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Tony H Grubesic, Timothy C Matisziw
Background While the use of spatially referenced data for the analysis of epidemiological data is growing, issues associated with selecting the appropriate geographic unit of analysis are also emerging. A particularly problematic unit is the ZIP code. Lacking standardization and highly dynamic in structure, the use of…
Muhammad Harist Murdani, Joonho Kwon, Yoon-Ho Choi, Bonghee Hong
In this paper, we are interested in computing ZIP code proximity from two perspectives, proximity between two ZIP codes (Ad-Hoc) and neighborhood proximity (Top-K). Such a computation can be used for ZIP code-based target marketing as one of the smart city applications. A naïve approach to this computation is the usage…
Ariana N. Gobaud, Christina A. Mehranbod, Beidi Dong, James Dodington + 1 more
Background Homicide is a major cause of death and contributes to health disparities in the United States. This burden overwhelmingly affects people from racial and ethnic minority populations as homicide occurs more often in neighborhoods with high proportions of racial and ethnic minority residents. Research has…
Pavan Kumar Puvvula, Anthony Johnson, Leon Bernal-Mizrachi
Background and significance of gene transfer (GT) The intricate interplay of extracellular genetic material and the tumor genetic landscape poses a significant challenge in understanding cancer evolution, tumor genetic heterogeneity and treatment response. Earlier studies have illuminated the role of circulating tumor…
Alexander Muacevic, John R Adler, Karter Morris, Ashley Price + 8 more
Introduction When comparing surgical outcomes for individual physicians, it is important to note the multifactorial element of socioeconomic status (SES) in recovery complications. Area-based measures of SES, like residential zip codes, are often used in risk-adjustment models. In this study, we sought to determine if…
Ethan M Berke, Xun Shi
Background Travel time is an important metric of geographic access to health care. We compared strategies of estimating travel times when only subject ZIP code data were available. Results Using simulated data from New Hampshire and Arizona, we estimated travel times to nearest cancer centers by using: 1) geometric…
Jacob Bor, Sabrina A. Assoumou, Kevin Lane, Yareliz Diaz + 3 more
Census tract-level ACS 5-year estimates for 2019 were obtained for race/ethnicity (B03002), median household income (B19001), educational attainment (B15003), and occupation (S2404). Essential workers were defined based on definitions developed by the American Civil Liberties Union, which identified those job types…
Jason A. Thomas, Randi E. Foraker, Noa Zamstein, Philip R.O. Payne + 1 more
Next, we assessed synthetic epidemic curves’ performance at the zip code level, focusing on zip codes with relatively abundant data. We created a list of zip codes from the original data in the 99th percentile (n=171) by total number of tests, then removed any zip codes without an uncensored matched zip code pair in…
Alexander Muacevic, John R Adler, Vaishnavi J Patel, Victoria Delano + 5 more
'Aishwarya Juttu' 'Huraiya Adhora' 'Aroob Zaheer' 'Leticia Vargas' 'Blaine Jacobs'] Introduction Over the past 20 years, the number of pregnancy-related fatalities in the United States has been on the rise. Increases in maternal and fetal mortality have been attributed to low socioeconomic status (SES). This raises the…
Dania Mofleh, Maha Almohamad, Ikponmwosa Osaghae, Sandra Bempah + 6 more
'Qianzi Zhang' 'Guillermo Tortolero' 'Ahmad Ebeidat' 'Ryan Ramphul' 'Shreela V. Sharma' 'Barbara Rath'] Equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine remains a public health priority. This study explores the association between ZIP Code-Tabulation Area level Social Vulnerability Indices (SVI) and COVID-19 vaccine coverage…
D. C. Des Jarlais, H. L. F. Cooper, K. Arasteh, J. Feelemyer + 3 more
[pone.0194799.g001] shows the ZIP codes in New York City in which our 910 study participants resided. These are categorized into ZIP codes that had relatively few (1-9) participants versus ZIP codes that had relatively many (10 or more) participants. The PWID in this study reside in a large number of ZIP codes in New…
Jina Suh, Eric Horvitz, Ryen W. White, Tim Althoff
The COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated important changes in online information access as digital engagement became necessary to meet the demand for health, economic, and educational resources. Our analysis of 55 billion everyday web search interactions during the pandemic across 25,150 US ZIP codes reveals that the…
Lan Luo, Sara McLafferty, Fahui Wang
Purpose This paper examines the effect of spatial aggregation error on statistical estimates of the association between spatial access to health care and late-stage cancer. Methods Monte Carlo simulation was used to disaggregate cancer cases for two Illinois counties from zip code to census block in proportion to the…
Rose Gabert, Blake Thomson, Emmanuela Gakidou, Gregory Roth + 1 more
Out of a total population of 1.48 million people aged 18-74 living in 120 zip code areas, 63,053 (4.3%) were identified in our data as having received regular primary care for diabetes in 2013. The median prevalence for a diabetic receiving care within each zip code area was 4.1%, (interquartile range (IQR) 3.1-4.8%)…