George J. Stukenborg, Ph.D., M.A.

Associate Professor
Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Ph.D., Health Services Research, Medical College of Virginia-VCU, 1995

P.O. Box 800717, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0717
Tel: 1-434-924-8649
Fax: 1-434-243-5787
Email: gstukenborg@virginia.edu
OMS Room 3878

Expertise:

  • Observational research design
  • Quantitative methods in population health

Research Interests:

  • Mortality risk adjustment methods
  • Administrative data base studies
  • Comorbid disease measurement

Teaching Responsibilities:

PHS 712, Health Care Technology and Outcomes Assessment (Syllabus)

Dr. Stukenborg teaches the course PHS 712, Health Care Technology and Outcomes Assessment, which reviews how health services research is used to address key issues in health care and explains methods and related mathematical concepts. The course also provides training in SAS programming for database management and multivariable analysis, and training in the use of TreeAge PRO software for decision analysis modeling and cost-effectiveness analysis.

MED 632, Clinical Epidemiology

Recent Publications

Stukenborg GJ, Wagner DP, Harrell FE, Oliver MN, Heim S, Price A, Han CK, Wolf AMD, Connors AF. Which Hospitals Have Significantly Better or Worse than Expected Mortality Rates for Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients? Improved Risk Adjustment With Present-At-Admission Diagnoses. Circulation. 2007; 116(25): 2960-2968.

Stukenborg GJ, Wagner DP, Harrell FE, Oliver MN, Heim SW, Price AL, Han CK, Wolf AMD, Connors AF. Present-At-Admission Diagnoses Improved Mortality Risk Adjustment Among Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2007; 60: 142-154.

Stukenborg GJ, Kilbridge KL, Wagner DP, Harrell FE, Oliver MN, Lyman JA, Einbinder J, Connors AF. Present-at-admission diagnoses improve mortality risk-adjustment and allow more accurate assessment of the relationship between volume of lung cancer operations and mortality risk. Surgery. 2005; 138: 498-507.

Stukenborg GJ, Wagner DP, Harrell FE. Temporal Order and Nonlinearity in the Relationship Between Lung Cancer Resection Volume and In-hospital Mortality. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology. 2004; 5: 59-73.

Stukenborg GJ, Wagner DP, Harrell FE, Oliver MN, Kilbridge K, Lyman J, Einbinder J, Connors AF. Hospital discharge abstract data on comorbidity improved the prediction of death among patients hospitalized with aspiration pneumonia. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2004; 57,5: 522-532.

Stukenborg GJ, Wagner DP, and Connors AF. A comparison of the performance of two comorbidity measures, with and without information from prior hospitalizations. Medical Care. 2001; 39: 727-739.