Claudia A. Steiner, MD, MPH

Biography

Professor

Health Systems Science

Dr. Claudia Steiner is an internist who has served as an assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Dr. Steiner has supported the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ, DHHS) through aiding with the design, implementation, and dissemination of data, internet query tools, and software resources. She also participated in creating statistical briefs, technical reports, fact books, and research notes for HCUP. Dr. Steiner’s written and online work focuses on public health concerns such as women’s health, impact vaccination on population health, impact of medical technology and effect of public policy on health outcomes.

Education and Training

Degrees: BA, summa cum laude, Creighton University
MD, with honors, University of Colorado, Denver
MPH, Johns Hopkins University

Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Professional Development: Faculty Development Program Teaching Skills Module, Francis Scott Key-Johns Hopkins University

Fellowship: General Internal Medicine, Research Track, Johns Hopkins University

Professional Positions

Medical Staff Appointment: Johns Hopkins Hospital; 1994-1996

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Adjunct): Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine; 1994-2017

Internist: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians; 1996-2017

Senior Research Medical Officer: Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 1999-2014

Deputy Editor: Journal of General Internal Medicine; 2005-2007

Director, Division of Healthcare Delivery Data, Measures and Research: Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2014-2017

Executive Director, Institute for Health Research: Kaiser Permanente Colorado; 2017-present

Internist: Colorado Permanente Medical Group; 2017-present

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Article of the Year Award: AcademyHealth Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP); 2015

Director’s Award of Merit, HCUP Fast Stats Group: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP); 2016

Director’s Award for Excellence, AHRQ Hospital Acquired Conditions Report Team: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2016

AHRQ Article of the Year Award: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2016

Outstanding Article of the Year Award: AcademyHealth Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP); 2017

Scholarly Activities

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Selected peer-reviewed research manuscripts

Leshem E, Tate JE, Steiner CA, Curns AT, Lopman BA, Parashar UD. National Estimates of Reductions in Acute Gastroenteritis Hospitalizations and Associated Costs in US Children After Implementation of Rotavirus Vaccines. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2018 Aug 17; 7(3) 257-260. Epub Aug 2017.
Nuckols TK, Fingar KR, Barrett ML, Martsolf G, Steiner CA, Stocks C, Owens PL. Returns to Emergency Department, Observation, or Inpatient Care Within 30 Days After Hospitalization in Four States, 2009 and 2010 Versus 2013 and 2014. J of Hosp Med. 2018 May 1;13(5):296-303. Epub 2017 Nov 22.
Nguyen HH, Liu P, Viboud C, Steiner CA, Worby CJ, Lipsitch M, Goldstein E. On the Relative Role of Different Age Groups During Epidemics Associated with the Respiratory Syncytial Virus. J Infect Dis 2018 Jan 4;217(2);238-244. Online 3 November 2017.
Pringle KD, Burke RM, Steiner CA, Parashar UD, Tate JE. Trends in Rate of Seizure-Associated Hospitalizations Among Children <5 Years Old Before and After Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction in the United States, 2000-2013. J Infect Dis 2018 Jan 30;217(4):581-588.
Agimi Y, Albert SM, Youk AO, Documet PI, Steiner CA. Dementia and Motor Vehicle Crash Hospitalizations: Role of Physician Reporting Laws. Neurology 2018 Feb 27;90(9):e808-e818 Epub 2018 Jan 31.
Ritchey M, Loustalot F, Wall HK, Steiner CA, Gillespie C, George MG, Wright JS. Million Hearts: Description of the National Surveillance and Modeling Methodology Used to Monitor the Number of Cardiovascular Events Prevented During 2012–2016. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017;6: e006021. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.117.006021

Selected statistical briefs

Miller AM, Steiner CA, Barrett ML, Fingar KR, Elixhauser A. Breast Reconstruction Surgery for Mastectomy in Hospital Inpatient and Ambulatory Settings, 2009-2014. HCUP Statistical Brief #228. October 2017. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
Fingar KR, Mabry-Hernandez I, Ngo-Metzger Q, Wolff T, Steiner CA, Elixhauser A. Delivery Hospitalizations Involving Preeclampsia and Eclampsia, 2005-2014. HCUP Statistical Brief #222. April 2017. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
Moore BJ, Steiner CA, Davis PH, Stocks C, Barrett ML. Trends in Hysterectomies and Oophorectomies in Hospital Inpatient and Ambulatory Settings, 2005-2013. Statistical Brief #214. November 2016. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.