabhakaran S, Holden K, Mack D. Developing a framework for integrating health equity into the learning health system. Learn Health Syst. 2017 Jul;1(3). doi: 10.1002/lrh2.10029. Epub 2017 Jun 26. PubMed PMID: 30294677; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6173483.
  • Arpey NC, Gaglioti AH, Rosenbaum ME. How Socioeconomic Status Affects Patient Perceptions of Health Care: A Qualitative Study. J Prim Care Community Health. 2017 Jul;8(3):169-175. doi: 10.1177/2150131917697439. Epub 2017 Mar 8. PubMed PMID: 28606031; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5932696.
  • Adedinsewo D, Xu J, Agasthi P, Oderinde A, Adekeye O, Sachdeva R, Rust G, Onwuanyi A. Effect of Digoxin Use Among Medicaid Enrollees With Atrial Fibrillation. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2017 May;10(5):e004573. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004573. PubMed PMID: 28500174; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5522586.
  • Westney G, Foreman MG, Xu J, Henriques King M, Flenaugh E, Rust G. Impact of Comorbidities Among Medicaid Enrollees With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, United States, 2009. Prev Chronic Dis. 2017 Apr 13;14:E31. doi: 10.5888/pcd14.160333. PubMed PMID: 28409741; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5392445.
  • Abara WE, Adekeye OA, Xu J, Rust G. Adherence to combination antiretroviral treatment and clinical outcomes in a Medicaid sample of older HIV-infected adults.AIDS Care. 2017 Apr;29(4):441-448. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1257774. Epub 2016 Nov 28. PubMed PMID: 27894190.
  • McRoy L, Rust G, Xu J. Factors Associated with Asthma ED Visit Rates among Medicaid-enrolled Children: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach. AIMS Med Sci.2017;4(1):71-82. doi: 10.3934/medsci.2017.1.71. Epub 2017 Feb 10. PubMed PMID: 30519630; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6277032.
  • Douglas MD, Xu J, Heggs A, Wrenn G, Mack DH, Rust G. Assessing Telemedicine Utilization by Using Medicaid Claims Data. Psychiatr Serv. 2017 Feb 1;68(2):173-178. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201500518. Epub 2016 Oct 3. PubMed PMID: 27691381; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5444290.
  • Baltrus P, Xu J, Immergluck L, Gaglioti A, Adesokan A, Rust G. Individual and county level predictors of asthma related emergency department visits among children on Medicaid: A multilevel approach. J Asthma. 2017 Jan 2;54(1):53-61. doi: 10.1080/02770903.2016.1196367. Epub 2016 Jun 10. PubMed PMID: 27285734; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6200333.
  • Xierali IM, Nivet MA, Gaglioti AH, Liaw WR, Bazemore AW. Increasing Family Medicine Faculty Diversity Still Lags Population Trends. J Am Board Fam Med. 2017 Jan 2;30(1):100-103. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2017.01.160211. PubMed PMID: 28062824.
  • Smith LL, Yan F, Charles M, Mohiuddin K, Tyus D, Adekeye O, Holden KB. Exploring the Link Between Substance Use and Mental Health Status: What Can We Learn from the Self-medication Theory?. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2017;28(2S):113-131. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2017.0056. PubMed PMID: 28458268.
  • Abara WE, Adekeye OA, Xu J, Heiman HJ, Rust G. Correlates of Combination Antiretroviral Adherence Among Recently Diagnosed Older HIV-Infected Adults Between 50 and 64 years. AIDS Behav. 2016 Nov;20(11):2674-2681. doi: 10.1007/s10461-016-1325-x. PubMed PMID: 26885812; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4988927.
  • Gaglioti AH, Werner JJ, Rust G, Fagnan LJ, Neale AV. Practice-based Research Networks (PBRNs) Bridging the Gaps between Communities, Funders, and Policymakers. J Am Board Fam Med. 2016 Sep-Oct;29(5):630-5. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.05.160080. PubMed PMID: 27613796; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5030066.
  • Adekeye OA, Abara WE, Xu J, Lee JM, Rust G, Satcher D. HIV Screening Rates among Medicaid Enrollees Diagnosed with Other Sexually Transmitted Infections. PLoS One.2016;11(8):e0161560. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161560. eCollection 2016. PubMed PMID: 27556925; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4996516.
  • Cooke T, Bastien G, Xu J, Owen J, Cunningham K, Rust G. Major Depressive Disorder and Condom Use in Young Adult Females. HSOA J Psychiatry Depress Anxiety. 2016;2. doi: 10.24966/PDA-0150/100006. Epub 2016 Aug 22. PubMed PMID: 30556061; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6294131.
  • Abara WE, Xu J, Adekeye OA, Rust G. The association between combination antiretroviral adherence and AIDS-defining conditions at HIV diagnosis. AIDS Care.2016 Aug;28(8):1013-7. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1139044. Epub 2016 Feb 17. PubMed PMID: 26886075.
  • Gastala NM, Wingrove P, Gaglioti A, Petterson S, Bazemore A. Medicare Part D: Patients Bear The Cost Of 'Me Too' Brand-Name Drugs. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Jul 1;35(7):1237-40. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0146. PubMed PMID: 27385239.
  • Gaglioti AH, Petterson S, Bazemore A, Phillips R. Access to Primary Care in US Counties Is Associated with Lower Obesity Rates. J Am Board Fam Med. 2016 Mar-Apr;29(2):182-90. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150356. PubMed PMID: 26957374.
  • Gaglioti AH, Petterson S, Bazemore A, Phillips R. Access to primary care is associated with lower obesity rates in U.S. counties. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2016; 29(2):182-190.
  • Matthews KA, Holt J, Gaglioti AH, Lochner KA, Shoff C, McGuire LC, Greenlund KJ.County-Level Variation in Per Capita Spending for Multiple Chronic Conditions Among Fee-for-Service Medicare Beneficiaries, United States, 2014. Prev Chronic Dis. 2016 Dec 1;13:E162. doi: 10.5888/pcd13.160240. PubMed PMID: 27906647; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5138032.
• 2013-2015
  • Sanderson M, Levine RS, Fadden MK, Kilbourne B, Pisu M, Cain V, Husaini BA, Langston M, Gittner L, Zoorob R, Rust GS, Hennekens CH. Mammography Screening Among the Elderly: A Research Challenge. Am J Med. 2015 Dec;128(12):1362.e7-14. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.06.032. Epub 2015 Jul 11. PubMed PMID: 26169884; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4658221.
  • Ajmera M, Sambamoorthi U, Metzger A, Dwibedi N, Rust G, Tworek C. Multimorbidity and COPD Medication Receipt Among Medicaid Beneficiaries With Newly Diagnosed COPD. Respir Care. 2015 Nov;60(11):1592-602. doi: 10.4187/respcare.03788. Epub 2015 Sep 1. PubMed PMID: 26329356.
  • McGregor B, Mack D, Wrenn G, Shim RS, Holden K, Satcher D. Improving Service Coordination and Reducing Mental Health Disparities Through Adoption of Electronic Health Records. Psychiatr Serv. 2015 Sep;66(9):985-7. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201400095. Epub 2015 May 15. Review. PubMed PMID: 25975885; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4558322.
  • Rust G, Zhang S, Malhotra K, Reese L, McRoy L, Baltrus P, Caplan L, Levine RS. Paths to health equity: Local area variation in progress toward eliminating breast cancer mortality disparities, 1990-2009. Cancer. 2015 Aug 15;121(16):2765-74. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29405. Epub 2015 Apr 23. PubMed PMID: 25906833; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4540479.
  • Wielen LM, Gilchrist EC, Nowels MA, Petterson SM, Rust G, Miller BF. Not Near Enough: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Nearby Behavioral Health Care and Primary Care. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2015 Aug;26(3):1032-47. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2015.0083. PubMed PMID: 26320931; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4962556.
  • Douglas MD, Dawes DE, Holden KB, Mack D. Missed policy opportunities to advance health equity by recording demographic data in electronic health records. Am J Public Health. 2015 Jul;105 Suppl 3:S380-8. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302384. Epub 2015 Apr 23. PubMed PMID: 25905840; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4455508.
  • Malhotra K, Shim R, Baltrus P, Heiman HJ, Adekeye O, Rust G. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Service Utilization among Youth Participating in Negative Externalizing Behaviors. Ethn Dis. 2015 Spring;25(2):123-9. PubMed PMID: 26118137.
  • Zhang S, Rust G, Cardarelli K, Felizzola J, Fransua M, Stringer HG Jr. Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy impact on clinical and economic outcomes for Medicaid enrollees with human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C coinfection.AIDS Care. 2015;27(7):829-35. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2015.1021745. Epub 2015 Mar 27. PubMed PMID: 25814041; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4888046.
  • Rust G, Zhang S, McRoy L, Pisu M. Potential savings from increasing adherence to inhaled corticosteroid therapy in Medicaid-enrolled children. Am J Manag Care. 2015 Mar;21(3):173-80. PubMed PMID: 25880622; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4962558.
  • Rust G, Zhang S, Holloway K, Tyler-Hill Y. Timing of emergency department visits for childhood asthma after initial inhaled corticosteroid use. Popul Health Manag. 2015 Feb;18(1):54-60. doi: 10.1089/pop.2013.0126. Epub 2014 Jul 21. PubMed PMID: 25046059; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4346601.
  • Levine RS, Kilbourne BA, Rust GS, Langston MA, Husaini BA, Gittner LS, Sanderson M, Hennekens CH. Social determinants and the classification of disease: descriptive epidemiology of selected socially mediated disease constellations. PLoS One.2014;9(11):e110271. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110271. eCollection 2014. PubMed PMID: 25372286; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4220931.
  • Malhotra K, Baltrus P, Zhang S, McRoy L, Immergluck LC, Rust G. Geographic and racial variation in asthma prevalence and emergency department use among Medicaid-enrolled children in 14 southern states. J Asthma. 2014 Nov;51(9):913-21. doi: 10.3109/02770903.2014.930479. Epub 2014 Jun 27. PubMed PMID: 24915006; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4288012.
  • Abara WE, Smith L, Zhang S, Fairchild AJ, Heiman HJ, Rust G. The influence of race and comorbidity on the timely initiation of antiretroviral therapy among older persons living with HIV/AIDS. Am J Public Health. 2014 Nov;104(11):e135-41. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302227. Epub 2014 Sep 11. PubMed PMID: 25211735; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4202940.
  • Zhang S, McGoy SL, Dawes D, Fransua M, Rust G, Satcher D. The potential for elimination of racial-ethnic disparities in HIV treatment initiation in the Medicaid population among 14 southern states. PLoS One. 2014;9(4):e96148. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096148. eCollection 2014. PubMed PMID: 24769625; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4000218.
  • Leroy L, Bayliss E, Domino M, Miller BF, Rust G, Gerteis J, Miller T. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Multiple Chronic Conditions Research Network: overview of research contributions and future priorities. Med Care. 2014 Mar;52 Suppl 3:S15-22. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000095. PubMed PMID: 24561753.
  • Shim RS, Druss BG, Zhang S, Kim G, Oderinde A, Shoyinka S, Rust G. Emergency department utilization among Medicaid beneficiaries with schizophrenia and diabetes: the consequences of increasing medical complexity. Schizophr Res. 2014 Feb;152(2-3):490-7. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.12.002. Epub 2013 Dec 28. PubMed PMID: 24380780; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4127908.
  • Rust G, Zhang S, Reynolds J. Inhaled corticosteroid adherence and emergency department utilization among Medicaid-enrolled children with asthma. J Asthma.2013 Sep;50(7):769-75. doi: 10.3109/02770903.2013.799687. Epub 2013 Jun 20. PubMed PMID: 23734973; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4017346.
  • Sambamoorthi U, Ma Y, Findley PA, Rust G. Antidepressant use, depression, and new-onset diabetes among elderly Medicare beneficiaries. J Diabetes. 2013 Sep;5(3):327-35. doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.12014. Epub 2013 May 29. PubMed PMID: 23173757; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3594455.
  • Coleman Wallace DA, Baltrus PT, Wallace TC, Blumenthal DS, Rust GS. Black white disparities in receiving a physician recommendation for colorectal cancer screening and reasons for not undergoing screening. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2013 Aug;24(3):1115-24. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0132. PubMed PMID: 23974385; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4017350.
  • Shim RS, Baltrus P, Bradford LD, Holden KB, Fresh E, Fuller LE Sr. Characterizing depression and comorbid medical conditions in African American women in a primary care setting. J Natl Med Assoc. 2013 Summer;105(2):183-91. PubMed PMID: 24079219; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4039195.
  • Ajmera M, Shen C, Pan X, Findley PA, Rust G, Sambamoorthi U. Inhaled anticholinergic use and all-cause mortality among elderly Medicare beneficiaries with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2013;8:287-94. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S45166. Epub 2013 Jun 10. PubMed PMID: 23785232; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3682815.
  • Shim R, Rust G. Primary care, behavioral health, and public health: partners in reducing mental health stigma. Am J Public Health. 2013 May;103(5):774-6. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301214. Epub 2013 Mar 14. PubMed PMID: 23488498; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3698818.
  • Mack D, Rust GS, Baltrus P, Moore B, Sow C, Patel V, Thomas D. Using appendiceal perforation rates to measure impact of a disaster on healthcare system effectiveness.South Med J. 2013 Jan;106(1):82-8. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31827c5a0c. PubMed PMID: 23263319; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5340286.
  • Levine RS, Rust G, Aliyu M, Pisu M, Zoorob R, Goldzweig I, Juarez P, Husaini B, Hennekens CH. United States counties with low black male mortality rates. Am J Med.2013 Jan;126(1):76-80. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.06.019. PubMed PMID: 23260504; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3856918.
  • Hyacinth HI, Adekeye OA, Yilgwan CS. Malnutrition in Sickle Cell Anemia: Implications for Infection, Growth, and Maturation. J Soc Behav Health Sci. 2013 Jan 1;7(1). doi: 10.5590/JSBHS.2013.07.1.02. PubMed PMID: 24312698; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3848498.
  • Zhang S, Senteio C, Felizzola J, Rust G. Racial/ethnic disparities in antiretroviral treatment among HIV-infected pregnant Medicaid enrollees, 2005-2007. Am J Public Health. 2013 Dec;103(12):e46-53. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301328. Epub 2013 Oct 17. PubMed PMID: 24134365; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3828964.
  • Zhang S, Cardarelli K, Shim R, Ye J, Booker KL, Rust G. Racial disparities in economic and clinical outcomes of pregnancy among Medicaid recipients. Matern Child Health J. 2013 Oct;17(8):1518-25. doi: 10.1007/s10995-012-1162-0. PubMed PMID: 23065298; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4039287.
• 2011-2012
  • Shim RS, Koplan C, Langheim FJ, Manseau M, Oleskey C, Powers RA, Compton MT.Health care reform and integrated care: a golden opportunity for preventive psychiatry. Psychiatr Serv. 2012 Dec;63(12):1231-3. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200072. PubMed PMID: 23203357; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4039288.
  • Ye J, Shim R, Lukaszewski T, Yun K, Kim SH, Ruth G. Telepsychiatry services for Korean immigrants. Telemed J E Health. 2012 Dec;18(10):797-802. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0041. PubMed PMID: 23234426; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3523238.
  • Ye J, Shim R, Rust G. Health care avoidance among people with serious psychological distress: analyses of 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 Nov;23(4):1620-9. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0189. PubMed PMID: 23698676; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4039298.
  • Ye J, Mack D, Fry-Johnson Y, Parker K. Health care access and utilization among US-born and foreign-born Asian Americans. J Immigr Minor Health. 2012 Oct;14(5):731-7. doi: 10.1007/s10903-011-9543-9. PubMed PMID: 22038126; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4533853.
  • Hyacinth HI, Adekeye OA, Ibeh JN, Osoba T. Cervical cancer and pap smear awareness and utilization of pap smear test among Federal civil servants in North Central Nigeria.PLoS One. 2012;7(10):e46583. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046583. Epub 2012 Oct 1. PubMed PMID: 23049708; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3462186.
  • Shim R, Ye J, Yun K. Treating culturally and linguistically isolated Koreans via telepsychiatry. Psychiatr Serv. 2012 Sep 1;63(9):946. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20120p946. PubMed PMID: 22949021; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4039293.
  • Shim RS, Powers RA, Oleskey C, Manseau MW, Langheim FJ, Koplan C, Compton MT.Opportunities to enhance prevention-related competencies in graduate medical education in psychiatry: a position statement of the Prevention Committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. Acad Psychiatry. 2012 Sep 1;36(5):353-5. doi: 10.1176/appi.ap.11020038. PubMed PMID: 22983464; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4039302.
  • Adekeye OA, Heiman HJ, Onyeabor OS, Hyacinth HI. The new invincibles: HIV screening among older adults in the U.S. PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e43618. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043618. Epub 2012 Aug 27. PubMed PMID: 22952722; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3428311.
  • Nemiary D, Shim R, Mattox G, Holden K. The Relationship Between Obesity and Depression Among Adolescents. Psychiatr Ann. 2012 Aug 1;42(8):305-308. doi: 10.3928/00485713-20120806-09. PubMed PMID: 23976799; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3749079.
  • Bonhomme J, Shim RS, Gooden R, Tyus D, Rust G. Opioid addiction and abuse in primary care practice: a comparison of methadone and buprenorphine as treatment options. J Natl Med Assoc. 2012 Jul-Aug;104(7-8):342-50. Review. PubMed PMID: 23092049; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4039205.
  • Malhotra K, Heiman HJ. Public health policy is political. Am J Public Health. 2012 Jul;102(7):e1; author reply el-2. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300801. Epub 2012 May 17. PubMed PMID: 22594726; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3478030.
  • Ye J, Shim R, Garrett SL, Daniels E. Health-related quality of life in elderly black and white patients with cancer: results from Medicare managed care population. Ethn Dis.2012 Summer;22(3):302-7. PubMed PMID: 22870573; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4039285.
  • Wilkins TL, Rust GS, Sambamoorthi U. Changing BMI categories and healthcare expenditures among elderly Medicare beneficiaries. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 Jun;20(6):1240-8. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.86. Epub 2011 Apr 28. PubMed PMID: 21527898; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4127894.
  • Rust G, Levine RS, Fry-Johnson Y, Baltrus P, Ye J, Mack D. Paths to success: optimal and equitable health outcomes for all. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 May;23(2 Suppl):7-19. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0084. PubMed PMID: 22643550; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3601025.
  • Druss BG, Zhao L, Cummings JR, Shim RS, Rust GS, Marcus SC. Mental comorbidity and quality of diabetes care under Medicaid: a 50-state analysis. Med Care. 2012 May;50(5):428-33. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318245a528. PubMed PMID: 22228248; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3360811.
  • Daniels EC, Powe BD, Metoyer T, McCray G, Baltrus P, Rust GS. Increasing knowledge of cardiovascular risk factors among African Americans by use of community health workers: the ABCD community intervention pilot project. J Natl Med Assoc. 2012 Mar-Apr;104(3-4):179-85. PubMed PMID: 22774385; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4017345.
  • Shim RS, Ye J, Baltrus P, Fry-Johnson Y, Daniels E, Rust G. Racial/ethnic disparities, social support, and depression: examining a social determinant of mental health.Ethn Dis. 2012 Winter;22(1):15-20. PubMed PMID: 22774304; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4039297.
  • Rust G, Strothers H, Miller WJ, McLaren S, Moore B, Sambamoorthi U. Economic impact of a Medicaid population health management program. Popul Health Manag.2011 Oct;14(5):215-22. doi: 10.1089/pop.2010.0036. Epub 2011 Apr 20. PubMed PMID: 21506728; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3186702.
  • Taylor VS, Ye J, Mack D, Fry-Johnson Y, Smith Q, Harris CL. Overweight in school-aged children associated with emotional and behavioral difficulties: results from a national sample. J Natl Med Assoc. 2011 Sep-Oct;103(9-10):917-21. PubMed PMID: 22364060.
  • Pawlowski DR, Metzger DJ, Raslawsky A, Howlett A, Siebert G, Karalus RJ, Garrett S, Whitehouse CA. Entry of Yersinia pestis into the viable but nonculturable state in a low-temperature tap water microcosm. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 16;6(3):e17585. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017585. PubMed PMID: 21436885; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3059211.
  • Shim RS, Baltrus P, Ye J, Rust G. Prevalence, treatment, and control of depressive symptoms in the United States: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2005-2008. J Am Board Fam Med. 2011 Jan-Feb;24(1):33-8. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2011.01.100121. PubMed PMID: 21209342; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3161724.
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• 2009-2010
  • Ye J, Shim R. Perceptions of health care communication: examining the role of patients' psychological distress. J Natl Med Assoc. 2010 Dec;102(12):1237-42. PubMed PMID: 21287905; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5956905.
  • Shim RS, Compton MT. Pilot testing and preliminary evaluation of a suicide prevention education program for emergency department personnel. Community Ment Health J.2010 Dec;46(6):585-90. doi: 10.1007/s10597-009-9241-4. PubMed PMID: 19731019.
  • Levine RS, Rust GS, Pisu M, Agboto V, Baltrus PA, Briggs NC, Zoorob R, Juarez P, Hull PC, Goldzweig I, Hennekens CH. Increased Black-White disparities in mortality after the introduction of lifesaving innovations: a possible consequence of US federal laws.Am J Public Health. 2010 Nov;100(11):2176-84. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.170795. Epub 2010 Sep 23. PubMed PMID: 20864727; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2951928.
  • Baltrus PT, Shim RS, Ye J, Watson L, Davis SK. Socioeconomic position, stress, and cortisol in relation to waist circumference in African American and white women. Ethn Dis. 2010 Autumn;20(4):376-82. PubMed PMID: 21305825; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4039299.
  • Ye J, Rust G, Fry-Johnson Y, Strothers H. E-mail in patient-provider communication: a systematic review. Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Aug;80(2):266-73. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.09.038. Epub 2009 Nov 13. Review. PubMed PMID: 19914022; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4127895.
  • Pisu M, Wang D, Martin MY, Baltrus P, Levine RS. Presence of medical schools may contribute to reducing breast cancer mortality and disparities. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2010 Aug;21(3):961-76. doi: 10.1353/hpu.0.0346. PubMed PMID: 20693738; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2946795.
  • Rust G, Satcher D, Fryer GE, Levine RS, Blumenthal DS. Triangulating on success: innovation, public health, medical care, and cause-specific US mortality rates over a half century (1950-2000). Am J Public Health. 2010 Apr 1;100 Suppl 1:S95-104. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.164350. Epub 2010 Feb 10. PubMed PMID: 20147695; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2837442.
  • Fry-Johnson YW, Levine R, Rowley D, Agboto V, Rust G. United States black:white infant mortality disparities are not inevitable: identification of community resilience independent of socioeconomic status. Ethn Dis. 2010 Winter;20(1 Suppl 1):S1-131-5. PubMed PMID: 20521401; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2914622.
  • Compton MT, Ramsay CE, Shim RS, Goulding SM, Gordon TL, Weiss PS, Druss BG.Health services determinants of the duration of untreated psychosis among African-American first-episode patients. Psychiatr Serv. 2009 Nov;60(11):1489-94. doi: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.11.1489. PubMed PMID: 19880467; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5854470.
  • Rust G, Melbourne M, Truman BI, Daniels E, Fry-Johnson Y, Curtin T. Role of the primary care safety net in pandemic influenza. Am J Public Health. 2009 Oct;99 Suppl 2:S316-23. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.161125. PubMed PMID: 19797743; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4504392.
  • Leon K, McDonald MC, Moore B, Rust G. Disparities in influenza treatment among disabled Medicaid patients in Georgia. Am J Public Health. 2009 Oct;99 Suppl 2:S378-82. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.157602. Epub 2009 May 21. PubMed PMID: 19461106; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4288019.
  • Mack DH. Stethoscope study overlooks bacteria on clinicians' hands. J Fam Pract.2009 Oct;58(10):513. PubMed PMID: 19882806.
  • Ye J, Rust G, Baltrus P, Daniels E. Cardiovascular risk factors among Asian Americans: results from a National Health Survey. Ann Epidemiol. 2009 Oct;19(10):718-23. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.03.022. Epub 2009 Jun 26. PubMed PMID: 19560369; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4905692.
  • Shim RS, Compton MT, Rust G, Druss BG, Kaslow NJ. Race-ethnicity as a predictor of attitudes toward mental health treatment seeking. Psychiatr Serv. 2009 Oct;60(10):1336-41. doi: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.10.1336. PubMed PMID: 19797373; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4905699.
  • Rust G. Drug therapy for asthma. N Engl J Med. 2009 Jun 11;360(24):2578; author reply 2579. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc090694. PubMed PMID: 19516041.
  • Taylor VS. Why do faculty leave? Reasons for attrition of women and minority faculty from a medical school: four-year results. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Feb;18(2):273. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2008.1218. PubMed PMID: 19183100.
  • Rust G, Baltrus P, Ye J, Daniels E, Quarshie A, Boumbulian P, Strothers H. Presence of a community health center and uninsured emergency department visit rates in rural counties. J Rural Health. 2009 Winter;25(1):8-16. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00193.x. PubMed PMID: 19166556; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2711875.
  • Shim R. Examining housing policy for persons with severe mental illness. Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Feb;166(2):234-5. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08111617. PubMed PMID: 19188293.
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• 2007-2008
  • Palermo AG, Soto-Greene ML, Taylor VS, Cornbill R, Johnson J, Mindt MR, Byrd D, Butts GC, Herbert-Carter J, Fry-Johnson YW, Smith QT, Rust G, Strelnick AH. Diversity in academic medicine no. 5 successful programs in minority faculty development: overview. Mt Sinai J Med. 2008 Dec 1;75(6):523-32. doi: 10.1002/msj.20083. PubMed PMID: 19021214.
  • Nivet MA, Taylor VS, Butts GC, Strelnick AH, Herbert-Carter J, Fry-Johnson YW, Smith QT, Rust G, Kondwani K. Diversity in academic medicine no. 1 case for minority faculty development today. Mt Sinai J Med. 2008 Dec 1;75(6):491-8. doi: 10.1002/msj.20079. PubMed PMID: 19021210.
  • Rust G, Gailor M, Daniels E, McMillan-Persaud B, Strothers H, Mayberry R. Point of care testing to improve glycemic control. Int J Health Care Qual Assur. 2008;21(3):325-35. doi: 10.1108/09526860810868256. PubMed PMID: 18578216; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3782994.
  • Levine RS, Kilbourne BE, Baltrus PA, Williams-Brown S, Caplan L, Briggs NC, Roberts K, Husaini BA, Rust GE. Black-white disparities in elderly breast cancer mortality before and after implementation of Medicare benefits for screening mammography. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2008 Feb;19(1):103-34. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2008.0019. PubMed PMID: 18263989.
  • Wilson CJ, Rust G, Levine R, Alema-Mensah E. Disparities in vision impairment among adults in the United States. Ethn Dis. 2008 Spring;18(2 Suppl 2):S2-242-6. PubMed PMID: 18646358.
  • Strelnick AH, Taylor VS, Williams B, Lee-Rey E, Herbert-Carter J, Fry-Johnson YW, Smith QT, Rust G, Kondwani K. Diversity in academic medicine no. 3 struggle for survival among leading diversity programs. Mt Sinai J Med. 2008 Dec 1;75(6):504-16. doi: 10.1002/msj.20081. PubMed PMID: 19021211.
  • Woolf SH, Johnson RE, Fryer GE Jr, Rust G, Satcher D. The health impact of resolving racial disparities: an analysis of US mortality data. Am J Public Health. 2008 Sep;98(9 Suppl):S26-8. doi: 10.2105/ajph.98.supplement_1.s26. PubMed PMID: 18687615; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2518606.
  • Strelnick AH, Taylor VS, Williams B, Lee-Rey E, Herbert-Carter J, Fry-Johnson YW, Smith QT, Rust G, Kondwani K. Diversity in academic medicine no. 3 struggle for survival among leading diversity programs. Mt Sinai J Med. 2008 Dec 1;75(6):504-16. doi: 10.1002/msj.20081. PubMed PMID: 19021211.
  • Daley SP, Palermo AG, Nivet M, Soto-Greene ML, Taylor VS, Butts GC, Johnson J, Strelnick AH, Lee-Rey E, Williams B, Dorscher J, Lipscomb WD, McDowell S, Cornbill R, Mindt MR, Herbert-Carter J, Fry-Johnson YW, Smith QT, Rust G, Kondwani K. Diversity in academic medicine no. 6 successful programs in minority faculty development: ingredients of success. Mt Sinai J Med. 2008 Dec 1;75(6):533-51. doi: 10.1002/msj.20084. PubMed PMID: 19021192.
  • Rust G, Cooper LA. How can practice-based research contribute to the elimination of health disparities?. J Am Board Fam Med. 2007 Mar-Apr;20(2):105-14. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2007.02.060131. Review. PubMed PMID: 17341746.
  • Rust G, Pattillo RA, Matthews R, Dubois AM. Physician and provider education for improving health and eliminating disparities. Ethn Dis. 2007 Spring;17(2 Suppl 2):S2-1-3. PubMed PMID: 17682666.
  • Levine RS, Briggs NC, Kilbourne BS, King WD, Fry-Johnson Y, Baltrus PT, Husaini BA, Rust GS. Black-White mortality from HIV in the United States before and after introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy in 1996. Am J Public Health. 2007 Oct;97(10):1884-92. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.081489. Epub 2007 Aug 29. PubMed PMID: 17761583; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1994194.
• 2005-2006
  • Garrett SL, Cox-Hayley D, Hougham GW, Sachs GA. To what extent do geriatricians document the most bothersome symptoms of patients with advanced dementia?. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Oct;54(10):1563-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00892.x. PubMed PMID: 17038075.
  • Garrett SL, O'Brien JG, Miles TP. Quality of care for vulnerable older patients. Ann Intern Med. 2006 Feb 7;144(3):219; author reply 219-20. PubMed PMID: 16461971.
  • Druss BG, Bornemann T, Fry-Johnson YW, McCombs HG, Politzer RM, Rust G. Trends in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services at the Nation's Community Health Centers: 1998-2003. Am J Public Health. 2006 Oct;96(10):1779-84. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.076943. PubMed PMID: 17008573; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1586130.
  • Satcher D, Rust G. A three-dimensional approach to the elimination of racial-ethnic disparities in lung health. Clin Chest Med. 2006 Sep;27(3):535-42, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2006.04.012. Review. PubMed PMID: 16880062.
  • Satcher D, Rust G. Achieving health equity in America. Ethn Dis. 2006 Spring;16(2 Suppl 3):S3-8-13. PubMed PMID: 16774018.
  • Rust G, Kondwani K, Martinez R, Dansie R, Wong W, Fry-Johnson Y, Woody Rdel M, Daniels EJ, Herbert-Carter J, Aponte L, Strothers H. A crash-course in cultural competence. Ethn Dis. 2006 Spring;16(2 Suppl 3):S3-29-36. PubMed PMID: 16774021.
  • Rust G, Taylor V, Herbert-Carter J, Smith QT, Earles K, Kondwani K. The Morehouse Faculty Development Program: evolving methods and 10-year outcomes. Fam Med. 2006 Jan;38(1):43-9. PubMed PMID: 16378258.
  • Fry-Johnson YW, Daniels EC, Levine R, Rust G. Being uninsured: impact on children's healthcare and health. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2005 Dec;17(6):753-8. doi: 10.1097/01.mop.0000187455.17077.94. Review. PubMed PMID: 16282783.
  • Daniels EC, Bacon J, Denisio S, Fry YW, Murray V, Quarshie A, Rust G. Translation squared: improving asthma care for high-disparity populations through a safety net practice-based research network. J Asthma. 2005 Jul-Aug;42(6):499-505. doi: 10.1081/JAS-67598. PubMed PMID: 16293546.
  • Heisler MB, Rust G, Pattillo R, Dubois AM. Improving health, eliminating disparities: finding solutions for better health care for all populations. Ethn Dis. 2005 Spring;15(2 Suppl 2):S1-4. PubMed PMID: 15822828.
  • Williams-Brown S, Phillips JM, Rust G. Ensuring consistent quality care to address disparities in cancer screening. J Nurs Care Qual. 2005 Apr-Jun;20(2):99-102. doi: 10.1097/00001786-200504000-00002. PubMed PMID: 15839288.
  • Rust G, Strothers HS 3rd, Zimmerman RK. Re-engineering the primary care practice to eliminate adult immunization disparities. Ethn Dis. 2005 Spring;15(2 Suppl 3):S3-21-S3-6. Review. PubMed PMID: 15945363.
  • Rust G. Summary: take-home points from the Eliminating Adult Immunization Disparities Symposium. Ethn Dis. 2005 Spring;15(2 Suppl 3):S3-27-S3-8. PubMed PMID: 15948279.
  • Satcher D, Fryer GE Jr, McCann J, Troutman A, Woolf SH, Rust G. What if we were equal? A comparison of the black-white mortality gap in 1960 and 2000. Health Aff (Millwood). 2005 Mar-Apr;24(2):459-64. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.24.2.459. PubMed PMID: 15757931.
  • Strothers HS 3rd, Rust G, Minor P, Fresh E, Druss B, Satcher D. Disparities in antidepressant treatment in Medicaid elderly diagnosed with depression. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Mar;53(3):456-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53164.x. PubMed PMID: 15743289.
  • Rust G, Daniels E, Satcher D, Bacon J, Strothers H, Bornemann T. Ability of community health centers to obtain mental health services for uninsured patients. JAMA. 2005 Feb 2;293(5):554-6. doi: 10.1001/jama.293.5.554-c. PubMed PMID: 15687308.