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Overview

David O. Meltzer is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Physics and Astronomy, with notable focus areas including General Health Professions, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Economics and Econometrics, Pharmacology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The topics covered in their work range broadly across Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Healthcare Policy and Management, and Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism.

Frequent publication venues for Meltzer include:

  • Journal of Hospital Medicine
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Journal of High Energy Physics
  • Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Notable recent papers by Meltzer are:

  • Association of Vitamin D Status and Other Clinical Characteristics With COVID-19 Test Results, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Association of Vitamin D Deficiency and Treatment with COVID-19 Incidence, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The inflationary wavefunction from analyticity and factorization, 2021, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Other recent papers in the dataset, while not authored by Meltzer, reflect research topics aligned with their fields:

  • Cannabidiol inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication through induction of the host ER stress and innate immune responses, 2022, Science Advances
  • On duality of color and kinematics in (A)dS momentum space, 2021, Journal of High Energy Physics

Meltzer frequently collaborates with other researchers, with the most common co-authors including Vineet M. Arora, Valerie G. Press, Thomas J. Best, James Zhang, and Julian Solway. These collaborations hint at interdisciplinary work bridging clinical medicine, health policy, and theoretical physics.

The body of research produced by Meltzer reflects an integration of clinical medicine and theoretical physics, covering both applied and fundamental scientific inquiries. Their work on vitamin D and COVID-19 reflects public health-focused research, while publications in high energy physics and cosmology indicate active engagement in more theoretical domains.

Best Publications

  • Recommendations for Conduct, Methodological Practices, and Reporting of Cost-effectiveness Analyses: Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine

    Gillian D. Sanders;Peter J. Neumann;Anirban Basu;Dan W. Brock

  • Delivering affordable cancer care in high-income countries

    Richard Sullivan;Jeffrey Peppercorn;Karol Sikora;John Zalcberg

  • Communication failures in patient sign-out and suggestions for improvement: a critical incident analysis

    V Arora;J Johnson;J Johnson;D Lovinger;H J Humphrey

  • What does the value of modern medicine say about the $50,000 per quality-adjusted life-year decision rule?

    R. Scott Braithwaite;David O. Meltzer;Joseph T. King;Douglas Leslie

  • Accounting for future costs in medical cost-effectiveness analysis.

    David Meltzer

  • Association of Vitamin D Status and Other Clinical Characteristics With COVID-19 Test Results

    David O. Meltzer;Thomas J. Best;Hui Zhang;Tamara Vokes

  • Multicenter Comparison of Machine Learning Methods and Conventional Regression for Predicting Clinical Deterioration on the Wards.

    Matthew M Churpek;Trevor C Yuen;Christopher Winslow;David O Meltzer

  • The economic impact of childhood food allergy in the United States.

    Ruchi Gupta;Ruchi Gupta;David Holdford;Lucy Bilaver;Lucy Bilaver;Ashley Dyer

  • Impact of interpreter services on delivery of health care to limited-English-proficient patients.

    Elizabeth A. Jacobs;Diane S. Lauderdale;David Meltzer;Jeanette M. Shorey

  • Hospital Readmission in General Medicine Patients: A Prediction Model

    Omar Hasan;Omar Hasan;David O. Meltzer;Shimon A. Shaykevich;Chaim M. Bell

  • Patient-physician communication about out-of-pocket costs.

    G. Caleb Alexander;Lawrence P. Casalino;David O. Meltzer

  • Estimate of the Carbon Footprint of the US Health Care Sector

    Jeanette W. Chung;David O. Meltzer

  • Effects of Physician Experience on Costs and Outcomes on an Academic General Medicine Service: Results of a Trial of Hospitalists

    David Meltzer;Willard G. Manning;Jeanette Morrison;Manish N. Shah

  • Use of a Self-Report-Generated Charlson Comorbidity Index for Predicting Mortality

    Saima Chaudhry;Lei Jin;David Meltzer

  • Patient Perceptions of Quality of Life With Diabetes-Related Complications and Treatments

    Elbert S. Huang;Sydney E.S. Brown;Bernard G. Ewigman;Edward C. Foley

  • Attention to inpatients' religious and spiritual concerns: predictors and association with patient satisfaction.

    Joshua A. Williams;David Meltzer;Vineet Arora;Grace Chung

  • The Impact of Health Insurance on Health

    Helen Levy;David Meltzer

  • Primary Outcomes for Resuscitation Science Studies A Consensus Statement From the American Heart Association

    Lance B. Becker;Tom P. Aufderheide;Romergryko G. Geocadin;Clifton W. Callaway

  • Does Doctor–Patient Communication Affect Patient Satisfaction with Hospital Care? Results of an Analysis with a Novel Instrumental Variable

    Sarah L. Clever;Lei Jin;Wendy Levinson;David O. Meltzer

  • Primary Outcomes for Resuscitation Science Studies : A Consensus Statement From the

    William T. Longstreth;Henry R. Halperin;Robert A. Berg;Raina M. Merchant

Frequent Co-Authors

Vineet M. Arora
Vineet M. Arora University of Chicago
Anirban Basu
Anirban Basu University of Washington
G. Caleb Alexander
G. Caleb Alexander Johns Hopkins University
Marshall H. Chin
Marshall H. Chin University of Chicago
Robert D. Gibbons
Robert D. Gibbons University of Chicago
Mark J. Ratain
Mark J. Ratain University of Chicago
Jerry A. Krishnan
Jerry A. Krishnan University of Illinois at Chicago
Vincent Mor
Vincent Mor Brown University
Farr A. Curlin
Farr A. Curlin Duke University
Joan M. Teno
Joan M. Teno Brown University

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