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Paul G. Shekelle

Paul G. Shekelle

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Medicine

D-Index
158
Citations
149297
World Ranking
828
National Ranking
472

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Paul G. Shekelle is affiliated with the RAND Corporation in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, predominantly within Health Professions and Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

  • Health Professions
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Within these broad fields, they have contributed to several subfields such as General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Health Information Management, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

Key research topics covered in their publications are:

  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Electronic Health Records Systems
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare

Some of the more recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul G. Shekelle include:

  • "Newer Pharmacologic Treatments in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Clinical Guideline From the American College of Physicians," 2024, Annals of Internal Medicine
  • "Getting Value From Electronic Health Records: Research Needed to Improve Practice," 2020, Annals of Internal Medicine
  • "Scaling Beyond Early Adopters: a Content Analysis of Literature and Key Informant Perspectives," 2020, Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • "Barriers to using clinical decision support in ambulatory care: Do clinics in health systems fare better?", 2021, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
  • "Comparing Quality of Surgical Care Between the US Department of Veterans Affairs and Non-Veterans Affairs Settings: A Systematic Review," 2023, Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Frequent co-authors collaborate closely with Paul G. Shekelle, including:

  • Amir Qaseem
  • Tatyana Shamliyan
  • Jeffrey A. Tice
  • Timothy J Wilt
  • Adam J. Obley

The scientist's work has been consistently published in a range of academic venues, notably:

  • Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • Journal of the American College of Surgeons
  • Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
  • BMC Health Services Research

In addition to journal articles, Paul G. Shekelle has contributed to book publications, including work published through RAND Corporation eBooks. One such book is Primary Care Productivity: Findings from the Literature and Perspectives from a Stakeholder Panel (2021).

Paul G. Shekelle has received recognition as a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement

    David Moher;Larissa Shamseer;Mike Clarke;Davina Ghersi

  • Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

    D Moher;A Liberati;J Tetzlaff;D G Altman

  • Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015: elaboration and explanation.

    Larissa Shamseer;David Moher;Mike Clarke;Davina Ghersi

  • Systematic Review: Impact of Health Information Technology on Quality, Efficiency, and Costs of Medical Care

    Basit Chaudhry;Jerome K. Wang;Shin-Yi Wu;Margaret A. Maglione

  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society

    Roger Chou;Amir Qaseem;Vincenza Snow;Donald Casey

  • Meta-analysis: surgical treatment of obesity.

    Melinda A. Maggard;Lisa R. Shugarman;Marika Suttorp;Margaret Maglione

  • Interventions for the prevention of falls in older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials

    John T Chang;Sally C Morton;Laurence Z Rubenstein;Walter A Mojica

  • Clinical guidelines: Developing guidelines

    Paul G. Shekelle;Steven H. Woolf;Martin P. Eccles;Jeremy M. Grimshaw

  • Diagnosis and Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline Update from the American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, and European Respiratory Society

    Amir Qaseem;Timothy J. Wilt;Steven E. Weinberger;Nicola A. Hanania

  • The public release of performance data: what do we expect to gain? A review of the evidence.

    Martin N. Marshall;Paul G. Shekelle;Paul G. Shekelle;Sheila Leatherman;Robert H. Brook;Robert H. Brook

  • The Vulnerable Elders Survey: a tool for identifying vulnerable older people in the community.

    Debra Saliba;Debra Saliba;Debra Saliba;Marc Elliott;Laurence Z. Rubenstein;Laurence Z. Rubenstein;Laurence Z. Rubenstein;David H. Solomon;David H. Solomon

  • Meta-Analysis: Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs for Older Adults

    Joshua Chodosh;Sally C. Morton;Walter Mojica;Margaret Maglione

  • Probiotics for the Prevention and Treatment of Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Susanne Hempel;Sydne Newberry;Alicia Ruelaz Maher;Alicia Ruelaz Maher;Zhen Wang

  • Meta-analysis: Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity

    Zhaoping Li;Margaret Maglione;Wenli Tu;Walter Mojica

  • Systematic review: the evidence that publishing patient care performance data improves quality of care.

    Constance H. Fung;Yee-Wei Lim;Soeren Mattke;Cheryl Damberg

  • Will My Patient Fall

    David A. Ganz;Yeran Bao;Paul G. Shekelle;Laurence Z. Rubenstein

  • Low Back Pain Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health from the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association

    Anthony Delitto;Steven Z. George;Linda Van Dillen;Julie M. Whitman

  • A consensus approach toward the standardization of back pain definitions for use in prevalence studies

    Clermont E. Dionne;Kate M. Dunn;Peter R. Croft;Alf L. Nachemson

  • Will This Patient Develop Persistent Disabling Low Back Pain

    Roger Chou;Paul Shekelle

  • Validity of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clinical Practice Guidelines: How Quickly Do Guidelines Become Outdated?

    Paul G. Shekelle;Eduardo Ortiz;Shannon Rhodes;Sally C. Morton

Frequent Co-Authors

Sally C. Morton
Sally C. Morton Arizona State University
Neil S. Wenger
Neil S. Wenger University of California, Los Angeles
Dana P. Goldman
Dana P. Goldman University of Southern California
Amir Qaseem
Amir Qaseem Thomas Jefferson University
Robert H. Brook
Robert H. Brook RAND Corporation
David H. Solomon
David H. Solomon University of California, Los Angeles
Jeremy M. Grimshaw
Jeremy M. Grimshaw Ottawa Hospital
Laurence Z. Rubenstein
Laurence Z. Rubenstein University of Oklahoma
Steven M. Asch
Steven M. Asch Stanford University
Robert M. Wachter
Robert M. Wachter University of California, San Francisco

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