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Overview

Alex H. S. Harris is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Surgery and related subfields. Their work encompasses a range of topics primarily related to health systems, economic evaluations, and clinical outcomes.

Their research interests include:

  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Orthopaedic Implants and Arthroplasty
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

They have published papers in several medical and health-related venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Health Services Research
  • The Journal of Urology
  • The Journal Of Hand Surgery
  • Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
  • JAMA Network Open

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Comparing Methods to Determine the Minimal Clinically Important Differences in Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Veterans Undergoing Elective Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty in Veterans Health Administration Hospitals" (2020) published in JAMA Surgery
  • "Social Determinants of Health and Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Veterans" (2020) published in The Journal of Arthroplasty
  • "Distal Radius Fracture Clinical Practice Guidelines-Updates and Clinical Implications" (2021) published in The Journal Of Hand Surgery
  • "Disparities in Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in the Veterans Health Administration" (2020) published in Journal of Addiction Medicine
  • "A Tool to Estimate Risk of 30-day Mortality and Complications After Hip Fracture Surgery: Accurate Enough for Some but Not All Purposes? A Study From the ACS-NSQIP Database" (2022) published in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Throughout their career, Alex H. S. Harris has frequently collaborated with various co-authors, including:

  • Robin N. Kamal
  • Andrea K. Finlay
  • Amber W. Trickey
  • Nicholas J. Giori
  • Lauren M. Shapiro

The bulk of their work is centered on advancing understanding in surgery and general health professions, alongside significant contributions to economics and public health topics. Their publications demonstrate a focused engagement with clinical outcomes, healthcare disparities, and evaluation methods within orthopedic and addiction medicine contexts.

Best Publications

  • Spirituality and health: what's the evidence and what's needed?

    Carl E. Thoresen;Alex H. S. Harris

  • Physical activity exercise coping and depression in a 10-year cohort study of depressed patients

    Alex H.S. Harris;Ruth Cronkite;Rudolf Moos

  • Volunteering is Associated with Delayed Mortality in Older People: Analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Aging:

    Alex H. S. Harris;Carl E. Thoresen

  • Forgiveness and health: An unanswered question.

    Carl E. Thoresen;Alex H. S. Harris;Frederic Luskin

  • Effects of a group forgiveness intervention on forgiveness, perceived stress, and trait‐anger

    Alex H. S. Harris;Frederic Luskin;Sonya B. Norman;Sam Standard

  • Forgiveness, Unforgiveness, Health, and Disease

    Alex H.s. Harris;Carl E. Thoresen

  • The Systemic Effects of Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection

    Amy S. Wasterlain;Hillary Braun;Alex Sox Harris;Hyeon Joo Kim

  • Incidence and Risk Factors for Injuries to the Anterior Cruciate Ligament in National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Data From the 2004-2005 Through 2008-2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance System

    Jason L. Dragoo;Hillary J. Braun;Jennah L. Durham;Michael R. Chen

  • Does expressive writing reduce health care utilization? A meta-analysis of randomized trials.

    Alex H. S. Harris

  • Spiritually and religiously oriented health interventions

    Alex H. S. Harris;Carl E. Thoresen;Michael E. Mccullough;David B. Larson

  • Integrating Positive Psychology into Counseling: Why and (When Appropriate) How.

    Alex H. S. Harris;Carl E. Thoresen;Shane J. Lopez

  • Pretreatment and during treatment risk factors for dropout among patients with substance use disorders.

    John McKellar;John Kelly;Alex Harris;Rudolf Moos

  • Prevalence of cannabis use disorder diagnoses among veterans in 2002, 2008, and 2009

    Marcel O. Bonn-Miller;Alex H. S. Harris;Jodie A. Trafton

  • Barriers to Use of Pharmacotherapy for Addiction Disorders and How to Overcome Them

    Elizabeth M. Oliva;Natalya C. Maisel;Adam J. Gordon;Alex H. S. Harris

  • Alcohol Screening and Risk of Postoperative Complications in Male VA Patients Undergoing Major Non-cardiac Surgery

    Katharine A. Bradley;Anna D. Rubinsky;Anna D. Rubinsky;Haili Sun;Chris L. Bryson

  • The comparative effectiveness of cognitive processing therapy for male veterans treated in a VHA posttraumatic stress disorder residential rehabilitation program.

    Jennifer Alvarez;Caitlin McLean;Alex H. S. Harris;Craig S. Rosen

  • Which Fixation Device is Preferred for Surgical Treatment of Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures in the United States? A Survey of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

    Emily Niu;Arthur Yang;Alex H. S. Harris;Julius Bishop

  • Risk Reduction Compared with Access to Care: Quantifying the Trade-Off of Enforcing a Body Mass Index Eligibility Criterion for Joint Replacement.

    Nicholas J Giori;Nicholas J Giori;Derek F Amanatullah;Shalini Gupta;Thomas Bowe

  • Pharmacotherapy of Alcohol Use Disorders in the Veterans Health Administration

    Alex H S Harris;Daniel R Kivlahan;Thomas Bowe;Keith N Humphreys

  • Epidemiology of Syndesmosis Injuries in Intercollegiate Football: Incidence and Risk Factors From National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance System Data from 2004-2005 to 2008-2009

    Kenneth J. Hunt;Elizabeth George;Alex H. S. Harris;Jason L. Dragoo

  • Predictors of a suicide attempt one year after entry into substance use disorder treatment.

    Mark A. Ilgen;Alex H. S. Harris;Rudolf H. Moos;Quyen Q. Tiet

  • Component alignment during total knee arthroplasty with use of standard or custom instrumentation: a randomized clinical trial using computed tomography for postoperative alignment measurement.

    Steven T Woolson;Alex H S Harris;David W Wagner;Nicholas J Giori

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine Timko
Christine Timko Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Ingrid A. Binswanger
Ingrid A. Binswanger Kaiser Permanente
Rudolf H. Moos
Rudolf H. Moos Stanford University
Emily C. Williams
Emily C. Williams University of Washington
Katharine A. Bradley
Katharine A. Bradley University of Washington
Carl E. Thoresen
Carl E. Thoresen Stanford University
Craig S. Rosen
Craig S. Rosen Stanford University
Laurence C. Baker
Laurence C. Baker Stanford University
Ruth C. Cronkite
Ruth C. Cronkite Stanford University
Sonya B. Norman
Sonya B. Norman University of California, San Diego

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