CHPR Research | Overview
CHPR provides a nexus for investigators from a broad range of disciplines to collaborate on impactful research that informs healthcare delivery, quality, outcomes and costs. The Center plays a unique role at UC Davis in supporting and fostering interdisciplinary research collaborations on these important health services research topics.
Currently, the majority of CHPR research projects fall into the following four research program themes:
- Evidence to Inform Clinical Care and Health Policy
- Healthcare Quality and Safety Research
- Mental Health Research
- Substance Use Research
In each of these program areas, CHPR investigators and staff conduct high-impact work, much of which has informed clinical guidelines and health policy over the Center’s 25-year history.
Research Services
CHPR faculty and staff support health services research collaborations by contributing their subject matter expertise in the following areas:
- Study design options
- Consumer behavior
- Disparities and health equity
- Healthcare access, coverage, and utilization
- ICD-9 / ICD-10 translation
- Insurance models and delivery
- Mental/behavioral health
- Physician-patient communication
- Prescription drug use and costs
- Cancer prevention and screening
- Quality of care measurements
- Tobacco cessation
- Substance use
- Women’s health
CHPR research staff members who are skilled in utilizing the following methods for conducting innovative health services research are also available to work on collaborative research projects with CHPR faculty members:
- Online and telephone surveys
- Economic evaluation
- Patient-centered outcomes research
- Multi-modal program evaluation
- Public deliberation about healthcare
- Qualitative interviews and focus groups
- Policy analysis
- Complex statistical modeling, including analysis of large datasets
- Systematic reviews and evidence syntheses
| Project Title | Start Date - End Date | Principal Investigator | Sponsor |
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Procalcitonin to Reduce Antibiotic Prescribing in Pediatric Pneumonia |
9/3/19 - 6/30/21 |
Ann and Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago |
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SpeakOut: Empowering Teen to Teen Communication about Highly Effective Contraception |
7/1/15 – 6/30/21 |
UC San Francisco
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Fruit and Vegetable Vouchers During Pregnancy to Improve Dietary Intake and Increase Family Food Security in Households with Low Incomes |
2/1/20 – 7/31/21 |
UC San Francisco
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Defining and Rewarding Computer Tomography Quality and Safety |
9/14/20 - 9/13/21 |
UC San Francisco |
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Hospital-Level Quality Indicators (QIs) Analysis and Support |
9/27/18 - 9/26/21 |
Mathematica Inc. |
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SNAP ED UCD KOA FAMILY |
9/3/19 - 9/30/21 |
California Department of Social Services |
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Dispensing Mifepristone via Mail Order Pharmacy |
10/1/18 – 9/30/21 |
UC San Francisco
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Multidisciplinary Targeted 'Closed-loop' Interventions with Primary Provider Education and Engagement to Achieve HCV Continuum from Identification to Elimination (CITE) |
11/6/18 – 11/5/21 |
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Gilead Sciences, Inc.
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Making the Case for Trees & Obesity in Low-Income CA Communities |
7/1/19 – 12/31/2021 |
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection |
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Effectiveness of Chiropractic Care for Neck Pain with or without Headache |
6/1/20 – 5/30/22 |
Yale University
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Expanding Los Angeles County eConsult Cessation Services |
7/1/18 – 6/30/22 |
UC Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program
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Medical and Audiology Expertise for California Children Services |
7/1/20 – 6/30/22 |
California Department of Health Care Services
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Developing Patient-level Risk Prediction Models for Prescription Opioid Overdose |
9/30/17 – 7/31/22 |
NIH National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA)
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A Patient Perspective on Value: Medicare's Hospital Value-based Purchasing Program |
9/1/20 – 8/31/22 |
DHHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
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SHOW.me.Health: A Digital Therapeutics Platform for Clinical Research |
1/1/20 – 12/31/22 |
Shriners Hospitals for Children
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CA QUITS 2018-2023 |
6/20/18 – 3/31/23 |
California Department of Public Health
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Prenatal Counseling for Postpartum Health--A Randomized Trial |
7/1/20 – 6/30/23 |
PHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
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Addressing Emerging Health System Priorities in Cervical Cancer Prevention |
9/13/18 - 8/31/23
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University of British Columbia
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Watchful Waiting as a Strategy for Reducing Low-value Spinal Imaging |
4/1/18 – 8/31/23
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DHHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
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AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNet) |
3/25/19 - 3/24/24 |
UC San Francisco |
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MIDS: Behavioral Health Measures: Development, Reevaluation and Maintenance |
2/17/20-8/24/24
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Mathematica, Inc.
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Principal Investigator |
Sponsor |
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Task Order 9 - Systematic Evidence Reviews to Support the USPSTF
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Joy Melnikow, M.D., M.P.H. |
Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
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Tracking Tobacco Waste to Increase College Policy Engagement and Compliance
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California State University San Marcos Corporation
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Patient Safety Measures |
IMPAQ International
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Preparation and Cleaning of OSHPD Data |
Shriners Hospitals for Children |
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Cost-effectiveness of Contemporary vs. High-sensitivity Cardiac Troponin in a United States Emergency Department
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Roche Diagnostics Corporation |
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Racial/ethnic Differences in the Use of Permanent and Long-acting Reversible Contraception among Low-income Californian Women
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Alexandra Calderon, M.D. |
Society of Family Planning |
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Hospital-Level Quality Indicators (QIs) Analysis and Support |
Mathematica, Inc.
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Life Context-informed Pre-visit Planning to Improve Care Plans for Primary Care Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions |
Melissa Gosdin, Ph.D.
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DHHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
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Online Training for Internists Interested in Offering Medication Abortion |
Society of Family Planning
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Exploring Disparities: Urinary Incontinence Treatment-seeking in Mid-life Women |
NIH Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases |
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N-of-1 Trails Using mHealth in Chronic Pain |
NIH Institute of Nursing Research |
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Exploring the Effects of Parental Deportation on U.S. Citizen Children |
University of Texas-Austin |
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Using NRT and Quitline Services to Help Hospitalized Smokers Stay Quit |
UC San Diego |
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Sacramento Taking Action Against Nicotine Dependence on Community College Campuses |
UC Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program |
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Risks of Long-Term Adverse Events In Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Adjuvant Chemotherapy |
National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
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Lumbar Imaging and Reporting Epidemiology (LIRE) |
University of Washington |
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Impact of Cancer Communication Intervention on Caregiver Bereavement |
University of Rochester |
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Quality, Safety, Comparative Effectiveness Research Training (QSCERT) Post-doctoral Program |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
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Protocol ML28690 Symptoms and Care-Seeking Behavior During Acute Stroke, A Descriptive Study |
Patricia Zrelak, Ph.D., C.N.R.N., C.N.A.A., B.C. |
Genentech, Inc. |
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Innovation Evaluation Center |
UC Los Angeles |
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Medical Failure-to-Rescue |
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
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Breast Cancer Screening Technology Systematic Review |
Kaiser Foundation Research Institute |
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Analytic Enhancement of Quality Indicators |
Stanford University |
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CDI - Improve Information Transparency of Healthcare Pricing and Quality for Consumers |
UC San Francisco |
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Expertise on Performance Measure Methodology, Data Collection and Reporting |
CA Department of Corrections |
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Evidence-Based Practice Centers (EPCs) IV Program |
Kaiser Foundation Research Institute |
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RCT of Patient, Caregiver and Physician Communication Coaching in Advanced Cancer |
University of Rochester |
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Tailored Activation in Primary Care to Reduce Suicide Behaviors in Middle-aged Men |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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SpeakOut: Empowering Teen to Teen Communication about Highly Effective Contraception |
UC San Francisco |
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Understanding Consumers' Views of Cost-sharing, Quality and Network Choice |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
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CalPERS Strategic Healthcare Measures Evaluation |
Cal Public Employees' Retirement System |
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A Case-control Study to Identify Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors for the Agency for Healthcare and Quality's Patient Safety Indicator 11 - Postoperative Respiratory Failure |
American Assn of Critical-Care Nurses |
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Building Tobacco Cessation Connections across Los Angeles County Providers |
UC Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program |
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Soliciting Stakeholder Feedback on a Secret Shopper Study of Medi-Cal Enrollees in the Sacramento Region |
California Healthcare Foundation |
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Harnessing Patient Narrative to Promote Opioid Tapering in Primary Care |
NIH Institute on Drug Abuse |
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QSCERT-PC |
Health Resources and Services Administration |
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A Clinician Training Intervention to Improve Pain-related Communication, Pain Management and Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care |
NIH Institute on Drug Abuse |
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Biobehavioral Predictors of Fatigue in Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients |
UC Los Angeles |
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Task Order 5, Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs) IV Program |
Kaiser Foundation Research Institute |
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Real World Effectiveness and Safety of Hysteroscopic (Essure®) Compared to Laparoscopic Sterilization |
Yale University |
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Understanding Pregnancy Intentions and Attitudes towards Contraception and Abortion Among Male Juvenile Justice Involved Youth (JJIY) |
Society of Family Planning |
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Systematic Evidence Review to Support the USPSTF |
Kaiser Foundation Research Institute |
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Medical Budget Analysis |
California Healthcare Foundation |
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PCORI Evidence Map Treatment for Early Stage Prostate Cancer |
RTI International |
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Consulting Agreement #2018-001 |
Evidence for Healthcare Improvement |
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Task Order 4 - Systematic Evidence Reviews to Support the USPSTF |
Kaiser Foundation Research Institute |
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Specialty/subspecialty expertise and policy development support for the California Children's Services program |
California Department of Health Care Services |
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Adolescent and Young Adult Men's Pregnancy Intentions and Attitudes towards Contraception and Abortion |
Society of Family Planning |
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Healthcare Cost Utilization Project |
IBM |
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Evidence Map/Associated Methods Project on Treatments for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer |
RTI International |
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Task Order 7 - Systematic Evidence Reviews to Support the USPSTF |
Kaiser Foundation Research Institute |
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Quality measurement tools |
Most Investments, LLC (Pantheon Software) |
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Insulin Errors Project |
Digital Hospital, Inc. |
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Sacramento Mental Health Campus |
California Healthcare Foundation |
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Family Medicine Training Residents in the Education And Treatment of Substance Use Disorders (FM TREATS) |
California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation |