2003
Relationship of Self-Reported Asthma Severity and Urgent Health Care Utilization to Psychological Sequelae of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center Among New York City Area Residents
Fagan J, Galea S, Ahern J, Bonner S, Vlahov D. Relationship of Self-Reported Asthma Severity and Urgent Health Care Utilization to Psychological Sequelae of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center Among New York City Area Residents. Psychosomatic Medicine 2003, 65: 993-996. PMID: 14645777, DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000097334.48556.5f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrgent health care servicesUnscheduled physician visitsSevere asthma symptomsPosttraumatic stress disorderAsthma symptom severityHealth care servicesSymptom severityAsthma symptomsAsthma severityPhysician visitsPsychological sequelaeNew York City-area residentsCare servicesUrgent health-care utilizationPhysician office visitsEmergency room visitsHealth care utilizationRandom digit dial telephone surveyDial telephone surveyAsthma measuresIndependent predictorsCare utilizationOffice visitsRoom visitsSomatic illness
1999
The Impact of Multifocused Interventions on Sharps Injury Rates at an Acute-Care Hospital
Gershon R, Pearse L, Grimes M, Flanagan P, Vlahov D. The Impact of Multifocused Interventions on Sharps Injury Rates at an Acute-Care Hospital. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1999, 20: 806-811. PMID: 10614603, DOI: 10.1086/501588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEmergency Medical ServicesHumansNeedlestick InjuriesOccupational DiseasesOccupational ExposurePersonnel, HospitalConceptsSharps injury ratesIncidence rateSharps injuriesHealthcare workersInjury ratesInjury dataInterventional programsHospital-based healthcare workersAcute care community hospitalInjury incidence ratesInjury prevention interventionsAcute care hospitalsIntravenous lineCommunity hospitalSustained decreasePrevention interventionsInjuryOverall rateHospitalInterventionEngineering controlsEquivalent employeesNeedlestickPostinterventionRate