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Rajesh Balkrishnan is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with notable specialization in subfields such as Oncology, General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Hematology.

The main topics addressed in their scholarly work include Healthcare Policy and Management, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research, Pain Management and Opioid Use, and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

Their recent publications cover a range of healthcare themes and include:

  • "Differences in Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening Adherence Among Women Residing in Urban and Rural Communities in the United States," 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • "The Growing Impact of Natural Language Processing in Healthcare and Public Health," 2024, INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing
  • "Barriers to Access to Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation among Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Virginia," 2021, Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
  • "Examining Rural-Urban Differences in Fatalism and Information Overload: Data from 12 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers," 2022, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • "Associations between initiating antihypertensive regimens on stage I-III colorectal cancer outcomes: A Medicare SEER cohort analysis," 2021, Cancer Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rajesh Balkrishnan include Roger T. Anderson, Raj P. Desai, Jennifer M. Lobo, Hyojung Kang, and Anthony L. McCall.

Their work has been published in multiple venues, where they have contributed at least twice to several journals, including The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Cancer Reports, Health Equity, Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, and Integrative Journal of Medical Sciences.

Best Publications

  • US Renal Data System 2018 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States.

    Rajiv Saran;Bruce Robinson;Kevin C. Abbott;Lawrence Y.C. Agodoa

  • US Renal Data System 2016 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States

    Rajiv Saran;Bruce Robinson;Kevin C. Abbott;Lawrence Y.C. Agodoa

  • US Renal Data System 2015 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States.

    Rajiv Saran;Yi Li;Bruce Robinson;Kevin C. Abbott

  • US Renal Data System 2014 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States

    Rajiv Saran;Yi Li;Bruce Robinson;John Ayanian

  • US Renal Data System 2017 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States

    Rajiv Saran;Bruce Robinson;Kevin C. Abbott;Lawrence Y.C. Agodoa

  • Measuring patients' trust in their primary care providers

    Mark A. Hall;Beiyao Zheng;Elizabeth Dugan;Fabian Camacho

  • The burden of atopic dermatitis: impact on the patient, family, and society.

    Christie L. Carroll;Rajesh Balkrishnan;Steven R. Feldman M.D.;Alan B. Fleischer

  • Trust in the medical profession: conceptual and measurement issues.

    Mark A Hall;Fabian Camacho;Elizabeth Dugan;Rajesh Balkrishnan

  • Predictors of medication adherence in the elderly

    Rajesh Balkrishnan

  • Willing to wait?: The influence of patient wait time on satisfaction with primary care

    Roger T Anderson;Fabian T Camacho;Rajesh Balkrishnan

  • Predictors of medication adherence and associated health care costs in an older population with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a longitudinal cohort study.

    Rajesh Balkrishnan;Rukmini Rajagopalan;Fabian T. Camacho;Sally A. Huston

  • Outcomes Associated With Apixaban Use in Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease and Atrial Fibrillation in the United States

    Konstantinos C. Siontis;Konstantinos C. Siontis;Xiaosong Zhang;Ashley Eckard;Nicole Bhave

  • Quality of life in patients with psoriasis.

    Monali J Bhosle;Amit Kulkarni;Steven R Feldman;Rajesh Balkrishnan

  • Relation between use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and muscle strength and physical function in older women: an observational study.

    Graziano Onder;Graziano Onder;Brenda W.J.H. Penninx;Rajesh Balkrishnan;Linda P. Fried

  • Development and validation of a health-related quality of life instrument for women with melasma.

    R. Balkrishnan;A.J. Mcmichael;F.T. Camacho;F. Saltzberg

  • Acute Kidney Injury Recovery Pattern and Subsequent Risk of CKD: An Analysis of Veterans Health Administration Data.

    Michael Heung;Diane E. Steffick;Kara Zivin;Kara Zivin;Brenda W. Gillespie

  • Stealth monitoring of adherence to topical medication: Adherence is very poor in children with atopic dermatitis

    Jennifer Krejci-Manwaring;Mark G. Tusa;Christie Carroll;Fabian Camacho

  • Stress and Adaptation in Mothers of Children With Cerebral Palsy

    Janeen Manuel;Michelle J. Naughton;Rajesh Balkrishnan;Beth Paterson Smith

  • Adherence to topical therapy decreases during the course of an 8-week psoriasis clinical trial: commonly used methods of measuring adherence to topical therapy overestimate actual use.

    Christie L Carroll;Steven R Feldman;Fabian T Camacho;Janeen C Manuel

  • US Renal Data System 2016 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States (vol 69, pg s7, 2017)

    Rajiv Saran;Bruce Robinson;Kevin C Abbott;Lawrence Yc Agodoa

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven R. Feldman
Steven R. Feldman Wake Forest University
Alan B. Fleischer
Alan B. Fleischer University of Cincinnati
John D. Piette
John D. Piette University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mark A. Hall
Mark A. Hall Wake Forest University
Richard A. Hirth
Richard A. Hirth University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Brahmajee K. Nallamothu
Brahmajee K. Nallamothu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Richard P. Bagozzi
Richard P. Bagozzi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Hal Morgenstern
Hal Morgenstern University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
William H. Herman
William H. Herman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Paul W. Eggers
Paul W. Eggers National Institutes of Health

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