John Boscardin, PhD

Professor of Medicine and Biostatistics

W. John Boscardin, Ph.D. is a biostatistician with a joint appointment as Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics. His primary roles with the Department of Medicine are as Director of the Statistical Laboratory for Aging Research, Co-leader of the UCSF Pepper Center Data and Analysis Core, and Co-leader of the Analytics Core for the UCSF/Mount Sinai DEVELOP AD Research Program Project. The laboratory is comprised of ten Master’s and Ph.D. level statisticians and provides data management, analytic support, and methodological input to dozens of investigators at UCSF and other institutions. He has been a core faculty member for the CTSI K-Scholars Program based out of the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics since 2008, serving as statistical mentor to numerous junior investigators over the past several years. Dr. Boscardin received his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley. He was a faculty member at UCLA in the Departments of Biostatistics and Medicine before joining UCSF in 2008. His areas of methodological expertise include analysis of longitudinal, repeated measures, and time to event data, treatment of missing data, Bayesian statistical modeling, and computational methods.

Education
ScB, - Mathematics, Brown University
PhD, - Statistics, University of California, Berkeley
Publications

  1. Yang HY, Raghunathan K, Widera E, Pantilat SZ, Brender T, Heintz TA, Espejo E, Boscardin J, Mills H, Lee A, Berchuck J, Cobert J. Lexical associations can characterize clinical documentation trends related to palliative care and metastatic cancer. Scientific Reports 2025. PMID: 40383724


  2. Bhethanabotla RM, Gulati A, Khalsa IK, Evans C, Perrin CE, Lappin JJ, Kidane J, Crosby TW, Chan JW, Yom SS, Young VN, Rosen CA, Schneider SL, Ha PK, Boscardin WJ, Laus J, Ryan WR, Ma Y. Swallowing Function Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors Followed by a Long-Term Dysphagia Surveillance Protocol. Head & neck 2025. PMID: 40325795


  3. Hargrave AS, Cohen BE, Gibson CJ, Keyhani S, Li Y, Boscardin WJ, Byers AL. Sexual Trauma, Suicide, and Overdose in a National Cohort of Older Veterans. Annals of internal medicine 2025. PMID: 40294416


  4. Schwartz JB, Liu RY, Boscardin J, Tarn DM. Preferences Regarding Clinical Drug Trial Elements: A Nationally Representative Survey of Older Adults With Multimorbidity. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2025. PMID: 40251943


  5. Shatkin-Margolis A, Wang L, Nik-Ahd F, Dreyfuss LD, Covinsky K, Boscardin WJ, Suskind AM. Minimally Invasive Overactive Bladder Therapy After Prolapse Surgery. Urogynecology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2025. PMID: 40266684


  6. Yue JK, Krishnan N, Toretsky C, Hsia RY, Manley GT, Boscardin WJ, Makam AN, DiGiorgio AM. Insurance payer is associated with length of stay after traumatic brain injury. The American journal of managed care 2025. PMID: 40227397


  7. Hunt LJ, Gan S, Boscardin WJ, Harrison KL, Growdon ME, Muench UU, Gerlach LB, Smith AK, Steinman MA. Continued Use of Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine in Hospice. JAMA internal medicine 2025. PMID: 40126467


  8. Kelly JD, Hoggatt KJ, Lo NC, Leonard S, Boscardin WJ, Kim HS, Lum EN, Austin CC, Byers AL, Tien PC, Austin PC, Bravata DM, Keyhani S. Annual variant-targeted vaccination to prevent severe COVID-19 disease in cohorts with vaccine-derived and hybrid immunity. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2025. PMID: 40084406


  9. Bock M, Gan S, Aldridge M, Harrison KL, Yaffe K, Smith AK, Boscardin J, Hunt LJ. Hospice Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Parkinson Disease and Dementia With Lewy Bodies. JAMA network open 2025. PMID: 40036035


  10. Byers AL, Williams B, Fortinsky R, Boscardin WJ, Li Y, Clark R, Morin RT, Barry LC. Risk of Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Soon After Leaving Incarceration Among a US Veteran Population. Neurology 2025. PMID: 39965180


  11. Beaudry-Richard A, Abdelhak A, Saloner R, Sacco S, Montes SC, Oertel FC, Cordano C, Jabassini N, Ananth K, Gomez A, Keihani A, Chapman M, Javvadi S, Saha S, Staffaroni A, Songster C, Warren M, Boscardin JW, Kramer J, Miller B, Miller JW, Green R, Green AJ. Vitamin B12 Levels Association with Functional and Structural Biomarkers of Central Nervous System Injury in Older Adults. Annals of neurology 2025. PMID: 39927551


  12. Hunt LJ, Morrison RS, Gan S, Espejo E, Boscardin WJ, Rodin R, Ornstein KA, Smith AK. Mortality and Function After Hip Fracture or Pneumonia in People With and Without Dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2025. PMID: 39812182


  13. Joo H, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Chen CL, Sun CQ, Smith AK, Boscardin WJ, Whitlock EL. Cognitive Trajectory Before and After Cataract Surgery: A Population-Based Approach. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2025. PMID: 39797726


  14. Kim HN, Lee JH, Boscardin J, Newman JC. Plasma β-hydroxybutyrate concentration, genetic risk, and the incidence of Alzheimer's disease: A prospective study of 261,933 participants. Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) 2025. PMID: 39854811


  15. Nouri S, Pantilat SZ, Ritchie CS, Lyles CR, Shi Y, O'Riordan D, Boscardin J, Sudore RL. Quality of Virtual versus In-Person Outpatient Palliative Care: Disparities by Language and Race. Journal of pain and symptom management 2025. PMID: 39756664


  16. Avelino-Silva TJ, Lee SJ, Covinsky KE, Walter LC, Deardorff WJ, Boscardin J, Campora F, Szlejf C, Suemoto CK, Smith AK. External Validation of the Walter Index for Posthospitalization Mortality Prediction in Older Adults. JAMA network open 2025. PMID: 39841475


  17. Lee HJ, Boscardin J, Walter LC, Smith AK, Cohen HJ, Giri S, Williams GR, Presley CJ, Singhal S, Huang LW, Velazquez AI, Gubens MA, Blakely CM, Mulvey CK, Cheng ML, Sakoda LC, Kushi LH, Quesenberry C, Liu R, Fleszar-Pavlovic S, Eskandar C, Cutler E, Mercurio AM, Wong ML. Associations of frailty with survival, hospitalization, functional decline, and toxicity among older adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The oncologist 2024. PMID: 39657913


  18. Dreyfuss LD, Nik-Ahd F, Wang L, Shatkin-Margolis A, Covinsky K, Boscardin WJ, Suskind AM. Outcomes following intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA in a national cohort of nursing home residents. BJUI compass 2024. PMID: 39877559


  19. Soulsby WD, Franck LS, Perito E, Brakeman P, Cuneo A, Quill L, Boscardin J, von Scheven E. Healthcare Utilization Among Youth with Chronic Illness Receiving Care at a Large Urban Academic Healthcare System. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) 2024. PMID: 39595475


  20. Archer H, González DJX, Walsh J, English P, Reynolds P, Boscardin WJ, Carpenter C, Morello-Frosch R. Upstream Oil and Gas Production and Community COVID-19 Case and Mortality Rates in California, USA. GeoHealth 2024. PMID: 39524319


  21. Jing B, Liu X, Graham LA, Dave CV, Li Y, Fung K, Liu CK, Abdel Magid HS, Growdon ME, Deardorff WJ, Boscardin WJ, Lee SJ, Steinman MA, Odden MC. Deprescribing of Antihypertensive Medications and Cognitive Function in Nursing Home Residents. JAMA internal medicine 2024. PMID: 39312220


  22. Deardorff WJ, Jing B, Growdon ME, Blank LJ, Bongiovanni T, Yaffe K, Boscardin WJ, Boockvar KS, Steinman MA. Impact of hospitalizations on problematic medication use among community dwelling persons with dementia. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2024. PMID: 39155601


  23. Duchowny KA, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Boscardin WJ, Perera R, Lin-Gomez S, Cawthon PM, Noppert GA, Clarke PJ. The Neighborhood Environment and Handgrip Strength: Longitudinal Findings from the Health and Retirement Study. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2024. PMID: 39360832


  24. Cobert J, Espejo E, Boscardin J, Mills H, Ashana D, Raghunathan K, Heintz TA, Chapman AC, Smith AK, Lee S. Variation in Mentions of Race and Ethnicity in Notes in Intensive Care Units Across a Health Care System. American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 2024. PMID: 39482093


  25. Nik-Ahd F, Zhao S, Wang L, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky K, Suskind AM. UroARC: A novel surgical risk calculator for older adults undergoing pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence surgery. Neurourology and Urodynamics 2024. PMID: 39370832


  26. Singhal S, Walter LC, Smith AK, Boscardin WJ, Shi Y, Cohen HJ, Presley CJ, Kushi LH, Giri S, Magnuson A, Williams GR, Velazquez AI, Lee HJ, Sakoda LC, Quesenberry CP, Falvey JR, Van Dyk KM, Wong ML. Function, cognition, and quality of life among older adults with lung cancer who live alone: A prospective cohort study. Journal of geriatric oncology 2024. PMID: 39288505


  27. Rodin R, Smith AK, Espejo E, Gan S, Boscardin WJ, Hunt LJ, Ornstein KA, Morrison RS. Mortality and Function After Widowhood Among Older Adults With Dementia, Cancer, or Organ Failure. JAMA network open 2024. PMID: 39264625


  28. Guerra RA, Kaplan C, Borno H, Boscardin J, Alvarez EA, Lazar A, Chapman J, Swanson M, Ueda S, Chen LM. The role of race/ethnicity and age in clinical trial knowledge among patients with gynecologic malignancy. Gynecologic oncology 2024. PMID: 39163751


  29. Huang LW, Shi Y, Boscardin WJ, Steinman MA. Cognitive Trajectories in Older Adults Diagnosed With Hematologic Malignant Neoplasms. JAMA network open 2024. PMID: 39212987


  30. Growdon ME, Jing B, Yaffe K, Karliner LS, Possin KL, Portacolone E, Boscardin WJ, Harrison KL, Steinman MA. High-risk medication use among older adults with cognitive impairment living alone in the United States. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024. PMID: 39056523


  31. Bongiovanni T, Gan S, Finlayson E, Ross JS, Harrison JD, Boscardin J, Steinman MA. Use of Muscle Relaxants After Surgery in Traditional Medicare Part D Enrollees. Drugs & aging 2024. PMID: 38980644


  32. Bischoff KE, Patel K, Boscardin WJ, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ, Smith AK. Prognoses Associated With Palliative Performance Scale Scores in Modern Palliative Care Practice. JAMA network open 2024. PMID: 38976269


  33. Nik-Ahd F, Zhao S, Boscardin WJ, Wang L, Covinsky K, Suskind AM. Development of the UroARC Surgical Calculator: A Novel Risk Calculator for Older Adults Undergoing Surgery for Bladder Outlet Obstruction. The Journal of urology 2024. PMID: 38920141


  34. Kelly JD, Leonard S, Boscardin WJ, Hoggatt KJ, Lum EN, Austin CC, Byers AL, Tien PC, Bravata DM, Keyhani S. Re-thinking all-cause COVID-19 hospitalizations as a surrogate measure for severe illness in observational surveillance studies. Scientific Reports 2024. PMID: 38914601


  35. Cobert J, Young Jeon S, Boscardin J, Chapman AC, Espejo E, Maley JH, Lee S, Smith AK. Resilience, Survival and Functional Independence in Older Adults Facing Critical Illness. Chest 2024. PMID: 38871280


  36. Kler SE, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Ryskina KL, Young Jeon S, Patel K, Cudjoe TKM, Ritchie CS, Harrison KL, Boscardin WJ, Brown RT. Geriatric conditions and healthcare utilization among older adults living in subsidized housing. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024. PMID: 38847363


  37. Kornblith E, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Yaffe K, Boscardin WJ, Gardner RC. Incidence of Traumatic Brain Injury in a Longitudinal Cohort of Older Adults. JAMA network open 2024. PMID: 38819822


  38. Altendahl MR, Xu L, Asiodu I, Boscardin WJ, Gaw SL, Flaherman VJ, Jacoby VL, Richards MC, Krakow D, Afshar Y. Patterns of peripartum depression and anxiety during the pre-vaccine COVID-19 pandemic. BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2024. PMID: 38664729


  39. Dreyfuss LD, Nik-Ahd F, Wang L, Shatkin-Margolis A, Covinsky K, John Boscardin W, Suskind AM. Sacral neuromodulation in nursing home residents: Predictors of success and complications in a national cohort of older adults. Neurourology and Urodynamics 2024. PMID: 38624030


  40. Makam AN, Burnfield J, Prettyman E, Nguyen OK, Wu N, Espejo E, Blat C, Boscardin WJ, Ely EW, Jackson JC, Covinsky KE, Votto J, Recovery After Transfer to an LTACH for COVID-19 (RAFT COVID) Study. One-Year Recovery Among Survivors of Prolonged Severe COVID-19: A National Multicenter Cohort. Critical care medicine 2024. PMID: 38597793


  41. Bongiovanni T, Gan S, Finlayson E, Ross JS, Harrison JD, Boscardin WJ, Steinman MA. Association of Race and Ethnicity With Postoperative Gabapentinoid and Opioid Prescribing Trends for Older Adults. The Journal of surgical research 2024. PMID: 38554545


  42. Growdon ME, Jing B, Morris EJ, Deardorff WJ, Boscardin WJ, Byers AL, Boockvar KS, Steinman MA. Which older adults are at highest risk of prescribing cascades? A national study of the gabapentinoid-loop diuretic cascade. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024. PMID: 38547357


  43. Shah SJ, van Walraven C, Jeon SY, Boscardin J, Hobbs FDR, Connolly SJ, Ezekowitz MD, Covinsky KE, Fang MC, Singer DE. Estimating Vitamin K Antagonist Anticoagulation Benefit in People With Atrial Fibrillation Accounting for Competing Risks: Evidence From 12 Randomized Trials. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 2024. PMID: 38525596


  44. Blauvelt CA, Turcios S, Wen T, Boscardin J, Seidman D. Breastfeeding Initiation in People With Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the United States. Obstetrics and gynecology 2024. PMID: 38513240


  45. Schwartz JB, Liu RY, Boscardin J, Liu Q, Lau SWJ, Khatri S, Tarn D. Attitudes on participation in clinical drug trials: A nationally representative survey of older adults with multimorbidity. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024. PMID: 38485469


  46. Samnani S, Cenzer I, Kline GA, Lee SJ, Hundemer GL, McClurg C, Pasieka JL, Boscardin WJ, Ronksley PE, Leung AA. Time to Benefit of Surgery vs. Targeted Medical Therapy for Patients with Primary Aldosteronism: A Meta-analysis. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2023. PMID: 37946600


  47. Auerbach AD, Lee TM, Hubbard CC, Ranji SR, Raffel K, Valdes G, Boscardin J, Dalal AK, Harris A, Flynn E, Schnipper JL, UPSIDE Research Group. Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Adults Who Died or Were Transferred to Intensive Care. JAMA internal medicine 2024. PMID: 38190122


  48. Cenzer I, Boscardin J, Kotwal AA, Miller MJ. Comparison of health and retirement study participants with and without linkage to Medicare claims. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024. PMID: 38206864


  49. Tang AB, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK, Ward D, Glymour MM, Whitlock EL. Long-term cognitive outcome after elective hip or knee total joint arthroplasty: A population-based observational study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024. PMID: 38190295


  50. Cobert J, Mills H, Lee A, Gologorskaya O, Espejo E, Jeon SY, Boscardin J, Heintz TA, Kennedy C, Ashana D, Chapman AC, Raghunathan K, Smith AK, Lee S. Measuring Implicit Bias in Intensive Care Unit Notes Using Word Embedding Neural Network Models. Chest 2024. PMID: 38199323


  51. Deardorff WJ, Jeon SY, Barnes DE, Boscardin WJ, Langa KM, Covinsky KE, Mitchell SL, Lee SJ, Smith AK. Development and External Validation of Models to Predict Need for Nursing Home Level of Care in Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Dementia. JAMA internal medicine 2023. PMID: 38048097


  52. Lazzareschi DV, Luo Y, Fong N, Boscardin J, Legrand M, Chen CL. Postoperative thrombotic events following major surgery in patients with a history of COVID-19: a retrospective cohort analysis of commercially insured beneficiaries in the USA. Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie 2023. PMID: 38102451


  53. Prasanna A, Jing B, Plopper G, Miller KK, Sanjak J, Feng A, Prezek S, Vidyaprakash E, Thovarai V, Maier EJ, Bhattacharya A, Naaman L, Stephens H, Watford S, Boscardin WJ, Johanson E, Lienau A. Synthetic Health Data Can Augment Community Research Efforts to Better Inform the Public During Emerging Pandemics. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2023. PMID: 38168217


  54. Abdelhak A, Benkert P, Schaedelin S, Boscardin WJ, Cordano C, Oechtering J, Ananth K, Granziera C, Melie-Garcia L, Montes SC, Beaudry-Richard A, Achtnichts L, Oertel FC, Lalive PH, Leppert D, Müller S, Henry RG, Pot C, Matthias A, Salmen A, Oksenberg JR, Disanto G, Zecca C, D'Souza M, Du Pasquier R, Bridel C, Gobbi C, Kappos L, Hauser SL, Cree BAC, Kuhle J, Green AJ, UCSF, MS EPIC, and the SMSC Study Teams. Neurofilament Light Chain Elevation and Disability Progression in Multiple Sclerosis. JAMA neurology 2023. PMID: 37930670


  55. Deardorff WJ, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK, Lee SJ. Around the EQUATOR with Clin-STAR: Prediction modeling opportunities and challenges in aging research. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2023. PMID: 38032070


  56. Deardorff WJ, Lu K, Jing B, Jeon SY, Boscardin WJ, Fung KZ, Lee SJ. Frequency of Screening for Colorectal Cancer by Predicted Life Expectancy Among Adults 76-85 Years. JAMA 2023. PMID: 37676665


  57. Kennedy CJ, Chiu C, Chapman AC, Gologorskaya O, Farhan H, Han M, Hodgson M, Lazzareschi D, Ashana D, Lee S, Smith AK, Espejo E, Boscardin J, Pirracchio R, Cobert J. Negativity and Positivity in the ICU: Exploratory Development of Automated Sentiment Capture in the Electronic Health Record. Critical Care Explorations 2023. PMID: 37753238


  58. Huang LW, Shi Y, Andreadis C, Logan AC, Mannis GN, Smith CC, Gaensler KML, Martin TG, Damon LE, Boscardin WJ, Steinman MA, Olin RL. Association of geriatric measures and global frailty with cognitive decline after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in older adults. Journal of geriatric oncology 2023. PMID: 37678052


  59. McKleroy W, Shing T, Anderson WH, Arjomandi M, Awan HA, Barjaktarevic I, Barr RG, Bleecker ER, Boscardin J, Bowler RP, Buhr RG, Criner GJ, Comellas AP, Curtis JL, Dransfield M, Doerschuk CM, Dolezal BA, Drummond MB, Han MK, Hansel NN, Helton K, Hoffman EA, Kaner RJ, Kanner RE, Krishnan JA, Lazarus SC, Martinez FJ, Ohar J, Ortega VE, Paine R, Peters SP, Reinhardt JM, Rennard S, Smith BM, Tashkin DP, Couper D, Cooper CB, Woodruff PG. Longitudinal Follow-Up of Participants With Tobacco Exposure and Preserved Spirometry. JAMA 2023. PMID: 37526720


  60. Anderson TS, Herzig SJ, Jing B, Boscardin WJ, Fung K, Marcantonio ER, Steinman MA. Clinical Outcomes of Intensive Inpatient Blood Pressure Management in Hospitalized Older Adults. JAMA internal medicine 2023. PMID: 37252732


  61. Dorismond VG, Boscardin WJ, Sawaya GF. The association between YouTube use and knowledge of human papillomavirus-related cancers. PEC Innovation 2023. PMID: 37457670


  62. Oh A, Gan S, Boscardin WJ, Neilands TB, Stewart AL, Nguyen TT, Smith AK. Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on meaningful activity engagement in racially and ethnically diverse older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2023. PMID: 37317827


  63. Chan LN, Chen LM, Goldman M, Mak JS, Bauer DC, Boscardin J, Schembri M, Bae-Jump V, Friedman S, Jacoby VL. Changes in Bone Density in Carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Pathogenic Variants After Salpingo-Oophorectomy. Obstetrics and gynecology 2023. PMID: 37290104


  64. Deardorff WJ, Jing B, Growdon ME, Yaffe K, Boscardin WJ, Boockvar KS, Steinman MA. Medication misuse and overuse in community-dwelling persons with dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2023. PMID: 37272899


  65. Shah SJ, van Walraven C, Jeon SY, Boscardin WJ, Hobbs FR, Connolly S, Ezekowitz M, Covinsky KE, Fang MC, Singer DE. Overestimation of anticoagulant benefit in patients with atrial fibrillation and low life expectancy: evidence from 12 randomized trials. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2023. PMID: 36993304


  66. Bongiovanni T, Gan S, Finlayson E, Ross JS, Harrison JD, Boscardin WJ, Steinman MA. Trends in the Use of Gabapentinoids and Opioids in the Postoperative Period Among Older Adults. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 37326989


  67. Kelly JD, Leonard S, Boscardin WJ, Hoggatt KJ, Lum EN, Austin CC, Byers A, Tien PC, Austin PC, Bravata DM, Keyhani S. Comparative mRNA booster effectiveness against death or hospitalization with COVID-19 pneumonia across at-risk US Veteran populations. Nature communications 2023. PMID: 37221198


  68. Caverzasi E, Papinutto N, Cordano C, Kirkish G, Gundel TJ, Zhu A, Akula AV, Boscardin WJ, Neeb H, Henry RG, Chan JR, Green AJ. MWF of the corpus callosum is a robust measure of remyelination: Results from the ReBUILD trial. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2023. PMID: 37155847


  69. Hunt LJ, Gan S, Smith AK, Aldridge MD, Boscardin WJ, Harrison KL, James JE, Lee AK, Yaffe K. Hospice Quality, Race, and Disenrollment in Hospice Enrollees with Dementia. Journal of palliative medicine 2023. PMID: 37010377


  70. Drake WP, Hsia C, Samavati L, Yu M, Cardenas J, Gianella FG, Boscardin J, Koth LL. Risk Indicators of Sarcoidosis Evolution-Unified Protocol (RISE-UP): protocol for a multi-centre, longitudinal, observational study to identify clinical features that are predictive of sarcoidosis progression. BMJ open 2023. PMID: 37012011


  71. Kuffel RL, Morin RT, Covinsky KE, Boscardin WJ, Lohman MC, Li Y, Byers AL. Association of Frailty With Risk of Suicide Attempt in a National Cohort of US Veterans Aged 65 Years or Older. JAMA psychiatry 2023. PMID: 36811913


  72. Kay AH, Othieno A, Boscardin J, Chen LL, Alvarez EA, Swanson M, Ueda S, Chen LM, Chapman JS. The past, present, and future of opioid prescribing: Perioperative opioid use in gynecologic oncology patients after laparotomy at a single institution from 2012 to 2021. Gynecologic oncology reports 2023. PMID: 37065538


  73. Congdon JL, Bardach NS, Franck LS, Brindis CD, John Boscardin W, Carrasco Z, Cabana MD, Dehlendorf C. Postpartum Family Planning in Pediatrics: A Survey of Parental Contraceptive Needs and Health Services Preferences. Academic pediatrics 2023. PMID: 36958531


  74. Barry LC, Steffens DC, Covinsky KE, Conwell Y, Boscardin J, Li Y, Byers AL. High Risk of Substance Use Disorder-Related Outcomes in Veterans Released from Correctional Facilities in Mid to Late Life. Journal of general internal medicine 2023. PMID: 36781577


  75. Aboujaoude E, Light J, Brown JEH, Boscardin WJ, Hallgrímsson B, Klein OD. Privacy, bias and the clinical use of facial recognition technology: A survey of genetics professionals. American journal of medical genetics. Part C, Seminars in medical genetics 2023. PMID: 36751120


  76. Shah SJ, Oreper S, Jeon SY, Boscardin WJ, Fang MC, Covinsky KE. Social Frailty Index: Development and validation of an index of social attributes predictive of mortality in older adults. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2023. PMID: 36749720


  77. Shear MA, Swanson K, Garg R, Jelin AC, Boscardin J, Norton ME, Sparks TN. A systematic review and meta-analysis of cell-free DNA testing for detection of fetal sex chromosome aneuploidy. Prenatal diagnosis 2023. PMID: 36588186


  78. Gardner RC, Barnes DE, Li Y, Boscardin J, Peltz C, Yaffe K. Medical and Psychiatric Risk Factors for Dementia in Veterans with and without Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): A Nationwide Cohort Study. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2023. PMID: 36946451


  79. Clark R, Kuffel RL, Neylan TC, Maguen S, Li Y, Boscardin WJ, Byers AL. Posttraumatic stress disorder, suicide, and unintended overdose death in later life: A national cohort study of veterans aged 50 and older. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022. PMID: 36573640


  80. Hunt LJ, Covinsky KE, Cenzer I, Espejo E, Boscardin WJ, Leutwyler H, Lee AK, Cataldo J. The Epidemiology of Smoking in Older Adults: A National Cohort Study. Journal of general internal medicine 2022. PMID: 36538157


  81. Growdon ME, Gan S, Yaffe K, Lee AK, Anderson TS, Muench U, Boscardin WJ, Steinman MA. New psychotropic medication use among Medicare beneficiaries with dementia after hospital discharge. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022. PMID: 36514208


  82. Altendahl MR, Xu L, Asiodu I, Boscardin J, Gaw SL, Flaherman VJ, Jacoby VL, Richards MC, Krakow D, Afshar Y. Patterns of Peripartum Depression and Anxiety During the Pre-Vaccine COVID-19 Pandemic. Research square 2022. PMID: 36561172


  83. Rizzo A, Jing B, Boscardin WJ, Shah SJ, Steinman MA. Can markers of disease severity improve the predictive power of claims-based multimorbidity indices? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022. PMID: 36495264


  84. Ritchie CS, Patel K, Boscardin J, Miaskowski C, Vranceanu AM, Whitlock E, Smith A. Impact of persistent pain on function, cognition, and well-being of older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022. PMID: 36475388


  85. Ladwig NR, Bean GR, Pekmezci M, Boscardin J, Joseph NM, Therrien N, Sangoi AR, Piening B, Rajamanickam V, Galvin M, Bernard B, Zaloudek C, Rabban JT, Garg K, Umetsu SE. Uterine Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumors: Proposed Risk Stratification Model Using Integrated Clinicopathologic and Molecular Analysis. The American journal of surgical pathology 2022. PMID: 36344483


  86. Deardorff WJ, Barnes DE, Jeon SY, Boscardin WJ, Langa KM, Covinsky KE, Mitchell SL, Whitlock EL, Smith AK, Lee SJ. Development and External Validation of a Mortality Prediction Model for Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Dementia. JAMA internal medicine 2022. PMID: 36156062


  87. Steinman MA, Jing B, Shah SJ, Rizzo A, Lee SJ, Covinsky KE, Ritchie CS, Boscardin WJ. Development and validation of novel multimorbidity indices for older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022. PMID: 36282202


  88. Kidane J, Gochman GE, Boscardin WJ, Rosen CA, Young VN, Ma Y. An Ex Vivo Investigation of Tactile Aesthesiometer Force in Laryngopharyngeal Sensory Testing. The Laryngoscope 2022. PMID: 36268981


  89. Tsang M, Gan S, Boscardin WJ, Wong ML, Walter LC, Smith AK. The epidemiology of preexisting geriatric and palliative conditions in older adults with poor prognosis cancers. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022. PMID: 36259424


  90. Kelly JD, Leonard S, Hoggatt KJ, Boscardin WJ, Lum EN, Moss-Vazquez TA, Andino R, Wong JK, Byers A, Bravata DM, Tien PC, Keyhani S. Incidence of Severe COVID-19 Illness Following Vaccination and Booster With BNT162b2, mRNA-1273, and Ad26.COV2.S Vaccines. JAMA 2022. PMID: 36156706


  91. Perumal D, Dudley RA, Gan S, Boscardin WJ, Gill A, Gelb AW, Lee SJ, Chen CL. Anesthesia Care for Cataract Surgery in Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA internal medicine 2022. PMID: 36190717


  92. Byers AL, Li Y, Barnes DE, Boscardin WJ, Peltz CB, Yaffe K. TBI and risk of death in military veterans over 14 years: Injury severity, timing, and cause of death. Journal of psychiatric research 2022. PMID: 36257114


  93. Colley A, Finlayson E, Zhao S, Boscardin J, Suskind A. High risk of complications after a "low risk" procedure: A national study of nursing home residents and older adults undergoing haemorrhoid surgery. Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland 2022. PMID: 36097828


  94. Singhal S, Walter LC, Smith AK, Loh KP, Cohen HJ, Zeng S, Shi Y, Boscardin WJ, Presley CJ, Williams GR, Magnuson A, Mohile SG, Wong ML. Change in four measures of physical function among older adults during lung cancer treatment: A mixed methods cohort study. Journal of geriatric oncology 2022. PMID: 36058839


  95. Kidane J, Laus J, Gulati A, Gochman GE, Schneider SL, Chan JW, Yom SS, Ha P, Boscardin WJ, Ryan WR, Ma Y. Longitudinal Analysis of Swallowing Displacement Kinematics After Oropharyngeal Cancer Treatment. The Laryngoscope 2022. PMID: 36054296


  96. Bongiovanni T, Gan S, Finlayson E, Ross J, Harrison JD, Boscardin J, Steinman MA. Prolonged use of newly prescribed gabapentin after surgery. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022. PMID: 36000860


  97. Brown RT, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Boscardin WJ, Cappola AR, Lee SJ, Steinman MA. Changes in the Hierarchy of Functional Impairment from Middle Age to Older Age. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2021. PMID: 34498040


  98. English PB, Von Behren J, Balmes JR, Boscardin J, Carpenter C, Goldberg DE, Horiuchi S, Richardson M, Solomon G, Valle J, Reynolds P. Association between long-term exposure to particulate air pollution with SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 deaths in California, U.S.A. Environmental advances 2022. PMID: 35912397


  99. Reddy R, Zhao S, Boscardin WJ, Nik-Ahd F, Van Kuiken M, Suskind AM. The Role of Frailty on surgical outcomes following Pelvic Organ Prolapse surgery in Medicare Beneficiaries; a National Study. Urology 2022. PMID: 35830919


  100. Lee AK, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK, Lee SJ. A comprehensive prognostic tool for older adults: Predicting death, ADL disability, and walking disability simultaneously. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022. PMID: 35792836


  101. Rocca CH, Parra M, Muñoz I, Foster DG, Boscardin WJ, Ralph LJ. Comparison of Pregnancy Preferences Preceding vs Year 1 of the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA network open 2022. PMID: 35788671


  102. Abdelhak A, Cordano C, Boscardin WJ, Caverzasi E, Kuhle J, Chan B, Gelfand JM, Yiu HH, Oertel FC, Beaudry-Richard A, Condor Montes S, Oksenberg JR, Lario Lago A, Boxer A, Rojas-Martinez JC, Elahi FM, Chan JR, Green AJ. Plasma neurofilament light chain levels suggest neuroaxonal stability following therapeutic remyelination in people with multiple sclerosis. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2022. PMID: 35710320


  103. Chou WH, Covinsky K, Zhao S, Boscardin WJ, Finlayson E, Suskind AM. Functional and cognitive outcomes after suprapubic catheter placement in nursing home residents: A national cohort study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022. PMID: 35696283


  104. Hunt LJ, Gan S, Boscardin WJ, Yaffe K, Ritchie CS, Aldridge MD, Smith AK. A national study of disenrollment from hospice among people with dementia. 2022. PMID: 35670444


  105. Deardorff WJ, Jing B, Jeon SY, Boscardin WJ, Lee AK, Fung KZ, Lee SJ. Do functional status and Medicare claims data improve the predictive accuracy of an electronic health record mortality index? Findings from a national Veterans Affairs cohort. 2022. PMID: 35585537


  106. Nik-Ahd F, Jin C, Boscardin WJ, Suskind AM. Population Trends in Frailty in Older Adults with Benign Urological Conditions in Northern California. Urology Practice 2022. PMID: 37145772


  107. Nik-Ahd F, Jin C, Boscardin WJ, Suskind AM. Reply by Authors. Urology Practice 2022. PMID: 37145793


  108. Greene M, Shi Y, Boscardin J, Sudore R, Gandhi M, Covinsky K. Geriatric conditions and healthcare utilisation in older adults living with HIV. 2022. PMID: 35511728


  109. Kornblith E, Bahorik A, Boscardin WJ, Xia F, Barnes DE, Yaffe K. Association of Race and Ethnicity With Incidence of Dementia Among Older Adults. 2022. PMID: 35438728


  110. Harrison KL, Ritchie CS, Hunt LJ, Patel K, Boscardin WJ, Yaffe K, Smith AK. Life expectancy for community-dwelling persons with dementia and severe disability. 2022. PMID: 35357694


  111. Jing B, Boscardin WJ, Deardorff WJ, Jeon SY, Lee AK, Donovan AL, Lee SJ. Comparing Machine Learning to Regression Methods for Mortality Prediction Using Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Record Clinical Data. 2022. PMID: 35352701


  112. Huang D, Jaswa E, Ransohoff A, Boscardin WJ, Pasch L, Cedars M, Huddleston H. Decision regret after failed autologous in vitro fertilization in women =42 years of age. 2022. PMID: 35367062


  113. Growdon ME, Espejo E, Jing B, Boscardin WJ, Zullo AR, Yaffe K, Boockvar KS, Steinman MA. Attitudes toward deprescribing among older adults with dementia in the United States. 2022. PMID: 35266141


  114. Van Kuiken ME, Zhao S, Covinsky K, Boscardin J, Finlayson E, Suskind AM. Reply by Authors. 2022. PMID: 35232227


  115. LaHue SC, Escueta DP, Guterman EL, Patel K, Harrison KL, Boscardin WJ, Douglas VC, Newman JC. COVID-19 severity and age increase the odds of delirium in hospitalized adults with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection: a cohort study. 2022. PMID: 35227231


  116. Parks AL, Jeon SY, Boscardin WJ, Steinman MA, Smith AK, Covinsky KE, Fang MC, Shah SJ. Long-term functional outcomes and mortality after hospitalization for extracranial hemorrhage. 2022. PMID: 35535921


  117. Christman Schneider AL, Huie JR, Boscardin WJ, Nelson L, Barber JK, Yaffe K, Diaz-Arrastia R, Ferguson AR, Kramer J, Jain S, Temkin N, Yuh E, Manley GT, Gardner RC, TRACK-TBI Investigators. Cognitive Outcome 1 Year After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Results From the TRACK-TBI Study. 2022. PMID: 35173018


  118. Hunt LJ, Morrison RS, Gan S, Espejo E, Ornstein KA, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK. Incidence of potentially disruptive medical and social events in older adults with and without dementia. 2022. PMID: 35122662


  119. Bardach NS, Stotts JR, Fiore DM, Sarkar U, Sharma AE, Boscardin WJ, Avina L, Peralta-Neel C, Rosenbluth G. Family Input for Quality and Safety (FIQS): Using mobile technology for in-hospital reporting from families and patients. 2022. PMID: 35535946


  120. Van Kuiken ME, Zhao S, Covinsky K, Boscardin J, Finlayson E, Suskind AM. Frailty is Associated with an Increased Risk of Complications and Need for Repeat Procedures after Sling Surgery in Older Adults. 2022. PMID: 35060760


  121. Cobert J, Jeon SY, Boscardin J, Chapman AC, Ferrante LE, Lee S, Smith AK. Trends in Geriatric Conditions Among Older Adults Admitted to US Intensive Care Units between 1998-2015. 2022. PMID: 35026299


  122. Mutchie HL, Albrecht JS, Orwig DL, Huang Y, Boscardin WJ, Hochberg MC, Magaziner JS, Gruber-Baldini AL. Differential misclassification of cognitive impairment by sex among hip fracture patients. 2021. PMID: 34890469


  123. Flaherman VJ, Afshar Y, Boscardin J, Keller RL, Mardy A, Prahl MK, Phillips C, Asiodu IV, Berghella WV, Chambers BD, Crear-Perry J, Jamieson DJ, Jacoby VL, Gaw SL. Infant Outcomes Following Maternal Infection with SARS-CoV-2: First Report from the PRIORITY Study. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020. PMID: 32947612


  124. Wong ML, Shi Y, Smith AK, Miaskowski C, Boscardin WJ, Cohen HJ, Lam V, Mazor M, Metzger L, Presley CJ, Williams GR, Loh KP, Ursem CJ, Friedlander TW, Blakely CM, Gubens MA, Allen G, Shumay D, Walter LC. Changes in older adults' life space during lung cancer treatment: A mixed methods cohort study. 2021. PMID: 34611887


  125. Kotwal AA, Barnes DE, Volow AM, Li BH, Boscardin WJ, Sudore RL. Engaging Diverse Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment and Caregivers in Advance Care Planning: A Pilot Study of the Interactive PREPARE Website. Alzheimer disease and associated disorders 2021. PMID: 34310443


  126. Anderson TS, Lee AK, Jing B, Lee S, Herzig SJ, Boscardin WJ, Fung K, Rizzo A, Steinman MA. Intensification of Diabetes Medications at Hospital Discharge and Clinical Outcomes in Older Adults in the Veterans Administration Health System. 2021. PMID: 34673963


  127. Sharma AE, Huang B, Stakeholder Research Advisory Council , Del Rosario JB, Yang J, Boscardin WJ, Sarkar U. Patient and caregiver factors in ambulatory incident reports: a mixed-methods analysis. BMJ open quality 2021. PMID: 34544693


  128. Jacoby VL, Boscardin WJ. Selection Bias in Estimates of Early Pregnancy Loss. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2021. PMID: 34358477


  129. Lee AK, Jing B, Jeon SY, Boscardin WJ, Lee SJ. Predicting Life Expectancy to Target Cancer Screening Using Electronic Health Record Clinical Data. Journal of general internal medicine 2021. PMID: 34327653


  130. Kotwal AA, Cenzer IS, Waite LJ, Covinsky KE, Perissinotto CM, Boscardin WJ, Hawkley LC, Dale W, Smith AK. The epidemiology of social isolation and loneliness among older adults during the last years of life. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2021. PMID: 34247388


  131. Jacoby VL, Murtha A, Afshar Y, Gaw SL, Asiodu I, Tolosa J, Norton ME, Boscardin WJ, Flaherman V. Risk of pregnancy loss before 20 weeks' gestation in study participants with COVID-19. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2021. PMID: 34175267


  132. Abdulhussein FS, Chesser H, Boscardin WJ, Gitelman SE, Wong JC. Youth with Type 1 Diabetes Had Improvement in Continuous Glucose Monitoring Metrics During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Diabetes technology & therapeutics 2021. PMID: 34042523


  133. Kelly JD, Bravata DM, Bent S, Wray CM, Leonard SJ, Boscardin WJ, Myers LJ, Keyhani S. Association of Social and Behavioral Risk Factors With Mortality Among US Veterans With COVID-19. Volume 4 of Issue 6. JAMA network open 2021. PMID: 34106264


  134. Keyhani S, Kelly JD, Bent S, Boscardin WJ, Shlipak MG, Leonard S, Abraham A, Lum E, Lau N, Austin C, Oldenburg CE, Zillich A, Lopez L, Zhang Y, Lietman T, Bravata DM. A telehealth-based randomized controlled trial: A model for outpatient trials of off-label medications during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical trials (London, England) 2021. PMID: 34011199


  135. Whitlock EL, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Smith AK, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE, Avidan MS, Glymour MM. Association of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting vs Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Memory Decline in Older Adults Undergoing Coronary Revascularization. JAMA 2021. PMID: 34003225


  136. Aliberti MJR, Kotwal AA, Smith AK, Lee SJ, Banda S, Boscardin WJ. Pre-estimating subsets: A new approach for unavailable predictors in prognostic modeling. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2021. PMID: 34002370


  137. Lee SJ, Smith AK, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Covinsky KE, Gan S, Chen CL, Boscardin WJ. A Novel Metric for Developing Easy-to-Use and Accurate Clinical Prediction Models: The Time-cost Information Criterion. Medical care 2021. PMID: 33528231


  138. Lam K, Shi Y, Boscardin J, Covinsky KE. Unmet Need for Equipment to Help With Bathing and Toileting Among Older US Adults. JAMA internal medicine 2021. PMID: 33749707


  139. Suskind AM, Zhao S, Nik-Ahd F, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky K, Finlayson E. Comparative outcomes for older adults undergoing surgery for bladder and bowel dysfunction. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2021. PMID: 33818753


  140. Oh A, Gan S, Boscardin WJ, Allison TA, Barnes DE, Covinsky KE, Smith AK. Engagement in Meaningful Activities Among Older Adults With Disability, Dementia, and Depression. JAMA internal medicine 2021. PMID: 33492334


  141. Block BL, Martin TM, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE, Mourad M, Hu LL, Smith AK. Variation in COVID-19 Mortality Across 117 US Hospitals in High- and Low-Burden Settings. Journal of hospital medicine 2021. PMID: 33734977


  142. Diaz-Ramirez LG, Lee SJ, Smith AK, Gan S, Boscardin WJ. A Novel Method for Identifying a Parsimonious and Accurate Predictive Model for Multiple Clinical Outcomes. Computer methods and programs in biomedicine 2021. PMID: 33831724


  143. Parks AL, Jeon SY, Boscardin WJ, Steinman MA, Smith AK, Fang MC, Shah SJ. Long-term individual and population functional outcomes in older adults with atrial fibrillation. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2021. PMID: 33675093


  144. Yourman LC, Cenzer IS, Boscardin WJ, Nguyen BT, Smith AK, Schonberg MA, Schoenborn NL, Widera EW, Orkaby A, Rodriguez A, Lee SJ. Evaluation of Time to Benefit of Statins for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Adults Aged 50 to 75 Years: A Meta-analysis. JAMA internal medicine 2020. PMID: 33196766


  145. Ursem C, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Boscardin J, Lee S. Changes in functional status associated with radiation for prostate cancer in older veterans. Journal of geriatric oncology 2020. PMID: 33388282


  146. Afshar Y, Gaw SL, Flaherman VJ, Chambers BD, Krakow D, Berghella V, Shamshirsaz AA, Boatin AA, Aldrovandi G, Greiner A, Riley L, Boscardin WJ, Jamieson DJ, Jacoby VL. Clinical Presentation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Pregnant and Recently Pregnant People. Obstetrics and gynecology 2020. PMID: 33027186


  147. Jeon SY, Shi Y, Lee AK, Hunt L, Lipska K, Boscardin J, Lee S. Fingerstick Glucose Monitoring in Veterans Affairs Nursing Home Residents with Diabetes Mellitus. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2020. PMID: 33064879


  148. Chen CL, McLeod SD, Lietman TM, Shen H, Boscardin WJ, Peggy Chang HY, Whooley MA, Gelb AW, Lee SJ, Dudley RA. Preoperative medical testing and falls in Medicare beneficiaries awaiting cataract surgery. Ophthalmology 2020. PMID: 32926912


  149. Suskind AM, Zhao S, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky K, Finlayson E. Comparative Outcomes for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery Among Nursing Home Residents and Matched Community-Dwelling Older Adults. The Journal of urology 2020. PMID: 32808855


  150. Yan BW, Sloan FA, Boscardin WJ, Guo F, Dudley RA. The Opioid Epidemic Blunted the Mortality Benefit of Medicaid Expansion. Medical care research and review : MCRR 2020. PMID: 32403982


  151. Tang VL, Jing B, Boscardin J, Ngo S, Silvestrini M, Finlayson E, Covinsky KE. Association of Functional, Cognitive, and Psychological Measures With 1-Year Mortality in Patients Undergoing Major Surgery. JAMA surgery 2020. PMID: 32159753


  152. Kotwal AA, Lee SJ, Dale W, Boscardin WJ, Waite LJ, Smith AK. Integration of an Objective Cognitive Assessment Into a Prognostic Index for 5-Year Mortality Prediction. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2020. PMID: 32356919


  153. Block BL, Jeon SY, Sudore RL, Matthay MA, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK. Patterns and Trends in Advance Care Planning Among Older Adults Who Received Intensive Care at the End of Life. JAMA internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32119031


  154. Cenzer I, Boscardin WJ, Berger K. Performance of matching methods in studies of rare diseases: a simulation study. Intractable & rare diseases research 2020. PMID: 32494554


  155. Lucas A, Boscardin J, Abrams SA. Preterm Infants Fed Cow's Milk-Derived Fortifier Had Adverse Outcomes Despite a Base Diet of Only Mother's Own Milk. Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine 2020. PMID: 32239968


  156. Suskind AM, Zhao S, Boscardin WJ, Smith A, Finlayson E. Time Spent Away from Home in the Year Following High-Risk Cancer Surgery in Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2020. PMID: 31981366


  157. Harrison JD, Boscardin WJ, Maselli J, Auerbach AD. Does Feedback to Physicians of a Patient-Reported Readiness for Discharge Checklist Improve Discharge? Journal of Patient Experience 2020. PMID: 33457557


  158. Mehling EW, Scott MT, Duffy J, Whitmer AR, Chesney AM, Boscardin WJ, Barnes ED. Dyadic Group Exercises for Persons with Memory Deficits and Care Partners: Mixed-Method Findings from the Paired Preventing Loss of Independence through Exercise (PLIÉ) Randomized Trial. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2020. PMID: 33185602


  159. Byers AL, Li Y, Barnes DE, Seal KH, Boscardin WJ, Yaffe K. A national study of TBI and risk of suicide and unintended death by overdose and firearms. Brain injury 2019. PMID: 31822136


  160. Jih J, Nguyen TT, Jin C, Seligman H, Boscardin WJ, Ritchie CS. Food Insecurity Is Associated with Behavioral Health Diagnosis Among Older Primary Care Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions. Journal of general internal medicine 2019. PMID: 31808129


  161. Franc BL, Thombley R, Luo Y, Boscardin WJ, Rugo HS, Seidenwurm D, Dudley RA. Identifying tests related to breast cancer care in claims data. The breast journal 2019. PMID: 31736191


  162. Anderson TS, Jing B, Auerbach A, Wray CM, Lee S, Boscardin WJ, Fung K, Ngo S, Silvestrini M, Steinman MA. Clinical Outcomes After Intensifying Antihypertensive Medication Regimens Among Older Adults at Hospital Discharge. JAMA internal medicine 2019. PMID: 31424475


  163. Barnes DE, Zhou J, Walker RL, Larson EB, Lee SJ, Boscardin WJ, Marcum ZA, Dublin S. Development and Validation of eRADAR: A Tool Using EHR Data to Detect Unrecognized Dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2019. PMID: 31612463


  164. Oh A, Patel K, Boscardin WJ, Max W, Stephens C, Ritchie CS, Smith AK. Social Support and Patterns of Institutionalization Among Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2019. PMID: 31593295


  165. Jambusaria-Pahlajani A, Crow LD, Lowenstein S, Garrett GL, Melcher ML, Chan AW, Boscardin J, Arron ST. Predicting skin cancer in organ transplant recipients: Development of the SUNTRAC screening tool using data from a multi-center cohort study. Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation 2019. PMID: 31423648


  166. Yuan N, Dudley RA, Boscardin WJ, Lin GA. Electronic health records systems and hospital clinical performance: a study of nationwide hospital data. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2019. PMID: 31233144


  167. Shi Y, Barnes DE, Boscardin J, You JJ, Heyland DK, Volow AM, Howard M, Sudore RL. Brief English and Spanish Survey Detects Change in Response to Advance Care Planning Interventions. Journal of pain and symptom management 2019. PMID: 31539605


  168. Nouri SS, Barnes DE, Volow AM, McMahan RD, Kushel M, Jin C, Boscardin J, Sudore RL. Health Literacy Matters More Than Experience for Advance Care Planning Knowledge Among Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2019. PMID: 31424575


  169. Amin KA, Lee UJ, Jin C, Boscardin J, Medendorp AR, Anger JT, Suskind AM. "A National Study Demonstrating the Need for Improved Frailty Indices for Preoperative Risk Assessment of Common Urologic Procedures". Urology 2019. PMID: 31302138


  170. Suskind AM, Kowalik C, Quanstrom K, Boscardin J, Zhao S, Reynolds WS, Mishra K, Finlayson E. The impact of frailty on treatment for overactive bladder in older adults. Neurourology and Urodynamics 2019. PMID: 31286561


  171. Gardner RC, Cheng J, Ferguson AR, Boylan R, Boscardin J, Zafonte RD, Manley GT. Divergent Six Month Functional Recovery Trajectories and Predictors after Traumatic Brain Injury: Novel Insights from the Citicoline Brain Injury Treatment Trial Study. Journal of neurotrauma 2019. PMID: 30909795


  172. Brown RT, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Boscardin WJ, Lee SJ, Williams BA, Steinman MA. Association of Functional Impairment in Middle Age With Hospitalization, Nursing Home Admission, and Death. JAMA internal medicine 2019. PMID: 30958504


  173. Tang VL, Dillon EC, Yang Y, Tai-Seale M, Boscardin J, Kata A, Sudore RL. Advance Care Planning in Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions Undergoing High-Risk Surgery. JAMA surgery 2018. PMID: 30516794


  174. Wiener SV, Stoller ML, Boscardin J, Suskind AM. Factors Associated with Regional Adoption of Ureteroscopy in California from 2005 to 2016. Journal of endourology 2018. PMID: 30458114


  175. Whitlock EL, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Smith AK, Boscardin WJ, Avidan MS, Glymour MM. Cognitive Change After Cardiac Surgery Versus Cardiac Catheterization: A Population-Based Study. The Annals of thoracic surgery 2018. PMID: 30578068


  176. Marafino BJ, Park M, Davies JM, Thombley R, Luft HS, Sing DC, Kazi DS, DeJong C, Boscardin WJ, Dean ML, Dudley RA. Validation of Prediction Models for Critical Care Outcomes Using Natural Language Processing of Electronic Health Record Data. JAMA network open 2018. PMID: 30646310


  177. Sudore RL, Schillinger D, Katen MT, Shi Y, Boscardin WJ, Osua S, Barnes DE. Engaging Diverse English- and Spanish-Speaking Older Adults in Advance Care Planning: The PREPARE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA internal medicine 2018. PMID: 30383086


  178. Tang V, Zhao S, Boscardin J, Sudore R, Covinsky K, Walter LC, Esserman L, Mukhtar R, Finlayson E. Functional Status and Survival After Breast Cancer Surgery in Nursing Home Residents. JAMA surgery 2018. PMID: 30167636


  179. Franc BL, Copeland TP, Thombley R, Park M, Marafino B, Dean M, Boscardin WJ, Rugo HS, Dudley RA. Geographic and Patient Characteristics Associated With Election of Prophylactic Mastectomy in Young Breast Cancer Patients With Early Disease. American journal of clinical oncology 2018. PMID: 32463216


  180. Kotwal AA, Abdoler E, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Kelley AS, Ornstein KA, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK. 'Til Death Do Us Part: End-of-Life Experiences of Married Couples in a Nationally Representative Survey. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018. PMID: 30251423


  181. Barnes DE, Byers AL, Gardner RC, Seal KH, Boscardin WJ, Yaffe K. Association of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury With and Without Loss of Consciousness With Dementia in US Military Veterans. JAMA neurology 2018. PMID: 29801145


  182. Zullo AR, Hersey M, Lee Y, Sharmin S, Bosco E, Daiello LA, Shah NR, Mor V, Boscardin WJ, Berard-Collins CM, Dore DD, Steinman MA. Outcomes of "diabetes-friendly" vs "diabetes-unfriendly" ß-blockers in older nursing home residents with diabetes after acute myocardial infarction. Diabetes, obesity & metabolism 2018. PMID: 29952104


  183. Franc BL, Copeland TP, Thombley R, Park M, Marafino B, Dean ML, Boscardin WJ, Rugo HS, Seidenwurm D, Sharma B, Johnston SR, Dudley RA. Geographic Variation in Postoperative Imaging for Low-Risk Breast Cancer. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 2018. PMID: 30006425


  184. Selekman RE, Shapiro DJ, Boscardin J, Williams G, Craig JC, Brandström P, Pennesi M, Roussey-Kesler G, Hari P, Copp HL. Uropathogen Resistance and Antibiotic Prophylaxis: A Meta-analysis. Pediatrics 2018. PMID: 29954832


  185. Lum HD, Barnes DE, Katen MT, Shi Y, Boscardin J, Sudore RL. Improving A Full Range of Advance Care Planning Behavior Change and Action Domains: the PREPARE Randomized Trial. Journal of pain and symptom management 2018. PMID: 29940209


  186. Petrillo LA, Gan S, Jing B, Lang-Brown S, Boscardin WJ, Lee SJ. Hypoglycemia in Hospice Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in a National Sample of Nursing Homes. JAMA internal medicine 2018. PMID: 29279891


  187. Shi Y, Fung KZ, John Boscardin W, Ngo S, Freedland SJ, Wong ML, Walter LC. Individualizing PSA Monitoring Among Older Prostate Cancer Survivors. Journal of general internal medicine 2018. PMID: 29417461


  188. Lai JC, Covinsky KE, Dodge JL, Boscardin WJ, Segev DL, Roberts JP, Feng S. Reply. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2018. PMID: 29377206


  189. Moore KL, Patel K, Boscardin WJ, Steinman MA, Ritchie C, Schwartz JB. Medication burden attributable to chronic co-morbid conditions in the very old and vulnerable. PloS one 2018. PMID: 29684077


  190. Gardner RC, Byers AL, Barnes DE, Li Y, Boscardin J, Yaffe K. Mild TBI and risk of Parkinson disease: A Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium Study. Neurology 2018. PMID: 29669907


  191. Suskind AM, Zhao S, Walter LC, Boscardin WJ, Finlayson E. Mortality and Functional Outcomes After Minor Urological Surgery in Nursing Home Residents: A National Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018. PMID: 29572851


  192. Jih J, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Seligman HK, Boscardin WJ, Nguyen TT, Ritchie CS. Chronic disease burden predicts food insecurity among older adults. Volume 21 of Issue 9. Public health nutrition 2018. PMID: 29388533


  193. Makaroun LK, Brown RT, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Ahalt C, Boscardin WJ, Lang-Brown S, Lee S. Wealth-Associated Disparities in Death and Disability in the United States and England. JAMA internal medicine 2017. PMID: 29059279


  194. Wehner MR, Cidre Serrano W, Nosrati A, Schoen PM, Chren MM, Boscardin J, Linos E. All-cause mortality in patients with basal and squamous cell carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2017. PMID: 29146125


  195. Brown RT, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Boscardin WJ, Lee SJ, Steinman MA. Functional Impairment and Decline in Middle Age: A Cohort Study. Volume 167 of Issue 11. Annals of internal medicine 2017. PMID: 29132150


  196. Green AJ, Gelfand JM, Cree BA, Bevan C, Boscardin WJ, Mei F, Inman J, Arnow S, Devereux M, Abounasr A, Nobuta H, Zhu A, Friessen M, Gerona R, von Büdingen HC, Henry RG, Hauser SL, Chan JR. Clemastine fumarate as a remyelinating therapy for multiple sclerosis (ReBUILD): a randomised, controlled, double-blind, crossover trial. Lancet (London, England) 2017. PMID: 29029896


  197. Cascino T, Vali M, Redberg R, Bravata DM, Boscardin J, Eilkhani E, Keyhani S. Guideline concordance of new statin prescriptions: who got a statin? Volume 23 of Issue 9. The American journal of managed care 2017. PMID: 29087155


  198. Whitlock EL, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Glymour MM, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE, Smith AK. Association Between Persistent Pain and Memory Decline and Dementia in a Longitudinal Cohort of Elders. JAMA internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28586818


  199. Sudore RL, Boscardin J, Feuz MA, McMahan RD, Katen MT, Barnes DE. Effect of the PREPARE Website vs an Easy-to-Read Advance Directive on Advance Care Planning Documentation and Engagement Among Veterans: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Volume 177 of Issue 8. JAMA internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28520838


  200. Edwards JD, Lucas AR, Boscardin WJ, Dudley RA. Repeated Critical Illness and Unplanned Readmissions Within 1 Year to PICUs. Critical care medicine 2017. PMID: 28708677


  201. Lai JC, Covinsky KE, Dodge JL, Boscardin WJ, Segev DL, Roberts JP, Feng S. Development of a novel frailty index to predict mortality in patients with end-stage liver disease. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2017. PMID: 28422306


  202. Greysen SR, Stijacic Cenzer I, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE. Functional Impairment: An Unmeasured Marker of Medicare Costs for Postacute Care of Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2017. PMID: 28636200


  203. Brown RT, Komaiko KD, Shi Y, Fung KZ, Boscardin WJ, Au-Yeung A, Tarasovsky G, Jacob R, Steinman MA. Bringing functional status into a big data world: Validation of national Veterans Affairs functional status data. PloS one 2017. PMID: 28570678


  204. Meisel K, Arnold RM, Stijacic Cenzer I, Boscardin J, Smith AK. Survival, Functional Status, and Eating Ability After Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement for Acute Stroke. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2017. PMID: 28449220


  205. Bleijenberg N, Smith AK, Lee SJ, Cenzer IS, Boscardin JW, Covinsky KE. Difficulty Managing Medications and Finances in Older Adults: A 10-year Cohort Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2017. PMID: 28378345


  206. Stuart SE, Schoen P, Jin C, Parvataneni R, Arron S, Linos E, Boscardin WJ, Chren MM. Tumor recurrence of keratinocyte carcinomas judged appropriate for Mohs micrographic surgery using Appropriate Use Criteria. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2017. PMID: 28365039


  207. Garrett GL, Blanc PD, Boscardin J, Lloyd AA, Ahmed RL, Anthony T, Bibee K, Breithaupt A, Cannon J, Chen A, Cheng JY, Chiesa-Fuxench Z, Colegio OR, Curiel-Lewandrowski C, Del Guzzo CA, Disse M, Dowd M, Eilers R, Ortiz AE, Morris C, Golden SK, Graves MS, Griffin JR, Hopkins RS, Huang CC, Bae GH, Jambusaria A, Jennings TA, Jiang SI, Karia PS, Khetarpal S, Kim C, Klintmalm G, Konicke K, Koyfman SA, Lam C, Lee P, Leitenberger JJ, Loh T, Lowenstein S, Madankumar R, Moreau JF, Nijhawan RI, Ochoa S, Olasz EB, Otchere E, Otley C, Oulton J, Patel PH, Patel VA, Prabhu AV, Pugliano-Mauro M, Schmults CD, Schram S, Shih AF, Shin T, Soon S, Soriano T, Srivastava D, Stein JA, Sternhell-Blackwell K, Taylor S, Vidimos A, Wu P, Zajdel N, Zelac D, Arron ST. Incidence of and Risk Factors for Skin Cancer in Organ Transplant Recipients in the United States. Volume 153 of Issue 3. JAMA dermatology 2017. PMID: 28097368


  208. Steinman MA, Zullo AR, Lee Y, Daiello LA, Boscardin WJ, Dore DD, Gan S, Fung K, Lee SJ, Komaiko KD, Mor V. Association of ß-Blockers With Functional Outcomes, Death, and Rehospitalization in Older Nursing Home Residents After Acute Myocardial Infarction. Volume 177 of Issue 2. JAMA internal medicine 2017. PMID: 27942713


  209. Ahn R, Woodbridge A, Abraham A, Saba S, Korenstein D, Madden E, Boscardin WJ, Keyhani S. Financial ties of principal investigators and randomized controlled trial outcomes: cross sectional study. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2017. PMID: 28096109


  210. Sudore RL, Heyland DK, Barnes DE, Howard M, Fassbender K, Robinson CA, Boscardin J, You JJ. Measuring Advance Care Planning: Optimizing the Advance Care Planning Engagement Survey. Volume 53 of Issue 4. Journal of pain and symptom management 2016. PMID: 28042072


  211. Schmajuk G, Tonner C, Miao Y, Yazdany J, Gannon J, Boscardin WJ, Daikh DI, Steinman MA. Folic Acid Supplementation Is Suboptimal in a National Cohort of Older Veterans Receiving Low Dose Oral Methotrexate. PloS one 2016. PMID: 27977768


  212. Dizon M, Linos E, Arron ST, Abuabara K, Ruiz de Luzuriaga AM, Jin C, Boscardin WJ, Chren MM. Comparisons of patients' satisfaction should take expectations into account. The British journal of dermatology 2016. PMID: 27203511


  213. Zullo AR, Lee Y, Daiello LA, Mor V, John Boscardin W, Dore DD, Miao Y, Fung KZ, Komaiko KDR, Steinman MA. Beta-Blocker Use in U.S. Nursing Home Residents After Myocardial Infarction: A National Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016. PMID: 27861719


  214. Pollett S, Boscardin WJ, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Tinoco YO, Soto G, Romero C, Kok J, Biggerstaff M, Viboud C, Rutherford GW. Evaluating Google Flu Trends in Latin America: Important Lessons for the Next Phase of Digital Disease Detection. Volume 64 of Issue 1. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2016. PMID: 27678084


  215. Smith AK, Currow DC, Abernethy AP, Johnson MJ, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Ritchie CS. Prevalence and Outcomes of Breathlessness in Older Adults: A National Population Study. Volume 64 of Issue 10. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016. PMID: 27603500


  216. Tang VL, Sudore R, Cenzer IS, Boscardin WJ, Smith A, Ritchie C, Wallhagen M, Finlayson E, Petrillo L, Covinsky K. Rates of Recovery to Pre-Fracture Function in Older Persons with Hip Fracture: an Observational Study. Volume 32 of Issue 2. Journal of general internal medicine 2016. PMID: 27605004


  217. DeJong C, Aguilar T, Tseng CW, Lin GA, Boscardin WJ, Dudley RA. Pharmaceutical Industry-Sponsored Meals and Physician Prescribing Patterns for Medicare Beneficiaries. Volume 176 of Issue 8. JAMA internal medicine 2016. PMID: 27322350


  218. Sudore RL, Barnes DE, Le GM, Ramos R, Osua SJ, Richardson SA, Boscardin J, Schillinger D. Improving advance care planning for English-speaking and Spanish-speaking older adults: study protocol for the PREPARE randomised controlled trial. Volume 6 of Issue 7. BMJ open 2016. PMID: 27401363


  219. Suskind AM, Jin C, Cooperberg MR, Finlayson E, Boscardin WJ, Sen S, Walter LC. Preoperative Frailty Is Associated With Discharge to Skilled or Assisted Living Facilities After Urologic Procedures of Varying Complexity. Volume 97. Urology 2016. PMID: 27392651


  220. Smith AK, Ritchie CS, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Wallhagen ML. Self-Reported Hearing in the Last 2 Years of Life in Older Adults. Volume 64 of Issue 7. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016. PMID: 27341383


  221. Cenzer IS, Tang V, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK, Ritchie C, Wallhagen MI, Espaldon R, Covinsky KE. One-Year Mortality After Hip Fracture: Development and Validation of a Prognostic Index. Volume 64 of Issue 9. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016. PMID: 27295578


  222. Schoenfeld AJ, Davies JM, Marafino BJ, Dean M, DeJong C, Bardach NS, Kazi DS, Boscardin WJ, Lin GA, Duseja R, Mei YJ, Mehrotra A, Dudley RA. Variation in Quality of Urgent Health Care Provided During Commercial Virtual Visits. Volume 176 of Issue 5. JAMA internal medicine 2016. PMID: 27042813


  223. Wehner MR, Linos E, Boscardin WJ, Chren MM. Competing Risk of Death in Kaplan-Meier Curves When Analyzing Subsequent Keratinocyte Cancer-Reply. JAMA dermatology 2016. PMID: 27074364


  224. Auerbach AD, Kripalani S, Vasilevskis EE, Sehgal N, Lindenauer PK, Metlay JP, Fletcher G, Ruhnke GW, Flanders SA, Kim C, Williams MV, Thomas L, Giang V, Herzig SJ, Patel K, Boscardin WJ, Robinson EJ, Schnipper JL. Preventability and Causes of Readmissions in a National Cohort of General Medicine Patients. JAMA internal medicine 2016. PMID: 26954564


  225. Suskind AM, Walter LC, Jin C, Boscardin J, Sen S, Cooperberg MR, Finlayson E. Impact of frailty on complications in patients undergoing common urological procedures: a study from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement database. Volume 117 of Issue 5. BJU international 2016. PMID: 26691588


  226. Chow FC, Boscardin WJ, Mills C, Ko N, Carroll C, Price RW, Deeks S, Sorond FA, Hsue PY. Cerebral vasoreactivity is impaired in treated, virally suppressed HIV-infected individuals. AIDS (London, England) 2016. PMID: 26372478


  227. Romo RD, Lee SJ, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK. Subjective, Objective, and Observed Long-term Survival: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Volume 175 of Issue 12. JAMA internal medicine 2015. PMID: 26502331


  228. Pollett S, Wood N, Boscardin WJ, Bengtsson H, Schwarcz S, Harriman K, Winter K, Rutherford G. Validating the Use of Google Trends to Enhance Pertussis Surveillance in California. Volume 7. PLoS currents 2015. PMID: 26543674


  229. Grenon SM, Owens CD, Nosova EV, Hughes-Fulford M, Alley HF, Chong K, Perez S, Yen PK, Boscardin J, Hellmann J, Spite M, Conte MS. Short-Term, High-Dose Fish Oil Supplementation Increases the Production of Omega-3 Fatty Acid-Derived Mediators in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease (the OMEGA-PAD I Trial). Journal of the American Heart Association 2015. PMID: 26296857


  230. Adibi JJ, Lee MK, Saha S, Boscardin WJ, Apfel A, Currier RJ. Fetal sex differences in human chorionic gonadotropin fluctuate by maternal race, age, weight and by gestational age. Journal of developmental origins of health and disease 2015. PMID: 26242396


  231. Sheffrin M, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Steinman MA. Weight Loss Associated with Cholinesterase Inhibitors in Individuals with Dementia in a National Healthcare System. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2015. PMID: 26234945


  232. Hunt LJ, Covinsky KE, Yaffe K, Stephens CE, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK. Pain in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Dementia: Results from the National Health and Aging Trends Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2015. PMID: 26200445


  233. Duseja R, Bardach NS, Lin GA, Yazdany J, Dean ML, Clay TH, Boscardin WJ, Dudley RA. Revisit rates and associated costs after an emergency department encounter: a multistate analysis. Volume 162 of Issue 11. Annals of internal medicine 2015. PMID: 26030633


  234. Chen CL, Lin GA, Bardach NS, Clay TH, Boscardin WJ, Gelb AW, Maze M, Gropper MA, Dudley RA. Preoperative medical testing in Medicare patients undergoing cataract surgery. Volume 372 of Issue 16. The New England journal of medicine 2015. PMID: 25875258


  235. Tang V, Boscardin WJ, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Lee SJ. Time to benefit for colorectal cancer screening: survival meta-analysis of flexible sigmoidoscopy trials. Volume 350. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2015. PMID: 25881903


  236. Wehner MR, Linos E, Parvataneni R, Stuart SE, Boscardin WJ, Chren MM. Timing of subsequent new tumors in patients who present with basal cell carcinoma or cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. JAMA dermatology 2015. PMID: 25588079


  237. Lee JS, Padilla B, DuBois SG, Oates A, Boscardin J, Goldsby RE. Second malignant neoplasms among children, adolescents and young adults with Wilms tumor. Pediatric blood & cancer 2015. PMID: 25809878


  238. Rogers SE, Thrasher AD, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK. Discrimination in Healthcare Settings is Associated with Disability in Older Adults: Health and Retirement Study, 2008-2012. Journal of general internal medicine 2015. PMID: 25773918


  239. Marafino BJ, Boscardin WJ, Dudley RA. Efficient and sparse feature selection for biomedical text classification via the elastic net: Application to ICU risk stratification from nursing notes. Volume 54. Journal of biomedical informatics 2015. PMID: 25700665


  240. Zhang X, Boscardin WJ, Belin TR, Wan X, He Y, Zhang K. A Bayesian method for analyzing combinations of continuous, ordinal, and nominal categorical data with missing values J Multiv Anal 2015. PMID:


  241. Lau JS, Adams SH, Park MJ, Boscardin WJ, Irwin CE. Improvement in preventive care of young adults after the affordable care act: the affordable care act is helping. JAMA pediatrics 2014. PMID: 25347766


  242. Rodríguez L, Rodriguez P, Gómez B, Ayala JC, Oxenberg D, Perez-Castilla A, Netto MG, Soffer E, Boscardin WJ, Crowell MD. Two-year results of intermittent electrical stimulation of the lower esophageal sphincter treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Surgery 2014. PMID: 25726315


  243. Song J, Boscardin WJ, Furst DE, Khanna D, Wong WK. A cautionary tale: dealing with missing data in clinical trials for rheumatic diseases. Clinical and experimental rheumatology 2014. PMID: 25372798


  244. Edwards JD, Vasilevskis EE, Yoo EJ, Houtrow AJ, Boscardin WJ, Dudley RA, Okumura MJ. Adults with childhood-onset chronic conditions admitted to US pediatric and adult intensive care units. Volume 30 of Issue 1. Journal of critical care 2014. PMID: 25466316


  245. Shi Y, Boscardin WJ, Walter LC. Reply: To PMID 25443902. Urology 2014. PMID: 25443904


  246. Chong KC, Owens CD, Park M, Alley HF, Boscardin WJ, Conte MS, Gasper WJ, Grenon SM. Relationship between kidney disease and endothelial function in peripheral artery disease. Journal of vascular surgery 2014. PMID: 25441679


  247. Abraham WT, Lindenfeld J, Reddy VY, Hasenfuss G, Kuck KH, Boscardin J, Gibbons R, Burkhoff D. A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of cardiac contractility modulation in patients with moderately reduced left ventricular ejection fraction and a narrow QRS duration: study rationale and design. Journal of cardiac failure 2014. PMID: 25285748


  248. Lee SJ, Boscardin WJ, Kirby KA, Covinsky KE. Individualizing life expectancy estimates for older adults using the Gompertz Law of Human Mortality. Volume 9 of Issue 9. PloS one 2014. PMID: 25265291


  249. Thampi S, Matthay KK, Boscardin WJ, Goldsby R, DuBois SG. Clinical Features and Outcomes Differ between Skeletal and Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma. Sarcoma 2014. PMID: 25294959


  250. Ward ME, Taubes A, Chen R, Miller BL, Sephton CF, Gelfand JM, Minami S, Boscardin J, Martens LH, Seeley WW, Yu G, Herz J, Filiano AJ, Arrant AE, Roberson ED, Kraft TW, Farese RV, Green A, Gan L. Early retinal neurodegeneration and impaired Ran-mediated nuclear import of TDP-43 in progranulin-deficient FTLD. The Journal of experimental medicine 2014. PMID: 25155018


  251. Lee JS, DuBois SG, Boscardin WJ, Wustrack RL, Goldsby RE. Secondary malignant neoplasms among children, adolescents, and young adults with osteosarcoma. Cancer 2014. PMID: 25116228


  252. Schmajuk G, Miao Y, Yazdany J, Boscardin WJ, Daikh DI, Steinman MA. Identification of risk factors for elevated transaminases in methotrexate users through an electronic health record. Volume 66 of Issue 8. Arthritis care & research 2014. PMID: 24470205


  253. Steinman MA, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Komaiko KD, Schwartz JB. Prescribing quality in older veterans: a multifocal approach. Journal of general internal medicine 2014. PMID: 25002159


  254. Nosova EV, Chong KC, Alley HF, Harris WS, Boscardin WJ, Conte MS, Owens CD, Grenon SM. Clinical correlates of red blood cell omega-3 fatty acid content in male veterans with peripheral arterial disease. Journal of vascular surgery 2014. PMID: 24953895


  255. He SY, McCulloch CE, Boscardin WJ, Chren MM, Linos E, Arron ST. Self-reported pigmentary phenotypes and race are significant but incomplete predictors of Fitzpatrick skin phototype in an ethnically diverse population. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2014. PMID: 24928709


  256. Makam AN, Boscardin WJ, Miao Y, Steinman MA. Risk of thiazide-induced metabolic adverse events in older adults. Volume 62 of Issue 6. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2014. PMID: 24823661


  257. Moy NY, Lee SJ, Chan T, Grovey B, Boscardin WJ, Gonzales R, Pierluissi E. Development and sustainability of an inpatient-to-outpatient discharge handoff tool: a quality improvement project. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2014. PMID: 24919253


  258. Lau JS, Adams SH, Boscardin WJ, Irwin CE. Young adults' health care utilization and expenditures prior to the Affordable Care Act. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2014. PMID: 24702839


  259. Wehner MR, Chren MM, Nameth D, Choudhry A, Gaskins M, Nead KT, Boscardin WJ, Linos E. International prevalence of indoor tanning: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA dermatology 2014. PMID: 24477278


  260. Moore KL, Boscardin WJ, Steinman MA, Schwartz JB. Patterns of chronic co-morbid medical conditions in older residents of U.S. nursing homes: differences between the sexes and across the agespan. The journal of nutrition, health & aging 2014. PMID: 24676326


  261. Grenon SM, Chong K, Alley H, Nosova E, Gasper W, Hiramoto J, Boscardin WJ, Owens CD. Walking disability in patients with peripheral artery disease is associated with arterial endothelial function. Journal of vascular surgery 2014. PMID: 24423479


  262. Edwards JD, Lucas AR, Stone PW, Boscardin WJ, Dudley RA. Frequency, risk factors, and outcomes of early unplanned readmissions to PICUs. Volume 41 of Issue 12. Critical care medicine 2013. PMID: 23982030


  263. Meyer AC, Boscardin WJ, Kwasa JK, Price RW. Is it time to rethink how neuropsychological tests are used to diagnose mild forms of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders? Impact of false-positive rates on prevalence and power. Neuroepidemiology 2013. PMID: 24157541


  264. Bardach NS, Wang JJ, De Leon SF, Shih SC, Boscardin WJ, Goldman LE, Dudley RA. Effect of pay-for-performance incentives on quality of care in small practices with electronic health records: a randomized trial. Volume 310 of Issue 10. JAMA 2013. PMID: 24026600


  265. Smith AK, Walter LC, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE. Disability during the last two years of life. JAMA internal medicine 2013. PMID: 23836120


  266. Bardach NS, Vittinghoff E, Asteria-Peñaloza R, Edwards JD, Yazdany J, Lee HC, Boscardin WJ, Cabana MD, Dudley RA. Measuring hospital quality using pediatric readmission and revisit rates. Volume 132 of Issue 3. Pediatrics 2013. PMID: 23979094


  267. Linos E, Parvataneni R, Stuart SE, Boscardin WJ, Landefeld CS, Chren MM. Treatment of nonfatal conditions at the end of life: nonmelanoma skin cancer. JAMA internal medicine 2013. PMID: 23699934


  268. Wong T, Matthay KK, Boscardin WJ, Hawkins RA, Brakeman PR, DuBois SG. Acute changes in blood pressure in patients with neuroblastoma treated with ¹³¹I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG). Pediatric blood & cancer 2013. PMID: 23613447


  269. Barnes DE, Boscardin WJ, Landefeld CS. Recovery, dependence or death after discharge. Journal of general internal medicine 2013. PMID: 23435831


  270. Mihalis EL, Wysong A, Boscardin WJ, Tang JY, Chren MM, Arron ST. Factors affecting sunscreen use and sun avoidance in a U.S. national sample of organ transplant recipients. The British journal of dermatology 2013. PMID: 22880814


  271. Bischoff KE, Sudore R, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK. Advance care planning and the quality of end-of-life care in older adults. Volume 61 of Issue 2. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2013. PMID: 23350921


  272. Lee SJ, Boscardin WJ, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Conell-Price J, O'Brien S, Walter LC. Time lag to benefit after screening for breast and colorectal cancer: meta-analysis of survival data from the United States, Sweden, United Kingdom, and Denmark. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2013. PMID: 23299842


  273. Miao Y, Cenzer IS, Kirby K, Boscardin WJ. Proceedings of the SAS Global Forum Estimating Harrell’s optimism on predictive indices using bootstrap samples 2013. PMID:


  274. Miao Y, Cenzer IS, Kirby K, Boscardin WJ. Proceedings of the Western Users of Sas Software Conference Optimism of best subset selection by AIC/BIC for prognostic model building 2013. PMID:


  275. Chren MM, Linos E, Torres JS, Stuart SE, Parvataneni R, Boscardin WJ. Tumor recurrence 5 years after treatment of cutaneous basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. The Journal of investigative dermatology 2012. PMID: 23190903


  276. Pierluissi E, Mehta KM, Kirby KA, Boscardin WJ, Fortinsky RH, Palmer RM, Landefeld CS. Depressive symptoms after hospitalization in older adults: function and mortality outcomes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012. PMID: 23176725


  277. Bardach NS, Asteria-Peñaloza R, Boscardin WJ, Dudley RA. The relationship between commercial website ratings and traditional hospital performance measures in the USA. Volume 22 of Issue 3. BMJ quality & safety 2012. PMID: 23178860


  278. Aragon K, Covinsky K, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Flint L, Smith AK. Use of the Medicare posthospitalization skilled nursing benefit in the last 6 months of life. Volume 172 of Issue 20. Archives of internal medicine 2012. PMID: 23026981


  279. Gogia R, Binstock M, Hirose R, Boscardin WJ, Chren MM, Arron ST. Fitzpatrick skin phototype is an independent predictor of squamous cell carcinoma risk after solid organ transplantation. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2012. PMID: 23107311


  280. Meyer AC, Dua T, Boscardin WJ, Escarce JJ, Saxena S, Birbeck GL. Critical determinants of the epilepsy treatment gap: a cross-national analysis in resource-limited settings. Epilepsia 2012. PMID: 23106784


  281. Steinman MA, Lee SJ, John Boscardin W, Miao Y, Fung KZ, Moore KL, Schwartz JB. Patterns of multimorbidity in elderly veterans. Volume 60 of Issue 10. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012. PMID: 23035702


  282. Barnes DE, Mehta KM, Boscardin WJ, Fortinsky RH, Palmer RM, Kirby KA, Landefeld CS. Prediction of recovery, dependence or death in elders who become disabled during hospitalization. Journal of general internal medicine 2012. PMID: 23054919


  283. Yau CK, Eng C, Cenzer IS, Boscardin WJ, Rice-Trumble K, Lee SJ. Glycosylated hemoglobin and functional decline in community-dwelling nursing home-eligible elderly adults with diabetes mellitus. Volume 60 of Issue 7. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012. PMID: 22702660


  284. Smith AK, McCarthy E, Weber E, Cenzer IS, Boscardin J, Fisher J, Covinsky K. Half of older Americans seen in emergency department in last month of life; most admitted to hospital, and many die there. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2012. PMID: 22665840


  285. Hiramoto JS, Owens CD, Kim JM, Boscardin J, Belkin M, Creager MA, Conte MS. Sex-based differences in the inflammatory profile of peripheral artery disease and the association with primary patency of lower extremity vein bypass grafts. Journal of vascular surgery 2012. PMID: 22633420


  286. Gelfand JM, Goodin DS, Boscardin WJ, Nolan R, Cuneo A, Green AJ. Retinal axonal loss begins early in the course of multiple sclerosis and is similar between progressive phenotypes. PloS one 2012. PMID: 22666330


  287. Yu KC, Nettar KD, Bapna S, Boscardin WJ, Maas CS. Split-face double-blind study comparing the onset of action of onabotulinumtoxinA and abobotulinumtoxinA. Archives of facial plastic surgery 2012. PMID: 22183059


  288. Moore KL, Boscardin WJ, Steinman MA, Schwartz JB. Age and sex variation in prevalence of chronic medical conditions in older residents of U.S. nursing homes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012. PMID: 22463062


  289. Finlayson E, Zhao S, Boscardin WJ, Fries BE, Landefeld CS, Dudley RA. Functional status after colon cancer surgery in elderly nursing home residents. Volume 60 of Issue 5. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012. PMID: 22428583


  290. Cenzer IS, Miao Y, Kirby K, Boscardin WJ. Proceedings of the Western Users of Sas Software Conference Estimating Harrell’s optimism using bootstrap samples 2012. PMID:


  291. Lee HC, Gould JB, Boscardin WJ, El-Sayed YY, Blumenfeld YJ. Trends in cesarean delivery for twin births in the United States: 1995-2008. Obstetrics and gynecology 2011. PMID: 22015878


  292. O'Hare AM, Choi AI, Boscardin WJ, Clinton WL, Zawadzki I, Hebert PL, Kurella Tamura M, Taylor L, Larson EB. Trends in timing of initiation of chronic dialysis in the United States. Archives of internal medicine 2011. PMID: 21987197


  293. Anton PA, Saunders T, Elliott J, Khanukhova E, Dennis R, Adler A, Cortina G, Tanner K, Boscardin J, Cumberland WG, Zhou Y, Ventuneac A, Carballo-Diéguez A, Rabe L, McCormick T, Gabelnick H, Mauck C, McGowan I. First phase 1 double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized rectal microbicide trial using UC781 gel with a novel index of ex vivo efficacy. PloS one 2011. PMID: 21969851


  294. Nettar KD, Yu KC, Bapna S, Boscardin J, Maas CS. An internally controlled, double-blind comparison of the efficacy of onabotulinumtoxinA and abobotulinumtoxinA. Archives of facial plastic surgery 2011. PMID: 21690460


  295. Mehta KM, Pierluissi E, Boscardin WJ, Kirby KA, Walter LC, Chren MM, Palmer RM, Counsell SR, Landefeld CS. A clinical index to stratify hospitalized older adults according to risk for new-onset disability. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2011. PMID: 21649616


  296. Chren MM, Torres JS, Stuart SE, Bertenthal D, Labrador RJ, Boscardin WJ. Recurrence after treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer: a prospective cohort study. Archives of dermatology 2011. PMID: 21576572


  297. Chung JH, Phibbs CS, Boscardin WJ, Kominski GF, Ortega AN, Gregory KD, Needleman J. Examining the effect of hospital-level factors on mortality of very low birth weight infants using multilevel modeling. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2011. PMID: 21494232


  298. Lee SJ, Boscardin WJ, Stijacic Cenzer I, Huang ES, Rice-Trumble K, Eng C. The risks and benefits of implementing glycemic control guidelines in frail older adults with diabetes mellitus. Volume 59 of Issue 4. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2011. PMID: 21480838


  299. Steinman MA, Lund BC, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Kaboli PJ. Geriatric conditions, medication use, and risk of adverse drug events in a predominantly male, older veteran population. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2011. PMID: 21410446


  300. Wirtschafter DD, Powers RJ, Pettit JS, Lee HC, Boscardin WJ, Ahmad Subeh M, Gould JB. Nosocomial infection reduction in VLBW infants with a statewide quality-improvement model. Pediatrics 2011. PMID: 21339273