Nicole L. Pratt

TL;DR: Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics has built on learnings from the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership to turn methods research and insights into a suite of applications and exploration tools that move the field closer to the ultimate goal of generating evidence about all aspects of healthcare.

TL;DR: In the financial year ending June 2002, 26 689 hip replacements and 26089 knee replacements (total, 52778) were performed in Australia as mentioned in this paper, with a combined increase in hip and knee replacement of 13.4% in the past year.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of fixation method on revision rate and mortality was examined for 25,000 hemiarthroplasty cases from the AOA National Joint Replacement Registry.

TL;DR: An international data network with 11 data sources from four countries, including electronic health records and administrative claims data on 250 million patients revealed similar results, suggesting large-scale international observational research is feasible.

TL;DR: Infants with spilling on 90 days or more during the first 2 years of life (classified as frequent spilling) were more likely to have GER symptoms at 9 years of age, suggesting that a genetic component may be involved.