Sociodemographic predictors of antenatal and postpartum depressive symptoms among women in a medical group practice

JW Rich-Edwards, K Kleinman, A Abrams… - … of Epidemiology & …, 2006 - jech.bmj.com
Objective: Data are scarce regarding the sociodemographic predictors of antenatal and
postpartum depression. This study investigated whether race/ethnicity, age, finances, and …

[HTML][HTML] Gumbel based p-value approximations for spatial scan statistics

AM Abrams, K Kleinman, M Kulldorff - International Journal of Health …, 2010 - Springer
Background The spatial and space-time scan statistics are commonly applied for the
detection of geographical disease clusters. Monte Carlo hypothesis testing is typically used …

Assessing surveillance using sensitivity, specificity and timeliness

KP Kleinman, AM Abrams - Statistical methods in medical …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Monitoring ongoing processes of illness to detect sudden changes is an important aspect of
practical epidemiology and medicine more generally. Most commonly, the monitoring has …

[HTML][HTML] Simulated anthrax attacks and syndromic surveillance

JD Nordin, MJ Goodman, M Kulldorff… - Emerging Infectious …, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We measured sensitivity and timeliness of a syndromic surveillance system to detect
bioterrorism events. A hypothetical anthrax release was modeled by using zip code …

[HTML][HTML] Telephone triage service data for detection of influenza-like illness

WK Yih, KS Teates, A Abrams, K Kleinman, M Kulldorff… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Surveillance for influenza and influenza-like illness (ILI) is important for guiding
public health prevention programs to mitigate the morbidity and mortality caused by …

[HTML][HTML] A SaTScan™ macro accessory for cartography (SMAC) package implemented with SAS®software

AM Abrams, KP Kleinman - International journal of health geographics, 2007 - Springer
Background SaTScan is a software program written to implement the scan statistic; it can be
used to find clusters in space and/or time. It must often be run multiple times per day when …

Gastrointestinal disease outbreak detection using multiple data streams from electronic medical records

SK Greene, J Huang, AM Abrams, D Gilliss… - Foodborne …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Background: Passive reporting and laboratory testing delays may limit gastrointestinal (GI)
disease outbreak detection. Healthcare systems routinely collect clinical data in electronic …

Uncontrolled asthma in a commercially insured population from 2002 to 2007: trends, predictors, and costs

GS Sawicki, Y Vilk, M Schatz, K Kleinman… - Journal of …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. Uncontrolled asthma leads to preventable morbidity and increased health care
utilization. The authors examined trends, predictors, and costs of uncontrolled asthma over 5 …

[HTML][HTML] Use of well-child visits in high-deductible health plans

AA Galbraith, D Ross-Degnan… - The American journal …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
USE OF WELL-CHILD VISITS IN HIGH-DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLANS - PMC Back to Top
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[HTML][HTML] in silico Surveillance: evaluating outbreak detection with simulation models

B Lewis, S Eubank, AM Abrams, K Kleinman - BMC medical informatics …, 2013 - Springer
Background Detecting outbreaks is a crucial task for public health officials, yet gaps remain
in the systematic evaluation of outbreak detection protocols. The authors' objectives were to …