Sentinel health events as indicators of unmet needs

Carr, Willine; Szapiro, N; Heisler, Toni; Krasner, Melvin

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(89)90149-4

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“…Most ED visits for acute asthma represent a treatment or maintenance failure 8,15 and are believed to be preventable through longitudinal disease management undertaken by both medical providers and the patient. 16,17 Rising trends in asthma morbidity in the 1980s and 1990s 2 led to publication and widespread distribution of NAEPP guidelines in 1991, 1997, 2002, and most recently in 2007.…”

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Improved overall trends but persistent racial disparities in emergency department visits for acute asthma, 1993-2005

Ginde

Espinola

Camargo

2008

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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Improved overall trends but persistent racial disparities in emergency department visits for acute asthma, 1993-2005

Ginde

Espinola

Camargo

2008

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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“…This study reports findings from a retrospective study of organizational networks and characteristics designed to delineate changes thought to have affected fluctuating rates of Black infant mortality in Dane County, Wisconsin, USA. Infant mortality rates are a key indicator for overall population health (Carr, Szapiro, Heisler, & Krasner, 1989). As an outcome at the population level, it is thought to reflect not just the health of mother and child during and immediately after childbirth, but health and wellness throughout the life course (Lu & Halfon, 2003).…”

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Exploring relationships among organizational capacity, collaboration, and network change

Faust

Christens

Sparks

et al. 2015

Psychosocial Intervention

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Is the collaborative activity of organizations in a network associated with the capacity of individual organizations? How might the structure of collaborative activity and the location of high capacity organizations in a network be related to the network's overall ability to influence community conditions? This article explores these questions among 23 local organizations providing women and new mothers with health care, advocacy, and other services in a single US city. Changes in the interorganizational network of collaborations are depicted in four time periods spanning 12 years and analyzed over time using both whole network and local network measures. Organizational attributes associated with dimensions of organizational learning and organizational effectiveness are examined in relation to interorganizational network changes over time. Results indicate that more adaptable organizations and those with higher capacity were not necessarily central in the network. Overall, findings suggest that increases in cohesion across a structurally diffuse network, relatively well dispersed high capacity organizations, and strategic relational investments may have influenced the reduction in health disparities for infants and expecting mothers. Although community-level interventions often focus on building a strong, central group of high capacity organizations, these findings suggest a need to also take into account the strategic action of a range of individual organizations, their local networks, and how they may advance change in the broader network over time.

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“…The other indicators included in this study, i.e. ulcer of the stomach and duodenum (S, 9,26,27), congenital heart disease (8,9,29), pneumonia (S,9,2629), chronic bronchitis and emphysema (8,9,(26)(27)(28)(29), malignant neoplasms of colon and rectum (29), were suggested by Rutstein et a1 and have, with some modifications, been implemented also in studies from other countries.…”

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Indicators of “Avoidable” Mortality in Health Administrative Areas in Sweden 1974–1985

Westerling

1993

Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine

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When comparing health administrative areas in Sweden the variation in death rates for 13 suggested indicators of avoidable mortality was analysed for the time periods 1974-79 and 1980-85. For most indicators the variation was significant. The level of systematic (nonrandom) variance differed between the sexes for certain conditions. According to the theory of mass-significance it would be appropriate to use a sharpened significance test of high SMRs. For certain health policy indicators it was possible to detect areas accounting for nearly all the deviation above the national standard using a sharpened test (p < 0.001). For most medical care indicators, however, the high death rates had a lower level of significance. When sensitivity is given priority an ordinary test (p < 0.05) should be preferred. This means, however, dealing with potential false positive warning signals. Epidemiological surveillance of indicators of avoidable mortality should be the starting point for in-depth studies.

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Sentinel health events as indicators of unmet needs

Cited by 20 publications

References 11 publications

Improved overall trends but persistent racial disparities in emergency department visits for acute asthma, 1993-2005

Improved overall trends but persistent racial disparities in emergency department visits for acute asthma, 1993-2005

Exploring relationships among organizational capacity, collaboration, and network change

Indicators of “Avoidable” Mortality in Health Administrative Areas in Sweden 1974–1985

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