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Paul D Cleary

Paul D Cleary

Dean of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
Yale School of Medicine
Paul.Cleary@yale.edu

Dr. Cleary’s research interests include developing better methods for using patient reports about their care and health status to evaluate the quality of medical care and studying the relationships between clinician and organizational characteristics and the quality of medical care. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences..

Dr. Cleary’s current research includes a study of how organizational characteristics affect the costs and quality of care for persons with AIDS, a national evaluation of a continuous quality improvement initiative in clinics providing care to HIV infected individuals, and a statewide effort to improve cancer care in Massachusetts. He also is Principal Investigator of one of the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Studies (CAHPS II) funded by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research to develop survey protocols for collecting information from consumers regarding their health plans and services.



Representative Publications
Cleary, P. D., Zaborski, L. B., & Ayanian, J. Z. (2004). Sex differences in health over the course of mid-life. In O. G. Brim, C. D. Ryff & R. C. Kessler (Eds.), How healthy are we?: A national study of well-being at midlife. (pp. 37-63). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
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Ayanian, JZ, Cleary, PD, Keogh, JH, Noonan, SJ, David-Kasdan, JA, Epstein, AM. (2004). Physicians’ beliefs about racial differences in referral for renal transplantation. Am J Kidney Dis 2004; 43:350-7.

Landon, BE, Wilson, IB, McInnes, K, Landrum, MB, Hirschhorn, L, Marsden, PV, Gustafson, D, Cleary, PD. (2004). The impact of a quality improvement collaborative for the care of patients With HIV Infection: the Evaluation of Quality Improvement for HIV (EQHIV) study. Ann Int Med, 2004; 140(11): 887-896.

Landon, BE, Zaslavsky, AM, Bernard, SL, Cioffi, MJ, Cleary, PD. (2004). Comparison of performance of traditional Medicare vs Medicare managed care. JAMA. 2004; 291: 1744-1752.

Cleary, PD. (2003). A Hospitalization from Hell: A Patient's Perspective on Quality. Ann Int Med, 2003; 138(1): 33-39.

Fremont, AM, Cleary, PD, Hargraves, JL, Rowe, RM, Jacobson, NB, Ayanian, JZ. (2001). Patient-Centered Processes of Care and Long-Term Outcomes of Myocardial Infarction. J Gen Int Med; 2001; 16: 800-808.

Ayanian, J. Z., & Cleary, P. D. (1999). Perceived risks of heart disease and cancer among cigarette smokers. Journal of the American Medical Association, 281(11), 1019-1021.
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Keating, N. L., Cleary, P. D., Rossi, A. S., Zaslavsky, A. M., & Ayanian, J. Z. (1999). Use of hormone replacement therapy by postmenopausal women in the United States. Annals of Internal Medicine, 130(7), 545-553.
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Ayanian, JZ, Cleary, PD, Weissman, JS, Epstein, AM. (1999). The effect of patients’ preferences on racial differences in access to renal transplantation. N Engl J Med 1999; 341:1661-9.

Keating, NL, Cleary, PD, Rossi, AS, Zaslavsky, AM, Ayanian, JZ. (1999). Use of hormone replacement therapy by postmenopausal women in the United States. Ann Intern Med 1999; 130:545-53.

Cleary, PD. (1999). The increasing importance of patient surveys. (Editorial). Br Med J; 1999; 319: 720-1. Reprinted in: Qual Health Care; 1999; 8:212.

Landon, BE, Wilson, IB, Cleary, PD. (1998). A Conceptual Model of the Effects of Health Care Organizations on the Quality of Medical Care. JAMA; 1998; 279(17):1377-1382.

Kao, AC, Green, DC, Zaslavsky, AM, Koplan, JP, Cleary, PD. (1998). The relationship between method of physician payment and patient trust. JAMA; 1998; 280 (19):1708-1714.

Cleary, PD, Edgman-Levitan, S. (1997). Health care quality: Incorporating consumer perspectives. JAMA; 1997; 278(19):1608-1612.

Ayanian, JZ, Guadagnoli, E, Cleary, PD. (1995). Physical and psychosocial functioning of women and men after coronary artery bypass surgery. JAMA 1995; 274:1767-70.