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Deborah A. Taira to Hawaii

This is a "connection" page, showing publications Deborah A. Taira has written about Hawaii.
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  1. Taira DA, Tengan K, Takata J, Porter C, Ranken MS, Sentell TL, Seto TB. Exploring Diabetes Clinical Trial Participation: A Diverse Group Interview Study. Ther Innov Regul Sci. 2026 Jan; 60(1):172-181.
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    Score: 0.148
  2. Lim E, Braun KL, Taira D. Resources and Methods for Examining Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Filipino Health Disparities. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2023 10; 82(10 Suppl 1):3-4.
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    Score: 0.130
  3. Sentell TL, Agner JL, Davis J, Mannem S, Seto TB, Valente TW, Vawer M, Taira DA. Social networks in patients hospitalized with preventable conditions for heart disease and diabetes in Hawai'i by health literacy. Chronic Illn. 2022 09; 18(3):517-531.
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    Score: 0.108
  4. Sentell TL, Seto TB, Quensell ML, Malabed JM, Guo M, Vawer MD, Braun KL, Taira DA. Insights in Public Health: Outpatient Care Gaps for Patients Hospitalized with Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in Hawai'i: Beyond Access and Continuity of Care. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2020 03 01; 79(3):91-97.
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    Score: 0.101
  5. Seto J, Davis J, Taira DA. Examining the Association Between Different Aspects of Socioeconomic Status, Race, and Disability in Hawaii. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2018 12; 5(6):1247-1253.
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    Score: 0.088
  6. Taira D, Sentell T, Albright C, Lansidell D, Nakagawa K, Seto T, Stevens JM. Insights in Public Health: Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring: Underuse in Clinical Practice in Hawai'i. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2017 11; 76(11):314-317.
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    Score: 0.086
  7. Sutton CX, Carpenter DA, Sumida W, Taira D. 2016 Writing Contest Undergraduate Winner: The Relationship Between Medication Adherence and Total Healthcare Expenditures by Race/Ethnicity in Patients with Diabetes in Hawai'i. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2017 07; 76(7):183-189.
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    Score: 0.084
  8. Lum CJ, Nakagawa K, Shohet RV, Seto TB, Taira DA. The Cost-Benefit Balance of Statins in Hawai'i: A Moving Target. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2017 04; 76(4):99-102.
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    Score: 0.083
  9. Sentell T, Ahn HJ, Miyamura J, Taira DA. Thirty-Day Inpatient Readmissions for Asian American and Pacific Islander Subgroups Compared With Whites. Med Care Res Rev. 2018 02; 75(1):100-126.
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    Score: 0.081
  10. Seto JC, Davis JW, Taira DA. E-cigarette Use Related to Demographic Factors in Hawai'i. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2016 10; 75(10):295-302.
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    Score: 0.080
  11. Davis J, Tam E, Taira D. Disparate Rates of Utilization and Progression to Combined Heart Failure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease among Asians and Pacific Islanders in Hawai'i. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2016 08; 75(8):228-34.
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    Score: 0.079
  12. Sentell TL, Seto TB, Young MM, Vawer M, Quensell ML, Braun KL, Taira DA. Pathways to potentially preventable hospitalizations for diabetes and heart failure: a qualitative analysis of patient perspectives. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 07 26; 16:300.
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    Score: 0.079
  13. Tan C, Haumea S, Juarez DT, Grimm C. A descriptive study of Marshallese and Chuukese patients with diabetes in Hawai'i. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2014 Jun; 73(6):168-71.
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    Score: 0.068
  14. Taira DA, Gelber RP, Davis J, Gronley K, Chung RS, Seto TB. Antihypertensive adherence and drug class among Asian Pacific Americans. Ethn Health. 2007 Jun; 12(3):265-81.
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    Score: 0.042
  15. Nakagawa K, Lim E, Harvey S, Miyamura J, Juarez DT. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Association Between Preeclampsia Risk Factors and Preeclampsia Among Women Residing in Hawaii. Matern Child Health J. 2016 09; 20(9):1814-24.
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    Score: 0.040
  16. Juarez DT, Seto J, Guimaraes A, Masterson J, Davis J, Seto TB. Hawaii state legislator views on e-cigarettes and likelihood of legislative action. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2015 Sep-Oct; 55(5):511-6.
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    Score: 0.037
  17. Guo MW, Ahn HJ, Juarez DT, Miyamura J, Sentell TL. Length of Stay and Deaths in Diabetes-Related Preventable Hospitalizations Among Asian American, Pacific Islander, and White Older Adults on Medicare, Hawai'i, December 2006-December 2010. Prev Chronic Dis. 2015 Aug 06; 12:E124.
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    Score: 0.037
  18. Lim E, Cheng Y, Reuschel C, Mbowe O, Ahn HJ, Juarez DT, Miyamura J, Seto TB, Chen JJ. Risk-Adjusted In-Hospital Mortality Models for Congestive Heart Failure and Acute Myocardial Infarction: Value of Clinical Laboratory Data and Race/Ethnicity. Health Serv Res. 2015 Aug; 50 Suppl 1:1351-71.
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    Score: 0.037
  19. Sentell TL, Ahn HJ, Miyamura J, Juarez DT. Cost Burden of Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes for Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Whites in Hawai'i. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2015 May; 26(2 Suppl):63-82.
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    Score: 0.036
  20. Juarez DT, Guimaraes A, Seto B, Davis JW. Medicare reimbursement to ophthalmologists: a comparison of Hawai'i to other states. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2015 May; 74(5):169-73.
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    Score: 0.036
  21. Lee R, Taira DA. Adherence to oral hypoglycemic agents in Hawaii. Prev Chronic Dis. 2005 Apr; 2(2):A09.
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    Score: 0.036
  22. Nakagawa K, Galati A, Juarez DT. The excess cost of interisland transfer of intracerebral hemorrhage patients. Am J Emerg Med. 2015 Apr; 33(4):512-5.
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    Score: 0.035
  23. Goo RA, Ma C, Juarez DT. Disparities in medication therapy in patients with heart failure across the State of Hawai'i. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2015 Jan; 74(1):5-8.
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    Score: 0.035
  24. Juarez DT, Ma C, Kumasaka A, Shimada R, Davis J. Failure to reach target glycated a1c levels among patients with diabetes who are adherent to their antidiabetic medication. Popul Health Manag. 2014 Aug; 17(4):218-23.
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    Score: 0.034
  25. Taira D, Gronley K, Chung R. Patient characteristics, health status, and health-related behaviors associated with obesity. Hawaii Med J. 2004 May; 63(5):150-4.
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    Score: 0.034
  26. Chung-Do JJ, Scott SK, Jones BR, Look MA, Taira DA, Palafox NA, Farrar K, Mau MKLM. "Community 101 for researchers": an online training program to build capacity for ethical community-engaged research with Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1121748.
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    Score: 0.033
  27. Davis J, Chavez B, Juarez DT. Adjustments to diabetes medications in response to increases in hemoglobin a1c: an epidemiologic study. Ann Pharmacother. 2014 Jan; 48(1):41-7.
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    Score: 0.033
  28. Ma CS, Batz F, Juarez DT, Ladao LC. Drug take back in Hawai'i: partnership between the University of Hawai'i Hilo College of Pharmacy and the Narcotics Enforcement Division. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2014 Jan; 73(1):26-31.
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    Score: 0.033
  29. Taira DA, Iwane KA, Chung RS. Prescription drugs: elderly enrollee reports of financial access, receipt of free samples, and discussion of generic equivalents related to type of coverage. Am J Manag Care. 2003 Apr; 9(4):305-12.
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    Score: 0.031
  30. Juarez DT, Davis JW, Brady SK, Chung RS. Prevalence of heart disease and its risk factors related to age in Asians, Pacific Islanders, and Whites in Hawai'i. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 Aug; 23(3):1000-10.
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    Score: 0.030
  31. Ashby J, Juarez DT, Berthiaume J, Sibley P, Chung RS. The relationship of hospital quality and cost per case in Hawaii. Inquiry. 2012; 49(1):65-74.
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    Score: 0.029
  32. Taira DA, Iwane K, Yamashita P, Chung RS. Correlating physical and mental health status with satisfaction in a health plan. Manag Care Interface. 2001 Oct; 14(10):51-6.
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    Score: 0.028
  33. Davis JW, Chung R, Juarez DT. Prevalence of comorbid conditions with aging among patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Hawaii Med J. 2011 Oct; 70(10):209-13.
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    Score: 0.028
  34. Uchima O, Taira DA, Ahn HJ, Choi SY, Okihiro M, Sentell T. Disparities in Potentially Preventable Emergency Department Visits for Children with Asthma among Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Whites in Hawai'i. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 07 02; 18(13).
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    Score: 0.028
  35. Chen JY, Kang N, Juarez DT, Yermilov I, Braithwaite RS, Hodges KA, Legorreta A, Chung RS. Heart failure patients receiving ACEIs/ARBs were less likely to be hospitalized or to use emergency care in the following year. J Healthc Qual. 2011 Jul-Aug; 33(4):29-36.
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    Score: 0.027
  36. Schwartz SM, Ireland C, Strecher V, Nakao D, Wang C, Juarez D. The economic value of a wellness and disease prevention program. Popul Health Manag. 2010 Dec; 13(6):309-17.
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    Score: 0.027
  37. Davis JW, Fujimoto RY, Chan H, Juarez DT. Identifying characteristics of patients with low urgency emergency department visits in a managed care setting. Manag Care. 2010 Oct; 19(10):38-44.
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    Score: 0.026
  38. Chen JY, Kang N, Juarez DT, Hodges KA, Chung RS, Legorreta AP. Impact of a pay-for-performance program on low performing physicians. J Healthc Qual. 2010 Jan-Feb; 32(1):13-21; quiz 21-2.
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    Score: 0.025
  39. Davis J, Lim E, Taira DA, Chen J. Healthcare network analysis of patients with diabetes and their physicians. Am J Manag Care. 2019 07 01; 25(7):e192-e197.
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    Score: 0.024
  40. Kawakami C, Taira D, Prudencio J. Use of Psychotropic Medications by Older Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department After Fall-Related Injuries. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2019 07; 78(7):240-244.
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    Score: 0.024
  41. Kim JK, Garrett L, Latimer R, Nishizaki LK, Kimura JA, Taira D, Sentell T. Ke Ku'una Na'au: A Native Hawaiian Behavioral Health Initiative at The Queen's Medical Center. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2019 06; 78(6 Suppl 1):83-89.
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    Score: 0.024
  42. Davis JW, Fujimoto RY, Chan H, Juarez DT. Factors affecting the influenza vaccination of high risk adults in Hawai'i. Hawaii Med J. 2009 Apr; 68(3):50-4.
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    Score: 0.024
  43. Maskarinec G, Erber E, Grandinetti A, Verheus M, Oum R, Hopping BN, Schmidt MM, Uchida A, Juarez DT, Hodges K, Kolonel LN. Diabetes incidence based on linkages with health plans: the multiethnic cohort. Diabetes. 2009 Aug; 58(8):1732-8.
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    Score: 0.024
  44. Vawer M, Rutiz R, Tukuafu V, Whatley K, Hanchett K, Kahaleuahi L, Park L, Minn M, Blackburn B, Young M, Muneno A, Taira DA, Sentell T, Seto TB. Insights in Public Health: Hana Pu No Ke Ola O Hana ("Working Together for the Health of Hana"): Our 14-year CBPR Journey. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2019 03; 78(3):111-114.
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    Score: 0.024
  45. Malabed JM, Taira DA, Seto TB, Braun KL, Sentell T. 2017 Writing Contest Undergraduate Winner: Pathways to Preventable Hospitalizations for Filipino Patients with Diabetes and Heart Disease in Hawai'i. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2018 07; 77(7):155-160.
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    Score: 0.023
  46. Kretzer K, Juarez DT, Davis J. Initial antihypertensive prescriptions, switching patterns and adherence among insured patients in Hawai'i. Hawaii Med J. 2008 Apr; 67(4):96-99, 111.
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    Score: 0.022
  47. Davis J, Fujimoto RY, Juarez DT, Hodges KA, Asam JK. Major depression associated with rates of cardiovascular disease state transitions. Am J Manag Care. 2008 Mar; 14(3):125-8.
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    Score: 0.022
  48. Quensell ML, Taira DA, Seto TB, Braun KL, Sentell TL. "I Need my Own Place to get Better": Patient Perspectives on the Role of Housing in Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2017; 28(2):784-797.
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    Score: 0.020
  49. Nakagawa K, Ahn HJ, Taira DA, Miyamura J, Sentell TL. Ethnic Comparison of 30-Day Potentially Preventable Readmissions After Stroke in Hawaii. Stroke. 2016 10; 47(10):2611-7.
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    Score: 0.020
  50. Sentell TL, Juarez DT, Ahn HJ, Tseng CW, Chen JJ, Salvail FR, Miyamura J, Mau MK. Disparities in diabetes-related preventable hospitalizations among working-age Native Hawaiians and Asians in Hawai'i. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2014 Dec; 73(12 Suppl 3):8-13.
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    Score: 0.018
  51. Sentell TL, Ahn HJ, Juarez DT, Tseng CW, Chen JJ, Salvail FR, Miyamura J, Mau ML. Comparison of potentially preventable hospitalizations related to diabetes among Native Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino, and Japanese elderly compared with whites, Hawai'i, December 2006-December 2010. Prev Chronic Dis. 2013 Jul 25; 10:E123.
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    Score: 0.016
  52. Juarez DT, Sentell T, Tokumaru S, Goo R, Davis JW, Mau MM. Factors associated with poor glycemic control or wide glycemic variability among diabetes patients in Hawaii, 2006-2009. Prev Chronic Dis. 2012; 9:120065.
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    Score: 0.014
  53. Gilmore AS, Zhao Y, Kang N, Ryskina KL, Legorreta AP, Taira DA, Chung RS. Patient outcomes and evidence-based medicine in a preferred provider organization setting: a six-year evaluation of a physician pay-for-performance program. Health Serv Res. 2007 Dec; 42(6 Pt 1):2140-59; discussion 2294-323.
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    Score: 0.011
  54. Halliday T, Taira DA, Davis J, Chan H. Socioeconomic disparities in breast cancer screening in Hawaii. Prev Chronic Dis. 2007 Oct; 4(4):A91.
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    Score: 0.011
  55. Breton AR, Taira DA, Burns E, O'Leary J, Chung RS. Follow-up services after an emergency department visit for substance abuse. Am J Manag Care. 2007 Sep; 13(9):497-505.
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    Score: 0.011
  56. Zhu J, Davis J, Taira DA, Yamashita M. The impact of seeing physicians new to a patient on the response to screening reminders. Med Care. 2006 Oct; 44(10):908-13.
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    Score: 0.010
  57. Davis JW, Taira D, Chung RS. Variations in clinical practice among the Hawaiian islands. Hawaii Med J. 2006 Aug; 65(8):226-30.
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    Score: 0.010
  58. Davis JW, Taira D, Chung RS. Health disparities in 30 indicators of recommended clinical care. J Healthc Qual. 2006 May-Jun; 28(3):32-41.
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    Score: 0.010
  59. Yanagihara DM, Taira DA, Davis J, Gronley KA, Marciel C, Lee E, Tice A. A health plan intervention to improve pneumococcal vaccination in the elderly. Manag Care Interface. 2005 Sep; 18(9):25-30.
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    Score: 0.009
  60. Kajioka EH, Itoman EM, Li ML, Taira DA, Li GG, Yamamoto LG. Pediatric prescription pick-up rates after ED visits. Am J Emerg Med. 2005 Jul; 23(4):454-8.
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    Score: 0.009
  61. Davis JW, Lee E, Taira DA, Chung RS. Influenza vaccination, hospitalizations, and costs among members of a Medicare managed care plan. Med Care. 2001 Dec; 39(12):1273-80.
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    Score: 0.007
  62. Seto TB, Mittleman MA, Davis RB, Taira DA, Kawachi I. Seasonal variation in coronary artery disease mortality in Hawaii: observational study. BMJ. 1998 Jun 27; 316(7149):1946-7.
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    Score: 0.006
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