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Dylan Small, PhD

Dylan Small, PhD

Universal Furniture Professor of Statistics and Data Science, Wharton School

Email

dsmall@wharton.upenn.edu

Research Areas

Biography

Dr. Small’s research interests include the design and analysis of experiments and observational studies for comparing treatments, and the applications of statistics to public health, medicine, and economics.

Latest Publications

Implementation of a Secure Firearm Storage Program in Pediatric Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial

JAMA Pediatrics

September 19, 2024
Feedback and Financial Incentives for Reducing Cell Phone Use While Driving

JAMA Network

July 10, 2024
Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial

Circulation logo

April 7, 2024
Default Palliative Care Consultation for Seriously Ill Hospitalized Patients: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial

JAMA Network

January 16, 2024
Using Remotely Monitored Patient Activity Patterns After Hospital Discharge To Predict 30 Day Hospital Readmission: A Randomized Trial

Scientific Reports

May 22, 2023
Racial Disparities in Length of Stay Among Severely Ill Patients Presenting With Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Failure

JAMA Network Open

May 9, 2023
How Physician Self-Perceptions Affect the Impact of Peer Comparison Feedback on Opioid Prescribing

American Journal of Medical Quality

April 5, 2023
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients with Elevated Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: Rationale and Design of the BE ACTIVE Study

American Heart Journal

March 2, 2023
Long-Term Effect of Machine Learning–Triggered Behavioral Nudges on Serious Illness Conversations and End-of-Life Outcomes Among Patients With Cancer

JAMA Oncology

January 12, 2023
Effect of Nudges to Clinicians, Patients, or Both to Increase Statin Prescribing: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Cardiology

December 1, 2022
Equitable Implementation of S.A.F.E. Firearm: A Multi-Method Pilot Study

Preventive Medicine

September 30, 2022
Among-Hospital Variation in ICU Admission Practices and Associated Outcomes for Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

July 28, 2022

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