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Ron D Hays
Joined Apr 2026
University of California, Los Angeles · Internal medicine
Top 1% Worldwide expert in Psychometrics, Social Sciences, Psychological Tests, Informatics, Psychophysiology
Ron D Hays is an expert in Internal medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (United States). Ron D Hays has authored 622 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 9 clinical trials. SLR score: 1,822 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.
I specialize in developing and evaluating patient-reported measures of patient experience with health care and health-related quality of life. In addition, I have published 2 edited books, 44 book chapters, 22 literature reviews, 21 letters to the editor, 31 commentaries, and 709 peer-reviewed journal articles. I served as a deputy editor of MedicalCare, editor-in-chief of Quality of Life Research, and co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes.
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