Publications by authors named "Rafael Alfonso"

4Publications

Structure, process, and outcomes in skilled nursing facilities: understanding what happens to surgical patients when they cannot go home. A systematic review.

Authors:
Timo W Hakkarainen Patricia Ayoung-Chee Rafael Alfonso Saman Arbabi David R Flum

J Surg Res 2015 Feb 8;193(2):772-80. Epub 2014 Jun 8.

Surgical Outcomes Research Center, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

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February 2015

Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

Authors:
Marie Ng Tom Fleming Margaret Robinson Blake Thomson Nicholas Graetz Christopher Margono Erin C Mullany Stan Biryukov Cristiana Abbafati Semaw Ferede Abera Jerry P Abraham Niveen M E Abu-Rmeileh Tom Achoki Fadia S AlBuhairan Zewdie A Alemu Rafael Alfonso Mohammed K Ali Raghib Ali Nelson Alvis Guzman Walid Ammar Palwasha Anwari Amitava Banerjee Simon Barquera Sanjay Basu Derrick A Bennett Zulfiqar Bhutta Jed Blore Norberto Cabral Ismael Campos Nonato Jung-Chen Chang Rajiv Chowdhury Karen J Courville Michael H Criqui David K Cundiff Kaustubh C Dabhadkar Lalit Dandona Adrian Davis Anand Dayama Samath D Dharmaratne Eric L Ding Adnan M Durrani Alireza Esteghamati Farshad Farzadfar Derek F J Fay Valery L Feigin Abraham Flaxman Mohammad H Forouzanfar Atsushi Goto Mark A Green Rajeev Gupta Nima Hafezi-Nejad Graeme J Hankey Heather C Harewood Rasmus Havmoeller Simon Hay Lucia Hernandez Abdullatif Husseini Bulat T Idrisov Nayu Ikeda Farhad Islami Eiman Jahangir Simerjot K Jassal Sun Ha Jee Mona Jeffreys Jost B Jonas Edmond K Kabagambe Shams Eldin Ali Hassan Khalifa Andre Pascal Kengne Yousef Saleh Khader Young-Ho Khang Daniel Kim Ruth W Kimokoti Jonas M Kinge Yoshihiro Kokubo Soewarta Kosen Gene Kwan Taavi Lai Mall Leinsalu Yichong Li Xiaofeng Liang Shiwei Liu Giancarlo Logroscino Paulo A Lotufo Yuan Lu Jixiang Ma Nana Kwaku Mainoo George A Mensah Tony R Merriman Ali H Mokdad Joanna Moschandreas Mohsen Naghavi Aliya Naheed Devina Nand K M Venkat Narayan Erica Leigh Nelson Marian L Neuhouser Muhammad Imran Nisar Takayoshi Ohkubo Samuel O Oti Andrea Pedroza Dorairaj Prabhakaran Nobhojit Roy Uchechukwu Sampson Hyeyoung Seo Sadaf G Sepanlou Kenji Shibuya Rahman Shiri Ivy Shiue Gitanjali M Singh Jasvinder A Singh Vegard Skirbekk Nicolas J C Stapelberg Lela Sturua Bryan L Sykes Martin Tobias Bach X Tran Leonardo Trasande Hideaki Toyoshima Steven van de Vijver Tommi J Vasankari J Lennert Veerman Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez Vasiliy Victorovich Vlassov Stein Emil Vollset Theo Vos Claire Wang XiaoRong Wang Elisabete Weiderpass Andrea Werdecker Jonathan L Wright Y Claire Yang Hiroshi Yatsuya Jihyun Yoon Seok-Jun Yoon Yong Zhao Maigeng Zhou Shankuan Zhu Alan D Lopez Christopher J L Murray Emmanuela Gakidou

Lancet 2014 Aug 29;384(9945):766-81. Epub 2014 May 29.

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address:

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August 2014

Enteral contrast in the computed tomography diagnosis of appendicitis: comparative effectiveness in a prospective surgical cohort.

Authors:
Frederick Thurston Drake Rafael Alfonso Puneet Bhargava Carlos Cuevas Manjiri K Dighe Michael G Florence Morris G Johnson Gregory J Jurkovich Scott R Steele Rebecca Gaston Symons Richard C Thirlby David R Flum

Ann Surg 2014 Aug;260(2):311-6

*Departments of Surgery †Radiology-University of Washington Medical Center ‡University of Washington Surgical Outcomes Research Center (SORCE) §Swedish Medical Center ¶Virginia Mason Medical Center ∥Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program (SCOAP) and Clinical Effectiveness Research Translation Network (CERTAIN), Seattle, WA **Skagit Valley Hospital, Mount Vernon, WA ††Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO ‡‡Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA.

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August 2014

The economic value of reducing medication dosing frequency with drug delivery technologies: an evidence assessment.

Authors:
Mindy M Cheng Rafael Alfonso Jennie H Best Louis P Garrison David Bruhn David L Veenstra

J Med Econ 2010 ;13(2):193-202

University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

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April 2011