Epidemiology Data Service Center

Below are publications of selected MCW research projects that have utilized EDSC data and services.

• Ananthakrishnan AN. McGinley EL. Saeian K. Outcomes of weekend admissions for upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: A national analysis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. // Epub ahead of print 2008 Aug 19.
  

• Ananthakrishnan AN. McGinley EL. Saeian K. Higher hospital volume predicts endoscopy but not the in-hospital mortality rate in patients with acute variceal hemoffhage. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 69(2):221-9, 2009 Feb. // Epub ahead of print 2008 Oct 22.
  

• Ananthakrishnan AN. McGinley EL. Saeian K. Effect of hospital volume and teaching status on outcomes of acute liver failure. Liver Transplant. 14(9):1347-56, 2008 Sep.
  

• Ananthakrishnan AN. McGinley EL. Binion DG. Does it matter where you are hospitalizaed for inflammatory bowel disease? A nationwide analysis of hospital volume. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 103 (11):2789-98, 2008 Nov. // Epub 2008 Aug 5.
  

• Ananthakrishnan AN. McGinley EL. Binion DG. Inflammatory bowel disease in the elderly is associated with worse outcomes: A national study of hospitalizations. Inflammatory Bowel Disease. 15(2):182-9, 2008 Jul. [Epub ahead of print]
  

• Bajaj JS, Ananthakrishnan AN. McGinley EL. Hoffmann RG, Brasel KJ. Deleterious effect of cirrhosis on outcomes after motor vehicle crashes using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 103:1674-81, 2008 Jun.
  

• Kotchen TA. Grim CE. Kotchen JM. Krishnaswami S. Yang H. Hoffmann RG. McGinley EL. Altered relationship of blood pressure to adiposity in hypertension. American Journal of Hypertension. 21(3):284-9, 2008 Mar. // Epub 2008 Feb 14.
  

• Okunseri C. Pajewski NM. McGinley EL. Hoffmann RG. Racial/ethnic disparities in self-reported pediatric orthodontic visits in the United States. Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 67(4):217-23, 2007 Fall.
  

• Ananthakrishnan AN. McGinley EL. Binion DG. Excess hospitalization burden associated with Clostridium difficile in patients with infalammatory bowel disease. Gut. 52(2):205-10, 2008 Feb. // Epub 2007 Sep 28.
  

• Martin TJ. Yauck JS. Smith TL. Patients undergoing sinus surgery: constructing a demographic profile. Laryngoscope. 116(7):1185-91, 2006 Jul.
  

• Tieves KS. Yang H. Layde PM. The epidemiology of traumatic brain injury in Wisconsin, 2001. WMJ. 104(2):22-5, 54, 2005 Feb.
  

• Panepinto JA. Brousseau DC. Hillery CA. Scott JP. Variation in hospitalizations and hospital length of stay in children with vaso-occlusive crises in sickle cell disease. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 44(2):182-6, 2005 Feb.
  

• Mistry RD. Hoffmann RG. Yauck JS. Brousseau DC. Association between parental and childhood emergency department utilization. Pediatrics. 115(2):e147-51, 2005 Feb.
  

• Yauck JS. Malloy ME. Blair K. Simpson PM. McCarver DG. Proximity of residence to trichloroethylene-emitting sites and increased risk of offspring congenital heart defects among older women. Birth Defects Research. 70(10):808-14, 2004 Oct.
  

• Sims M. Rainge Y. Urban poverty and infant-health disparities among African Americans and whites in Milwaukee. Journal of the National Medical Association. 94(6):472-9, 2002 Jun.
  

• Nattinger AB. Kneusel RT. Hoffmann RG. Gilligan MA. Relationship of distance from a radiotherapy facility and initial breast cancer treatment. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 93(17):1344-6, 2001 Sep 5.
  

• Hajjar IM. Grim CE. George V. Kotchen TA. Impact of diet on blood pressure and age-related changes in blood pressure in the US population: analysis of NHANES III. Archives of Internal Medicine. 161(4):589-93, 2001 Feb 26.
  

• Agha Z. Lofgren RP. VanRuiswyk JV. Layde PM. Are patients at Veterans Affairs medical centers sicker? A comparative analysis of health status and medical resource use. Archives of Internal Medicine. 160(21):3252-7, 2000 Nov 27.
  

• Meurer JR. George V. Subichin S. Yauck J. Layde P. Asthma severity among children hospitalized in 1990 and 1995. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 154(2):143-9, 2000 Feb.
  

• Meurer JR. Kuhn EM. George V. Yauck JS. Layde PM. Charges for childhood asthma by hospital characteristics. Pediatrics. 102(6):E70, 1998 Dec.