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Recent growth in Medicare Advantage enrollment associated with decreased fee-for-service spending in certain US counties
Published in Health Affairs, 2016
Recommended citation: Johnson G, Figueroa JF, Zhou X, Orav EJ, Jha AK. (2016). "Recent growth in Medicare Advantage enrollment associated with decreased fee-for-service spending in certain US counties." Health Affairs. 35(9):1707–1715.
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Safety-net hospitals face more barriers yet use fewer strategies to reduce readmissions
Published in Medical Care, 2017
Recommended citation: Figueroa JF, Joynt KE, Zhou X, Orav EJ, Jha AK. (2017). "Safety-net hospitals face more barriers yet use fewer strategies to reduce readmissions." Medical Care. 55(3):229–235.
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Characteristics and spending patterns of high cost, non-elderly adults in Massachusetts
Published in Healthcare, 2017
Recommended citation: Figueroa JF, Frakt AB, Lyon ZM, Zhou X, Jha AK. (2017). "Characteristics and spending patterns of high cost, non-elderly adults in Massachusetts." Healthcare. 5(4):165–170.
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Hospital-level care coordination strategies associated with better patient experience
Published in BMJ Quality & Safety, 2018
Recommended citation: Figueroa JF, Feyman Y, Zhou X, Joynt Maddox K. (2018). "Hospital-level care coordination strategies associated with better patient experience." BMJ Quality & Safety. 27(10):844–851.
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Persistence and drivers of high-cost status among dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries
Published in Annals of Internal Medicine, 2018
Recommended citation: Figueroa JF, Lyon Z, Zhou X, Grabowski DC, Jha AK. (2018). "Persistence and drivers of high-cost status among dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries: an observational study." Annals of Internal Medicine. 169(8):528–534.
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Characteristics and spending patterns of persistently high-cost Medicare patients
Published in Health Affairs, 2019
Recommended citation: Figueroa JF, Zhou X, Jha AK. (2019). "Characteristics and spending patterns of persistently high-cost Medicare patients." Health Affairs. 38(1):107–114.
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Trends in opioid use disorder and overdose among opioid-naive individuals receiving an opioid prescription in Massachusetts from 2011 to 2014
Published in Addiction, 2020
Recommended citation: Burke LG, Zhou X, Boyle KL, Orav EJ, Bernson D, Hood ME, Land T, Bharel M, Frakt AB. (2020). "Trends in opioid use disorder and overdose among opioid-naive individuals receiving an opioid prescription in Massachusetts from 2011 to 2014." Addiction. 115(3):493–504.
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Time dynamics of COVID-19
Published in Scientific Reports, 2020
Open access. Functional data analysis of epidemic curves.
Recommended citation: Carroll C, Bhattacharjee S, Chen Y, Dubey P, Fan J, Gajardo Á, Zhou X, Müller HG, Wang JL. (2020). "Time dynamics of COVID-19." Scientific Reports. 10:21040.
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Detection of second primary lung cancers on surveillance imaging following stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer
Published in Clinical Lung Cancer, 2022
Recommended citation: Aldin MK, Qi L, Zhou X, Kahn LA, Daly ME. (2022). "Detection of second primary lung cancers on surveillance imaging following stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer." Clinical Lung Cancer. 23(3):e222–e230.
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The dynamics of ideology drift among US Supreme Court justices: a functional data analysis
Published in PLOS ONE, 2022
Open access. Functional data analysis of ideological trajectories from the justices’ votes.
Recommended citation: Zhou X, Müller HG. (2022). "The dynamics of ideology drift among US Supreme Court justices: a functional data analysis." PLOS ONE. 17(7):e0269598.
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Metagenomic features of bioburden serve as outcome indicators in combat extremity wounds
Published in Scientific Reports, 2022
Open access.
Recommended citation: Avila-Herrera A, Thissen JB, Mulakken N, Schobel SA, Morrison MD, Zhou X, Grey SF, Lisboa FA, Unselt D, Mabery S, et al. (2022). "Metagenomic features of bioburden serve as outcome indicators in combat extremity wounds." Scientific Reports. 12:13816.
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Estimating treatment effect in randomized trial after control to treatment crossover using external controls
Published in Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, 2024
Estimators for the treatment effect after participants on the control arm later receive the treatment, using external controls.
Recommended citation: Zhou X, Pang H, Drake C, Burger HU, Zhu J. (2024). "Estimating treatment effect in randomized trial after control to treatment crossover using external controls." Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics. 34(6):893–921.
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Causal estimators for incorporating external controls in randomized trials with longitudinal outcomes
Published in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2025
Methods for using data from outside a trial as a comparison group when the outcome is measured over time.
Recommended citation: Zhou X, Zhu J, Drake C, Pang H. (2025). "Causal estimators for incorporating external controls in randomized trials with longitudinal outcomes." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society. 188(3):791–818.
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talks
Estimating long-term treatment effect in the open-label extension phase using external controls
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Estimating long-term treatment effect in the open-label extension phase using external controls
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Oral presentation.
teaching
STA 13, Elementary Statistics
Instructor, Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis, 2021
Fall 2021.
STA 106, Applied Statistical Methods: Analysis of Variance
Instructor, Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis, 2022
Winter 2022.
STA 104, Applied Statistical Methods: Nonparametric Statistics
Instructor, Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis, 2023
Winter 2023.
STA 141A, Fundamentals of Statistical Data Science
Instructor, Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis, 2023
Summer 2023.
STA 103, Applied Statistics for Business and Economics
Instructor, Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis, 2025
Fall 2025.
STA 35A, Statistical Data Science I
Instructor, Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis, 2025
Fall 2025.
EPI 202, Quantitative Epidemiology I: Probability
Co-instructor, Graduate Group of Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, 2026
Fall 2026.