Naihua Duan

Dealing with heterogeneity of treatment effects: is the literature up to the challenge? (2009)

Gabler, Nicole B, Duan, Naihua, Liao, Diana, Elmore, Joann G, Ganiats, Theodore G, Kravitz, Richard L

Abstract Background Some patients will experience more or less benefit from treatment than the averages reported from clinical trials; such variation in therapeutic outcome is termed heterogeneity of...

A comparison of abstinence outcomes among gay/bisexual and heterosexual male smokers in an intensive, non-tailored smoking cessation study (2009)

Covey, Lirio S., Weissman, Judith, LoDuca, Catherine, Duan, Naihua

Introduction: Smoking rates are higher among lesbian/gay/bisexual (LGB) than heterosexual (HT) individuals. However, there is scant information regarding smoking cessation treatments and outcomes in...

Attrition in the RAND Health Insurance Experiment: A Response to Nyman (2008)

Newhouse, Joseph P., Brook, Robert H., Duan, Naihua, Keeler, Emmett B., Leibowitz, Arleen, Manning, Willard G., ...

In a prior article in this journal, John Nyman argues that the effect on health care use and spending found in the RAND Health Insurance Experiment is an artifact of greater voluntary attrition in...

Testing Language Effects in Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys with Randomized Experiments: Results from the National Latino and Asian American Study (2008)

Shrout, Patrick E., Alegría, Margarita, Canino, Glorisa, Guarnaccia, Peter J., Vega, William A., Duan, Naihua, ...

To evaluate the prevalence of mental disorders for persons of non-English-language origin, it is essential to use translated diagnostic interviews. The equivalence of translated surveys is rarely...

Book Review Multilevel Modeling: Methodological Advances, Issues, and Applications (2007)

Kimberly S. Maier, Raymond Mapuranga, Edited Stephen Reise, Naihua Duan

Interest in multilevel modeling has exploded over the past two decades, and research applying these statistical models has become more common in educational measurement contexts. Several textbooks...

Sample designs and sampling methods for the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies (CPES) (2004)

Heeringa, Steven G., Wagner, James, Torres, Myriam, Duan, Naihua, Adams, Terry, Berglund, Patricia A.

This paper provides an overview of the probability sample designs and sampling methods for the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies (CPES): the National Comorbidity Survey Replication...

Waiting for organ transplantation: results of an analysis by an Institute of Medicine Committee (2003)

Gibbons, Robert D., Duan, Naihua, Meltzer, David, Pope, Andrew, Penhoet, Edward D., Dubler, Nancy N., ...

One of the most visible and contentious issues regarding the fairness of the original system of organ procurement and allocation is the argument that it resulted in great disparities in the total...

The Ordinary Least Squares Estimation for the General-Link Linear Models, with Applications. (2002)

Duan,Naihua, Li,Ker-Chau

For a general link linear model (GLLM), we show that the OLS estimate of the slope vector is strongly consistent up to a multiplicative scale, even though the model might actually be nonlinear....

Slicing Regression: A Link-Free Regression Method, (1998)

Duan, Naihua, Li, Ker-Chau

Regression analysis is usually based on a working model. For example, we might assume a certain standard linear model where y denotes a scalar outcome variable, x denotes a d-dimensional column...

Nonparametric $n\sp {-1/2}$-consistent estimation for the general transformation models (1997)

Ye, Jianming, Duan, Naihua

We propose simple estimators for the transformation function $\Lambda$ and the distribution function F of the error for the model $$\Lambda (Y) = \alpha + \mathbf{X} \mathbf{\beta} + \varepsilon.$$...

Sensitivity analysis for Box-Cox power transformation model: Contrast parameters (1993)

DUAN, NAIHUA

Sensitivity analysis is an important tool for the evaluation of scientific models. We consider the Box-Cox power transformation model and study the sensitivity for the estimated slope vector when...

Delays and Unmet Need for Health Care Among Adult Primary Care Patients in a Restructured Urban Public Health System

Diamant, Allison L., Hays, Ron D., Morales, Leo S., Ford, Wesley, Calmes, Daphne, Asch, Steven, ...

Objectives. We estimated the prevalence and determinants of delayed and unmet needs for medical care among patients in a restructured public health system.

Delays and Unmet Need for Health Care Among Adult Primary Care Patients in a Restructured Urban Public Health System

Diamant, Allison L., Hays, Ron D., Morales, Leo S., Ford, Wesley, Calmes, Daphne, Asch, Steven, ...

Objectives. We estimated the prevalence and determinants of delayed and unmet needs for medical care among patients in a restructured public health system.

HIV vaccine knowledge and beliefs among communities at elevated risk: conspiracies, questions and confusion.

Roberts, Kathleen Johnston, Newman, Peter A., Duan, Naihua, Rudy, Ellen T.

HIV vaccines offer the best long-term hope of controlling the AIDS pandemic. We explored HIV vaccine knowledge and beliefs among communities at elevated risk for HIV/AIDS. Participants (N=99; median...

Testing Language Effects in Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys with Randomized Experiments: Results from the National Latino and Asian American Study

Shrout, Patrick E., Alegría, Margarita, Canino, Glorisa, Guarnaccia, Peter J., Vega, William A., Duan, Naihua, ...

To evaluate the prevalence of mental disorders for persons of non-English-language origin, it is essential to use translated diagnostic interviews. The equivalence of translated surveys is rarely...

The Effect of Social Support on Mental and Behavioral Outcomes Among Adolescents With Parents With HIV/AIDS

Lee, Sung-Jae, Detels, Roger, Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane, Duan, Naihua

Objectives. We examined the associations between social support and mental and behavioral outcomes among adolescents whose parents were infected with or died of HIV/AIDS.