Papers

T.J. Iwashyna, J. Zhang, D. Lauderdale, and N.A. Christakis, "A Methodology for Identifying Married Couples in Medicare Data: Mortality, Morbidity, and Health Care Use Among the Married Elderly" Demography, 35(4): 413-419 (November 1998)

N.A. Christakis and T.J. Iwashyna, "Attitude and Self-Reported Practice Regarding Prognostication in a National Sample of Internists" Archives of Internal Medicine, 158(23): 2389-2395 (November 1998)

T.J. Iwashyna and N.A. Christakis, "Attitude and Self-Reported Practice Regarding Hospice Referral in a National Sample of Internists" Journal of Palliative Medicine, 1(3): 241-248 (September 1998)

N.A. Christakis, "Predicting Patient Survival Before and After Hospice Enrollment" The Hospice Journal, 13(1-2): 71-87 (March 1998)

N.A. Christakis and T.J. Iwashyna, "Spousal Illness Burden Is Associated with Delayed Use of Hospice Care in Terminally Ill Patients" Journal of Palliative Medicine, 1(1): 3-10 (March 1998)

D.A. Asch, N.A. Christakis, and P.A. Ubel, "Conducting Physician Mail Surveys on a Limited Budget: A Randomized Trial Comparing $2 Bill Versus $5 Bill Incentives" Medical Care, 36(1): 95-99 (January 1998)

D.A. Asch, M.K. Jedrziewski, and N.A. Christakis, "Response Rates to Mail Surveys Published in Medical Journals" Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 50(10): 1129-1136 (October 1997)

N.A. Christakis, "The Ellipsis of Prognosis in Modern Medical Thought" Social Science and Medicine, 44(3): 301-315 (February 1997)

N.A. Christakis and J.J. Escarce, "Survival of Medicare Patients After Enrollment in Hospice Programs" New England Journal of Medicine, 335(3): 172-178 (July 1996); partially reprinted in A.O. Berg, Year Book of Family Practice, St. Louis, MO: Mosby-Year Book, Inc., 1998

N.A. Christakis and G.A. Sachs, "The Role of Prognosis in Clinical Decision Making" Journal of General Internal Medicine, 11(7): 422-425 (July 1996)