2021
Optimal diagnostic test allocation strategy during the COVID‐19 pandemic and beyond
Du J, Beesley L, Lee S, Zhou X, Dempsey W, Mukherjee B. Optimal diagnostic test allocation strategy during the COVID‐19 pandemic and beyond. Statistics In Medicine 2021, 41: 310-327. PMID: 34697824, PMCID: PMC8661762, DOI: 10.1002/sim.9238.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk patient populationRapid antigen testDiagnostic testsPatient populationRisk patient populationSARS-CoV-2 viral infectionViral diagnostic testsCentral public health challengeAntigen testPatient characteristicsTimely diagnostic testingPublic health challengePublic health decision-makingViral infectionHealth decision-makingPreventing severe diseaseSevere diseaseRT-PCRCOVID-19 pandemic
2010
A new comorbidity index: the health-related quality of life comorbidity index
Mukherjee B, Ou H, Wang F, Erickson S. A new comorbidity index: the health-related quality of life comorbidity index. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 2010, 64: 309-319. PMID: 21147517, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.01.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical classification codesPhysical component summaryMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyMental component summaryHealth-related qualityComponent summaryAssociated with physical component summaryHealth-related quality of life comorbidity indexShort Form-12 Physical Component SummaryMEPS databaseMeasures of HRQLComorbidity indexRisk adjustment indexChronic conditionsPanel SurveyRegression modelsInternal validityPatient populationAdjustment indicesClassification codesHRQLSummaryValidation testsIndexModel R2