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Prognostic Factors in Advanced Cancer Patients: Evidence-Based Clinical Recommendations

2 | Prognostication , Cancer

Citation:

M. Maltoni, A. Caraceni, C. Brunelli, B. Broeckaert, N.A. Christakis, S. Eychmueller, P. Glare, M. Nabal, A. Viganò, P. Larkin, F. De Conno, G. Hanks, and S. Kaasa, "Prognostic Factors in Advanced Cancer Patients: Evidence-Based Clinical Recommendations" Journal of Clinical Oncology, 23(25): 6240-6248 (September 2005)

Effect of Specific Aspects of Community Social Environment on the Mortality of Individuals Diagnosed with Serious Illness

5 | Hospice Care , Geographic Effects , Health Services Research , Terminal Care , Social Determinants

Citation:

M. Wen, K.A. Cagney, and N.A. Christakis, "Effect of Specific Aspects of Community Social Environment on the Mortality of Individuals Diagnosed with Serious Illness" Social Science and Medicine, 61(6): 1119-1134 (September 2005)

Neighborhood Effects on Post-Hospitalization Mortality: A Population-Based Cohort Study of the Elderly in Chicago

4 | Geographic Effects , Terminal Care , Health Services Research , Social Determinants

Citation:

M. Wen and N.A. Christakis, "Neighborhood Effects on Post-Hospitalization Mortality: A Population-Based Cohort Study of the Elderly in Chicago" Health Services Research, 40(4): 1108-1127 (August 2005)

Criterion Validity of Medicare Chemotherapy Claims in Cancer and Leukemia Group B Breast and Lung Cancer 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, "Criterion Validity of Medicare Chemotherapy Claims in Cancer and Leukemia Group B Breast and Lung Cancer Trial Participants" Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 97(14): 1080-1083 (July 2005)

Income inequality and weight status in US metropolitan areas

4 | Inequality , Obesity , Geographic Effects , Social Determinants

Citation:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.11.036

Social Networks and Collateral Health Effects – Have Been Ignored in Medical Care and Clinical Trials, But Need to Be Studied

2 | NAC Favorite , Social Network

Citation:

N.A. Christakis, "Social Networks and Collateral Health Effects – Have Been Ignored in Medical Care and Clinical Trials, But Need to Be Studied" British Medical Journal, l 329(7459): 184- 185 (July 2004)

Measuring Quality of Life at the End of Life: Validation of the QUAL-E

2 | Methodology , Terminal Care

Citation:

K. E. Steinhauser, E. C. Clipp, H. B. Bosworth, M. McNeilly, N.A. Christakis, "Measuring Quality of Life at the End of Life: Validation of the QUAL-E" Palliative and Supportive Care, 2(2): 3-14 (March 2004)

Marriage, Widowhood, and Health Care Use

4 | Widowhood Effect , Health Services Research , Terminal Care , Social Determinants

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T.J. Iwashyna and N.A. Christakis, "Marriage, Widowhood, and Health Care Use" Social Science and Medicine, 57(11): 2137-2147 (December 2003)

The Health Impact on Families of Health Care: A Matched Cohort Study of Hospice Use by Decedents and Mortality Outcomes in Surviving, Widowed Spouses

7 | Hospice Care , NAC Favorite , Health Services Research , Widowhood Effect , Terminal Care , Social Determinants , Marriage

Citation:

N.A. Christakis and T.J. Iwashyna, "The Health Impact on Families of Health Care: A Matched Cohort Study of Hospice Use by Decedents and Mortality Outcomes in Surviving, Widowed Spouses" Social Science and Medicine, 57(3): 465-475 (August 2003)

A Systematic Review of Physicians’ Survival Predictions in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients

3 | Prognostication , Systematic Review , Terminal Care

Citation:

P. Glare, K. Virik, M. Jones, M. Hudson, S. Eychmuller, J. Simes, and N.A. Christakis, "A Systematic Review of Physicians’ Survival Predictions in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients" British Medical Journal, 327(7408): 195-200 (July 2003)