Publications

Meddings J, Reichert H, Rogers MAM, Iwashyna TJ, McMahon L. Hospitals reporting better adherence to perioperative blood clot prophylaxis do not report lower rates of hospital-acquired post-operative blood clots. Presented at the 2012 AcademyHealth Annual Meeting, June 24-26, 2012, Orlando, FL.

Fordyce T, Mowat F, Fryzek J, Lau E. Incidence of metastatic hormone receptor positive (HR+) breast cancer in the United Kingdom: Data Needed. Presented at the 17th Annual International Society for Pharacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, June 2-6, 2012, Washington, DC.

Meddings J, Reichert H, Rogers MAM, Iwashyna TJ, McMahon L. Hospitals reporting better adherence to perioperative blood clot prophylaxis do not report lower rates of hospital-acquired post-operative blood clots. Presented at the 2012 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May 9-12, 2012, Orlando, FL.

Meddings J, Reichert H, McMahon L. Hospital report cards for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers: How good are the grades? Presented at the 2012 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May 9-12, 2012, Orlando, FL.

Meddings J, Reichert H, Rogers MAM, Hofer TP, McMahon L. Adjusting for patients’ clinical risk of urinary tract infections: a necessary step in pay-for-performance when comparing by hospital-acquired complication rates. Presented at the 2012 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May 9-12, 2012, Orlando, FL.

Mitchell M, Taylor A, Lowe K, Langeberg W, et al. Prevalence of bone metastasis in breast cancer patients and subsequent survival: A systematic and quantitative review of the literature. Presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, TX, December 2011

Yong M, Christiansen CF, Gammelager H, Sværke C, Chia V, Atchison C, Fryzek J. Healthcare resource utilization among breast cancer patients with bone metastases and skeletal-related events: a population-based cohort study in Denmark (1997 – 2009). Presented at the 34th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, December 6-10, 2011, San Antonio, TX.

Mitchell M, Taylor A, Lowe K, Langeberg W, et al. Prevalence of bone metastases among breast, lung, and prostate cancer patients. Presented at the 27th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management, Chicago, IL, August 2011.

Mitchell J, Mehta J, Lau E, Fryzek J. National-level descriptive epidemiology of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, April 13-16, 2011, Baltimore, MD.

Jiang X, Zwica L, Knutson K, Towey T, Hedgeman E, Franzblau A, Chen Q, Lee S-Y, Sima C, Gillespie BW, Adriaens P, Demond A, Lepkowski J, Ward B, Ladronka K, Olson K, Sinibaldi J, Chang S-C, Gwinn D, Swan S, Garabrant D. Measurements of Household Dust Concentrations of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs from a Community in Michigan, USA. Presented at the 32nd International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants – Dioxin 2011, August 21-25, 2011, Brussels, Belgium.