Associate Professor of Health Services

UCLA School of Public Health
Box 951772
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
E-mail: elizabeth.yano@med.va.gov

Elizabeth (Becky) Yano, PhD, MSPH is an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Health Services and Senior Social Scientist of the VA Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. She is also the Co-Director of the VA Associated Health Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and serves as a Faculty Mentor in the VA Ambulatory Care and Women’s Health Fellowship Programs. She principally teaches Evaluation of Health Services in the MPH for Health Professionals Program, as well as selected lectures and seminars throughout the Department and beyond. Trained as an epidemiologist (PhD, Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health) and health policy analyst (former Institute of Medicine Pew Health Policy Fellow at UCLA and RAND), Dr. Yano has over 20 years of health services research experience, most recently leading studies assessing the influence of practice characteristics on facility performance and health outcomes, as well as evaluations of alternate delivery models in primary care, women’s health and HIV/AIDS and randomized trials of evidence-based quality improvement approaches to guideline implementation for smoking cessation and the collaborative care model for depression screening and management.

Selected Publications

1. Yano EM, Washington DL, Goldzweig C, Caffrey C, Turner C. The organization and delivery of women’s health care in Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers. Women’s Health Issues. 2003; 13(2):54-60.

2. Washington DL, Caffrey C, Goldzweig C, Simon B, Yano EM. Availability of comprehensive women’s health care through Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Women’s Health Issues. 2003; 13(2),49-53.

3. Lee M, Yano EM, Wang M, Simon BF, Rubenstein LV. What patient population does visit-based sampling in primary care settings represent? Medical Care. 2002; 40:761-770.

4. Weeks WB, Yano EM, Rubenstein LV. Primary care practice management in rural and urban Veterans Health Administration settings. Journal of Rural Health, Spring 2002; 18(2):298-303.

5. Cradock JA, Young AS, Yano EM, Wang M, Lee ML. Access to general medical care among patients with severe mental illness. Psychiatric Services. 2002; 53:874-878.

6. Rubenstein LV, Mittman BS, Yano EM, Mulrow CD. From understanding health care provider behavior to improving health care: The QUERI framework for quality improvement. Medical Care, 2000; 38(suppl I):I-129-I-141.

7. Chernof B, Sherman SE, Lanto AB, Lee ML, Yano EM, Rubenstein LV. Health habit counseling amidst competing demands: Effects of patient health habits and visit characteristics. Medical Care, 1999;37:738-47.

8. Rubenstein LV, Yano EM, Fink A, Lanto AB, Simon B, Graham M, Robbins AS. Evaluation of VA institutional reorganization toward primary and ambulatory care: Part I: Changes in process and outcomes of care. Academic Medicine, 1996; 71(7):772-83.

9. Rubenstein LV, Lammers J, Yano EM, Tabarrah M, Robbins AS. Evaluation of VA institutional reorganization toward primary and ambulatory care: Part II: A study of organizational stresses and dynamics. Academic Medicine, 1996; 71(7):784-92.

10. Yano EM, Fink A, Hirsch S, Robbins AS, Rubenstein LV. Helping practices reach primary care goals: Lessons from the literature. Archives Int Med, 1995; 155:1146-1156.

11. Rubenstein LV, Fink A, Yano EM, Simon B, Chernof B, Robbins AS. Increasing the impact of quality improvement on health: An expert panel method for setting institutional priorities. Jt Comm J Qual Improve, 1995; 21:420-432.