Patrick Remington
Biographic Data
| ID | 6643181 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick Remington |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Remington |
| SIGNATURE | REMINGTON P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0360-7097 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 115 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Trends in US Life Expectancy
Trends in US Life Expectancy: Falling Behind and Failing to Act Patrick L. Remington MD, MPH Affiliation Patrick L. Remington is with the Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison. CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Patrick L. Remington, MD, MPH, 610 Walnut St, Rm 1007, Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wiscons…
Moving From Public Health Surveillance to Action
AffiliationsElizabeth M. Stein is with the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Department, Guthrie, Ithaca, NY. Patrick L. Remington is with the Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Life Outside
Homelessness is one of the largest social issues currently in the United States.This study specifically investigates the lived experiences of those who are or were homeless in Madison, Wisconsin, to identify the uniquely pivotal aspects of their lives that led them down the path of homelessness. This study is based on participant observation and semistructured interviews with those who have personally experienced homelessness in Madison. The find…
The Epidemic of Despair Among White Americans
Objectives. To evaluate trends in premature death rates by cause of death, age, race, and urbanization level in the United States. Methods. We calculated cause-specific death rates using the Compressed Mortality File, National Center for Health Statistics data for adults aged 25 to 64 years in 2 time periods: 1999 to 2001 and 2013 to 2015. We defined 48 subpopulations by 10-year age groups, race/ethnicity, and county urbanization level (large urb…
All Models Are Wrong; Some Are Useful
AffiliationsPatrick L. Remington is with the Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The County Health Rankings
BACKGROUND: Annually since 2010, the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have produced the County Health Rankings-a "population health checkup" for the nation's over 3,000 counties. The purpose of this paper is to review the background and rationale for the Rankings, explain in detail the methods we use to create the health rankings in each state, and discuss the strengths and limitations ass…
The association between motor vehicle injuries and health-related quality of life
Lessons Learned from a Community-Based Participatory Research Project to Improve American Indian Cancer Surveillance
This project demonstrates the successful application of CBPR in a complex multisite project with multiple partners using collective resources to address cancer health disparities
Ranking Community Health Status to Stimulate Discussion of Local Public Health Issues
United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings, which ranks the states from “least healthy” to “healthiest,” receives wide press coverage and promotes discussion of public health issues. The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute used the United Health Foundation’s model to develop the Wisconsin County Health Rankings (“Health Rankings”) from existing county-level data. The institute first released the rankings in 2004. A surve…
New Challenges for Telephone Survey Research in the Twenty-First Century
Telephone surveys are critical for examining cross-sectional characteristics of population subgroups, tracking trends in prevalence of conditions and risk behaviors over time, identifying risk factors associated with multiple health conditions, and assessing the effects of interventions. Technology has aided telephone research through advances such as computer-assisted telephone interviewing. However, technology such as answering machines and cal…
Infant Mortality
A method to guide community planning and evaluation efforts in tobacco control using data on smoking during pregnancy
Modelling trends in the prevalence of smoking using locally collected data enables communities to set reasonable future tobacco control objectives that account for historical trends in progress
Breast and cervical cancer screening in a low-income managed care sample
A randomized trial was conducted to evaluate the combined impact of a physician reminder letter and a telephone contact on the use of Pap tests and mammograms in a low-income managed care program. Women 40 to 79 years of age who were past due for cancer screening were randomly assigned to an intervention or control group. Medical claims were reviewed after 6 months to determine intervention effectiveness. The odds of receiving all needed cancer s…
Smoking as a contributing cause of death in Wisconsin, United States, 1990
The utility of HMO data for the surveillance of chronic diseases
In an area served by a single medical center that operates as both health maintenance organization (HMO) and fee-for-service clinic, we reviewed existing computerized medical records to determine the prevalence of 11 diseases. Standardized medical care utilization prevalence ratios, comparing the annual prevalences in the two groups, varied from 1.38 for rheumatoid arthritis to 0.60 for liver cirrhosis. Unless supplemented by data from hospitals,…
Excise tax increases and cigarette sales
Excise tax increases and cigarette sales. D E Peterson, S L Zeger, P L Remington, and H A AndersonCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.83.6.910 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Impact of a smoke-free policy on prisoners in Wisconsin, United States
Correspondence to : Dr G Pezzino, Wisconsin Division of Health, 1400 East Washington Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53703-3041, USA. Abstract Objective -To assess the impact of re strictive smoking policies in prisons on prisoners9 smoking attitudes and beha viours. Design A prospective observational study was carried out in a smoke-free prison and in a prison where smoking was allowed. Prisoners completed a question naire at the time of release. Smo…
The effect of state cigarette tax increases on cigarette sales, 1955 to 1988
We evaluated the effect of state cigarette tax increases on cigarette sales in the 50 states for the years 1955 to 1988. State cigarette tax increases were associated with an average decline in cigarette consumption of three cigarette packs per capita (about 2.4%). Larger tax increases were associated with larger declines in consumption. Raising state cigarette taxes appears to be an effective public health intervention that can reduce cigarette …
A comparison of alcohol sales data with survey data on self-reported alcohol use in 21 states
We used data from 21 states that participated in the 1985 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to compare state-specific per capita self-reported alcohol consumption and the prevalence of three drinking behaviors with state-specific per capita sales. The correlation coefficient for per capita sales and per capita self-reported consumption for the 21 states was 0.81. Per capita sales were also significantly correlated with the prevalence of …
Long-term Age-Specific Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking Among Hispanics in the United States
To investigate trends in the prevalence of cigarette smoking among different age groups of Mexican-Americans, Cuban-Americans, and Puerto Rican-Americans, the smoking histories of 8,286 adults and adolescents from the 1982-83 Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) were evaluated. Age-specific prevalence rate curves were constructed by using the estimated smoking rates among 8-, 18-, 28-, 38-, 48-, and 58-year-olds from 1923 to …
State-specific progress toward the 1990 objective for the nation for cigarette smoking prevalence
We predicted the smoking prevalences for 1990 for each state in the US, assuming that the decline in each state from 1985-1990 would be the same as the decline in the US from 1965-1985. In 1985, only three states had smoking prevalences less than 25 percent. Based upon the observed decline in smoking in the US from 1965-1985 of 0.5 percent per year, we predict that only seven states will have smoking prevalences less than 25 percent by 1990. Stat…
Smoking by blacks and whites
Using data from the 1985 National Health Interview Survey for persons aged 25-64 years, we controlled simultaneously for socioeconomic status (SES), demographic factors, and race in multivariate logistic regression analyses. We found that the odds of ever smoking are not higher for Blacks compared with Whites, when the other variables are controlled. By contrast, the odds of heavy smoking for Blacks are far less than for Whites, while Blacks are …
The social and economic costs of alcohol abuse in Minnesota, 1983
Alcohol abuse in the State of Minnesota has an impact on health, health care resources, and the economy. Alcohol abuse was related to 3.3 per cent (1,150) of deaths in Minnesota in 1983; of these, almost one-third were the result of fatal injuries. Alcohol abuse contributed to 12 per cent (33,909) of all years of potential life lost, two-thirds of which were secondary to injury. The estimated cost of alcohol abuse ranged from $1.4 billion to $2.1…
Alcohol and body weight in United States adults
Alcohol contributes more than 10 per cent of the total caloric intake of adult drinkers in the United States. However, the effect of alcohol on body weight has not been adequately studied in the general population. The association between weight and frequency of alcohol consumption was examined in two national cross-sectional surveys: the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HANESII; n = 10,929) and the Behavioral Risk Factor …
Smoking by blacks and whites
Using data from the 1985 National Health Interview Survey for persons aged 25-64 years, we controlled simultaneously for socioeconomic status (SES), demographic factors, and race in multivariate logistic regression analyses. We found that the odds of ever smoking are not higher for Blacks compared with Whites, when the other variables are controlled. By contrast, the odds of heavy smoking for Blacks are far less than for Whites, while Blacks are …
The Epidemic of Despair Among White Americans
Objectives. To evaluate trends in premature death rates by cause of death, age, race, and urbanization level in the United States. Methods. We calculated cause-specific death rates using the Compressed Mortality File, National Center for Health Statistics data for adults aged 25 to 64 years in 2 time periods: 1999 to 2001 and 2013 to 2015. We defined 48 subpopulations by 10-year age groups, race/ethnicity, and county urbanization level (large urb…
Alcohol and body weight in United States adults
Alcohol contributes more than 10 per cent of the total caloric intake of adult drinkers in the United States. However, the effect of alcohol on body weight has not been adequately studied in the general population. The association between weight and frequency of alcohol consumption was examined in two national cross-sectional surveys: the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HANESII; n = 10,929) and the Behavioral Risk Factor …
The effect of state cigarette tax increases on cigarette sales, 1955 to 1988
We evaluated the effect of state cigarette tax increases on cigarette sales in the 50 states for the years 1955 to 1988. State cigarette tax increases were associated with an average decline in cigarette consumption of three cigarette packs per capita (about 2.4%). Larger tax increases were associated with larger declines in consumption. Raising state cigarette taxes appears to be an effective public health intervention that can reduce cigarette …
Breast and cervical cancer screening in a low-income managed care sample
A randomized trial was conducted to evaluate the combined impact of a physician reminder letter and a telephone contact on the use of Pap tests and mammograms in a low-income managed care program. Women 40 to 79 years of age who were past due for cancer screening were randomly assigned to an intervention or control group. Medical claims were reviewed after 6 months to determine intervention effectiveness. The odds of receiving all needed cancer s…
Ranking Community Health Status to Stimulate Discussion of Local Public Health Issues
United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings, which ranks the states from “least healthy” to “healthiest,” receives wide press coverage and promotes discussion of public health issues. The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute used the United Health Foundation’s model to develop the Wisconsin County Health Rankings (“Health Rankings”) from existing county-level data. The institute first released the rankings in 2004. A surve…
The social and economic costs of alcohol abuse in Minnesota, 1983
Alcohol abuse in the State of Minnesota has an impact on health, health care resources, and the economy. Alcohol abuse was related to 3.3 per cent (1,150) of deaths in Minnesota in 1983; of these, almost one-third were the result of fatal injuries. Alcohol abuse contributed to 12 per cent (33,909) of all years of potential life lost, two-thirds of which were secondary to injury. The estimated cost of alcohol abuse ranged from $1.4 billion to $2.1…
Lessons Learned from a Community-Based Participatory Research Project to Improve American Indian Cancer Surveillance
This project demonstrates the successful application of CBPR in a complex multisite project with multiple partners using collective resources to address cancer health disparities
State-specific progress toward the 1990 objective for the nation for cigarette smoking prevalence
We predicted the smoking prevalences for 1990 for each state in the US, assuming that the decline in each state from 1985-1990 would be the same as the decline in the US from 1965-1985. In 1985, only three states had smoking prevalences less than 25 percent. Based upon the observed decline in smoking in the US from 1965-1985 of 0.5 percent per year, we predict that only seven states will have smoking prevalences less than 25 percent by 1990. Stat…
A comparison of alcohol sales data with survey data on self-reported alcohol use in 21 states
We used data from 21 states that participated in the 1985 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to compare state-specific per capita self-reported alcohol consumption and the prevalence of three drinking behaviors with state-specific per capita sales. The correlation coefficient for per capita sales and per capita self-reported consumption for the 21 states was 0.81. Per capita sales were also significantly correlated with the prevalence of …
The social and economic costs of alcohol abuse in Minnesota, 1983
Alcohol abuse in the State of Minnesota has an impact on health, health care resources, and the economy. Alcohol abuse was related to 3.3 per cent (1,150) of deaths in Minnesota in 1983; of these, almost one-third were the result of fatal injuries. Alcohol abuse contributed to 12 per cent (33,909) of all years of potential life lost, two-thirds of which were secondary to injury. The estimated cost of alcohol abuse ranged from $1.4 billion to $2.1…
Alcohol and body weight in United States adults
Alcohol contributes more than 10 per cent of the total caloric intake of adult drinkers in the United States. However, the effect of alcohol on body weight has not been adequately studied in the general population. The association between weight and frequency of alcohol consumption was examined in two national cross-sectional surveys: the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HANESII; n = 10,929) and the Behavioral Risk Factor …
Smoking by blacks and whites
Using data from the 1985 National Health Interview Survey for persons aged 25-64 years, we controlled simultaneously for socioeconomic status (SES), demographic factors, and race in multivariate logistic regression analyses. We found that the odds of ever smoking are not higher for Blacks compared with Whites, when the other variables are controlled. By contrast, the odds of heavy smoking for Blacks are far less than for Whites, while Blacks are …
Long-term Age-Specific Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking Among Hispanics in the United States
To investigate trends in the prevalence of cigarette smoking among different age groups of Mexican-Americans, Cuban-Americans, and Puerto Rican-Americans, the smoking histories of 8,286 adults and adolescents from the 1982-83 Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) were evaluated. Age-specific prevalence rate curves were constructed by using the estimated smoking rates among 8-, 18-, 28-, 38-, 48-, and 58-year-olds from 1923 to …
State-specific progress toward the 1990 objective for the nation for cigarette smoking prevalence
We predicted the smoking prevalences for 1990 for each state in the US, assuming that the decline in each state from 1985-1990 would be the same as the decline in the US from 1965-1985. In 1985, only three states had smoking prevalences less than 25 percent. Based upon the observed decline in smoking in the US from 1965-1985 of 0.5 percent per year, we predict that only seven states will have smoking prevalences less than 25 percent by 1990. Stat…
A comparison of alcohol sales data with survey data on self-reported alcohol use in 21 states
We used data from 21 states that participated in the 1985 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to compare state-specific per capita self-reported alcohol consumption and the prevalence of three drinking behaviors with state-specific per capita sales. The correlation coefficient for per capita sales and per capita self-reported consumption for the 21 states was 0.81. Per capita sales were also significantly correlated with the prevalence of …
Impact of a smoke-free policy on prisoners in Wisconsin, United States
Correspondence to : Dr G Pezzino, Wisconsin Division of Health, 1400 East Washington Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53703-3041, USA. Abstract Objective -To assess the impact of re strictive smoking policies in prisons on prisoners9 smoking attitudes and beha viours. Design A prospective observational study was carried out in a smoke-free prison and in a prison where smoking was allowed. Prisoners completed a question naire at the time of release. Smo…
The effect of state cigarette tax increases on cigarette sales, 1955 to 1988
We evaluated the effect of state cigarette tax increases on cigarette sales in the 50 states for the years 1955 to 1988. State cigarette tax increases were associated with an average decline in cigarette consumption of three cigarette packs per capita (about 2.4%). Larger tax increases were associated with larger declines in consumption. Raising state cigarette taxes appears to be an effective public health intervention that can reduce cigarette …
Excise tax increases and cigarette sales
Excise tax increases and cigarette sales. D E Peterson, S L Zeger, P L Remington, and H A AndersonCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.83.6.910 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Smoking as a contributing cause of death in Wisconsin, United States, 1990
The utility of HMO data for the surveillance of chronic diseases
In an area served by a single medical center that operates as both health maintenance organization (HMO) and fee-for-service clinic, we reviewed existing computerized medical records to determine the prevalence of 11 diseases. Standardized medical care utilization prevalence ratios, comparing the annual prevalences in the two groups, varied from 1.38 for rheumatoid arthritis to 0.60 for liver cirrhosis. Unless supplemented by data from hospitals,…
Breast and cervical cancer screening in a low-income managed care sample
A randomized trial was conducted to evaluate the combined impact of a physician reminder letter and a telephone contact on the use of Pap tests and mammograms in a low-income managed care program. Women 40 to 79 years of age who were past due for cancer screening were randomly assigned to an intervention or control group. Medical claims were reviewed after 6 months to determine intervention effectiveness. The odds of receiving all needed cancer s…
A method to guide community planning and evaluation efforts in tobacco control using data on smoking during pregnancy
Modelling trends in the prevalence of smoking using locally collected data enables communities to set reasonable future tobacco control objectives that account for historical trends in progress
New Challenges for Telephone Survey Research in the Twenty-First Century
Telephone surveys are critical for examining cross-sectional characteristics of population subgroups, tracking trends in prevalence of conditions and risk behaviors over time, identifying risk factors associated with multiple health conditions, and assessing the effects of interventions. Technology has aided telephone research through advances such as computer-assisted telephone interviewing. However, technology such as answering machines and cal…
Infant Mortality
Ranking Community Health Status to Stimulate Discussion of Local Public Health Issues
United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings, which ranks the states from “least healthy” to “healthiest,” receives wide press coverage and promotes discussion of public health issues. The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute used the United Health Foundation’s model to develop the Wisconsin County Health Rankings (“Health Rankings”) from existing county-level data. The institute first released the rankings in 2004. A surve…
Lessons Learned from a Community-Based Participatory Research Project to Improve American Indian Cancer Surveillance
This project demonstrates the successful application of CBPR in a complex multisite project with multiple partners using collective resources to address cancer health disparities
The association between motor vehicle injuries and health-related quality of life
The County Health Rankings
BACKGROUND: Annually since 2010, the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have produced the County Health Rankings-a "population health checkup" for the nation's over 3,000 counties. The purpose of this paper is to review the background and rationale for the Rankings, explain in detail the methods we use to create the health rankings in each state, and discuss the strengths and limitations ass…
The Epidemic of Despair Among White Americans
Objectives. To evaluate trends in premature death rates by cause of death, age, race, and urbanization level in the United States. Methods. We calculated cause-specific death rates using the Compressed Mortality File, National Center for Health Statistics data for adults aged 25 to 64 years in 2 time periods: 1999 to 2001 and 2013 to 2015. We defined 48 subpopulations by 10-year age groups, race/ethnicity, and county urbanization level (large urb…
All Models Are Wrong; Some Are Useful
AffiliationsPatrick L. Remington is with the Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Life Outside
Homelessness is one of the largest social issues currently in the United States.This study specifically investigates the lived experiences of those who are or were homeless in Madison, Wisconsin, to identify the uniquely pivotal aspects of their lives that led them down the path of homelessness. This study is based on participant observation and semistructured interviews with those who have personally experienced homelessness in Madison. The find…
Moving From Public Health Surveillance to Action
AffiliationsElizabeth M. Stein is with the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Department, Guthrie, Ithaca, NY. Patrick L. Remington is with the Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Trends in US Life Expectancy
Trends in US Life Expectancy: Falling Behind and Failing to Act Patrick L. Remington MD, MPH Affiliation Patrick L. Remington is with the Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison. CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Patrick L. Remington, MD, MPH, 610 Walnut St, Rm 1007, Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wiscons…
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