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Ron D. Hays is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with significant contributions across several subfields including General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pharmacology, and Epidemiology.

Their research addresses main topics such as Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life; Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare; Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation; Healthcare Policy and Management; Primary Care and Health Outcomes; Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare; and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.

Ron D. Hays has published extensively in various respected venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd
  • Quality of Life Research
  • Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • UNC Libraries
  • Medical Care

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hays include:

  • "Health-Related Quality of Life Measurement in Public Health," 2021, Annual Review of Public Health
  • "Patient Experience with In-Person and Telehealth Visits Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Large Integrated Health System in the United States," 2022, Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • "Between-group minimally important change versus individual treatment responders," 2021, Quality of Life Research

Additionally, Hays has collaborated on works such as "A Systematic Review of Strategies to Enhance Response Rates and Representativeness of Patient Experience Surveys," 2022, Medical Care, and "Pediatric Palliative Care Parents' Distress, Financial Difficulty, and Child Symptoms," 2021, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.

Frequent co-authors with whom Hays has published include Patricia M. Herman, Maria Orlando Edelen, Anthony Rodriguez, Nabeel Qureshi, and Denise D. Quigley.

The researcher has also contributed to book publications, notably through RAND Corporation eBooks, including the work titled "Using Natural Language Processing to Code Patient Experience Narratives: Capabilities and Challenges" published in 2020.

Best Publications

  • The patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) developed and tested its first wave of adult self-reported health outcome item banks: 2005-2008

    David Cella;William Riley;Arthur Stone;Nan Rothrock

  • The MOS short-form general health survey. Reliability and validity in a patient population.

    Anita L. Stewart;Ron D. Hays;John E. Ware

  • The functioning and well-being of depressed patients. Results from the Medical Outcomes Study

    Kenneth B. Wells;Anita L. Stewart;Ron D. Hays;M. Audrey Burnam

  • The rand 36-item health survey 1.0

    Ron D. Hays;Cathy Donald Sherbourne;Rebecca M. Mazel

  • Functional status and well-being of patients with chronic conditions. Results from the Medical Outcomes Study.

    Anita L. Stewart;Sheldon Greenfield;Ron D. Hays;Kenneth Wells

  • Development of the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire.

    Carol M. Mangione;Paul P. Lee;Peter R. Gutierrez;Karen Spritzer

  • Recommended methods for determining responsiveness and minimally important differences for patient-reported outcomes.

    Dennis A. Revicki;Ron D. Hays;David Cella;Jeff A. Sloan

  • Development of physical and mental health summary scores from the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) global items

    Ron D. Hays;Jakob B. Bjorner;Dennis A. Revicki;Karen L. Spritzer

  • The RAND-36 measure of health-related quality of life

    Ron D Hays;Leo S Morales

  • Psychometric evaluation and calibration of health-related quality of life item banks: plans for the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS).

    Bryce B. Reeve;Ron D. Hays;Jakob B. Bjorner;Karon F. Cook

  • The Functioning and Well-Being of Depressed Patients

    Kenneth B. Wells;Anita Stewart;Ron D. Hays;M. Audrey Burnam

  • Development of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQOL) Instrument

    Ron D. Hays;Ron D. Hays;Joel Kallich;Donna Mapes;Stephen Coons

  • Functional Status and Well-Being of Patients with Chronic Conditions

    Anita Stewart;Sheldon Greenfield;Ron D. Hays;Kenneth B. Wells

  • A Health-Related Quality of Life Measure for Multiple Sclerosis

    Barbara Vickrey;Ron D. Hays;Ron D. Hays;Rama Harooni;Lawrence W. Myers

  • Quality-of-life Outcomes in Men Treated for Localized Prostate Cancer

    Mark S. Litwin;Ron D. Hays;Arlene Fink;Patricia A. Ganz

  • Physicians' characteristics influence patients' adherence to medical treatment: Results from the Medical Outcomes Study.

    M. Robin DiMatteo;Cathy Donald Sherbourne;Ron D. Hays;Lynn Ordway

  • Functioning and well-being outcomes of patients with depression compared with chronic general medical illnesses

    Ron D. Hays;Kenneth B. Wells;Cathy Donald Sherbourne;William Rogers

  • Psychometric properties of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ). NEI-VFQ Field Test Investigators

    Carol M. Mangione;Paul P. Lee;Jennifer Pitts;Peter Gutierrez

  • A Comparative Review of Generic Quality-of-Life Instruments

    Stephen Joel Coons;Sumati Rao;Dorothy L. Keininger;Ron D. Hays;Ron D. Hays

  • Item response theory and health outcomes measurement in the 21st century.

    Ron D. Hays;Leo S. Morales;Steve P. Reise

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc N. Elliott
Marc N. Elliott RAND Corporation
David Cella
David Cella Northwestern University
Martin F. Shapiro
Martin F. Shapiro Cornell University
Honghu Liu
Honghu Liu University of California, Los Angeles
Neil S. Wenger
Neil S. Wenger University of California, Los Angeles
Cathy D. Sherbourne
Cathy D. Sherbourne RAND Corporation
Leo S. Morales
Leo S. Morales University of Washington
Samuel A. Bozzette
Samuel A. Bozzette University of California, San Diego
Paul D. Cleary
Paul D. Cleary Yale University
Dinesh Khanna
Dinesh Khanna University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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