2025
Novel indices of state- and county-level social disadvantage in older Americans and disparities in mortality
Wang Y, Zang E, Davis-Plourde K, Gill T, Becher R. Novel indices of state- and county-level social disadvantage in older Americans and disparities in mortality. Health & Place 2025, 92: 103438. PMID: 40058245, PMCID: PMC12142587, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncreased mortality riskContextual disadvantageOlder personsOlder AmericansCommunity-living older personsSocial disadvantageMortality riskIndices of social disadvantageReduce health disparitiesPopulation of older AmericansCounty-levelPublic health policiesNon-disadvantaged groupsMortality disparitiesHealth disparitiesHealth policyMortality existUnited StatesDisadvantaged countiesNegative binomial modelGeriatric populationComposite indexDisparitiesDisadvantaged statesMultidimensional factors
1995
Evaluating the efficacy of cancer screening: Clinical distinctions and case-control studies
Gill T, Horwitz R. Evaluating the efficacy of cancer screening: Clinical distinctions and case-control studies. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 1995, 48: 281-292. PMID: 7869074, DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(94)00129-e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCase-control studyBaseline risk factorsCancer screeningRisk factorsClinical distinctionAttribution of deathImportant clinical distinctionDeath of patientsCase-control approachSufficient followPatient managementHealth policyConfidence intervalsEfficacyPatientsEfficient alternative designsDeathScreeningInvestigatorsFollowCancerStudyCliniciansDiseaseTrials
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