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35079
World Ranking
8303
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4293

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

David A. Asch is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research profile spans several areas within medicine, with a primary focus on general health professions and public health. They have contributed extensively to topics including mobile health and mHealth applications, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, emergency and acute care studies, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, healthcare policy and management, COVID-19 and mental health, as well as palliative care and end-of-life issues.

Their notable recent papers include:

  • Variation in US Hospital Mortality Rates for Patients Admitted With COVID-19 During the First 6 Months of the Pandemic, 2020, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Patient and Hospital Factors Associated With Differences in Mortality Rates Among Black and White US Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized With COVID-19 Infection, 2021, JAMA Network Open

David A. Asch has frequently published in various medical journals. Their most common publication venues are:

  • JAMA Network Open
  • Healthcare
  • Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • JAMA Internal Medicine
  • New England Journal of Medicine

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, among whom are:

  • Raina M. Merchant
  • Shivan J. Mehta
  • Nandita Mitra
  • Kevin G. Volpp
  • Yong Chen

Their work is documented within the field of medicine, covering 156 publications, including subfields such as:

  • General Health Professions
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Oncology
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

One book publication credited to David A. Asch is titled Seemed Like a Good Idea, published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

Recognitions include membership in professional organizations:

  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) since 2007
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • Response rates to mail surveys published in medical journals.

    David A. Asch;David A. Asch;M.Kathryn Jedrziewski;Nicholas A. Christakis

  • A randomized, controlled trial of financial incentives for smoking cessation.

    Kevin G Volpp;Andrea B Troxel;Mark V Pauly;Henry A Glick

  • Wearable Devices as Facilitators, Not Drivers, of Health Behavior Change

    Mitesh S. Patel;David A. Asch;Kevin G. Volpp

  • The unintended consequences of publicly reporting quality information.

    Rachel M. Werner;David A. Asch

  • Facebook language predicts depression in medical records.

    Johannes C. Eichstaedt;Robert J. Smith;Raina M. Merchant;Lyle H. Ungar

  • The Libby Zion case. One step forward or two steps backward

    David A. Asch;Ruth M. Parker

  • Carrier screening for cystic fibrosis: costs and clinical outcomes.

    David A. Asch;John C. Hershey;Michael L. Dekay;Michael L. Dekay;Mark V. Pauly;Mark V. Pauly

  • Randomized Trial of Four Financial-Incentive Programs for Smoking Cessation

    Scott D. Halpern;Benjamin French;Dylan S. Small;Kathryn Saulsgiver

  • Harnessing the power of default options to improve health care.

    Scott D Halpern;Peter A Ubel;David A Asch

  • The Role of Critical Care Nurses in Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

    David A. Asch

  • Evaluating Obstetrical Residency Programs Using Patient Outcomes

    David A. Asch;Sean Nicholson;Sindhu Srinivas;Jeph Herrin

  • Crowdsourcing—Harnessing the Masses to Advance Health and Medicine, a Systematic Review

    Benjamin L. Ranard;Yoonhee P. Ha;Zachary F. Meisel;David A. Asch;David A. Asch

  • Decisions to limit or continue life-sustaining treatment by critical care physicians in the United States: conflicts between physicians' practices and patients' wishes.

    David A. Asch;John Hansen-Flaschen;Paul N. Lanken

  • Cognitive Processes and the Decisions of Some Parents to Forego Pertussis Vaccination for Their Children

    Jacqueline R. Meszaros;Jacqueline R. Meszaros;David A. Asch;Jonathan Baron;John C. Hershey

  • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in a Setting of Budget Constraints — Is It Equitable?

    Peter A. Ubel;Michael L. DeKay;Jonathan Baron;David A. Asch

  • In a mailed physician survey, questionnaire length had a threshold effect on response rate.

    Christopher Jepson;David A. Asch;David A. Asch;John C. Hershey;John C. Hershey;Peter A. Ubel

  • Improving the use of hospice services in nursing homes: a randomized controlled trial.

    David Casarett;Jason Karlawish;Knashawn Morales;Roxane Crowley

  • Framing Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity Among Overweight and Obese Adults: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

    Mitesh S. Patel;David A. Asch;Roy Rosin;Dylan S. Small

  • Racial profiling: the unintended consequences of coronary artery bypass graft report cards.

    Rachel M. Werner;David A. Asch;Daniel Polsky

  • Content of weblogs written by health professionals.

    Tara Lagu;Elinore J. Kaufman;David A. Asch;David A. Asch;Katrina Armstrong

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin G. Volpp
Kevin G. Volpp University of Pennsylvania
John C. Hershey
John C. Hershey University of Pennsylvania
Judy A. Shea
Judy A. Shea University of Pennsylvania
Peter A. Ubel
Peter A. Ubel Duke University
Andrea B. Troxel
Andrea B. Troxel New York University
Katrina Armstrong
Katrina Armstrong Harvard University
Dylan S. Small
Dylan S. Small University of Pennsylvania
George Loewenstein
George Loewenstein Carnegie Mellon University
Jonathan Baron
Jonathan Baron University of Pennsylvania
Lyle H. Ungar
Lyle H. Ungar University of Pennsylvania

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