Publications

Neighborhood Effects on Health

S.R. Connor, F. Elwert, C. Spence, and N.A. Christakis, "Racial Disparity in Hospice Use in the United States in 2002," Palliative Medicine  22(3): 205-213 (April 2008)MS#084

S.V. Subramanian, F. Elwert, and N.A. Christakis, "Widowhood and Mortality Among the Elderly: The Modifying Role of Neighborhood Concentration of Widowed Individuals," Social Science and Medicine  66(4): 873-884 (February 2008) MS#081

S.R. Connor, F. Elwert, C. Spence, and N.A. Christakis, "Geographic Variation in Hospice Use in the United States in 2002," Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 34(3): 277-285 (September 2007) MS#080

M. Wen and N.A. Christakis, "Prospective Effect of Community Distress and Subcultural Orientation on Mortality Following Life-Threatening Disease in Later Life," Sociology of Health and Illness  28(5): 558-582 (July 2006) MS#074

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) MS#069

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) MS#068

V.W. Chang and N.A. Christakis,  "Income Inequality and Weight Status in U.S. Metropolitan Areas," Social Science and Medicine  61(1): 83-96 (July 2005) MS#066

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) MS#056

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) MS#043

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) MS#038

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