2019
Should we adjust for delivery hospital in studies of air pollution and pregnancy outcomes?
Savitz D, Eliot M, Ito K, Johnson S, Manjourides J, Danilack V, Wellenius G. Should we adjust for delivery hospital in studies of air pollution and pregnancy outcomes? Environmental Epidemiology 2019, 3: e064. PMID: 33195963, PMCID: PMC7608891, DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPregnancy outcomesDelivery hospitalGestational hypertensionPreterm birthBirth weightMaternal residenceAir pollution exposure estimatesLow birth weightAir pollution exposureAmbient air pollutionPregnancy complicationsPatient characteristicsPotential confoundersClinical practiceOutcome associationsHospitalPollution exposureNew York CityPotential markerLarge hospitalsAmbient fine particlesOutcomesExposure estimatesHypertensionOutcome misclassification
2015
Hospital differences in special care nursery use for newborns of gestational diabetic mothers
Danilack V, Muri J, Savitz D, Caldwell D, Wood C. Hospital differences in special care nursery use for newborns of gestational diabetic mothers. The Journal Of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 2015, 29: 3045-3050. PMID: 26700740, DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2015.1114083.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGestational diabetes mellitusLength of stayHealthy newbornsHospital characteristicsGDM deliveriesNational Perinatal Information CenterGestational diabetic mothersHospital-level variationAcademic teaching hospitalEligible newbornsDiabetic mothersSingleton newbornsDiabetes mellitusModerate complicationsLow birthweightHospital differencesTeaching hospitalUnadjusted associationsLower riskCare resourcesNewbornsHospitalMedicaid birthsSignificant associationStay
2013
Changes in delivery methods at specialty care hospitals in the United States between 2006 and 2010
Danilack V, Botti J, Roach J, Savitz D, Muri J, Caldwell D. Changes in delivery methods at specialty care hospitals in the United States between 2006 and 2010. Journal Of Perinatology 2013, 33: 919-923. PMID: 23929114, DOI: 10.1038/jp.2013.90.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly term birthCesarean deliveryLabor inductionTerm birthsEarly term deliveryAdministrative hospital discharge dataHospital discharge dataTiming of deliverySpecialty care hospitalsCare hospitalGestational ageInterventional deliveryTerm deliveryMedical indicationsDelivery methodsHospitalMember hospitalsBirthDeliveryDischarge dataInductionCesarean