Alan M Gittelsohn
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6071832 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Alan M Gittelsohn |
| PRENOMES | Alan M |
| SOBRENOME | Gittelsohn |
| ASSINATURA | GITTELSOHN A M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Johns Hopkins University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 85 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1955 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1991 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Income, race, and surgery in Maryland
BACKGROUND. We describe common surgical and medical hospital admission rates for Maryland residents, exploring systematic effects of race and income. METHODS. The data comprise Maryland hospital discharges and population estimates for 1985 to 1987. Patient income is the race-specific median family income of residence zip code. Logistic regression is used to measure incidence by race, income, and residence for surgical and medical reasons for admi…
Poverty, race, and hospitalization for childhood asthma
This study uses Maryland hospital discharge data for the period 1979-82 to determine whether Black children are more likely to be hospitalized for asthma and whether this difference persists after adjustment for poverty. The average annual asthma discharge rate was 1.95/1000 children aged 1-19; 3.75/1000 for Black children, and 1.25/1000 for White. Medicaid-enrolled children of both races had increased discharge rates for asthma compared to those…
Variations in Medical Care among Small Areas
On the distribution of underlying causes of death
The feasibility of applying surveillance techniques to large health data sets is being explored through study of a national mortality data base encompassing 21 million United States death records for the period 1968--1978. Through the development of efficient file structures and information recovery techniques, it is possible to pose a series of questions and follow-up questions of the entire data set within budgetary constraints. Initial screeni…
Studies on the reliability of vital and health records
Based on computer linkage of death records and hospital discharge abstracts, underlying cause of death and discharge diagnoses are compared for 9,724 Vermont resident in-hospital deaths occurring between 1969 and 1975. The agreement between the diagnoses recorded in the two data systems provides a measure of the reproducibility of recording, abstracting, and coding practices. Using the first three digits of the International Classification of Dis…
Author's Rejoinder
Author's Rejoinder Alan M. Gittelsohn , et al. CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.69.11.1184-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Small Area Variations in Health Care Delivery
Health information about total populations is a prerequisite for sound decision-making and planning in the health care field. Experience with a population-based health data system in Vermont reveals that there are wide variations in resource input, utilization of services, and expenditures among neighboring communities. Results show prima facie inequalities in the input of resources that are associated with income transfer from areas of lower exp…
Observations on Twinning in New York State
The present investigation of the incidence of human twinning related to gestational and demo graphic characteristics is one of a series of birth-rate studies of all births recorded in New York State, excluding New York City. The twin births were selected from a population of approximately two million maternities registered during the 11-year period. A previous communication (Gittelsohn and Milham, 1964) described the information available for eac…
Statistical Study of Twins—Methods
Statistical Study of Twins—Methods Alan Gittelsohn, Director of Health StatisticsPh.D., and Samuel Milham, Development ConsultantM.D.M.P.H. CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.54.2.286 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Declining Incidence of Central Nervous System Anomalies in New York State
are the most common of the major structural anomalies of the central nervous system recognizable at birth. Anencephalus is characterized by absence of the cranial vault of the skull. The cerebral hemi-spheres are completely missing or are reduced to small masses attached to the base of the skull. Spina bifida is a dorsal defect of the vertebral column ranging in severity from minor bony defects, visible only by x ray, to massive clefts of the spi…
Influence of Water Availability on Shigella Prevalence in Children of Farm Labor Families
Influence of Water Availability on Shigella Prevalence in Children of Farm Labor Families Arthur C. Hollister, Jr., M. Dorthy Beck, Alan M. Gittelsohn, and Emmarie C. Hemphill CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.45.3.354 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Income, race, and surgery in Maryland
BACKGROUND. We describe common surgical and medical hospital admission rates for Maryland residents, exploring systematic effects of race and income. METHODS. The data comprise Maryland hospital discharges and population estimates for 1985 to 1987. Patient income is the race-specific median family income of residence zip code. Logistic regression is used to measure incidence by race, income, and residence for surgical and medical reasons for admi…
Studies on the reliability of vital and health records
Based on computer linkage of death records and hospital discharge abstracts, underlying cause of death and discharge diagnoses are compared for 9,724 Vermont resident in-hospital deaths occurring between 1969 and 1975. The agreement between the diagnoses recorded in the two data systems provides a measure of the reproducibility of recording, abstracting, and coding practices. Using the first three digits of the International Classification of Dis…
Poverty, race, and hospitalization for childhood asthma
This study uses Maryland hospital discharge data for the period 1979-82 to determine whether Black children are more likely to be hospitalized for asthma and whether this difference persists after adjustment for poverty. The average annual asthma discharge rate was 1.95/1000 children aged 1-19; 3.75/1000 for Black children, and 1.25/1000 for White. Medicaid-enrolled children of both races had increased discharge rates for asthma compared to those…
On the distribution of underlying causes of death
The feasibility of applying surveillance techniques to large health data sets is being explored through study of a national mortality data base encompassing 21 million United States death records for the period 1968--1978. Through the development of efficient file structures and information recovery techniques, it is possible to pose a series of questions and follow-up questions of the entire data set within budgetary constraints. Initial screeni…
Influence of Water Availability on Shigella Prevalence in Children of Farm Labor Families
Influence of Water Availability on Shigella Prevalence in Children of Farm Labor Families Arthur C. Hollister, Jr., M. Dorthy Beck, Alan M. Gittelsohn, and Emmarie C. Hemphill CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.45.3.354 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Declining Incidence of Central Nervous System Anomalies in New York State
are the most common of the major structural anomalies of the central nervous system recognizable at birth. Anencephalus is characterized by absence of the cranial vault of the skull. The cerebral hemi-spheres are completely missing or are reduced to small masses attached to the base of the skull. Spina bifida is a dorsal defect of the vertebral column ranging in severity from minor bony defects, visible only by x ray, to massive clefts of the spi…
Statistical Study of Twins—Methods
Statistical Study of Twins—Methods Alan Gittelsohn, Director of Health StatisticsPh.D., and Samuel Milham, Development ConsultantM.D.M.P.H. CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.54.2.286 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Observations on Twinning in New York State
The present investigation of the incidence of human twinning related to gestational and demo graphic characteristics is one of a series of birth-rate studies of all births recorded in New York State, excluding New York City. The twin births were selected from a population of approximately two million maternities registered during the 11-year period. A previous communication (Gittelsohn and Milham, 1964) described the information available for eac…
Small Area Variations in Health Care Delivery
Health information about total populations is a prerequisite for sound decision-making and planning in the health care field. Experience with a population-based health data system in Vermont reveals that there are wide variations in resource input, utilization of services, and expenditures among neighboring communities. Results show prima facie inequalities in the input of resources that are associated with income transfer from areas of lower exp…
Studies on the reliability of vital and health records
Based on computer linkage of death records and hospital discharge abstracts, underlying cause of death and discharge diagnoses are compared for 9,724 Vermont resident in-hospital deaths occurring between 1969 and 1975. The agreement between the diagnoses recorded in the two data systems provides a measure of the reproducibility of recording, abstracting, and coding practices. Using the first three digits of the International Classification of Dis…
Author's Rejoinder
Author's Rejoinder Alan M. Gittelsohn , et al. CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.69.11.1184-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Variations in Medical Care among Small Areas
On the distribution of underlying causes of death
The feasibility of applying surveillance techniques to large health data sets is being explored through study of a national mortality data base encompassing 21 million United States death records for the period 1968--1978. Through the development of efficient file structures and information recovery techniques, it is possible to pose a series of questions and follow-up questions of the entire data set within budgetary constraints. Initial screeni…
Poverty, race, and hospitalization for childhood asthma
This study uses Maryland hospital discharge data for the period 1979-82 to determine whether Black children are more likely to be hospitalized for asthma and whether this difference persists after adjustment for poverty. The average annual asthma discharge rate was 1.95/1000 children aged 1-19; 3.75/1000 for Black children, and 1.25/1000 for White. Medicaid-enrolled children of both races had increased discharge rates for asthma compared to those…
Income, race, and surgery in Maryland
BACKGROUND. We describe common surgical and medical hospital admission rates for Maryland residents, exploring systematic effects of race and income. METHODS. The data comprise Maryland hospital discharges and population estimates for 1985 to 1987. Patient income is the race-specific median family income of residence zip code. Logistic regression is used to measure incidence by race, income, and residence for surgical and medical reasons for admi…
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