Risk Factors Associated with Cryptosporidium Infection on Dairy Farms in a New York State Watershed

SUMMARYTo assess the prevalence and risk factors for colonization withStaphylococcus aureusin inmates entering two maximum-security prisons in New York State, USA, inmates (N = 830) were interviewed and anterior nares and oropharyngeal samples collected. Isolates were characterized usingspatyping. Overall, 50·5% of women and 58·3% of men were colonized withS. aureusand 10·6% of women and 5·9% of men were colonized with MRSA at either or both body sites. Of MSSA isolates, the major subtypes werespatype 008 and 002. Overall, risk factors forS. aureuscolonization varied by gender and were only found in women and included younger age, fair/poor self-reported general health, and longer length of prior incarceration. Prevalence of MRSA colonization was 8·2%, nearly 10 times greater than in the general population. Control of epidemicS. aureusin prisons should consider the constant introduction of strains by new inmates.

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Incidence and Risk Factors for Peripheral Nerve Injury After 383,000 Total Knee Arthroplasties Using a New York State Database (SPARCS)

The Journal of Arthroplasty ◽

10.1016/j.arth.2019.05.008 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 34 (10) ◽

pp. 2473-2478 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Alexander B. Christ ◽

Yu-fen Chiu ◽

Amethia Joseph ◽

Geoffrey H. Westrich ◽

Stephen Lyman

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

New York ◽

Peripheral Nerve ◽

Nerve Injury ◽

Peripheral Nerve Injury ◽

New York State ◽

Total Knee Arthroplasties ◽

York State ◽

Total Knee

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Geographic Variation in the Utilization and Choice of Procedures for Treating Coronary Artery Disease in New York State

Journal of Health Services Research & Policy ◽

10.1177/135581969700200303 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 137-143 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Edward L. Hannan ◽

Dinesh Kumar ◽

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

New York ◽

Coronary Artery ◽

Artery Bypass ◽

New York State ◽

Geographic Variations ◽

Patient Risk ◽

York State ◽

Geographical Variations ◽

Choice Of Procedure

Objectives: To examine geographical variations in rates of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in New York State, and to examine variations in the choice between these two procedures. Methods: A retrospective analysis of data from the New York registries for CABG and angioplasty was conducted. Rates were compared for 12 different regions of the state to assess geographic variations. To assess variations in the choice of procedure, frequencies of each procedure by region were compared with expected frequencies obtained by a logistic regression model that related procedure performance to various patient risk factors. Results: There was more than a three-fold variation in age/sex adjusted CABG rates and more than a two-fold variation in age/sex adjusted angioplasty rates among regions. The regional percentages of patients undergoing CABG rather than PTCA ranged from 49% to 70%, and most of the disparity was not related to patient risk factors. Instead, the disparity was largely a result of differences in racial composition and the hospitalization rate for myocardial infarctions. Conclusions: There is considerable regional variation in New York in the tendency to use aggressive cardiac procedures and in the choice of which procedure to use, and these differences are mostly unrelated to patient need.

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