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This section contains an abstracted bibliography of published studies that have utilized data from the MA Health Data Consortium. Each article links to a National Library of Medicine abstract. Once an article is selected, you will have access to the NLM's PubMed Database, where you may search for additional healthcare articles by author, title, subject or keyword.
Accidents | Ambulatory Care | Asthma | Back Pain, Surgery | Bronchitis | Cardiovascular Diseases | Cesarean Section | Consumer Satisfaction | Coronary Artery Bypass | Coronary Disease | Cost control | Diagnosis-Related Groups | Home Care Services | Hospitalization, Statistics & Numerical Data | Information Systems | Maternal Health Services | Medically Uninsured | Nursing | Organizations, Nonprofit | Physician's Role | Pneumonia | Poison Control Centers, Standards | Progressive Patient Care | Quality Indicators, Health Care | Socio-economic Factors
Gallagher, Susan
S, MPH; Finison, Karl, MA; Guyer, Bernard, MD, MPH;
Goodenough, Sandra MPH
"The
Incidence of Injuries among 87,000 Massachusetts Children and Adolescents:
Results of the 1980-81 Statewide Childhood Injury Prevention Program
Surveillance System"
American Journal of Public Health - 1984; 74(12):1340-1346
Gallagher, Susan
S, MPH; Guyer, Bernard G, MD, MPH; Kotelchuck, Milton,
PhD, MPH; Bass, Joel, MD; Lovejoy, Frederick, Jr,
MD; McLoughlin, Elizabeth, MA; Mehta, Kishor, MD
"A
Strategy for the Reduction of Childhood Injuries in Massachusetts:
SCIPP"
New England Journal of Medicine - 1982; 307:1015-1019
Guyer, Bernard,
MD, MPH; Gallagher, Susan S, MPH; Chang, Bei-Hung,
MS; Azzara, Carey V, MA; Cupples, L Adrienne, PhD;
Colton, Theodore, ScD
"Prevention
of Childhood Injuries: Evaluation of the Statewide Childhood Injury
Prevention Program (SCIPP)"
American Journal of Public Health - 1989; 79(11)
Bigelow, Barbara;
Arndt, Margarete
"Ambulatory Care Centers: Are They a Competitive
Advantage?"
Hospital and Health Services Administration - 1991 Fall; 36(3)
Cares, Herbert
L; Sternberg, Robert S; Robertson, Edgar T; Caldini,
Paolo, MD
"Ambulatory
Microsurgery for Ruptured Lumbar Disks"
Neurosurgery - 1988 Mar; 22(3)
Homer, Charles,
MD; Szilagyi, P; Rodewald, L Bloom SR; Yazdgerdi,
S; Leventhal, J M; Finkelstein, D; Perrin,
J M
"Does
Quality of Care Affect Rate of Hospitalization for Childhood Asthma?"
Pediatrics - 1996; 98:18-23
Weissman, Joel
S; Gatsonis, C; Epstein, Arnold M, MD, MA
"Rates
of Avoidable Hospitalization by Insurance Status in Massachusetts
and Maryland"
JAMA - 1992; 268(17)
Homer, Charles,
MD; Szilagyi, P; Rodewald, L Bloom SR; Yazdgerdi,
S; Leventhal, J M; Finkelstein, D; Perrin,
J M
"Does
Quality of Care Affect Rate of Hospitalization for Childhood Asthma?"
Pediatrics - 1996; 98:18-23
Payne, Susan, MD,
PhD; Donahue, Charles L Jr, MA; Rappo, Peter, MD;
McNamara, John J, MD, MPH; Bass, Joel, MD; First,
Lewis, MD; Kulig, John, MD, MPH; Palfrey, Sean, MD;
Siegel, Benjamin, MD; Homer, Charles, MD, MPH
"Variations
in Pediatric Pneumonia and Bronchitis/Asthma Admission Rates: Is
Appropriateness a Factor?"
Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine - 1995 Feb; 149:162-169
Bentkover, Judith
D, PhD; Sheshinski, RH; Hedley-Whyte, J; Warfield,
Carol A; Mosteller, Frederick, PhD
"Lower
Back Pain: Laminectomies, Spinal Fusions, Demographics, and Socieconomics"
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care -
1992 Spring; 8(2):309-317
Milamed, Debra
R; Warfield, Carol A, MD; Hedley-Whyte, John; Mosteller,
Frederick
"Laminectomy
and the Treatment of Lower-Back Pain in Massachusetts"
International Journal of Technological Assessment in Health Care
- 1993: 9 (3): 426+
Payne, Susan, MD,
PhD; Donahue, Charles L Jr, MA; Rappo, Peter, MD;
McNamara, John J, MD, MPH; Bass, Joel, MD; First,
Lewis, MD; Kulig, John, MD, MPH; Palfrey, Sean, MD;
Siegel, Benjamin, MD; Homer, Charles, MD, MPH
"Variations
in Pediatric Pneumonia and Bronchitis/Asthma Admission Rates: Is
Appropriateness a Factor?"
Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine - 1995 Feb; 149:162-169
LaMorte, Wayne
W, MD, PhD, MPH; Scott, Thayer E, MPH; Menzoian, James
O, MD
"Racial
Differences in the Incidence of Femoral Bypass and Abdominal Aortic
Aneurysmectomy in Massachusetts: Relationship to Cardiovascular
Risk Factors"
Journal of Vascular Surgery - 1995 Mar; 422-431
Wenneker, Mark
B, MD, MPH; Weissman, Joel S; Epstein, Arnold M, MD,
MA
"The
Association of Payer with Utilization of Cardiac Procedures in Massachusetts"
JAMA - 1990 Sep 12; 264(10)
Acker, David B,
MD; Haas, Susan MD; O'Brien, Elizabeth, MSPH; Donahue,
Charles L Jr, MA; Porrell, Marjorie McGuirk, MS; Sachs,
Benjamin P, MB, BS, DPH
"Cesarean
Birth Rate: Small-Geographic-Area Analysis"
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - 1988 Aug; 159(2):386-388
Haas, Jennifer,
MD, MSPH; Udvarhelyi, I Steven, MD, MS; Epstein, Arnold
M, MD, MA
"The
Effect of Health Coverage For Uninsured Pregnant Women on Maternal
Health and the Use of Cesarean Section"
JAMA - 1993 Jul 7; 270(1):61-64
Tumlinson, Anne;
Stone, Elliot M; Bottigheimer, Hannah; Hendricks,
Ann, PhD; Mahoney, Peter
"Choosing
a Health Plan: What Information will Consumers Use?"
Health Affairs - 1997 May-1997 Jun 30; 229-238
Dalen, James E,
MD; Goldberg, Robert J PhD; D'Arpa, Deborah MBA; Comstock,
Catherine B, MPH; Lerner, Debra J, PhD; Moore, Francis
D, MD
"Coronorary
Heart Disease in Massachusetts: The Years of Change (1980-1984)"
American Heart Journal - 1990 Mar
Ghali, William
A, MD; Hall, Ruth E, MSc; Ash, Arlene S, PhD; Rosen,
AK; Moskowitz, Mark, MD
"Evaluation
of Complication Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Using
Adminsitrative Data"
Methods of Information in Medicine 37 (1998): 192-200
Hall, Ruth E, MsC;
Ash, Arlene S, PhD; Moskowitz, Mark A, MD
"Hospital
Cost of Complications in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery"
American Journal of Cardiology - 1997; 79:1680-1682
Wenneker, Mark
B, MD, MPH; Weissman, Joel S; Epstein, Arnold M, MD,
MA
"The
Association of Payer with Utilization of Cardiac Procedures in Massachusetts"
JAMA - 1990 Sep 12; 264(10)
Ayanian, John Z,
MD, MPP; Epstein, Arnold M, MD, MA
"Differences
in the Use of Procedures Between Women And Men Hospitalized for
Coronary Heart Disease"
New England Journal of Medicine - 1991 Jul 25; 325(4):221-225
Dalen, James E,
MD; Goldberg, Robert J PhD; D'Arpa, Deborah MBA; Comstock,
Catherine B, MPH; Lerner, Debra J, PhD; Moore, Francis
D, MD
"Coronorary
Heart Disease in Massachusetts: The Years of Change (1980-1984)"
American Heart Journal - 1990 Mar
Ghali, William
A, MD; Ash, Arlene S, PhD; Hall, Ruth E, MSc; Moskowitz,
Mark, MD
"Statewide
Quality Improvement Initiatives and Mortality after Cardiac Surgery"
JAMA - 1997 Feb 5; 277(5):pp. 379-420
Ghali, William
A, MD; Hall, Ruth E, MSc; Rosen, AK; Ash, Arlene
S, PhD; Moskowitz, Mark A, MD
"Searching
for an improved Clinical Comorbitity Index for Use with ICD-9-CM
Administrative Data"
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - 1996; 49:273-278
LaMorte, Wayne
W, MD, PhD, MPH; Scott, Thayer E, MPH; Menzoian, James
O, MD
"Racial
Differences in the Incidence of Femoral Bypass and Abdominal Aortic
Aneurysmectomy in Massachusetts: Relationship to Cardiovascular
Risk Factors"
Journal of Vascular Surgery - 1995 Mar; 422-431
Wenneker, Mark
B, MD, MPH; Epstein, Arnold M, MD, MA
"Racial
Inequalities in the Use of Procedures for Patients with Ischemic
Heart Disease in Massachusetts"
JAMA - 1989; 261(2)
Barnes, Benjamin
A, MD; O'Brien, Elizabeth, MSP; Comstock, Catherine
B, MPH; D'Arpa, Deborah, MBA; Donahue, Charles L Jr,
MA
"Report
on Variation in Rates of Utilization of Surgical Services in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts"
JAMA - 1985; 254(3)
Donahue, Charles
L Jr MA; O'Brien, Elizabeth, MSPH
"Keying Review Efforts to Geographic Variations"
Business and Health - 1987 Nov
Kowalczyk, Liz
"Suburban Hospitals Lose Market Share"
The Boston Globe - 2001 Mar 13
Victor, Richard
B
"Work Place Safety: Present Costs, Future Trends"
Business and Health - 1985 May
Ghali, William
A, MD; Hall, Ruth E, MSc; Ash, Arlene S, PhD; Rosen,
AK; Moskowitz, Mark, MD
"Evaluation
of Complication Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Using
Adminsitrative Data"
Methods of Information in Medicine 37 (1998): 192-200
Payne, Susan, MD,
PhD; Donahue, Charles L Jr, MA; Rappo, Peter, MD;
McNamara, John J, MD, MPH; Bass, Joel, MD; First,
Lewis, MD; Kulig, John, MD, MPH; Palfrey, Sean, MD;
Siegel, Benjamin, MD; Homer, Charles, MD, MPH
"Variations
in Pediatric Pneumonia and Bronchitis/Asthma Admission Rates: Is
Appropriateness a Factor?"
Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine - 1995 Feb; 149:162-169
Lerner, Debra J,
PhD; Loew, R M; Musolino, Joseph
"The Outcome of Massachusetts Elderly Patient
Following Hospitalization"
Elders at risk. 1989
Densen, Paul M,
ScD; Fielding, Jonathan E; Getson, Jacob; Stone,
Elliot M, MUA
"The
Collection of Data on Hospital Patients - The Massachusetts Health
Data Consortium Approach"
New England Journal of Medicine - 1980; 302(3): 171-173
Homer, Charles,
MD; Szilagyi, P; Rodewald, L Bloom SR; Yazdgerdi,
S; Leventhal, J M; Finkelstein, D; Perrin,
J M
"Does
Quality of Care Affect Rate of Hospitalization for Childhood Asthma?"
Pediatrics - 1996; 98:18-23
Kuo, EY; Chang, Y; Wright, CD
"Impact of Hospital Volume on Clinical and Economic Outcomes
for Esophagectomy"
Ann Thorac Sug. - 2001 Oct; 72(4): 1118-24
Smith, Gordon S;
Langlois, Jean A; Buechner, Jay S
"Methodological
Issues in Using Hospital Discharge Data to Determine the Incidence
of Hospitalized Injuries"
American Journal of Epidemiology - 1991; 134(10):1146-1158
Stone, Elliot M;
Comstock, Catherine B, MPH; Malbon, Alan J
"A Statewide Patient Origin Study to Identify
Variations in Hospital Utilization"
Massachusetts Journal of Community Health - 1981 Spring; 1(2)
Wenneker, Mark
B, MD, MPH; Epstein, Arnold M, MD, MA
"Racial
Inequalities in the Use of Procedures for Patients with Ischemic
Heart Disease in Massachusetts"
JAMA - 1989; 261(2)
Kropf, Roger, PhD;
Greenberg, James, PhD
"Shared Information Systems: Strategic Analysis
for Hospital Management"
Rockville, MD: Aspen Systems Corporation - 1984
Stone, Elliot M;
Bailit, Michael, MBA; Greenberg, Marjorie, MS; Janes,
Gail R, PhD
"Comprehensive
Health Data Systems Spanning the Public-Private Divide: The Massachusetts
Experience"
American Journal of Preventive Medicine 14.3 - 1998 Apr: 40-45
Haas, Jennifer
S, MD, MSPH; Udvarhelyi, I Steven, MD, MS; Morris,
Catherine N, RN, BSN; Epstein, Arnold M, MD, MA
"The
Effect of Providing Health Coverage to Poor, Uninsured Pregnant
Women in Massachusetts"
JAMA - 1993; 269:87-91
Haas, Jennifer
S, MD, MSPH; Brandenburg, Jennifer A, BA; Udvarhelyi,
I Steven, MD, MS; Epstein, Arnold M, MD, MA
"Creating
a Comprehensive Database to Evaluate Health Coverage for Pregnant
Women: The Completeness and Validity of a Computerized Linkage Algorithm"
Medical Care - 1994; 32(10):1053-1057
Haas, Jennifer,
MD, MSPH; Udvarhelyi, I Steven, MD, MS; Epstein, Arnold
M, MD, MA
"The
Effect of Health Coverage For Uninsured Pregnant Women on Maternal
Health and the Use of Cesarean Section"
JAMA - 1993 Jul 7; 270(1):61-64
Haas, Jennifer
S, MD, MSPH; Udvarhelyi, I Steven, MD, MS; Morris,
Catherine N, RN, BSN; Epstein, Arnold M, MD, MA
"The
Effect of Providing Health Coverage to Poor, Uninsured Pregnant
Women in Massachusetts"
JAMA - 1993; 269:87-91
Haas, Jennifer
S, MD, MSPH; Goldman, Lee, MD, MPH
"Acutely
Injured Patients with Trauma in Massachusetts: Differences in Care
and Mortality, by Insurance Status"
American Journal of Public Health - 1994 Oct; 84(10):1605-1608
Weissman, Joel
S; Gatsonis, C; Epstein, Arnold M, MD, MA
"Rates
of Avoidable Hospitalization by Insurance Status in Massachusetts
and Maryland"
JAMA - 1992; 268(17)
Wenneker, Mark
B, MD, MPH; Weissman, Joel S; Epstein, Arnold M, MD,
MA
"The
Association of Payer with Utilization of Cardiac Procedures in Massachusetts"
JAMA - 1990 Sep 12; 264(10)
Lerner, Debra J,
PhD; D'Agostino, Ralph B; Musolino, Joseph; Malspeis,
S
"Breaking
with Tradition: The New Groups in Nursing"
Medical Care - 1994; 23(1):67-80
Young, D W; Anthony,
R; Irwin, R D
Management Control in Non-Profit Organizations. 4th edition
Mort, Elizabeth
A, MD, MPH; Weissman, Joel S, PhD; Epstein, Arnold,
MD, MA
"Physician
Discretion and Racial Variation in the Use of Surgical Procedures"
Archives of Internal Medicine 154 - 1994: 761-67
Payne, Susan, MD,
PhD; Donahue, Charles L Jr, MA; Rappo, Peter, MD;
McNamara, John J, MD, MPH; Bass, Joel, MD; First,
Lewis, MD; Kulig, John, MD, MPH; Palfrey, Sean, MD;
Siegel, Benjamin, MD; Homer, Charles, MD, MPH
"Variations
in Pediatric Pneumonia and Bronchitis/Asthma Admission Rates: Is
Appropriateness a Factor?"
Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine - 1995 Feb; 149:162-169
Saitz, Richard,
MD; Ghali, William A, MD; Moskowitz, Mark A, MD
"The
Impact of Alcohol-Related Diagnoses on Pneumonia Outcomes"
Archives of Internal Medicine - 1997; 157:1446-1552
Chafee-Bahamon,
Claire, MS; Caplan, Debra, MPA; Lovejoy, Frederick
Jr, MD
"Patterns
in Hospitals' Use of a Regional Poison Information Center"
American Journal of Public Health - 1983; 73(4)
Densen, Paul M,
ScD
"The
Elderly and the Health Care System: Another Perspective"
The Millibank Quarterly - 1987; 65(4):pp. 614-638
Densen, Paul M,
ScD
"Tracing the Elderly through the Health care
system: An update"
AHCPR Monograph - 1991 Jan
Bombardier, Garry,
MD; Fenn, Clark A., RN, MBA; Kaminsky, Frank C., PhD, et
al.
"Analysis of Hospital
Mortality for Continuous Improvement"
Journal of Healthcare
Risk Management - 2001, Spring 23-31.
Donahue, Charles
L Jr, MA; Caplan, Allison I
"Hospitalizations for Preventable Conditions
among Massachusetts Children"
Mothers, Infants, and Children at Risk - 1989
Donahue, Charles
L Jr, MA; Caplan, Allison I
"Hospitalizations for Preventable Conditions
among Massachusetts Elders"
Elders at Risk - 1989
Donahue, Charles
L Jr, MA
"Identifying Problems of Access to Health Care
for Massachusetts Elders"
Elders at Risk - 1989
Stone, Elliot M;
Bailit, Michael, MBA; Greenberg, Marjorie, MS; Janes,
Gail R, PhD
"Comprehensive
Health Data Systems Spanning the Public-Private Divide: The Massachusetts
Experience"
American Journal of Preventive Medicine 14.3 - 1998 Apr: 40-45
Bentkover, Judith
D, PhD; Sheshinski, RH; Hedley-Whyte, J; Warfield,
Carol A; Mosteller, Frederick, PhD
"Lower
Back Pain: Laminectomies, Spinal Fusions, Demographics, and Socieconomics"
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care -
1992 Spring; 8(2):309-317
Donahue, Charles
L Jr, MA; Caplan, Allison I
"Identifying Problems of Access to Health Care
for Massachusetts Children"
Mothers, Infants, and Children at Risk - 1989
Ghali, William
A, MD; Ash, Arlene S, PhD; Hall, Ruth E, MSc; Moskowitz,
Mark, MD
"Statewide
Quality Improvement Initiatives and Mortality after Cardiac Surgery"
JAMA - 1997 Feb 5; 277(5):pp. 379-420
Payne, Susan, MD,
PhD; Donahue, Charles L Jr, MA; Rappo, Peter, MD;
McNamara, John J, MD, MPH; Bass, Joel, MD; First,
Lewis, MD; Kulig, John, MD, MPH; Palfrey, Sean, MD;
Siegel, Benjamin, MD; Homer, Charles, MD, MPH
"Variations
in Pediatric Pneumonia and Bronchitis/Asthma Admission Rates: Is
Appropriateness a Factor?"
Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine - 1995 Feb; 149:162-169
Wenneker, Mark
B, MD, MPH; Epstein, Arnold M, MD, MA
"Racial
Inequalities in the Use of Procedures for Patients with Ischemic
Heart Disease in Massachusetts"
JAMA - 1989; 261(2)
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