EHSRC Investigator Detail
| Gerard Rushton, Ph.D. | |
| Professor of Geography and Adjunct Professor, Health Management & Policy |
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| Email: gerard-rushton@uiowa.edu | |
| Phone: (319) 335-0162 | |
| Iowa Consortium for Comprehensive Cancer Control Cancer Maps Site | |
| EHSRC Role(s): | Member, Environmental Modeling and Exposure Assessment Facility |
Dr. Rushton is interested in the development of human service systems in both developed and developing country contexts, particularly for health services. He is also interested in the spatial analysis of disease burdens. Modeling areas include location-allocation, small area demographics, spatial choice behavior, disease cluster analysis, spatial aggregation and disaggregation. In addition, he is exploring the integration of such methods in geographic information systems.
Recent Publications
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Fortney J, Rushton G, Wood S, Zhang L, Xu S, Dong F, Rost K. Community-level risk factors for depression hospitalizations. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2007 Jul;34(4):343-52. Epub 2007 Feb 9.
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Zimmerman DL, Fang X, Mazumdar S, Rushton G. Modeling the probability distribution of positional errors incurred by residential address geocoding. Int J Health Geogr. 2007 Jan 10;6:1.
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Kamel Boulos MN, Cai Q, Padget JA, Rushton G. Using software agents to preserve individual health data confidentiality in micro-scale geographical analyses. J Biomed Inform. 2006 Apr;39(2):160-70. Epub 2005 Jul 26.
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Rushton G, Armstrong MP, Gittler J, Greene BR, Pavlik CE, West MM, Zimmerman DL. Geocoding in cancer research: a review. Am J Prev Med. 2006 Feb;30(2 Suppl):S16-24. Review.
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Rushton G, Peleg I, Banerjee A, Smith G, West M. Analyzing geographic patterns of disease incidence: rates of late-stage colorectal cancer in Iowa. J Med Syst. 2004 Jun;28(3):223-36.