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California Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development

Healthcare Information Division - Data Usage

OSHPD patient-level data is available to qualified researchers at non-profit educational institutions conducting approved research. This research affords significant benefits to the public in terms of improved processes of care, improved access to care and better-informed healthcare policies. Listed are approved projects for 2007 and 2008.

ResearcherInstitutionCPHS NumberTitle of Project
Alexandre Mas, PhD. & Arindajit Dube, PhD UC Berkeley 05-06-61 Nurse Unionization & Patient Outcomes
Carlos Dobkin, PhD UC Santa Cruz 03-12-54 Delayed Health Care Among the Near Elderly
Richard White, MD UC Davis 05-08-60 Thromboembolism in California; Who is at Highest Risk?
Judith H. Chung UC Irvine 05-08-55 Deregionalization of Perinatal Services in California; Better Care or Adverse Consequences?
James P. Marcin, MD, MPH UC Davis 03-12-50 RSV Admissions and Readmissions in Children
Yvonne Maldonado, MD Stanford 04-08-57 Infectious Diseases Related to Hospitalization of Children in California
Paul Wise, MD, MPH Stanford 05-12-57 Trends in Regional Specialty Care in Children in California
Arlene Smaldone, DNSc, CPNP, CDE Columbia 07-02-56 "Impact of Diabetes on Severe Psychiatric Comorbidities in Children"
Sarah Reber, PhD and Seema Jaychandran, PhD UCLA 06-02-59 Health Effects of Air Pollution from Fires
Linda H. Aiken. PhD University of Pennsylvania 05-08-58 Outcomes of Nurse Practice Environments
Lawrence C. Baker, PhD Stanford 03-06-58 Race, Ethnicity & Access to Care of Newborns
Scott A. Lorch, MD, MSCE University of Pennsylvania 06-06-55 Aggregated Complication Measure of Neonatal Quality of Care
Andrew Bindman, MD UC San Francisco 06-08-64 Preventable Hospitalization by Health Plan in California
Candace McClure University of Pittsburgh 06-08-58 The Epidemiology of Poisonings Resulting in Hospitalization for Women of Reproductive Age and Women During Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes Following Poisoning During Pregnancy
Joseph Carey, MD UCLA 04-06-63 California Cardiac Surgery Initiative
Min Woong Sohn, PhD Northwestern University 07-06-54 Lower Extremity Vascular Procedure Rates and Outcomes in California
William Gilbert, MD UC Davis 03-12-55 Antecedent Pregnancy Outcomes in Chidren with Cerebral Palsy and Other Neurologic Diseases
Clifford Y. Ko, MD UCLA 04-12-51 Comprehensive Assessment of Inpatient Surgical Diseases in California in Non-Elderly and Elderly Population
Kathleen Carey, PhD Boston University 07-02-55 The Effects of Single Specialty Hospital Entry on Hospital Market Competition
Michael Anderson UC Berkeley 05-02-58 The Effects of Traffic Exposure on Coronary Events
Lloyd Smith, MD UC Davis 07-04-56 Obstetric Lacerations: A Population Based Study
Joanne Spetz UC San Francisco 05-10-61 Evaluation of Minimum Nurse-to-Patient Ratios
Jamila Davison, MD, B.S. UCLA 07-04-54 Prevalence of Preventable Hospitalizations in California
Min Woong Sohn, PhD Northwestern University 02-10-14 Competition, Volume, NICU Level and Outcomes
Allison Bryant, MD, MPH UC San Francisco 07-06-53 Interconception Care and Pregnancy Outcomes Among Low Income Women in California;accessing data through Department of Public Health
Joseph Carey, MD UCLA 04-06-63 "California Cardiac Surgery & Intervention Project" (1997-2006)
Yvonne Maldonado, MD Stanford 04-08-57 "Infectious Diseases Related to Hospitalization of Children in California"
Kathleen Curtis, PT, PhD CSU Fresno 05-06-56 "Chronic Disease Morbidity & Mortality in the San Joaquin Valley"
Estella M. Geraghty, MD UC Davis 06-04-52 "Aerial Pesticide Spraying for West Nile Virus Mosquito Control and the Incidence of Respiratory Complaints in California, 2005"
Glenn Melnick, PhD University Southern CA 04-02-52 "Inpatient Care Trends Among Medicare Managed Care Beneficiaries in CA"
David Zingmond, MD UCLA 02-10-10 Evaluating The Care of HIV/AIDS Patients On Medi-Cal Through the Creation, Validation, and Analysis of Statewide Patient Level Clinical Data, Care Abstracts, and Payment Claims
Marco G. Patti, MD UCSF 07-12-52 Influence of Trends in Operative Mortality Rate for Esophageal, Pancreas and Liver Resections to Their Referral Pattern in Tertiary Care Centers in California
Mitchell F. Berman Columbia 06-02-56 Outcome After Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease. Outcome of Patients with Parkinson's Disease Following General Surgery
Linda H. Aiken. PhD University of Pennsylvania 05-08-58 Outcome of Nurse Practice Environments
Kim F. Rhoads, MD, MPH UC San Francisco 07-12-61 High Medicaid Hospitals and Postoperative Cancer Outcomes in California
Scott A. Lorch, MD, MSCE University of Pennsylvania 06-06-55 Aggregated Complication Measure of Neonatal Quality of Care (recut of data)
Katherine Ho, PhD Columbia 07-10-54 California Hospital-Insurer Contracting
Stephen Shew, MD UCLA 07-12-63 Investigation of Surgical Outcomes for Children in California
Vivian Ho, PhD Rice University 07-10-55 Regionalizing Cancer Surgery
Carlos Dobkin, PhD UC Santa Cruz 07-12-54 Impact of Insurance Status on Treatment in the Emergency Department
Joanne Spetz, PhD UC San Francisco 05-10-61 Evaluation of Minimum Nurse-to-Patient Ratios
Estella M. Geraghty, MD, MS, MPH UC Davis 06-04-52 Aerial Pesticide Spraying for West Nile Virus Mosquito Control and the Incidence of Respiratory Complaints in California 2005
Susan Gilbreath, PhD California Air Resources Board 08-02-53 Surveillance of Air Pollution and Related Cardiopulmonary Morbidity in CA 2000-2006
 
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