Publications

Meddings J, Reichert H, Smith S, Iwashyna T, Langa K, Hofer T, McGuirk H, McMahon LF Jr. Functional status, social support and wealth impact readmissions for pneumonia and heart failure beyond standard Medicare risk-adjustors. Presented at the 11th International Conference on Health Policy Statistics, October 7-9, 2015, Providence, RI.

Fryzek J, Doucette A, Jiang X, Coalson J, McLaurin K, Ambrose CS. Trends in respiratory syncytial virus and bronchiolitis infant hospitalization rates in high-risk infants in a US nationally representative database (1997–2012). Presented at ID Week, October 7-11 2015, San Diego, CA.

Meddings J, Reichert H, Smith SN, McMahon LF Jr. How do hospital grades publicly displayed on Medicare’s Hospital Compare website compare to whether a hospital was penalized for readmissions and hospital-acquired conditions? Presented at the 2015 Agency for Heathcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Research Conference, October 4-6, 2015, Crystal City, VA.

Lipworth LL, Shirey-Rice J, Wei WQ, Hardin J, Shi G, Monda K, Fryzek JP, Fazio S, Cohen SS, Denny JC. Identification and characterization of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia patients using the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Synthetic Derivative database. Presented at the European Society for Cardiology Congress, August 29 – September 1, 2015, London, United Kingdom.

Doucette A, Hedgeman E, Fryzek J. Assessing the Agreement of Hospitalization Estimates Between Three Nationally Representative US Hospital Discharge Databases, the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), the National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) and the Kid’s Inpatient Database (KID). Presented at the International Conference of Pharmacoepidemiology, August 24-26 2015, Boston, MA.

Meddings J, Reichert H, Smith S, Iwashyna T, Langa K, Hofer T, McGuirk H, McMahon LF Jr. Functional status, social support and wealth impact readmissions for pneumonia and heart failure beyond standard Medicare risk-adjustors. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, June 14-15, 2015, Minneapolis, MN.

Proctor D, Suh M, Thompson C, Hixon, G. Inhalation cancer risk assessment of titanium dioxide. Presented at the Society of Toxicology’s 54th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 22-26 2015.

Suh M, Mittal L, Hirsch S, Valdes R, Bartlett C, Rohr A, Proctor D. Lung cancer risk in chromate production workers exposed to hexavalent chromium. Presented at the Society of Toxicology’s 54th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 22-26, 2015 .

Brorby G, Suh M, Bichteler A, Proctor D. Use of cluster analysis and homogeneity testing to characterize distributions of exposures among beryllium workers: Tools for developing occupational exposure limits from quantitative risk assessment.  Presented at International Society of Exposure Science 25th Annual Meeting, Henderson, NV, October 18-22, 2015.

Miller PE, Bylsma LC, Alexander, DD. A Review and Meta-Analysis of Red Meat Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes. Presented at the Experimental Biology Conference, March 28-April 1, 2015, Boston, MA.