N.A. Christakis and P.D. Allison, "Mortality After the Hospitalization of a Spouse" New England Journal of Medicine, 354(7): 719-730 (February 2006)

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)

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)

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

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)

T.J. Iwashyna, V.W. Chang, J.X. Zhang, and N.A. Christakis, "The Lack of Effect of Market Structure on Hospice Use" Health Services Research, 37(6): 1531-1551 (December 2002)

T.J. Iwashyna, F. Curlin, and N.A. Christakis, "Racial, Ethnic, and Affluence Differences in Elderly Patients’ Use of Teaching Hospitals" Journal of General Internal Medicine, 17(9): 696-703 (September 2002)

N.A. Christakis and T.J. Iwashyna, "The Impact of Individual and Market Factors on the Timing of Initiation of Hospice Terminal Care" Medical Care, 38(5): 528-541 (May 2000)

T.J. Iwashyna, N.A. Christakis, and L.B. Becker, "Neighborhoods Matter: A Population-Based Study of Provision of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation" Annals of Emergency Medicine, 34(4): 459-468 (October 1999)

E. Becher and N.A. Christakis, "Firearm Injury Prevention Counseling: Are We Missing the Mark?" Pediatrics, 104(3): 530-535 (September 1999)