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Peer-reviewed Articles: Statistical Methodology

Wang X, Parast L, Tian L, Cai T (2024). Towards Optimal Use of Surrogate Markers to Improve Power. Statistica Sinica, In press. R package: PTERP

Parast L, Cai T, Tian L (2024). A Rank-Based Approach to Evaluate a Surrogate Marker in a Small Sample Setting. Biometrics, 80(1): ujad035. R package: SurrogateRank

Duan Y and Parast L (2024). Flexible Evaluation of Surrogate Markers with Bayesian Model Averaging. Statistics in Medicine, 43(4): 774-792. R package: SurrogateBMA

Agniel D, Hejblum B, Thiebaut R, Parast L (2023). Doubly-Robust Evaluation of High-Dimensional Surrogate Markers. Biostatistics, 24(4): 985-999. R package: crossurr

Wang X, Parast L, Tian L, Han L, Cai T (2023). Robust Approach to Combining Multiple Markers to Improve Surrogacy. Biometrics, 79(2): 788-798. R package: CMFsurrogate

Parast L, Cai T, Tian L (2023). Testing for Heterogeneity in the Utility of a Surrogate Marker. Biometrics, 79(2): 799-810. R package: hetsurr

Parast L, Cai T, Tian L (2023). Using a Surrogate with Heterogeneous Utility to Test for a Treatment Effect. Statistics in Medicine, 42(1): 68-88. R package: hettest

Zhou RR, Zhao SD, Parast L (2022). Estimation of the Proportion of Treatment Effect Explained by a High-Dimensional Surrogate. Statistics in Medicine, 41(12): 2227-2246. R package: freebird

Parast L, Garcia TP, Prentice RL, Carroll RJ (2022). Robust Methods to Correct for Measurement Error when Evaluating a Surrogate Marker. Biometrics, 78(1): 9-23. R package: Rsurrogate

Parast L, Cai T, Tian L (2021). Evaluating Multiple Surrogate Markers Using Censored Data. Biometrics, 77(4): 1315-1327. R package: Rsurrogate

Wang X, Cai T, Tian L, Bourgeois F, Parast L (2021). Quantifying the Feasibility of Shortening Clinical Trial Duration Using Surrogate Markers. Statistics in Medicine, 40(28): 6321-6343. R package: OSsurvival

Garcia TP and Parast L (2021). Dynamic Landmark Prediction for Genetic Mixture Models. Biostatistics, 22(3): 558-574. R package: landmix

Agniel D and Parast L (2021). Evaluation of Longitudinal Surrogate Markers. Biometrics, 77(2): 477-489. R package: longsurr

Parast L, Hunt P, Griffin BA, Powell D (2020). When is a Match Sufficient? A Score-based Balance Metric for the Synthetic Control Method. Journal of Causal Inference, 8(1): 209-228.

Parast L, and Griffin BA (2020). Quantifying the Bias due to Observed Individual Confounders in Causal Treatment Effect Estimates. Statistics in Medicine, 39(18): 2447-2476. R package: SBdecomp

Parast L, Tian L, Cai T (2020). Assessing the Value of a Censored Surrogate Outcome. Lifetime Data Analysis, 26(2): 245-265. R package: SurrogateOutcome

Wang X, Parast L, Tian L, Cai T (2020). Model Free Approach to Quantifying the Proportion of Treatment Effect Explained by a Surrogate Marker. Biometrika, 107(1): 107-122. R package: OptimalSurrogate

Parast L, Cai T, Tian L (2019). Using a Surrogate Marker for Early Testing of a Treatment Effect. Biometrics, 75(4): 1253-1263. R package: SurrogateTest

Parast L, Mathews M, Friedberg M (2019). Dynamic Risk Prediction for Diabetes Using Biomarker Change Measurements. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 19:175.

Parast L, McCaffrey DF, Burgette LF, Hoces de la Guardia F, Golinelli D, Miles J, Griffin BA (2017). Optimizing Variance-Bias Trade-off in the TWANG Package for Estimation of Propensity Scores. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, 17(3): 175-197.

Parast L and Rutter C (2017). Discussion of “A risk-based measure of time-varying prognostic discrimination for survival models.” Biometrics, 73(3): 742-744.

Parast L, Cai T and Tian L (2017). Evaluating Surrogate Marker Information using Censored Data. Statistics in Medicine, 36(11): 1767-1782. R package: Rsurrogate

Parast L, and Griffin BA (2017). Landmark Estimation of Survival and Treatment Effect in Observational Studies. Lifetime Data Analysis, 23:161–182. R package: landest

Parast L, McDermott M, and Tian L (2016). Robust Estimation of the Proportion of Treatment Effect Explained by Surrogate Marker Information. Statistics in Medicine, 35(10):1637-1653. R package: Rsurrogate

Parast L, Tian L, Cai T (2014). Landmark Estimation of Survival and Treatment Effect in a Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 109(505): 384-394. R package: landest

Parast L, Cai T (2013). Landmark Risk Prediction for Breast Cancer Survival. Statistics in Medicine, 32(20): 3459-3471.

Zheng Y, Parast L, Cai T, Brown M. Evaluating Incremental Values from New Predictors with Net Reclassification Improvement in Survival Analysis. Lifetime Data Analysis, 19(3): 350-370.

Parast L, Cheng S, Cai T (2012). Landmark Prediction of Long Term Survival Incorporating Short Term Event Time Information. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 107(500): 1492-1501.

Parast L, Cheng S, Cai T (2011). Incorporating Short-term Outcome Information to Predict Long-term Survival with Discrete Markers. Biometrical Journal, 53: 294-307. R package: landpred

Cai T, Parast L, Ryan L (2010). A Meta-Analysis For Rare Events. Statistics in Medicine, 29(20):2078-2089.

Peer-reviewed Articles: Policy

Adler JT, Kuk AE, Cron DC, Parast L, Husain SA (2024). Insurance transitions from employer-based insurance to Medicare and waitlisting for kidney transplantation: placing Marietta v. DaVita in context. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, In press.

Tolpadi A, Parast L, Elliott MN, Haas A, Bradley MA, Wolf J, Teno JM, DeYoreo M, Fuentes L, Anhang Price, R (2024). Effects of a Web-Mail Mode on Response Rates and Responses to a Care Experience Survey: Results of a Randomized Experiment. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, In press.

Elliott MN, Brown JA, Hambarsoomian K, Parast L, Beckett MK, Lehrman WG, Giordano LA, Goldstein EH, Cleary PD (2024). New Administration Protocols Improve Representativeness and Response Rates of a Survey of Hospital Patient Experience of Care. JAMA Health Forum, 5(1):e234929.

Tolpadi A, Elliott MN, Becker K , Lehrman WG, Stark D, Parast L (2023). Exploring Which Patients Use Their Closest Emergency Departments Using Geocoded Data. Journal of Emergency Medicine, 65(4): e290-e302.

Mathews M, Parast L, Elliott MN, Williamson S, Joestl S, Stark D, Lehrman WG, Becker K (2023). What Paradata Can Tell Us Beyond Response Rates: Exploring Device Use and Push-to-Web Access Methods in a Survey of Emergency Department Patients. Survey Practice, 16(1):10.29115/SP-2023-0006

Desai AD, Tolpadi A, Parast L, Esporas M, Britto MT, Gidengil C, Wilson KM, Bardach N, Basco WT, Brittan M, Johnson DP, Wood KE, Yung S, Dawley E, Darren F Gregoire L, Hodo LN, Leggett B, Manges K, Sartori LF, Wever DE, Mangione-Smith R (2023). Improving The Quality of Written Discharge Instructions: A Multisite Collaborative Project. Pediatrics, 151(5): e2022059452.

Anhang Price R, Parast L, Elliott MN, Tolpadi A, Bradley MA, Schlang D, Teno J (2023). For-Profit Hospices Typically Provide Poorer Care Experiences than Not-For-Profit Hospices. JAMA Internal Medicine, 183(4): 311-318.

Mathews M, Parast L, Elliott MN, Lehrman WG, Stark D, Waxman DA (2023). Associations Between Emergency Severity Index and Patient Experience of Care in the Emergency Department. Academic Emergency Medicine, 30(1): 59-61.

Leyenaar JK, Tolpadi A, Parast L, Esporas M, Britto MT, Gidengil C, Wilson KM, Bardach N, Basco WT, Brittan M, Williams DJ, Wood KE, Yung S, Dawley E, Elliott A, Manges K, Plemmons G, Rice T, Wiener B, Mangione-Smith R (2022). Collaborative to Increase Lethal Means Counseling for Caregivers of Youth Hospitalized with Suicidality. Pediatrics, 150(6):e2021055271.

Parast L, Tolpadi A, Teno J, Elliott MN, Anhang Price R (2022). Variation in Hospice Experiences by Care Setting For Patients with Dementia. The Journal of Post-Acute and Lonq-Term Care Medicine, 23(9): 1480-1485.

Tolpadi A Elliott MN, Waxman D, Becker K, Flow-Delwiche E, Lehrman WG, Stark D, Parast L (2022). National Travel Distances for Emergency Care. BMC Health Services Research, 22: 388.

Parast L, Haas A, Teno J, Elliott MN, Griffin BA, Anhang Price R (2022). Hospice Care Experiences Among Decedents with Huntington’s Disease. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 64(1): 70-79.

Chen PG, Tolpadi A, Elliott MN, Hays RD, Lehrman WG, Stark DS, Parast L (2022). Gender Differences in Patients' Experience of Care in the Emergency Department. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 37(3): 676-679.

Parast L, Burkhart Q, Bardach N, Thombley R, Basco W, Barabell G, Williams DJ, Mitchel E, Machado E, Raghavan P, Tolpadi A, Mangione-Smith R (2022). Development and Testing of an Emergency Department Quality Measure for Pediatric Suicidal Ideation and Self-Harm. Academic Pediatrics, 22(3): S92-S9.

Ye F, Parast L, Hays RD, Elliott MN, Becker K, Lehrman WG, Stark D, Martino S (2022). Development and Validation of a Survey of Patients' Experience of Care in the Emergency Department. Health Services Research, 57(1): 102-122.

Parast L, Mathews M, Martino S, Lehrman WG, Stark D, Elliott MN (2022). Racial/ethnic Differences in Emergency Department Utilization and Experience. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 37: 49-56.

Connell SK, Burkhart Q, Tolpadi A, Parast L, Gidengil CA, Yung S, Basco W, Williams D, Britto MT, Brittan M, Wood KE, Bardach N, McGalliard J, Mangione-Smith R (2021). Quality of Care for Youth Hospitalized for Suicidal Ideation and Self-Harm. Academic Pediatrics, 21(7): 1179-1186.

Parast L, Elliott MN, Haas A, Teno J, Bradley M, Weech-Maldonado R, Anhang Price R (2021). Association Between Receipt of Emotional Support and Caregivers’ Overall Hospice Rating. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 24(5): 689-696.

Parast L, Tolpadi A, Teno J, Elliott MN, Anhang Price R (2021). Hospice Care Experiences Among Cancer Patients and their Caregivers. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 36(4): 961-969.

Price RA, Tolpadi A, Schlang D, Bradley MA, Parast L, Teno JM, Elliott MN (2020). Characteristics of Hospices Providing the Highest-Quality Care. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 23(12): 1639-1643.

Quigley DD, Parast L, Haas A, Elliott MN, Teno JM, Price RA (2020). Differences in Caregiver Reports of the Quality of Hospice Care Across Settings. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(6): 1218-1225.

Parast L, Mathews M, Marc MN, Tolpadi A, Flow-Delwiche E, Lehrman WG, Stark D, Becker K (2019). Effects of Push-To-Web Mixed Mode Approaches on Survey Response Rates: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Emergency Departments. Survey Practice, 12(1):10.29115/SP-2019-0008.

Mathews M, Parast L, Tolpadi A, Marc MN, Flow-Delwiche E, Becker K (2019). Methods for Improving Response Rates in an Emergency Department Setting - A Randomized Feasibility Study. Survey Practice, 12(1):10.29115/SP-2019-0007.

Parast L, Mathews M, Tolpadi A, Marc MN, Flow-Delwiche L, Becker K (2019). National Testing of the Emergency Department Patient Experience of Care (EDPEC) Discharged to Community (DTC) Survey and Implications for Adjustment in Scoring. Medical Care, 57(1): 42-48.

Parast L, Haas A, Tolpadi A, Elliott MN, Teno J, Zaslavsky AM, Anhang Price R (2018). Effects of Caregiver and Decedent Characteristics on CAHPS Hospice Survey Scores. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 56(4): 519-529.

Arthur KC, Mangione-Smith R, Burkhart Q, Parast L, Liu H, Elliott MN, McGlynn EA, Schneider EC (2018). Quality of Care for Children with Medical Complexity: An Analysis of Continuity of Care as a Potential Quality Indicator. Academic Pediatrics, 18(6): 669-676.

Parast L, Burkhart Q, Gidengil C, Schneider EC, Mangione-Smith R, Lion C, McGlynn EA, Carle A, Britto MT, Elliott MN (2018). Validation of New Care Coordination Quality Measures for Children with Medical Complexity. Academic Pediatrics, 18(5): 581-588.

Price RA, Stucky B, Parast L, Elliott MN, Haas A, Bradley M, Teno JM (2018). Psychometric Properties and Performance of CAHPS Hospice Survey Measures of Patient and Family Experiences of Hospice Care. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 21(7): 924-932.

Bardach NS, Burkhart Q, Richardson LP, Roth CP, Murphy JM, Parast L, Gidengil CA, Marmet J, Britto MT, Mangione-Smith R (2018). Hospital-Based Quality Measures for Pediatric Mental Health Care. Pediatrics, 141(6): e20173554.

Parast L, Bardach NS, Burkhart Q, Richardson LP, Murphy JM, Gidengil CA, Britto MT, Elliott MN, Mangione-Smith R (2018). Development of New Quality Measures for Hospital-Based Care of Suicidal Youth. Academic Pediatrics, 18(3): 248-255.

Parast L, Elliott MN, Hambarsoomian K, Teno J, Anhang Price R (2018). Effects of Survey Mode on CAHPS Hospice Survey Scores. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 66(3): 546–552.

Gidengil C, Parast L, Burkhart Q, Brown J, Elliott MN, Lion C, McGlynn EA, Schneider EC, Mangione-Smith R (2017). Development and Implementation of the Family Experiences with Coordination of Care Survey Quality Measures. Academic Pediatrics, 17(8): 863-870.

Price RA, Parast L, Haas A, Teno JM, Elliott MN (2017). Caregivers For Black And Hispanic Patients Report Hospice Care On Par Or Better Than Care Given Whites. Health Affairs, 36(7):1283-1290.

Parast L, Burkhart Q, Desai AD, Simon TD, Allshouse C, Britto MT, Leyenaar JK, Gidengil CA, Toomey SL, Elliott MN, Schneider EC, Mangione-Smith R (2017). Validation of New Quality Measures for Transitions Between Sites of Care. Pediatrics, 139(5): e20164178.

Desai AD, Burkhart Q, Parast L, Simon TD, Allshouse C, Britto MT, Leyenaar JK, Gidengil CA, Toomey SL, Elliott MN, Schneider EC, Mangione-Smith R (2016). Development and Testing of Pediatric Survey Measures for Transitions between Sites of Care. Academic Pediatrics, 16(8): 760-769.

Leyenaar JK, Desai AD, Burkhart Q, Parast L, Roth CP, McGalliard J, Marmet J, Simon TD, Allshouse C, Britto MT, Gidengil CA, Elliott MN, McGlynn EA, Mangione-Smith R (2016). Quality Measures to Assess Care Transitions for Hospitalized Children. Pediatrics, 138 (2): e20160906.

Parast L, Doyle B, Damberg CL, Shetty K, Ganz DA, Wenger NS, Shekelle PG (2015). Challenges in Assessing the Process Outcome Link in Practice. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 30(3): 359-364.

Anhang Price R, Quigley DD, Bradley MA, Teno JM, Parast L Elliott MN, Haas AC, Stucky BD, Mingura B, Lorenz K (2014). Hospice Experience of Care Survey: Development and Field Test. RAND Corporation, RR-657-CMS (Cleared for Public Release). Download Report

Weinick RM, Becker K, Parast L Stucky BD, Elliott MN, Mathews M, Chan C, Kotzias V (2014). Emergency Department Patient Experience of Care Survey: Development and Field Test. RAND Corporation, RR-761-CMS (Cleared for Public Release). Download Report

Peer-reviewed Articles: Applications

Croce EA, Parast L, Bhavnani D, Matsui EC (2024). Lower socioeconomic status may help explain racial disparities in asthma and atopic dermatitis prevalence: A mediation analysis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, In press.

Parast L, Tian L, Cai T, Palaniappan L (2024).Statistical Workshop: Statistical Methods to Evaluate Surrogate Markers. Medical Care, 62(2): 102-108.

Parast L, Tian L, Cai T, Palaniappan L (2023). Can Earlier Biomarker Measurements Explain a Treatment Effect on Diabetes Incidence? A Robust Comparison of Five Surrogate Markers. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 11:e003585.

Shih RA, Rodriguez A, Parast L,Pederson ER, Tucker JS, Troxel WM, Kraus L, David JP, D'Amico EJ (2019). Associations Between Young Adult Marijuana Outcomes and Availability of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and Storefront Signage. Addiction, 114(12): 2162-2170.

Osilla KC, Seelam R, Parast L, D'Amico EJ (2019). Associations between driving under the influence or riding with an impaired driver and future substance use among adolescents. Traffic Injury Prevention, 20(6): 563-569.

D'Amico EJ, Parast L, Osilla KC, Seelam R, Meredith LS, Shadel WG, Stein BD (2019). Understanding which Teenagers Benefit Most from a Brief Primary Care Substance Use Intervention. Pediatrics, 144(2):e20183014.

Parast L, Tucker JS, Pedersen ER, Klein D (2019). Utilization and Perceptions of Drop-in Center Services among Youth Experiencing Homelessness. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 46(2): 234-248.

Meredith L, Seelam R, Stein BD, Parast L, D'Amico EJ (2019). Adolescents with Better Mental Health Have Less Problem Alcohol Use Six Months Later. Addictive Behaviors, 95: 77-81.

Shadel WG, Seelam R, Parast L, Meredith LS, D'Amico EJ (2019). Is the NIAAA Screening Guide Useful for Identifying Adolescents at Risk for Later Cigarette Smoking? A Prospective Study in Primary Care Clinics. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 13(2): 119-122.

Pedersen ER, Tucker JS, Klein DJ, Parast L (2018). Perceived Need and Receipt of Behavioral Health Services at Drop-in Centers Among Homeless Youth. Health Services Research, 53(6): 4609-4628.

D'Amico EJ, Parast L, Shadel WG, Meredith LS, Seelam R, Stein BD (2018). Brief motivational interviewing intervention to reduce alcohol and marijuana use for at-risk adolescents in primary care. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86(9): 711-725.

Tucker JS, Pedersen ER, Parast L, Klein DJ (2018). Factors Associated with Drop-in Center Utilization Among Unaccompanied Youth Experiencing Homelessness. Children and Youth Services Review, 91: 347-354.

Parast L, Meredith LS, Stein BD, Shadel WG, D’Amico EJ (2018). Identifying Adolescents with Alcohol Use Disorder: Optimal Screening using the NIAAA Screening Guide. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32(5), 508-516.

Meredith LS, Ewing BA, Stein BD, Shadel WG, Holliday SB, Parast L, D'Amico EJ (2018). Influence of Mental Health and Alcohol or Other Drug Use Risk on Adolescent Reported Care Received by Primary Care Providers. BMC Family Practice, 19(10).

Dunbar MS, Tucker JS, Ewing BA, Parast L, Pedersen ER, Rodriguez A, D'Amico EJ (2018). Ethnic Differences in Cigarette Use Trajectories and Health, Psychosocial, and Academic Outcomes. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(3): 327-333.

Shih RA, Parast L, Pedersen ER, Troxel WT, Tucker JS, Miles JNV, Miyashiroa L, D'Amico EJ (2017). Individual, Peer, and Family Factor Modification of Neighborhood-level Effects on Adolescent Alcohol, Cigarette, E-Cigarette, and Marijuana Use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 180: 76-85.

Miles J, Parast L, Babey S, Griffin BA, Saunders J (2017). A Propensity Score Weighted Population Based Study of the Health Benefits of Dogs and Cats for Children. Anthrozoos, 30(3):429-440.

Hunt P, Parast L,Weinberger G (2017). Can an Informative Letter Reduce Gun Crime and be Cost-Effective? RAND Corporation, RR-1934-NIJ (Cleared for Public Release).

Saunders J, Parast L, Babey S, Miles J (2017). Exploring the Differences Between Pet and Non-Pet Owners: Implications for Human-Animal Interaction Research and Policy. PLOS ONE, 12(6): e0179494.

Holliday SB, Ewing BA, Storholm ED Parast L, D'Amico EJ (2017). Gender Differences in the Association between Conduct Disorder and Risky Sexual Behavior. Journal of Adolescence, 56: 75-83.

Pedersen ER, Parast L, Marshall GN, Schell TL, Neighbors C (2017). A randomized controlled trial of a web-based personalized normative feedback alcohol intervention for young adult veterans. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(5): 459-470.

D’Amico EJ, Parast L, Meredith LS, Ewing BA, Shadel WG, Stein BD (2016). Screening in Primary Care: What is the best way to identify at-risk youth for substance use? Pediatrics, 138(6): e20161717.

Parast L, Cai B, Bedayat A, Kumamaru KK, George E, Dill KE, Rybicki FJ (2012). Statistical Methods for Predicting Mortality in Patients Diagnosed with Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Academic Radiology, 19 (12): 294-307.

Lu MT, Demehri S, Cai T, Parast L, Hunsaker AR, Goldhaber SZ, Rybicki FJ (2012). Axial and reformatted 4-chamber RV/LV diameter ratios on CT pulmonary angiography as predictors of death after acute pulmonary embolism. American Journal of Roentgenology, 198(6): 1353-1360.

Qi L, Parast L, Powers C, Cai T, Hu FB, Doria A (2011). Genetic Susceptibility to Coronary Heart Disease in Type 2 Diabetes: Three Independent Studies. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 58(25): 2675-2682. [Received the American Diabetes Association Michaele Modan Memorial Award, June 2010.]

Lighthall G, Parast LM, Rappaport L,Wagner T (2010). Introduction of a Rapid Response System at a US Veterans Affairs Hospital Reduced Rates of Mortality and Cardiac Arrests. Anesthesia and Analgesia, 111(3):679.

Longhurst C, Parast L, Sandborg C, Widen E, Sullivan J, Hahn J, Dawes C, Sharek PJ (2010). Decrease in Hospital-wide Mortality After Implementation of a Commercially Sold Electronic Medical Record System. Pediatrics, 126(1):14.

Agarwal S, Classen D, Larsen G, Tofil NM, Hayes LW, Sullivan JE, Storgion SA, Coopes BJ, Craig V, Jaderlund C, Bisarya H, Parast L, Sharek PJ (2010). Adverse Events in Pediatric Intensive Care Units in the United States. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 11(5):568-578.

Gholami S, Jacobs CD, Kapp DS, Parast LM, Norton JA (2009). The Value of Surgery for Retroperitoneal Sarcoma. Sarcoma.

Chan A, Blumenkranz MS, Wu KH, Wang G, Berker N, Parast LM, Sanislo SR (2009). Photodynamic Therapy With and Without Adjunctive Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide: A Retrospective Comparative Study. Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging, 40(6).

De Jesus M, Parast L, Shelton RC, Kokkinogenis K, Othus MK, Li Y, Allen JD (2009). Actual versus Preferred Sources of HPV Information Among Black, White, and Hispanic Parents. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 163(11):1066- 7.

Sharek PJ, Parast LM, Leong K, Combs J, Ernst K, Sullivan J, Frankel LR, Roth SJ (2007). Effect of Rapid Response Team on Hospital-wide Mortality and Code Rates Outside the ICU in a Children's Hospital. Journal of the American Medical Association, 298(19).

Other Publications

Parast L Tian L, Wei LJ (2023). Assessing Response for Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck [Letter to the Editor]. JAMA Oncology, In press.

Parast L (2023). Leveraging Patient Experience Measures as Surrogate Outcomes to Evaluate Health Care Interventions [Invited Commentary]. Patient Experience Journal, 10(2): 7-9.

Parast L (2023). The Unclear Costs of Childbirth. U.S. News & World Report, May 9, 2023.

Parast L (2023). My Son is Not Fine: Texas is Failing Kids Who Need Us the Most. Dallas Morning News, March 29, 2023.

Parast L (2023). Why Every Generation Needs to Care About Medicare. U.S. News & World Report, January 31, 2023.

Parast L (2023). Timely Treatment Decisions: The Promise of Surrogate Markers. KevinMD Blog, January 4, 2023.

Parast L (2022). Who Cares? Why it Matters Your Health Care Provider is Nice to You. The Hill, December 1, 2022.

Parast L, Gilbert P, Wang L (2022). Banff Workshop Report: Statistical Challenges in the Identification, Validation, and Use of Surrogate Markers.

Parast L (2022). It's Time to Address Pain Despite the Opioid Crisis [OpED]. KevinMD Blog, August 31, 2022.

Parast L and Elliott MN (2018). Adjusting Hospital Scores to Account for Differences in Patient Characteristics [Letter]. BMJ Open, November 6, 2018.

Taylor E and Parast L (2015). A Tale of Two Deliveries, Or An Out-of-Network Problem. Health Affairs Blog, November 3, 2015. Blog Post

Sharek PJ, Parast LM, Roth SJ (2011). Rapid Response Team Implementation in a Children's Hospital [Comment]. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 165(12):1139.

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