BIG DATA

Researchers at the Kellogg Eye Center are using big data to explore patterns and associations with health outcomes and healthcare utilization using massive data sets from Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers.  This work has uncovered many new and important associations with eye diseases and their treatment that were previously unknown.

    Publications

    March 15, 2018
    Utilization of Ophthalmologist Consultation for Emergency Care at a University Hospital
    JAMA Ophthalmology
    Featured Faculty:
    David C. Musch, PhD, MPH, Maria A. Woodward, MD
    March 8, 2018
    Association of Social Support Network Size With Receipt of Cataract Surgery in Older Adults
    JAMA Ophthalmology
    Featured Faculty:
    Joshua Ehrlich, MD, MPH, Lindsey B. De Lott, MD
    January 2018
    Access to Ophthalmologists in States Where Optometrists Have Expanded Scope of Practice
    JAMA Ophthalmology
    Featured Faculty:
    Chris Andrews, PhD, Joshua D. Stein, MD, MS
    January 2018
    Trends in Use of Ambulatory Surgery Centers for Cataract Surgery in the United States, 2001-2014
    JAMA Ophthalmology
    Featured Faculty:
    Joshua D. Stein, MD, MS, Nidhi Talwar , Paul P. Lee, MD, JD
    December 2017
    Geographic and Demographic Variation in Use of Ranibizumab Versus Bevacizumab for Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration in the United States
    American Journal of Ophthlamology
    Featured Faculty:
    Joshua D. Stein, MD, MS
    November 30, 2016
    Incidence and risk factors for developing diabetic retinopathy among youths with type 1 or type 2 diabetes throughout the United States
    OPHTHALMOLOGY
    Featured Faculty:
    Chris Andrews, PhD, Joshua D. Stein, MD, MS, Thomas W. Gardner, MD, MS
    September 2016
    Assessing geographic variation in strabismus diagnosis among children enrolled in Medicaid
    Ophthalmology
    Featured Faculty:
    Joshua D. Stein, MD, MS, Joshua Ehrlich, MD, MPH, Paul P. Lee, MD, JD
    August 2016
    Sight-threatening ocular diseases remain underdiagnosed among children of less affluent families
    Health Aff (Millwood)
    Featured Faculty:
    Chris Andrews, PhD, David C. Musch, PhD, MPH, Joshua D. Stein, MD, MS, Paul P. Lee, MD, JD
    June, 2015
    Assessing geographic variability in rates of strabismus among children on Medicaid in Michigan and North Carolina
    Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science June 2015, Vol.56, 1394. ARVO abstract.
    Featured Faculty:
    Joshua D. Stein, MD, MS, Paul P. Lee, MD, JD
    August, 2015
    Association of geroprotective effects of metformin and risk of open-angle glaucoma in persons with diabetes mellitus
    JAMA Ophthalmology
    Featured Faculty:
    Joshua D. Stein, MD, MS, Paula Anne Newman-Casey, MD, MS

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