Statistics
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This purpose of this page is to provide the most recent statistical resources on select diseases and conditions as well as other useful resources to the National Jewish Health Community. Additionally, most major medical textbooks on disease will have a chapter on epidemiology.
Diseases and Conditions
Burdens Posed by Chronic Disease - Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
FaststatsA to Z - National Center for Health Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) from the CDC
Publications and Products (NCHS)
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) | Current Volume
Contains data on specific diseases as reported by state and territorial health departments and reports on infectious and chronic diseases, environmental hazards, natural or human-generated disasters, occupational diseases and injuries, and intentional and unintentional injuries. Includes reports on topics of international interest and notices of events.
The Division of Science Resources Statisitcs - National Science Foundation
Publications, data, and analyses about the nation's science and engineering resources.
Hospital Administrators
American Hospital Association: Studies and Statisitics
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Statistics and Data
Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS): National Statistics
Statistical data for residency programs and fellowship specialties, including pulmonology.
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HRSA): Data and Statistics
Books
Modern medical statistics : a practical guide / Brian S. Everitt.
London : Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Oxford University Press, c2003
NJ Books WA 950 E933m 2003
Statistical handbook on infectious diseases / Sarah B. Watstein and John Jovanovic.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003
NJ Books WC 39 W343s 2003
Meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials / Anne Whitehead.
Chichester ; New York : John Wiley & Sons, 2002
Connect to http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/wiley023/2002072173.html
NJ Books WA 950 W592m 2002
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Select Articles
Pediatr Pulmonol 2002 Dec;34(6):442-54
Cost effectiveness of guideline advice for children with asthma: a literature review.
Feenstra TL, Rutten-Van Molken MP, Jager JC, Van Essen-Zandvliet LE.
PMID: 12422342
Eur Respir J 2002 Aug;20(2):260-7
Persistent asthma: disease control, resource utilisation and direct costs.
Van Ganse E, Laforest L, Pietri G, Boissel JP, Gormand F, Ben-Joseph R, Ernst P.
PMID: 12212953
Environ Health Perspect 2002 Aug;110 Suppl 4:557-60
Asthma in the United States: burden and current theories.
Redd SC.
PMID: 12194886
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2002 May;109(5 Suppl):S482-9
The burden of asthma with specific reference to the United States
Beasley R.
PMID: 11994720
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2002 Feb;109(2):264-70
Direct and indirect costs of asthma to an employer.
Birnbaum HG, Berger WE, Greenberg PE, Holland M, Auerbach R, Atkins KM, Wanke LA.
PMID: 11842295
Pediatr Pulmonol 2001 Aug;32(2):101-8
Prospective study of the patient-level cost of asthma care in children.
Ungar WJ, Coyte PC; Pharmacy Medication Monitoring Program Advisory Board.
PMID: 11477726
J Asthma 2001 Jun;38(4):363-73
Health care utilization and cost in children with asthma and selected comorbidities.
Grupp-Phelan J, Lozano P, Fishman P.
PMID: 11456390
Health Serv Res 2001 Jun;36(2):357-71
Asthma prevalence, cost, and adherence with expert guidelines on the utilization of health care services and costs in a state Medicaid population. Piecoro LT, Potoski M, Talbert JC, Doherty DE.
PMID: 11409817
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2000 Sep;106(3):493-9
Trends in the cost of illness for asthma in the United States, 1985-1994.
Weiss KB, Sullivan SD, Lyttle CS.
PMID: 10984369
J Allergy Clin Immunol 1999 Nov;104(5):957-63
The economic burden of asthma in US children: estimates from the National Medical Expenditure Survey.
Lozano P, Sullivan SD, Smith DH, Weiss KB.
PMID: 10550739
Health Aff (Millwood) 2003 Mar-Apr;22(2):129-38
Spending and service use among people with the fifteen most costly medical conditions, 1997.
Cohen JW, Krauss NA.
PMID: 12674416
Health Aff (Millwood) 2003 Mar-Apr;22(2):113-5
Comment on: Health Aff (Millwood). 2003 Mar-Apr;22(2):103-12.
A call to excellence.
Clancy CM, Scully T.
PMID: 12674413
BMJ 2003 Mar 29;326(7391):679
Heart disease is costliest condition to treat.
Dobson R.
PMID: 12663394
Am J Manag Care 2002 Dec;8(21 Suppl):S664-81; quiz S682-5
Immune-mediated inflammatory disorders (I.M.I.D.s): the economic and clinical costs.
Williams JP, Meyers JA.
PMID: 12516953
CMAJ 2003 Feb 4;168(3):332
The staggering cost of illness and injury.
Martin S.
PMID: 12566355
J Occup Environ Med 2003 Jan;45(1):5-14
The health and productivity cost burden of the "top 10" physical and mental health conditions affecting six large U.S. employers in 1999.
Goetzel RZ, Hawkins K, Ozminkowski RJ, Wang S.
PMID: 12553174
Health Aff (Millwood) 2003 Jan-Feb;22(1):154-64
Trends in U.S. health care spending, 2001.
Levit K, Smith C, Cowan C, Lazenby H, Sensenig A, Catlin A.
PMID: 12528847
Mod Healthc 2002 Dec 23;Suppl:2, 4, 6-7
By the numbers. Healthcare economics.
PMID: 12528222
Health Aff (Millwood) 2002 Nov-Dec;21(6):271-2; author reply 272
Comment on: Health Aff (Millwood). 2002 Jul-Aug;21(4):105-11.
Expensive conditions.
Hay JW.
PMID: 12442870
Am J Manag Care 2002 Nov;8(11):950-8
Use of a disease severity index for evaluation of healthcare costs and management of comorbidities of patients with diabetes mellitus.
Rosenzweig JL, Weinger K, Poirier-Solomon L, Rushton M.
PMID: 12437310
Arch Intern Med 2002 Nov 11;162(20):2269-76
Prevalence, expenditures, and complications of multiple chronic conditions in the elderly.
Wolff JL, Starfield B, Anderson G.
PMID: 12418941
JAMA 2002 Oct 16;288(15):1909-14
Comment in: JAMA. 2003 Mar 26;289(12):1508-9; author reply 1509.
Improving primary care for patients with chronic illness: the chronic care model, Part 2.
Bodenheimer T, Wagner EH, Grumbach K.
PMID: 12377092
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002 Oct 15;166(8):1044-9
The burden of asthma in the United States: level and distribution are dependent on interpretation of the national asthma education and prevention program guidelines.
Fuhlbrigge AL, Adams RJ, Guilbert TW, Grant E, Lozano P, Janson SL, Martinez F, Weiss KB, Weiss ST.
PMID: 12379546
Health Care Manag Sci 2002 Aug;5(3):211-9
Disease burden profiles: an emerging tool for managing managed care.
Zhao Y, Ash AS, Ellis RP, Slaughter JP.
PMID: 12363048
Am J Manag Care 2002 Sep;Suppl:6-8
Understanding health and healthcare total costs: a novel perspective.
Davila F.
PMID: 12358131
Manag Care 2002 Aug;11(8):43-50
Examining costs of chronic conditions in a Medicaid population.
Garis RI, Farmer KC.
PMID: 12232928
Am J Public Health 2002 Sep;92(9):1506-13
The influence of chronic respiratory conditions on health status and work disability.
Eisner MD, Yelin EH, Trupin L, Blanc PD.
PMID: 12197984
Eff Clin Pract 2002 May-Jun;5(3 Suppl):E1
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey: an overview.
Cohen SB.
PMID: 12166922
Health Aff (Millwood) 2002 Jul-Aug;21(4):112-26
Comment in: Health Aff (Millwood). 2002 Nov-Dec;21(6):273; discussion 274.
Health care spending during 1991-1998: a fifty-state review.
Martin A, Whittle L, Levit K, Won G, Hinman L.
PMID: 12117122
Health Aff (Millwood) 2002 Jul-Aug;21(4):105-11
Comment in: Health Aff (Millwood). 2002 Nov-Dec;21(6):271-2; author reply 272. Health Aff (Millwood). 2002 Sep-Oct;21(5):299-300. Health Aff (Millwood). 2002 Sep-Oct;21(5):300-1. Health Aff (Millwood). 2002 Sep-Oct;21(5):301. Health Aff (Millwood). 2003 Jan-Feb;22(1):286; author reply 286.
The most expensive medical conditions in America.
Druss BG, Marcus SC, Olfson M, Pincus HA.
PMID: 12117121
Health Aff (Millwood) 2001 Nov-Dec;20(6):267-78
Out-of-pocket medical spending for care of chronic conditions.
Hwang W, Weller W, Ireys H, Anderson G.
PMID: 11816667
Health Aff (Millwood) 2001 Nov-Dec;20(6):233-41
Comparing the national economic burden of five chronic conditions.
Druss BG, Marcus SC, Olfson M, Tanielian T, Elinson L, Pincus HA.
PMID: 11816664
Health Care Strateg Manage 2001 Dec;19(12):6-7
Chronic patients spend up to five times more for health care than those without chronic conditions.
PMID: 11799892
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2001 May-Jun;23(3):138-44
Rethinking practitioner roles in chronic illness: the specialist, primary care physician, and the practice nurse.
Katon W, Von Korff M, Lin E, Simon G.
PMID: 11427246
Prev Med 1999 Sep;29(3):173-86
Medical care expenditures for diabetes, its chronic complications, and its comorbidities.
Hodgson TA, Cohen AJ.
PMID: 10479605
Eur Respir J 1999 Feb;13(2):281-6
The economic burden of asthma: direct and indirect costs in Switzerland.
Szucs TD, Anderhub H, Rutishauser M.
PMID: 10065668
Healthc Benchmarks 1998 Aug;5(8):117-9
Disease management programs: benchmarking costs, savings, ROI.
PMID: 10181998
Health Aff (Millwood) 1997 May-Jun;16(3):239-47
Chronic care costs in managed care.
Fishman P, Von Korff M, Lozano P, Hecht J.
PMID: 9141341
JAMA 1996 Nov 13;276(18):1473-9
Comment in: JAMA. 1997 Feb 5;277(5):375-6.
Persons with chronic conditions. Their prevalence and costs.
Hoffman C, Rice D, Sung HY.
PMID: 8903258
Med Care 1996 Aug;34(8):798-810
Systemwide provider performance in a Medicaid program. Profiling the care of patients with chronic illnesses.
Powe NR, Weiner JP, Starfield B, Stuart M, Baker A, Steinwachs DM.
PMID: 8709661
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 1994;5(6 Suppl):7-12
Socio-economic burden of asthma, allergy, and other atopic illnesses.
Weiss KB, Sullivan SD.
PMID: 7728232
