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Ronald Hays, Ph.D.
Professor
of Medicine and
Health Services
911 Broxton Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1736
(310) 794-2294
E-mail:drhays@ucla.edu
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Biographical Information
Ron Hays is a Professor of Medicine and Health Services.
He specializes in research and teaching courses in health-related quality
of life, patient satisfaction with care, and health-related behavior.
Dr. Hays received his Ph.D. from UC Riverside. He is a Principal Investigator
of the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®)
project and several studies of health-related quality of life.
Selected Publications
Fongwa, M. N., Cunningham, W., Weech-Maldonado, R.,
Gutierrez, P. R., & Hays, R. D. (in press). Self-reports and ratings
of care by African American and White Medicare managed care enrollees.
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.
Weech-Maldonado, R., Fongwa, MN., Gutierrez, P., & Hays, R. D. (2008).
Language and regional differences in evaluations of Medicare managed care
by Hispanics. Health Services Research., 43 (2), 552-568.
Clauser, S. B., Arora, N. K., Bellizzi, K. M., Haffer, S. C., Topor, M.,
& Hays, R. D. (2008). Disparities in HRQOL of cancer survivors and
non-cancer managed care enrollees. Health Care Financing Review, 29 (4),
23-40.
Hays, R. D., Smith, A. W., Reeve, B. B., Spritzer, K. L., Marcus, S. E.,
& Clauser, S. B. (2008). Cigarette smoking and health-related quality
of life in Medicare beneficiaries. Health Care Financing Review, 29 (4),
57-68.
Hays, R. D., Liu, H., Spritzer, K., & Cella, D. (2007). Item response
theory analyses of physical functioning items in the Medical Outcomes
Study. Medical Care., 45, S32-38.
Reise, S. P., Morizot, J., & Hays, R. D. (2007). The role of the bifactor
model in resolving dimensionality issues in health outcomes measures.
Quality of Life Research, 16 (supplement 1), 19-31.
Hahn, E. A., Cella, D., Chassany, O., Fairclough, D. L., Wong, G. Y.,
& Hays, R. D. (2007). Precision of health-related quality of life
data compared with other clinical measures. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 82
(10), 1244-1254.
Lorenz, K. A., Cunningham, W. E., Spritzer, K. L., & Hays, R. D. (2006).
Changes in symptoms and health-related quality of life in a nationally
representative sample of adults in treatment for HIV. Quality of Life
Research, 15, 951-958.
Hays, R. D., Brown, J., Brown, L.U., Spritzer, K.L., and Crall, J.J. (2006).
Classical test theory and item response theory analyses of multi-item
scales assessing parents' perceptions of their children’s dental
care. Medical Care, 44 (11 Suppl 3), S60-S68.
Hays, R. D., Eastwood, J., Kotlerman, J., Spritzer, K. L., Ettner, S.
L., & Cowan, M. (2006). Health-related quality of life and patient
reports about care outcomes in a multidisciplinary hospital intervention.
Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 31 (2), 173-178.
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