Annals of epidemiology
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Annals of epidemiology · Jan 2016
Quantifying the improvement in sepsis diagnosis, documentation, and coding: the marginal causal effect of year of hospitalization on sepsis diagnosis.
To quantify the coinciding improvement in the clinical diagnosis of sepsis, its documentation in the electronic health records, and subsequent medical coding of sepsis for billing purposes in recent years. ⋯ Patients with similar characteristics and risk factors had a higher of probability of getting diagnosed, documented, and coded for sepsis in 2012 than in previous years, which contributed to an apparent increase in sepsis incidence.
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Annals of epidemiology · Jan 2016
Racism in the form of micro aggressions and the risk of preterm birth among black women.
This study sought to examine whether perceived interpersonal racism in the form of racial micro aggressions was associated with preterm birth (PTB) and whether the presence of depressive symptoms and perceived stress modified the association. ⋯ Our findings suggest that racism, at least in the form of racial micro aggressions, may not further impact a group already at high risk for PTB (those with severe depressive symptoms), but may increase the risk of PTB for women at lower baseline risk.
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Annals of epidemiology · Jan 2016
Observational StudyExternalities and article citations: experience of a national public health journal (Gaceta Sanitaria).
The purpose of the study was to analyze the determinants of citations such as publication year, article type, article topic, article selected for a press release, number of articles previously published by the corresponding author, and publication language in a Spanish journal of public health. ⋯ Certain externalities such as number of articles published by the corresponding author and being selected for a press release seem to influence the number of citations in national journals.