Papers

Social Networks and Health

2 | Social Contagion , Social Network

Citation:

K.P. Smith and N.A. Christakis, "Social Networks and Health" Annual Review of Sociology, 34: 405-429 (August 2008)

The Implications of Human Metabolic Network Topology for Disease Comorbidity

3 | Biological Network , PNAS , Disease Network

Citation:

D.S. Lee, J. Park, K.A. Kay, N.A. Christakis, Z.N. Oltvai, and A.L. Barabasi, "The Implications of Human Metabolic Network Topology for Disease Comorbidity" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(29): 9880-9885 (July 2008)

Bias and Asymmetric Loss in Expert Forecasts: A Study of Physician Prognostic Behavior with Respect to Patient Survival

5 | Methodology , NAC Favorite , Prognostication , Economics , Terminal Care

Citation:

M. Alexander and N.A. Christakis, "Bias and Asymmetric Loss in Expert Forecasts: A Study of Physician Prognostic Behavior with Respect to Patient Survival" Journal of Health Economics, 27(4): 1095-1108 (July 2008)

The Provision of Hospital Chaplaincy in the United States: A National Overview

1 | Health Services Research

Citation:

W. Cadge, J. Freese, and N.A. Christakis, "The Provision of Hospital Chaplaincy in the United States: A National Overview" Southern Medical Journal, 101(6): 626-630 (June 2008)

The Collective Dynamics of Smoking in a Large Social Network

8 | Methodology , NAC Favorite , NEJM , Social Contagion , Social Determinants , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Smoking

Citation:

N.A. Christakis and J.H. Fowler, "The Collective Dynamics of Smoking in a Large Social Network" New England Journal of Medicine, 358(21): 2249-2258 (May 2008); doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa0706154

Racial Disparity in Hospice Use in the United States in 2002

3 | Hospice Care , Social Determinants , Terminal Care

Citation:

S.R. Connor, F. Elwert, C. Spence, and N.A. Christakis, "Racial Disparity in Hospice Use in the United States in 2002" Palliative Medicine, 22(3): 205-213 (April 2008)

Measuring Clinically Significant Chemotherapy-Related Toxicities Using Medicare Claims from Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) Trial Participants

2 | Methodology , Cancer

Citation:

E.B. Lamont, J.E. Herndon, J. C. Weeks, I.C. Henderson, R. Lilenbaum, R.L. Schilsky, and N.A. Christakis, "Measuring Clinically Significant Chemotherapy-Related Toxicities Using Medicare Claims from Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) Trial Participants" Medical Care, 46(3): 303-308 (March 2008)

Widowhood and Mortality Among the Elderly: The Modifying Role of Neighborhood Concentration of Widowed Individuals

4 | Geographic Effects , Health Services Research , Widowhood Effect , Marriage

Citation:

S.V. Subramanian, F. Elwert, and N.A. Christakis, "Widowhood and Mortality Among the Elderly: The Modifying Role of Neighborhood Concentration of Widowed Individuals" Social Science and Medicine, 66(4): 873-884 (February 2008)

Geographic Variation in Hospice Use in the United States in 2002

3 | Hospice Care , Geographic Effects , Health Services Research

Citation:

S.R. Connor, F. Elwert, C. Spence, and N.A. Christakis, "Geographic Variation in Hospice Use in the United States in 2002" Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 34(3): 277-285 (September 2007)

The Emotional Toll of Spousal Morbidity and Mortality

3 | Emotion , Widowhood Effect , Marriage

Citation:

K. Zivin and N.A. Christakis, "The Emotional Toll of Spousal Morbidity and Mortality" American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(9): 772-779 (September 2007)