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Washington Convention Center = “CC”, Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel = “RH”

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285 Tue, 8/4/09, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-L Street Bridge
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Section on Health Policy Statistics
Chair(s): Lara Schmidt, RAND Corporation
Poster Topic: Health policy, epidemiology, public health:
73: Peer Group Assignment for New Hospitals on Performance Comparison Report by Traditional and Modern Classification MethodsJacob Jen-Hao Cheng, Maryland Hospital Association; Samuel Ogunbo, Maryland Hospital Association
74: Diabetes as a Potentially Disabling Condition: Studying Supports to Prevent Unemployment, Health Decline, and Reliance on Government AssistanceTammy Tom, University of Hawaii
Poster Topic: Categorical, multivariate analysis:
75: Testing the Equality of Conditional Correlations Across Numeric Variable(s) with Heteroscedastic DataXueya Cai, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Gregory E. Wilding, SUNY at Buffalo; Alan Hutson, SUNY at Buffalo; Yue Li, University of California, Irvine
Poster Topic: Health policy, epidemiology, public health:
76: Reliability of the Orientation of Social Support Instrument in Substance Abuse TreatmentMichael Wolf-Branigin, George Mason University;
Poster Topic: Incomplete data analysis, imputation methods:
77: A Comparison of Imputation Methods for Missing Data in Self-Report Likert RatingsLingqi Tang, University of California, Los Angeles; Thomas R. Belin, University of California, Los Angeles; Judy Ho, University of California, Los Angeles; Bonnie Zima, University of California, Los Angeles
Poster Topic: Health policy, epidemiology, public health:
78: A Stochastic and State Space Model for Human Eye Cancer Involving Both Hereditary and Non-Hereditary Cancer GenesHong Zhou, Arkansas State University; Wai-Yuan Tan, University of Memphis
79: Hospital Mortality Rates analyzed through Empirical Mode Decomposition Method.Boguslaw Skierczynski, Ascension Health; David Pryor, Ascension Health; Ann Hendrich, Ascension Health
Poster Topic: Linear models, GLMs, parametric methods:
80: Clustering to Achieve Normality in Generalized Linear Mixed ModelsKenneth Pietz, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center; LeChauncy D. Woodard, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center; Tracy Urech, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center; Cassie Robinson, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center; Laura A. Petersen, Baylor College of Medicine
Poster Topic: Health policy, epidemiology, public health:
81: Examination of Risk Factor and Health Condition Data in National Consumer Surveys for Use in Public Health Communication PlanningWilliam E. Pollard, CDC; DeAndrea Martinez, CDC
82: Who Donates Blood?Richard A. Forshee, FDA; Mark O. Walderhaug, FDA
Poster Topic: Longitudinal data, repeated measurements, and meta-analysis:
83: Meta-Analytic Inference with Few StudiesTodd Bodner, Portland State University
Poster Topic: Health policy, epidemiology, public health:
84: Union Effects on Health Care CoverageJongmook Choe, The University of Texas at Austin
85: Estimating Household Income Percentiles from a Public Health Survey Using Log-Linear Bootstrap InterpolationRobert Feyerharm, Oklahoma State Department of Health
Poster Topic: Spatial statistics, spatio-temporal modeling, GIS:
86: Sample Size Requirement and Power Assessment in a Spatial AnalysisQilong Yi, University of Ottawa; Yue Chen, University of Ottawa
Poster Topic: Health policy, epidemiology, public health:
87: Clustering Performance Data Across Measure Sets: An Analysis of National Hospital Quality Measures Designated for the CMS Value-Based Purchasing ProgramSamuel Ogunbo, Maryland Hospital Association; Nikolas Matthes, Quality Indicator Project; Jacob Jen-Hao Cheng, Maryland Hospital Association; Carlos Alzola, Data Insights
Poster Topic: Sampling and survey methodology:
88: Development of a Quantitative Attitudes InstrumentHeibatollah Baghi, George Mason University
Poster Topic: Health policy, epidemiology, public health:
89: Predicting Wound Deterioration in Home Health Care PatientsIordan Slavov, Visiting Nurse Service of New York; Carlin Brickner, Visiting Nurse Service of New York
90: Association Between Health Insurance and Generalized Periodontal Disease in a Study Population of Gullah African Americans with DiabetesNicole M. Marlow, Medical University of South Carolina; Elizabeth Slate, Medical University of South Carolina; Jyotika Fernandes, Medical University of South Carolina; Carlos Salinas, Medical University of South Carolina
91: Physician-Level Quality Measurement: Using Control Charts with National Benchmarks to Identify Common and Special Cause Variation in Patients' Systolic Blood PressuresGerald K. Arnold, American Board of Internal Medicine; Rebecca S. Lipner, American Board of Internal Medicine; Lorna A. Lynn, American Board of Internal Medicine; Weifeng Weng, American Board of Internal Medicine; Eric S. Holmboe, American Board of Internal Medicine
92: CMS Medicare Reimbursement for Quality Care: Will There Be an Unintended Downward Spiral for Safety Net Hospitals?Ronald Low, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation; Shunsuke Ito, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation; Jiaying Wu, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation; Caroline Jacobs, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation; Raymond Gregory, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation; Van Dunn, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation; Ramanathan Raju, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
 

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