Z Yuan

Summary

Affiliation: Case Western Reserve University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The association between hospital type and mortality and length of stay: a study of 16.9 million hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries
    Z Yuan
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44109 1998, USA
    Med Care 38:231-45. 2000
  2. ncbi Effects of alcohol-related disease on hip fracture and mortality: a retrospective cohort study of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries
    Z Yuan
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    Am J Public Health 91:1089-93. 2001
  3. ncbi The sensitivity of Medicare claims data for case ascertainment of six common cancers
    G S Cooper
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
    Med Care 37:436-44. 1999
  4. ncbi The utility of Medicare claims data for measuring cancer stage
    G S Cooper
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
    Med Care 37:706-11. 1999
  5. ncbi Lack of gender and racial differences in surgery and mortality in hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries with bleeding peptic ulcer
    G S Cooper
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 12:485-90. 1997
  6. ncbi Determination of county-level prostate carcinoma incidence and detection rates with Medicare claims data
    G S Cooper
    Department of Medicine and the Cancer Research Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    Cancer 92:102-9. 2001
  7. ncbi Agreement of Medicare claims and tumor registry data for assessment of cancer-related treatment
    G S Cooper
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    Med Care 38:411-21. 2000
  8. ncbi Risk of stroke in patients with atrial flutter
    L A Biblo
    Department of Medicine, Heart and Vascular Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    Am J Cardiol 87:346-9, A9. 2001

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi The association between hospital type and mortality and length of stay: a study of 16.9 million hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries
    Z Yuan
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44109 1998, USA
    Med Care 38:231-45. 2000
    ..To examine the association between hospital type and mortality and length of stay using hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries for a 10-year period...
  2. ncbi Effects of alcohol-related disease on hip fracture and mortality: a retrospective cohort study of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries
    Z Yuan
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    Am J Public Health 91:1089-93. 2001
    ..This study investigated the effect of alcohol-related disease on hip fracture and mortality...
  3. ncbi The sensitivity of Medicare claims data for case ascertainment of six common cancers
    G S Cooper
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
    Med Care 37:436-44. 1999
    ..Although Medicare claims data have been used to identify cases of cancer in older Americans, there are few data about their relative sensitivity...
  4. ncbi The utility of Medicare claims data for measuring cancer stage
    G S Cooper
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
    Med Care 37:706-11. 1999
    ..The validity of using claims data for measuring tumor stage, one of the most important determinants of choice of therapy and long-term survival, is unknown...
  5. ncbi Lack of gender and racial differences in surgery and mortality in hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries with bleeding peptic ulcer
    G S Cooper
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 12:485-90. 1997
    ..The findings raise the possibility that studies that have shown race and gender differences in management of coronary artery disease and cancer may not be generalizable to other common diagnoses...
  6. ncbi Determination of county-level prostate carcinoma incidence and detection rates with Medicare claims data
    G S Cooper
    Department of Medicine and the Cancer Research Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    Cancer 92:102-9. 2001
    ..The availability of such data could identify those regions with a disproportionately high cancer incidence as well as the population-level association between prostate carcinoma detection and incidence...
  7. ncbi Agreement of Medicare claims and tumor registry data for assessment of cancer-related treatment
    G S Cooper
    Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    Med Care 38:411-21. 2000
    ..Although health claims data are increasingly used in evaluating variations in patterns of cancer care and outcomes, little is known about the comparability of these data with tumor registry information...
  8. ncbi Risk of stroke in patients with atrial flutter
    L A Biblo
    Department of Medicine, Heart and Vascular Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    Am J Cardiol 87:346-9, A9. 2001
    ..56) than patients with atrial flutter who never had a subsequent episode of atrial fibrillation (RR = 1.11)...