Search Results - "Wehby, George L"

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Explaining Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Children’s Dental Health: A Decomposition Analysis

by GUARNIZO-HERRENO, Carol Cristina WEHBY, George L Published in American journal of public health (1971) (2012)

“...We measured racial/ethnic inequalities in US children's dental health and quantified the contribution of conceptually relevant factors. Using data from the...”

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Identification of Functional Variants for Cleft Lip with or without Cleft Palate in or near PAX7, FGFR2, and NOG by Targeted Sequencing of GWAS Loci

by Leslie, Elizabeth J Taub, Margaret A Liu, Huan Steinberg, Karyn Meltz Koboldt, Daniel C Zhang, Qunyuan Carlson, Jenna C Hetmanski, Jacqueline B Wang, Hang Larson, David E Fulton, Robert S Kousa, Youssef A Fakhouri, Walid D Naji, Ali Ruczinski, Ingo Begum, Ferdouse Parker, Margaret M Busch, Tamara Standley, Jennifer Rigdon, Jennifer Hecht, Jacqueline T Scott, Alan F Wehby, George L Christensen, Kaare Czeizel, Andrew E Deleyiannis, Frederic W.-B Schutte, Brian C Wilson, Richard K Cornell, Robert A Lidral, Andrew C Weinstock, George M Beaty, Terri H Marazita, Mary L Murray, Jeffrey C Published in American journal of human genetics (05.03.2015)

“...Although genome-wide association studies (GWASs) for nonsyndromic orofacial clefts have identified multiple strongly associated regions, the causal variants...”

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The Concordance of Survey Reports and Medicare Claims in a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Cohort of Older Adults

by Fredric D. Wolinsky Michael P. Jones Fred Ullrich Yiyue Lou George L. Wehby Published in Medical care (01.05.2014)

“...Background: Concordance between survey reports and claims data is not well established. We compared them for disease histories, preventative, and other health...”

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Very Low Birth Weight Hospital Volume and Mortality: An Instrumental Variables Approach

by George L. Wehby Fred Ullrich Yang Xie Published in Medical care (01.08.2012)

“...Background: Previous studies of very low birth weight (VLBW) hospital volume effects on in-hospital mortality have used standard risk-adjusted models that only...”

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Can Changing Economic Factors Explain the Rise in Obesity?

by Charles J. Courtemanche Joshua C. Pinkston Christopher J. Ruhm George L. Wehby Published in Southern economic journal (01.01.2016)

“...A growing literature examines the effects of economic variables on obesity, typically focusing on only one or a few factors at a time. We build a more...”

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Developmental Disabilities and Socioeconomic Outcomes in Young Adulthood

by Fernanda C. Queirós George L. Wehby Published in Public health reports (1974) (01.05.2015)

“...Objective. We assessed the associations between developmental disabilities and indicators of socioeconomic outcomes (i.e., educational attainment, employment...”

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Prevention, Use Of Health Services, and Genes: Implications of Genetics for Policy Formation

by George L. Wehby Benjamin W. Domnigue Jason D. Boardman Published in Journal of policy analysis and management (01.07.2015)

“...We evaluate the hypothesis that genetic factors influence the use of health services and prevention behaviors in a national sample of adult twins in the United...”

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The effects of oral clefts on hospital use throughout the lifespan

by Wehby, George L Pedersen, Dorthe Almind Murray, Jeffrey C Christensen, Kaare Published in BMC health services research (09.03.2012)

“...Oral clefts are one of the most common birth defects worldwide. They require multiple healthcare interventions and add significant burden on the health and...”

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The Impact of the ACA Medicaid Expansions on Health Insurance Coverage through 2015 and Coverage Disparities by Age, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender

by Wehby, George L Lyu, Wei Published in Health services research (01.04.2018)

“...Objective Examine the ACA Medicaid expansion effects on Medicaid take‐up and private coverage through 2015 and coverage disparities by age, race/ethnicity, and...”

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Long-term effects of oral clefts on health care utilization: a sibling comparison

by Morten Saaby Pedersen George L. Wehby Dorthe Almind Pedersen Kaare Christensen Published in The European journal of health economics (01.07.2015)

“...Oral clefts are among the most common birth defects affecting thousands of newborns each year, but little is known about their potential long-term...”

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Shelter-In-Place Orders Reduced COVID-19 Mortality And Reduced The Rate Of Growth In Hospitalizations

by Lyu, Wei Wehby, George L Published in Health affairs (Project Hope) (01.09.2020)

“...Most states enacted shelter-in-place orders when mitigating the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Emerging evidence indicates that these orders...”

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The Impacts of the ACA Medicaid Expansions on Cancer Screening Use by Primary Care Provider Supply

by Lyu, Wei Wehby, George L Published in Medical care (01.03.2019)

“...BACKGROUND:Recent studies of the impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansions on cancer screening use have mostly found insignificant effects...”

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Health Expenditures and Global Inequalities in Longevity

by Obrizan, Maksym Wehby, George L Published in World development (01.01.2018)

“...•Countries’ health expenditures have heterogeneous effects on life expectancy.•Effects are larger for countries at the left margin of the longevity...”

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Community Use Of Face Masks And COVID-19: Evidence From A Natural Experiment Of State Mandates In The US

by Lyu, Wei Wehby, George L Published in Health affairs (Project Hope) (01.08.2020)

“...State policies mandating public or community use of face masks or covers in mitigating the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are hotly contested...”

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