2012
Point source modeling of matched case–control data with multiple disease subtypes
Li S, Mukherjee B, Batterman S. Point source modeling of matched case–control data with multiple disease subtypes. Statistics In Medicine 2012, 31: 3617-3637. PMID: 22826092, PMCID: PMC4331356, DOI: 10.1002/sim.5388.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdjacent-category logit modelMarkov chain Monte Carlo techniquesEvaluate maximum likelihoodExtensive simulation studyProfile likelihoodHierarchical Bayesian approachCase-control dataSimulation studyBayesian approachMonte Carlo techniqueBayesian methodsMaximum likelihoodMultiple disease subtypesCategorical outcomesCovariate adjustmentNonlinear modelEstimation stabilityMedicaid claims dataCase-control designPediatric asthma populationAsthma populationElevated oddsMarkovLogit modelCovariatesComparative Performance of Comorbidity Indices in Predicting Health Care-Related Behaviors and Outcomes among Medicaid Enrollees with Type 2 Diabetes
Ou H, Mukherjee B, Erickson S, Piette J, Bagozzi R, Balkrishnan R. Comparative Performance of Comorbidity Indices in Predicting Health Care-Related Behaviors and Outcomes among Medicaid Enrollees with Type 2 Diabetes. Population Health Management 2012, 15: 220-229. PMID: 22731766, PMCID: PMC4346539, DOI: 10.1089/pop.2011.0037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic disease scoreHealth care-related behaviorsCare-related behaviorsHealth care utilizationElixhauser indexCare utilizationType 2 diabetesHealth-related quality of life comorbidity indexMedicaid enrolleesComorbidity indexPredicting health care utilizationLow-income diabetes patientsPredictors of medication adherenceHealth care characteristicsHealth-related qualityMarketScan Medicaid DatabaseExpenditure dataCare characteristicsPhysician concordanceCare standardsMedication adherenceComorbidity measuresCharlson Comorbidity IndexDiabetes severityComorbidity indicators
2011
Association of daily asthma emergency department visits and hospital admissions with ambient air pollutants among the pediatric Medicaid population in Detroit: Time-series and time-stratified case-crossover analyses with threshold effects
Li S, Batterman S, Wasilevich E, Wahl R, Wirth J, Su F, Mukherjee B. Association of daily asthma emergency department visits and hospital admissions with ambient air pollutants among the pediatric Medicaid population in Detroit: Time-series and time-stratified case-crossover analyses with threshold effects. Environmental Research 2011, 111: 1137-1147. PMID: 21764049, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmbient air pollutionGeneralized additive modelCase-crossover designConditional logistic regressionPediatric Medicaid populationAir pollutionAsthma morbidityAssociated with ambient air pollutionMedicaid populationEffects of air pollutionAsthma emergency department visitsAdditive modelLogistic regressionConditional logistic regression modelsAcute asthma eventsAssociations of SO2Interquartile range increaseCase-crossover analysisEmergency department visitsCase-crossover studyPM2.5 concentrationsPM2.5 thresholdLogistic regression modelsStrong effect sizesPM2.5Asthma exacerbation and proximity of residence to major roads: a population-based matched case-control study among the pediatric Medicaid population in Detroit, Michigan
Li S, Batterman S, Wasilevich E, Elasaad H, Wahl R, Mukherjee B. Asthma exacerbation and proximity of residence to major roads: a population-based matched case-control study among the pediatric Medicaid population in Detroit, Michigan. Environmental Health 2011, 10: 34. PMID: 21513554, PMCID: PMC3224543, DOI: 10.1186/1476-069x-10-34.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConditional logistic regressionPopulation-based matched case-control studyPediatric Medicaid populationCase-control studyMedicaid populationProximity of residenceLogistic regressionConditional logistic regression modelsElevated risk of asthmaRisk of asthmaEmergency department visitsCase-control analysisLogistic regression modelsHigh-risk populationTraffic-related pollutantsAsthma outcomesDepartment visitsAsthma eventsAsthma claimAsthma-related eventsAsthma casesEcological biasOdds ratioInvestigate associationsMethodThis study