Shasha Gao

Biographic Data

ID3824918
NAMEShasha Gao
GIVEN NAMESShasha
FAMILY NAMEGao
SIGNATUREGAO S
AFFILIATIONSVA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
ORCID0000-0001-5450-4675
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS11
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX1

  • Prudence in end-of-life decision making

    Open AccessAlan C Murphy, Kevan Schultz et al.ARTICLESSM - Qualitative Research in…2022

    Despite significant improvements in end-of-life care over several decades, belated hospice referrals and hospital staffing patterns make challenging end-of-life conversations between strangers unsurprising, especially when the interaction is time-sensitive. Understanding how physicians perform under these circumstances is relevant to patient quality and medical education. This study is a secondary analysis of transcripts from a simulation that pl…

  • Adapting the Index of Relative Rurality (IRR) to Estimate Rurality at the ZIP Code Level

    Open AccessSanae Inagami, Shasha Gao et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2016

    BACKGROUND: Accurate analysis of health problems facing rural residents depends on how rurality is defined. Health services research relies frequently on the rural urban commuting area (RUCA) codes to estimate rurality at the small area level. We modified the county-level Index of Relative Rurality (IRR) to the ZIP code level (IRRZIP ) to create an alternative small-area-level rural classification system. We then compared how the 2 rural classifi…

  • Effects of the stem extracts of Schisandra glaucescens Diels on collagen-induced arthritis in Balb/c mice

    Open AccessYan Xiang, Tiantian Zhang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnopharmacology2016

  • Mental Health of Transgender Veterans in US States With and Without Discrimination and Hate Crime Legal Protection

    John R Blosnich, Mary C Marsiglio et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2016Cited by: 10References: 37

    Objectives. To examine whether indicators of community- and state-level lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality are associated with transgender veterans’ mental health. Methods. We extracted Veterans Administration data for patients who were diagnosed with gender identity disorder, had at least 1 visit in 2013, and lived in a zip code with a Municipality Equality Index score (n = 1640). We examined the associations of whether a state inc…

  • Racial Differences in Satisfaction with VA Health Care

    Open AccessSusan L Zickmund, Susan Zickmund et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2015Cited by: 1References: 28

  • Patterns of Sex and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Patient Health Care Experiences in US Veterans Affairs Hospitals

    Leslie R M Hausmann, Shasha Gao et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2014References: 2

    BACKGROUND: Few studies have assessed sex or racial/ethnic differences in inpatient experiences in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to compare inpatient experiences by sex and race/ethnicity within and between VA hospitals. RESEARCH DESIGN: We used mixed-effects multinomial regression to assess within-facility and between-facility sex and racial/ethnic differences in the 2010 VA Survey of Healthcare Experi…

  • Understanding Racial and Ethnic Differences in Patient Experiences With Outpatient Health Care in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers

    Leslie R M Hausmann, Shasha Gao et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2013References: 19

    BACKGROUND: Racial and ethnic differences in patient health care experiences have not been well examined in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System. OBJECTIVES: To examine racial/ethnic differences in outpatient health care experiences within and between VA medical facilities. RESEARCH DESIGN: We assessed within-facility and between-facility racial/ethnic differences in responses to the 2010 VA Survey of Healthcare Experiences of Patients usi…