2015
Million Veteran Program: A mega-biobank to study genetic influences on health and disease
Gaziano JM, Concato J, Brophy M, Fiore L, Pyarajan S, Breeling J, Whitbourne S, Deen J, Shannon C, Humphries D, Guarino P, Aslan M, Anderson D, LaFleur R, Hammond T, Schaa K, Moser J, Huang G, Muralidhar S, Przygodzki R, O'Leary TJ. Million Veteran Program: A mega-biobank to study genetic influences on health and disease. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 2015, 70: 214-223. PMID: 26441289, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.09.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMillion Veteran ProgramVeterans Affairs Health Care SystemObservational cohort studyVA electronic health recordVeteran ProgramHealth care deliverySelf-reported raceHealth care systemElectronic health recordsCohort studyAfrican American populationBlood samplesPeer-reviewed research studiesCare deliveryClinical decisionGenetic testingStudy designRecruiting sitesCare systemHealth recordsMost participantsPrecision medicineGenetic influencesAmerican populationParticipants
2001
Risk adjustment for older hospitalized persons A comparison of two methods of data collection for the Charlson index
van Doorn C, Bogardus S, Williams C, Concato J, Towle V, Inouye S. Risk adjustment for older hospitalized persons A comparison of two methods of data collection for the Charlson index. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 2001, 54: 694-701. PMID: 11438410, DOI: 10.1016/s0895-4356(00)00367-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsICD-9 dataCharlson indexMortality predictionComorbid conditionsOlder general medical patientsYale-New Haven HospitalRisk adjustmentOriginal Charlson indexSpecific comorbid conditionsGeneral medical patientsGeneral medicine wardsHospital admission dateCharlson scoreIndividual comorbiditiesConsecutive patientsMedicine wardsClinical evidenceMedical patientsAdmission dateChart-based dataMortality riskICD-9PatientsChart dataLow agreement