Ron D. Hays

96.8k total citations · 31 hit papers
937 papers, 70.4k citations indexed

About

Ron D. Hays is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ron D. Hays has authored 937 papers receiving a total of 70.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 323 papers in General Health Professions, 275 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 114 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ron D. Hays's work include Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare (166 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (163 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (139 papers). Ron D. Hays is often cited by papers focused on Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare (166 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (163 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (139 papers). Ron D. Hays collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Ron D. Hays's co-authors include David Cella, Cathy D. Sherbourne, Anita L. Stewart, Karen L. Spritzer, Dennis A. Revicki, Leo S. Morales, John E. Ware, M. Robin DiMatteo, Rebecca Mazel and Barbara G. Vickrey and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ron D. Hays

910 papers receiving 67.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The MOS Short-form General Health Survey
    1988 2.9k citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  2. The rand 36‐item health survey 1.0
    1993 2.3k citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  3. Recommended methods for determining responsiveness and minimally important differences for patient-reported outcomes
    2007 1.7k citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  4. Development of physical and mental health summary scores from the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) global items
    2009 1.4k citations Ron D. Hays, Karen L. Spritzer et al. profile →
  5. Psychometric Evaluation and Calibration of Health-Related Quality of Life Item Banks
    2007 1.2k citations Ron D. Hays, Honghu Liu et al. profile →
  6. The RAND-36 measure of health-related quality of life
    2001 1.1k citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  7. Vision assessment using the NIH Toolbox
    2013 1.0k citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  8. Development of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQOLTM) Instrument
    1994 904 citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  9. A health-related quality of life measure for multiple sclerosis
    1995 879 citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  10. Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Men Treated for Localized Prostate Cancer
    1995 857 citations Ron D. Hays, Robert H. Brook et al. profile →
  11. A Short-Form Measure of Loneliness
    1987 816 citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  12. Functioning and Well-being Outcomes of Patients With Depression Compared With Chronic General Medical Illnesses
    1995 710 citations Ron D. Hays profile →
  13. The UCLA Prostate Cancer Index
    1998 710 citations Ron D. Hays, Robert H. Brook et al. profile →
  14. The functioning and well-being of depressed patients. Results from the Medical Outcomes Study.
    1989 693 citations Ron D. Hays et al. PubMed profile →
  15. Item Response Theory and Health Outcomes Measurement in the 21st Century
    2000 690 citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  16. Physicians' characteristics influence patients' adherence to medical treatment: Results from the Medical Outcomes Study.
    1993 654 citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  17. A Comparison Study of Multiple Measures of Adherence to HIV Protease Inhibitors
    2001 645 citations Honghu Liu, Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  18. A Comparative Review of Generic Quality-of-Life Instruments
    2000 632 citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  19. The impact of irritable bowel syndrome on health-related quality of life
    2000 625 citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  20. The role of the bifactor model in resolving dimensionality issues in health outcomes measures
    2007 615 citations Steven P. Reise, Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  21. Examining the Role of Patient Experience Surveys in Measuring Health Care Quality
    2014 610 citations Marc N. Elliott, Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  22. Functional status and well-being of patients with chronic conditions. Results from the Medical Outcomes Study.
    1989 580 citations Ron D. Hays et al. PubMed profile →
  23. Development of the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory
    1995 524 citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  24. Methods For Measuring Patient Satisfaction With Specific Medical Encounters
    1988 501 citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  25. Kidney Transplantation as Primary Therapy for End-Stage Renal Disease
    2008 430 citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  26. PROMIS® Adult Health Profiles: Efficient Short-Form Measures of Seven Health Domains
    2019 424 citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  27. PROMIS®-29 v2.0 profile physical and mental health summary scores
    2018 409 citations Ron D. Hays, Karen L. Spritzer et al. profile →
  28. Overview of Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory for the Quantitative Assessment of Items in Developing Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures
    2014 400 citations Ron D. Hays et al. Clinical Therapeutics profile →
  29. Representativeness of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Internet panel
    2010 373 citations Honghu Liu, Jie Shen et al. profile →
  30. Scoring the SF-36 in Orthopaedics: A Brief Guide
    2015 289 citations Ron D. Hays et al. profile →
  31. Use of Internet panels to conduct surveys
    2015 261 citations Ron D. Hays, Honghu Liu et al. profile →

Peers

Ron D. Hays
John E. Ware United States
Cathy D. Sherbourne United States
John E. Ware United States
Mark Petticrew United Kingdom
Kenneth F. Schulz United States
Donald L. Patrick United States
Andrew D Oxman Norway
Henrica C. W. de Vet Netherlands
Susan Michie United Kingdom
Víctor M. Montori United States
John E. Ware United States
Ron D. Hays
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wenger, Neil S., John A. Glaspy, Ron D. Hays, et al.. (2025). Patient‐reported discordance between care goals and treatment intent in advanced cancer. Cancer. 131(17). e35976–e35976. 2 indexed citations
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Xiong, Di, Marvin Marcus, Carl A. Maida, et al.. (2024). Development of short forms for screening children’s dental caries and urgent treatment needs using item response theory and machine learning methods. PLoS ONE. 19(3). e0299947–e0299947. 3 indexed citations
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Luu, Michael, Gillian Gresham, N. Lynn Henry, et al.. (2024). Development of a Web-Based Interactive Tool for Visualizing Breast Cancer Clinical Trial Tolerability Data. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics. 8(8). e2400007–e2400007. 3 indexed citations
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Quigley, Denise D., Mary E. Slaughter, Nabeel Qureshi, & Ron D. Hays. (2024). Associations of Primary Care Provider Burnout with Quality Improvement, Patient Experience Measurement, Clinic Culture, and Job Satisfaction. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 39(9). 1567–1574. 5 indexed citations
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Sudore, Rebecca L., Ron D. Hays, Chi‐Hong Tseng, et al.. (2023). Telephone Outreach Enhances Recruitment of Underrepresented Seriously Ill Patients for an Advance Care Planning Pragmatic Trial. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 38(8). 1848–1853. 3 indexed citations
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Hays, Ron D., Patricia M. Herman, Nabeel Qureshi, Anthony Rodriguez, & Maria Orlando Edelen. (2023). How Well Do Seven Self-Report Measures Represent Underlying Back Pain Impact?. Pain Management Nursing. 25(1). e1–e7. 1 indexed citations
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Hays, Ron D. & Samuel A. Skootsky. (2022). 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. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 37(4). 847–852. 38 indexed citations
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Blanco, Luisa, et al.. (2022). Race and Ethnicity Differences in Walking and Associations with Neighborhood Perceptions among Older Adults in California. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 41(12). 2499–2510. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Weijun, Katie Roster, Ron D. Hays, & Chenchen Wang. (2021). Analysis of Movement-Based Mind–Body Interventions to Guide the Implementation of Osteoarthritis Exercise Programs: A Descriptive Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 27(5). 442–457. 3 indexed citations
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Ye, Feifei, Layla Parast, Ron D. Hays, et al.. (2021). Development and validation of a patient experience of care survey for emergency departments. Health Services Research. 57(1). 102–112. 10 indexed citations
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Hilton, Lara, Ian D. Coulter, Gery W. Ryan, & Ron D. Hays. (2021). Comparing the Recruitment of Research Participants With Chronic Low Back Pain Using Amazon Mechanical Turk With the Recruitment of Patients From Chiropractic Clinics: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 44(8). 601–611. 4 indexed citations
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Shallcross, Amanda J., et al.. (2020). Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Five Facet of Mindfulness Questionnaire. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 42(2). 271–280. 24 indexed citations
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Quigley, Denise D., et al.. (2020). Practice Leaders Report Targeting Several Types of Changes in Care Experienced by Patients During Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(6). 1509–1518. 4 indexed citations
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Quigley, Denise D., Marc N. Elliott, Claude Messan Setodji, & Ron D. Hays. (2018). Quantifying Magnitude of Group‐Level Differences in Patient Experiences with Health Care. Health Services Research. 53(S1). 3027–3051. 45 indexed citations
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Hays, Ron D., et al.. (2014). Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of the CAHPS Patient-Centered Medical Home Survey. Clinical Therapeutics. 36(5). 689–696.e1. 44 indexed citations
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McCloskey, Susan A., et al.. (2012). Adapting the PRO-CTCAE for Patient Reporting of Toxicity in Radiation Oncology. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 84(3). S99–S100. 2 indexed citations
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Elliott, Marc N., Richard D. Swartz, John Adams, Karen L. Spritzer, & Ron D. Hays. (2001). Case-mix adjustment of the National CAHPS benchmarking data 1.0: a violation of model assumptions?. PubMed. 36(3). 555–73. 84 indexed citations
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Kerr, Eve A., et al.. (2000). Associations between primary care physician satisfaction and self-reported aspects of utilization management.. PubMed. 35(1 Pt 2). 333–49. 22 indexed citations
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Hays, Ron D., et al.. (1995). Marketing Public Relations: the Hows That Make It Work. Journal of Applied Communications. 79(2). 4 indexed citations

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