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Overview

Yih-Ing Hser is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a concentration on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Applied Psychology, and Social Psychology.

The topics central to their work include:

  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Hser has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • "Disparities in digital access among American rural and urban households and implications for telemedicine-based services," 2021, The Journal of Rural Health
  • "The application of digital health to the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders: The past, current, and future role of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network," 2020, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • "Psychiatric comorbidity and treatment outcomes in patients with opioid use disorder: Results from a multisite trial of buprenorphine-naloxone and methadone," 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • "The impact of COVID-19 on substance use disorder treatment in California: Service providers' perspectives," 2021, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • "Is telemedicine the answer to rural expansion of medication treatment for opioid use disorder? Early experiences in the feasibility study phase of a National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network Trial," 2021, Addiction Science & Clinical Practice

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hser include:

  • Larissa J. Mooney
  • Yuhui Zhu
  • Sarah E. Clingan
  • Chunqing Lin
  • Andrew J. Saxon

The venues where Hser most frequently publishes are:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • The Journal of Rural Health
  • Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment
  • Addiction
  • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Best Publications

  • A 33-year follow-up of narcotics addicts.

    Yih-Ing Hser;Valerie Hoffman;Christine E. Grella;M. Douglas Anglin

  • Drug treatment outcomes for adolescents with comorbid mental and substance use disorders.

    Christine E. Grella;Yih-Ing Hser;Vandana Joshi;Jennifer Rounds-Bryant

  • An Evaluation of Drug Treatments for Adolescents in 4 US Cities

    Yih-Ing Hser;Christine E. Grella;Robert L. Hubbard;Shih-Chao Hsieh

  • Treatment retention among patients randomized to buprenorphine/naloxone compared to methadone in a multi-site trial.

    Yih Ing Hser;Andrew J. Saxon;David Huang;Al Hasson

  • Substance Use and Associated Health Conditions throughout the Lifespan.

    Marya T. Schulte;Yih-Ing Hser

  • The Life Course Perspective on Drug Use: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Drug Use Trajectories

    Yih-Ing Hser;Douglas Longshore;M. Douglas Anglin

  • Treatment of Drug Abuse

    M. Douglas Anglin;Yih-Ing Hser

  • Drug treatment careers : A conceptual framework and existing research findings

    Yih-Ing Hser;M.Douglas Anglin;Christine Grella;Douglas Longshore

  • Long-term course of opioid addiction.

    Yih-Ing Hser;Elizabeth Evans;Christine Grella;Walter Ling

  • Sex differences in addict careers. 4. Treatment.

    Anglin;Hser Yi;Booth Mw

  • Sex differences in addict careers. 1. Initiation of use

    Yih-Ing Hser;M. D. Anglin;W. Mcglothlin

  • Drug addiction and treatment careers among clients in the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS).

    M. Douglas Anglin;Yih-Ing Hser;Christine E. Grella

  • Sex differences in addict careers. 2. Becoming addicted.

    Anglin;Hser Yi;McGlothlin Wh

  • A 24-Year Follow-up of California Narcotics Addicts

    Yih-Ing Hser;M. Douglas Anglin;Keiko Powers

  • Relationship Between Drug Treatment Services, Retention, and Outcomes

    Yih-Ing Hser;Elizabeth Evans;David Huang;Douglas M. Anglin

  • Sex differences in addict careers. 3. Addiction.

    Yih-Ing Hser;M. D. Anglin;M. W. Booth

  • Predicting Drug Treatment Entry Among Treatment-Seeking Individuals

    Yih-Ing Hser;Margaret Maglione;mpp;Margaret L. Polinsky

  • Benefit-cost in the California treatment outcome project: does substance abuse treatment "pay for itself"?

    Susan L Ettner;David Huang;Elizabeth Evans;Danielle Rose Ash

  • Long-term outcomes after randomization to buprenorphine/naloxone versus methadone in a multi-site trial

    Yih Ing Hser;Elizabeth Evans;David Huang;Robert Weiss

  • Chronic pain among patients with opioid use disorder: Results from electronic health records data

    Yih-Ing Hser;Larissa J. Mooney;Andrew J. Saxon;Karen Miotto

  • Tobacco Use as a Distal Predictor of Mortality Among Long-Term Narcotics Addicts

    Y.I. Hser;W.J. Mccarthy;M.D. Anglin

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth Evans
Elizabeth Evans University of Massachusetts Amherst
Christine E. Grella
Christine E. Grella University of California, Los Angeles
Chih-Ping Chou
Chih-Ping Chou University of Southern California
Richard A. Rawson
Richard A. Rawson University of California, Los Angeles
Debra A. Murphy
Debra A. Murphy University of California, Los Angeles
Ming D. Li
Ming D. Li Zhejiang University
Qinghua He
Qinghua He Southwest University
Antoine Bechara
Antoine Bechara University of Southern California
Amy C. Justice
Amy C. Justice Yale University
Barry S. Brown
Barry S. Brown University of North Carolina Wilmington

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