tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238055759126533452012-02-12T06:51:02.593-05:00comments encouraged..Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comBlogger1701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-62409278889319119192012-02-09T15:56:00.000-05:002012-02-09T15:56:34.737-05:00this week iworked. a lot. from istanbul.
had the city to myself..
..just because.
toured the staples. the arachnid blue mosque..
and the not-as-pretty on the outside but better on the inside, 1500 year old aya sofya.
overheard americans: "which corner do you think has the elevator?" next to the sultan's time machine room, idiots.
worried these would fall down, land Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-37242235749520384182012-02-08T06:22:00.000-05:002012-02-08T06:22:08.166-05:00this week irode west along the black sea.
overnighted in the pleasant port of trabzon.
entered the land of muslim idolators..
..there's no other word for it.
ate to my heart's discontent.
find turkish buses comfortable but unscenic, the opposite of what i want. this whole trip has been delightful cramped sedans and minivans.
made it work..
..the secret? don't take no Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-4158831547760537012012-02-06T05:48:00.000-05:002012-02-06T05:48:02.208-05:00this week ileft the kazakh harbor for azerbaijan. barring the unforeseen, this largely guarantees i'll make it from china to europe without a plane. why would anyone do that? think of it like climbing mount everest, only more reasonable.
tried pictionary to ask a non-english-speaker on board what kind of cargo the ship was transporting from aqtau to baku (it surely wasn't passengers). no luck.
Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-58515554922949157352012-02-02T18:04:00.000-05:002012-02-03T08:42:08.045-05:00this week icrossed the desert.
slept in another glorious flea-pit.
maintained the diet.
caught a bus to khiva. and with warren beatty's long-lost sister, no less. no. don't you dare read past this sentence until you click the warren beatty link and confirm this remarkable resemblance.
climbed the old city walls and new city ferriskyline.
waved hello.
hello.
viewed from the Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-78164287892755598432012-02-01T08:43:00.000-05:002012-02-01T08:43:14.025-05:00this week ipublished a journal article about what the medicaid expansion means for people with diabetes. better access to doctors, lower out-of-pocket spending, that's what.
made some friends at the uzbek border.
practiced my russian. i seem pretty obnoxious in this video, but that car ride had a lot of golden-toothed smiles.
stopped for nothing in tashkent. covered bazaars look nice from Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-85139249742489529412012-01-30T02:55:00.000-05:002012-01-30T02:55:26.992-05:00this week istuck out my thumb and hitchhiked westward into kyrgyzstan. or, as herman cain might call it, kyrgyzzy-gyzzy-gyzzy-gyzzy-stan-stan.
enjoyed the company of chinese truckers, wooly camels.
realized they travel in caravans for safety. new silk, same road.
passed the occasional shadow.
got my kyrgyz passport welcome stamp as the sun set.
asked the border guard if his "town" had a Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-48602561221019177372012-01-28T10:04:00.000-05:002012-01-28T10:04:13.973-05:00this week islept on a plane to istanbul, dropped off a suitcase, ate some shawarma, then slept on the christmas eve nonstop to urumqi. turkish airlines might be higher quality, but china southern gave me three seats to myself and the untouristed company of uyghurs.
crossed the pamirs.
saw my first of many minarets..
..oh look there's another.
passed on the street food..
instead, a Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-61922208966082988522012-01-02T01:00:00.000-05:002012-01-02T03:08:45.869-05:00this week iupdated our snapshot on the relationship between worker compensation and an offer of health insurance.
love this music. and le havre was pretty fantastic, too.
celebrated kirsten's you know what.
wasn't impressed by ken burns' prohibition. zero character development and john lithgow narrates like ass.
12/22Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-58720603705437780062011-12-07T00:58:00.001-05:002011-12-14T15:57:41.833-05:00this week ilectured about online data sources to the jhsph policy class. that used to be me.
cracked the national health interview survey's multiply-imputed income code using r (open source and free). nhis provides documentation on how to do it in sas (proprietary and expensive).
took dad to lyle lovett at the birchmere. hot damn.
tried on some cold weather gear before central asia.
fought a Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-82604376639690897762011-11-27T15:18:00.001-05:002011-12-08T01:38:16.141-05:00this week idrew the sample for our 2012 employer health benefits survey.
drove to the west virginia mountains with my father.
unpacked the car. and look at that, you read my mind.
rented a cabin.
sat on the porch.
didn't anticipate the altitude weather difference.
communed with nature.
found an arcade room in the lodge..
..with other relics too.
now know what the Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-35249663156170536372011-11-27T13:27:00.001-05:002011-11-30T13:13:09.526-05:00this week ipicked up a gps and figured out how to approximate google street view technology in haitian slums..
here's some canal building
..and a road.
hope this kind of map will be useful to send to off-site donors who want to see progress on construction.
admit that my contribution was almost nothing compared to these folks..
..and hereAnthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-39643335106638760922011-11-20T16:48:00.001-05:002011-11-27T15:02:42.866-05:00this week ireleased two publications explaining private plan availability for seniors in 2012 and a new bonus payment demonstration launched by cms.
caught the 7am flight to port-au-prince.
filled out the customs and immigration forms for the pleasant, illiterate woman next to me on the plane. oh also, my first flight where - moments before touchdown - the attendant had to yell at people over the Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-14070674819463271832011-11-13T01:04:00.001-05:002011-11-17T22:44:00.564-05:00this week idonated. the obama campaign publishes the percent of donations below $200, which is why i didn't round up. also disappointed that ft's tone has soured on the occupiers.
celebrated savitha's phdone. and then over to michelle's for a delicious dinner.
scored megabus double-decker-to-philadelphia top-front seats for my friday afternoon office.
forgot my laptop headphones and found the Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-50990101555459725592011-11-09T23:51:00.001-05:002011-11-09T23:51:32.744-05:00this week ibought a condo.
still a studio, two blocks from my old apartment, nothing much changes.
emma's reaction to the news (from nairobi) was my favorite, "omg omg omg
i am working on something i will call soon one of our vehicles hijacked
have to fix it then will call omg omg omg."
moved in. nothing says home like a custom return address stamp.
now know what all my stuff looks like.Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-45453420382418144022011-11-02T21:44:00.000-04:002011-11-02T21:44:11.439-04:00this week imade my maiden voyage to french north america..
..for everyone's favorite holiday.
steered the city lights myself.
guess that the decline of the church means classier cafe seating for the rest of us.
rented le bike.
..though the pride of our outdoorsiness was soon dwarfed/trampled by ice surfers.
had the saint lawrence river to ourselves.
ate a bone marrow steakAnthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-76214879551772465552011-10-26T14:02:00.000-04:002011-10-26T14:02:11.382-04:00this week i
prepped for my close-up. some peer-reviewed journals nowadays require a photo..
glassy-eyed professional
saucy demon
..and classic hunched.
watched a pretty good movie and then ate a grasshopper taco with britt.
stole up to baltimore.
dressed for diwali.
watched some traditional dance.
met the new president.
ate at hamid karzai's brother's restaurant.
drank some Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-22456247642298266522011-10-19T15:09:00.000-04:002011-10-19T15:09:05.727-04:00this week igave my public health data sources talk to some epi and biostat students at gwu. one attendee thanked me for the "badass lecture" afterwards.
agree with sarah palin here - our popular journalism is garbage. what's the headline? that the co-founder of a company is sitting in a lawn chair outside one of their stores on the morning of a product release? no seriously, gtfoot american media.
Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-41171151952481876692011-10-14T08:18:00.000-04:002011-10-14T08:18:51.679-04:00this week iloved the california honeydrops at rock and roll hotel. always nice to get in on a good thing before it gets popular.
tried the mexican cultural institute for a classical string quartet.
reunited with the health policy angels..
..over a pile of meat.
polished off some nachos deep in suburban virginia..
..before seeing the honeydrops again. worth two bus rides.
read some..
(Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-11283667954689297812011-10-05T22:20:00.000-04:002011-10-05T22:20:51.093-04:00this week i
flew toward sunset.
landed in the capital of the lone star state..
too far west to follow lynyrd skynrd's decree about love of southern governors
..though i can't say i blame them.
am alarmed by the work of their kin, intentionally crippling government offices and then attempting to drown them in the rhetoric of inefficiency.
saw jesus impersonators on the river.
wonder if Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-63524245509180463992011-09-30T10:44:00.000-04:002011-09-30T10:44:30.101-04:00this week ihelped release our annual employer health benefits survey. front page on the nyt, wsj, wpost, and ft. more real news on page two.
india is now home to more poor people than the entire sub-saharan africa region.
see this as a larger metaphor of the northeastern states and the american south.
can't believe how many people read my wikipedia articles. (1) (2)
adjusted to a standing desk. also,Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-77451072254977099312011-09-21T20:37:00.000-04:002011-09-21T20:37:13.661-04:00this week idrove over to chincoteague island with dad for the weekend.
woke up to watch sunrise both mornings, he was grateful my camera's in the shop.
detoured for greenwood chicken.
finished up a new song with curtis, to accompany an old film de miguel.
unearthed my favorite karl marx quote, "the idiocy of rural life." a winner both standalone and in-context.
am disappointed criminals' facebook Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-4475220779345062742011-09-15T11:49:00.000-04:002011-09-15T11:49:26.879-04:00this week ifinished up two reports about the medicare advantage marketplace, on enrollment and special needs plans.
would need about eight earths if everyone lived like me. societies crumble about once in a lifetime and we're past due.
read the collection of essays, abraham lincoln and the second american revolution. a fresh perspective on the stakes..
this republic was a fragile experiment in a world Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-43783871158077966922011-09-08T15:38:00.000-04:002011-09-08T15:38:54.965-04:00this week ithink the result of 111,111,111 squared is beautiful. also, have you seen this complete map of tic-tac-toe moves? wonder when they'll do this for chess.
deferred the phd coursework. no time for three years of two days a week of this scene right now.
read marcia angell's first book, detailing the conflict between medical and legal evidence-building..
in science, the evidence leads to the Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-87046838842382408572011-08-31T20:07:00.000-04:002011-08-31T20:07:41.015-04:00this week iwrote my second wikipedia article, outlining the cdc's national health interview survey.
stood by the train tracks.
crossed a few canals.
gave way to cyclists..
..and other commuters.
headed to amsterdam's cafes for a few final days of working from europe.
figured out that i am anti-principles. in this complex world, if you're unflinching in your decisions based on a few pithy Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-67058681502520998102011-08-24T20:51:00.000-04:002011-08-24T20:51:11.917-04:00this week ipublished this description and analysis of the regulatory definition of affordability in the health reform law.
consider movement as addictive as any other drug: the more i travel, the more i want to travel.
left the land of sodas and seatbelts on buses.
followed the clouds across gibraltar.
landed with rainbows encircling our wings..
..in time for another african sunset.
walked both from Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-25568780454195763982011-08-18T07:33:00.000-04:002011-08-18T07:33:10.909-04:00this week iproudly work for the butt of the most recent onion joke, and await angry calls from idiots like these.
got picked up by the health business section of the new york times, the u.s. news and world report health page, and hey why not the l.a. times for good measure.
took off. saw the mediterranean. heard over the loudspeaker, "we're headed back to london, there's a problem with the electronics."Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-17689390033108758812011-08-11T05:56:00.000-04:002011-08-11T05:56:44.858-04:00this week ihelped map premium variation in the individual insurance market.
crossed the border between the latin and cyrillic alphabets..
..to see ukrainians doing what ukrainians do best..
driving cool cars
wearing nice clothessummerfying science
might say that wanderlust is just an admission that there's no place you'd rather be.
bought my poker chip, hopped on the metro.
toured centuries-old Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-81613181867848505062011-08-03T23:10:00.000-04:002011-08-03T23:10:36.554-04:00this week ipresented consumer expenditure survey data analysis tips and techniques at the bureau of labor statistics for the second year in a row.
gave some friends at kff my introduction to r workshop.
matched the medicare advantage capitation payment and enrollment statistics shown in the medicare trustees report using the medicare current beneficiary survey, allowing us to study this market a whole lotAnthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-11751467924494757772011-07-28T22:46:00.000-04:002011-07-28T22:46:15.981-04:00this week ianalyzed the impact medicaid coverage has on diabetics, examined the quantifiable effects that health insurance exchange regulation decisions will have on family budgets, polished up our poster for the 2011 r statistical computing conference, and then began the process of acquiring the medicare 5% sample.
invented the emoticon for those greek theater tragedy-comedy masks. :( :)
proffer "the Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-713741896024240012011-07-20T11:16:00.000-04:002011-07-20T11:16:49.234-04:00this week igot my numbers cited by the economist.
followed every road to chicago..
..or should i say gotham city?
..let's compromise with the home of the blues.
went out with monica, chiang mai northern thai and improvisation for dessert..
..a sociologist-turned-quant at the ivy-envious university of chicago, our conversation mostly volleyed between our shared love of algorithms.
suppose i saw the Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-433738732501419112011-07-13T07:59:00.000-04:002011-07-13T07:59:21.668-04:00this week iheaded to the capitol..
..to hear the dalai lama speak. if you're lousy at where's waldo, he's in the lower mid-right under the white sunshade.
got my first finding from our decennial census: the county i grew up in is now majority minority. as it should be. time to embrace toronto's city motto.
recovered my mother's father's navy rucksack from his time in the pacific. and an ancient Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-8630459701337879662011-07-06T11:26:00.000-04:002011-07-06T11:26:52.563-04:00this week ilanded in the rocky mountains.
jumped in the merry prankster van.
picked up exactly where we left off..
..miguel proudly remembers that we haven't seen each other since i walked off into the darjeeling sunset with a hindustan times under my arm.
viewed the denver art museum..
..although the best scene was the improvised sombrero on the roof across the way..
..meanwhile, curtis built a Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-83044624095907523942011-06-30T22:55:00.000-04:002011-06-30T22:55:09.064-04:00this week ienjoyed some statistical programming presentation advice (1) (2).
for a 15 minute conference presentation...you will have barely started on your own contributions when you are half way through your allocated time..the audience needs time to absorb the purpose of your work and the context in which it is set.
wrapped up the shakespearean deadwood. "some shit's best walked through alone."
Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-91022506836533603312011-06-23T02:45:00.000-04:002011-06-23T02:45:23.968-04:00this week iwatched the shoestring first-person katrina documentary trouble in the water.
wrote an algorithm to calculate grouped weighted means using sql in r, paving the way for analysis of huge survey data sets with free statistical software and limited computing resources.
found a readable discussion of good statistical programming practices.
a person does not really understand something until he canAnthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-81919551481611627692011-06-15T01:28:00.000-04:002011-06-15T01:28:35.181-04:00this week ithink i died and went to seattle.
worked remotely for one caffeinated day at the university of washington's inspiring library..
..if that's not magical enough: all campus fountains are equipped with duckling ramps (bottom center).
calculated the percent of nonelderly americans touched by medicaid in the past 20 years for our ceo. also ran the medicare statistics, but those were a cinch.
Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-65052343721560633562011-06-08T17:55:00.001-04:002011-06-13T02:57:05.697-04:00this week ihad the salted caramel, why would anyone ever eat anything else. only available tuesday and saturday.
discovered a google maps-based api to calculate the shortest distance when traveling to multiple locations and order doesn't matter. useful for designing a walking tour.
now have an answer to 'best ethiopian food in town?'
watched sunset over the potomac before cuban ballet at the kennedy Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-22418429798966804592011-06-01T14:34:00.000-04:002011-06-01T14:34:00.374-04:00this week iate some chicken hearts with my old neurobiologist physicist friend bruno..
..and then gave a two-hour workshop introducing his graduate students to r.
noted for next time: send out a pre-lecture packet and make sure to conclude with some graphics.
drove back to ipanema..
..for some triple-bacon carbonara.
appreciate the expansion of google flu trends into google correlate. rather Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-29404672938704992552011-05-26T07:49:00.000-04:002011-05-26T07:49:51.966-04:00this week icontinued to work from rio de janeiro..
..despite ample distractions.
think it's a good day for data visualization when the financial times and flowingdata.com are both covering the same story.
cabled up the mountain. the little red speck atop the other range is christ.
wandered through museums.
admired graffiti artists' attention to detail..
..less so the political correctness of Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-15684080495765810802011-05-18T20:28:00.000-04:002011-05-18T20:28:47.482-04:00this week isurrendered to my latin roots.
figured out a new cheap-cabs-in-unfamiliar-airports trick. head to the 'departures' drop-off point (often on a different level than the 'arrivals' pick-up point) to find the taxi drivers who aren't stationed at the airport or connected to a company; most city-based cabbies will probably be happy just to get a second fare for their trip back downtown.
worked Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-90428726282401101082011-05-15T21:45:00.000-04:002011-05-15T21:45:20.436-04:00this week isaw the exceptionally talented julian lage while eating overpriced, tasteless blues alley food.
laughed at statistical overload.
infinite looped madeleine peyroux, track three the best on careless love and track four the best on dreamland.
headed to the ocean to camp, to sleep..
..to disconnect.
drove through his birthplace of talbot county and read the narrative of the life of frederick Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-7587620755419989692011-05-04T10:27:00.000-04:002011-05-04T10:27:52.886-04:00this week igot my abstract about statistical programming shortcuts written up in the bureau of labor statistics' monthly labor review.
walked to the white house the night they announced bin laden's death.
didn't feel right celebrating revenge with them..
laughing for camera crews
..and doing pull-ups from light posts.
will save it for when we end these wars. the kiss in times square was powerful Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-34524054393072003182011-04-29T12:53:00.000-04:002011-04-29T12:53:12.232-04:00this week iinstalled my new dvorak keyboard. we'll see how long this lasts. biggest drawback so far: control+c and control+v aren't left-hand-only.
spring cleaned.
toured a few homes for sale.
think the onion is often more important than just funny.
listened to ella in rome all the way through. you should too.
saw source code, the hollywood child of groundhog day and avatar (remember avatar also a Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-80484550681214028272011-04-20T23:37:00.000-04:002011-04-20T23:37:31.143-04:00this week isanded one more piece of mahogany.
soldered two wires into place.
screwed on the electronics cover to finish my lap steel guitar. and split the wood. hakuna matata..
learned from my mistakes.
built this. am open to (female) name suggestions.
recorded her in action, broke my first string. if you'd like to hear how she sounds in a real song, listen carefully to verses two and four.
went toAnthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-30363657510279567752011-04-13T22:12:00.000-04:002011-04-13T22:12:52.579-04:00this week iattended a lecture on the mars rovers, geology's dream come true.
got my favorite sneakers.
wish they'd shut down the government, and shut it down right. give us a taste of the oft-stated conservative zero government dream: no medicare, medicaid, social security. tear more than 90 million veterans, poor, and old folks out of their healthcare, cut off pensioners' checks, throw a million Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-67856493717132189052011-04-06T21:06:00.000-04:002011-04-06T21:06:34.158-04:00this week ipublished two short briefs to contribute to the current congressional entitlement debate regarding medicare. this report outlines the share of household budget that older americans spend on health care and this one examines the increasing burden of out-of-pocket medical care spending relative to income.
gave a two-hour workshop (click for notes) on the r statistical programming language at Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-75158566373225664782011-03-30T17:44:00.000-04:002011-03-30T17:44:22.481-04:00this week itoured the cherry blossoms, winter still in the air.
warmed up at the caribbean party at the o.a.s. indoor jungle.have been listening to the california honeydrops on repeat. usually have a hard time getting into music written after 1979, not this.
spotted an odd line of exclusive porta-potties.
3/31/11Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-89780349689907158212011-03-25T10:56:00.000-04:002011-03-25T10:56:21.532-04:00this week ipublished the most exciting paper of my career so far. the new health reform law expands private insurance to cover an additional 24 million americans. who are they? if they're going to be your new group of patients, you might want to know.
got quoted in congressional quarterly's healthbeat newsletter. "no, said anthony damico, one of the authors of the study."
like this time of year.
Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-81633309560647682732011-03-18T23:28:00.000-04:002011-03-18T23:28:40.328-04:00this week ipublished this brief describing the importance of income determinations when testing americans' eligibility for medicaid or these new health reform law-created insurance exchange marketplaces.
found my people in the new york review of books. this is our work.
thought the life i hope to lead would look good in cartesian coordinates.
repeat the wisdom, 'one of the best rewards of traveling isAnthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-33727925547465945112011-03-15T14:12:00.000-04:002011-03-15T14:12:38.229-04:00this week iupdated this snapshot detailing the relationship between insurance costs and worker compensation.
live in an amazing time and place. can pack nothing but clothes and things to read, sleep on a plane, and wake up across an ocean..
..or more precisely, in ghana.
carpooled east to togo. this friendly fellow bought me a coconut, which i promptly spilled all over myself.
reverted to an Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-32445126804891092472011-03-02T17:27:00.000-05:002011-03-02T17:27:01.941-05:00this week ireleased the first research brief from our ongoing study of health professional shortage areas, describing the problems people face seeing doctors and getting basic preventive tests in these (often remote) under-served areas.
love disease mapping, especially when the year is 1870 and the subject is malarial death in the united states.
will make time for ambiguity.
blog more tweet less.
would Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-61528232351642158082011-02-24T18:11:00.000-05:002011-02-24T18:11:06.943-05:00this week ipublished our report outlining the world of privatized medicare plans' quality-based payments - designed to untangle plans available to older americans trying to find insurance coverage.
dug up the best of new orleans. oh wait, this might be even better.
flew to the pacific.
tore up the royal road in the '85 mustang. talked.. about the ethics of spare time. about safely delivering Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-44649403483434859272011-02-17T08:11:00.000-05:002011-02-17T08:11:23.636-05:00this week ipublished our explanation of how year-to-year changes in income will affect americans' premium subsidies in the new health reform insurance marketplace. because when was the last time you had the exact same income two years in a row?
perfected the art of the video postcard.
mustn't forget how much i love this woman.
found an excellent mark twain quote, "twenty years from now you will be more Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-91674351281512085572011-02-09T15:50:00.000-05:002011-02-09T15:50:26.767-05:00this week iburied this time capsule.
google image searched myself.
ate soul food with my father.
found my favorite version of the st. louis blues - bluella track two - after plenty of searching.
watched anna deveare smith's healthcare solo. "the most important thing you can do for someone is be with them when they die."
visited friends in baltimore..
..my camera was as happy to see emily as i was.
Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-74860741609036189942011-02-02T21:09:00.000-05:002011-02-02T21:09:59.858-05:00this week ipublished an overview of the role of medicare among americans who are eligible for both medicare and medicaid.
sure am glad egypt doesn't have nuclear weapons. aren't you?
bought a cell phone once. i was twenty and lived out of my car that summer. i figure you should have a home or a cell, but not both.
discovered the unbelievably convenient join.me screen-sharing website. and a good Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-74638104892374465702011-01-26T18:35:00.000-05:002011-01-26T18:35:07.872-05:00this week iupdated our health plan tracker with 2011 data.
saw the amazing acrobatics of the tango fire company of buenos aires, also the less amazing american ballet theatre.
dislike the lack of depth in the economist, but admit they're great marketers.
installed browserlinux on my asus eee pc 900 netbook, perhaps the fastest o.s. available.
watched a moving interview with aung san suu kyi - Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-27185880293898082972011-01-20T12:02:00.000-05:002011-01-20T12:02:43.104-05:00this week ihiked up to rockville to get some siamese fighting fish for the office. transporting tropical fish on the metro ..in a cupcake holder ..in freezing weather: a great way to start the long weekend. and hey, if it's good enough for wee-bey, it's good enough for me. allow me to introduce..
killer
romeo
megan
had a fancy evening with the national symphony orchestra at the kennedy center.
Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-56457180496841405892011-01-17T14:52:00.000-05:002011-01-17T14:52:20.373-05:00this week irolled down the malaysian peninsula.
recognize their flag.
climbed the observation tower.
made friends with the world's most heroic window-washers. those hard hats won't help, fellas.
hiked through kuala lumpur's downtown plot of jungle, the malay equivalent of central park.
got up close and personal with the former world's tallest building recordholder.
love the anti-smoking propaganda Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-62672915528588113572011-01-14T16:38:00.000-05:002011-01-14T16:38:33.341-05:00this week ilanded in myanmar just before the start of 2011..
..yangon to be exact.
believe it is critical to see and be seen in these cities, to smile and converse when folks approach you, to exchange a few broken words in each others' unfamiliar languages. to appreciate your own life more, to compact the earth.
feel strongly that the good of traveling in a country like burma far outweighs the Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-76929441202948792322011-01-10T05:24:00.000-05:002011-01-10T05:24:49.429-05:00this week igenerally agree with these sentiments about traveling alone.
made a friend at the cambodian border. it's easy to do.
continued up the mekong river.
observed other modes of transit too..
zippy cycles
human-powered vehicles
..and tourist dumbos.
explored phnom penh.
saw a statue..
a cambodian idol
otherworldly guardians
a christmas parade
and a temple
..or four.
learned Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-79954338603087248682011-01-09T10:54:00.000-05:002011-01-09T10:54:41.026-05:00this week idreamed a little dream of vietnam.
woke up in hanoi.
phoverdosed.
found peace.
defeated twelve-hour time difference jetlag instantly by a) staying up very late a few days before my flight, b) arriving in the morning, c) staying out in the sunshine the entire day of arrival.
learned the vietnamese words for 'chicken' and 'beef' before anything else.
couldn't get over the motorcycle-only Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-8802522202337729632010-12-16T17:10:00.057-05:002010-12-17T17:54:45.849-05:00this week iheard a tune while in line at starbucks. thought i could do better.
spent the evening with three of my favorite people. new rule: only eat ben's chili bowl when at least 66% of the friends i'm dining with are doctors. unbroken streak so far.
read about the inherent bias in published research, and the public library of science's admirable role in the crusade against it.
figured out parallelAnthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-27885113842687428362010-12-08T21:29:00.000-05:002010-12-08T21:29:05.623-05:00this week ioccasionally think of myself as the next generation of journalist, and always as a storyteller.
recorded with my lap steel guitar on verses two and four.
hopped on a bus to nyc..
..to help emma move to wdc. only one furniture casualty.
winterized my father's pond.
12/9/10Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-28697834659040366642010-12-04T00:37:00.000-05:002010-12-04T00:37:57.506-05:00this week ibegan examining the effect of adverse selection on the exchanges.
watched the first four seasons of mad men.
had free wine and cheese for dinner while browsing photos of the atacama at the chilean embassy.
listened to the stones, deconstructed.
donated $100 to wikipedia.
saw a homeless man with "i bought this shirt with your money" printed on his t-shirt.
12/2Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-31659320689407165262010-11-24T08:42:00.000-05:002010-11-24T08:42:08.511-05:00this week iwonder why you would be against genetically modified dengue-fighting mosquitoes. jurassic park was fiction, mosquitoes aren't velociraptors. greenpeace needs to focus on oil spills, not public health interventions. more detail about the anti-campaign in this ancient (3 y/o) wired article. unrelated: velociraptors were mongolian!
dropped by the natural history museum for a quick helping of Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-32026128309112096902010-11-17T20:48:00.000-05:002010-11-17T20:48:40.091-05:00this week iupdated a snapshot detailing the relationship between higher wage workers and offers of health insurance.
saw the punch brothers at strathmore and the black crowes at 930.
love accessible quantitative graphics, like this budget puzzle.
toured some modern art with morgan.
11/18Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-73831290733011846682010-11-11T07:14:00.000-05:002010-11-11T07:14:58.052-05:00this week iwrote an r script to download every file for every year of the medical expenditure panel survey.
10/11Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-65907834041440564532010-11-05T03:43:00.000-04:002011-06-14T04:35:54.732-04:00this week ireleased our quinquennial medicare chartbook, containing every statistic you could possibly want to know about medicare and its beneficiaries.
realized that in the not-too-distant future, improvements in facial recognition software and web-searching technology will allow anyone to take one picture of you and scour the entire internet for every other picture with your face in it. in other words,Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-78150040297450084312010-10-27T12:41:00.001-04:002011-06-14T04:35:54.733-04:00this week irespect nate silver's ability to explain important statistical concepts about polling to the public.
want to be bill gates' foot soldier. 'polio could be the first disease of the 21st century to be eradicated.'
attended a mckinsey presentation at lse about a new management metric. they presented one (arguably) significant correlation with one health outcome (heart attack within thirty days) Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-10167359891074379482010-10-20T03:48:00.000-04:002011-07-13T08:16:30.847-04:00this week ireleased our review of what privatized medicare plans will be available to seniors in 2011.
removed excel's gridlines from appearing by default in a brand new spreadsheet. instructions:
(1) open a blank excel file;
(2) click 'view' on the ribbon along the top;
(3) uncheck the gridlines box;
(4) save that file as a template - "book.xlst" - file in the folder c:\program files (x86)\microsoft Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-27264962313724926192010-10-14T22:51:00.000-04:002010-10-14T22:51:45.985-04:00this week ireleased our examination of the current state of medicare spending among nursing home residents - opportunities for cost savings, decreased hospitalizations, & better workforce coordination. opening remarks by don berwick - the head of the hhs agency with a larger budget than the department of defense.
wined and dined at the phillips collection.
listened to chopin at the polish embassy..
Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-47889843588861936442010-10-07T07:24:00.000-04:002010-10-07T07:24:09.701-04:00this week iappreciate this receipt for federal taxes paid.
had an exceptional meal with my father at masala art.
found a short npr concert by dale ann bradley.
saw baltimore in a new light, as usual.
stood in the center of the fells point festival.
met the newest member of the family: james arthur dunn.
converted to the npptor text editor plug-in for the r language, a better way to use my graphical Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-76256752371065878022010-09-29T10:17:00.000-04:002010-09-29T10:17:36.544-04:00this week irespect dan savage's efforts to speak positively to young folks questioning their sexuality.
watched this eye-opening lecture about social network statistics and the power of computational social science. epidemics, not just the bad ones, can be forecast.
attacked the new medicare advantage data. we're updating this report detailing how the privatized medicare market has changed in the past Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-33521818757407928722010-09-19T21:14:00.000-04:002011-07-13T08:17:15.407-04:00this week iposted this snapshot detailing how employers' offers of health insurance vary by wage, industry, hours worked, and how a recession changes the game.celebrated mexico's 200th.immersed in fireworks.ate famous desserts in front of famous buildings....freshly made, of course.adore mexican fashion.stood at attention.lived on street food for a few days.dressed up.blocked the sun.downed a quick snack...Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-17821765781020471142010-09-09T09:35:00.001-04:002010-09-14T22:24:16.174-04:00this week ipublished a revision to our medicare advantage quality ratings paper, with county maps à la nathan yau.am grateful that the quickest trip from northern somalia to brooklyn includes an ethiopia-dc nonstop, meaning i got to cook emma some sushi before the last leg of her trip home.was stunned to find my coworkers' study featured in the onion.spent friday, saturday, sunday, monday, and tuesday nightAnthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-66536807633022418592010-09-01T23:33:00.000-04:002010-09-08T10:01:58.886-04:00this week ireleased the toplines from our survey of disabled medicare beneficiaries.summarize the problem with my field: health is boring when you have it but excruciating when you don't.intend to spend one third of my life learning. doing. teaching.touched down in little rock, conquered the ozarks - the full 900 miles.can't tell you how proud i am to work for this foundation.drove through the forest.
Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-37484325825695228332010-08-24T12:33:00.000-04:002010-09-01T14:20:27.947-04:00this week itoured the u.s. capitol....and gift shop. huh?went to a doo-wop show at wolftrap. apparently hate doo-wop.have been reading the agonist a lot recently, per my boss's suggestion. his rant against ken mehlman is superb.kind of agree re: economic forecasting.think spain without portugal looks bizarre.would follow this guide to self-employment, but i'm happy at kff, tyvm.read this article about Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-505233139288646122010-08-21T12:10:00.000-04:002010-08-25T18:31:07.829-04:00this week icracked the survey of income & program participation. successfully ran some estimates of how many people will gain/lose medicaid eligibility over the course of a year.got together for restaurant week.caught a didgeridoo presentation at the australian embassy.drove to oregon ridge park for the hot august blues festival, featuring keb' mo' and, yes, lyle lovett again.watched a face in the crowd, Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-12380138629139495702010-08-16T09:21:00.000-04:002010-08-18T17:05:26.318-04:00this week iexamined out-of-pocket cost sharing and premiums among seniors with different types of insurance to supplement medicare.perfected more than thirty pages of r code to simulate the population of americans that we expect to enter these new health insurance exchanges in 2014.saw lyle lovett with my father.
have been glued to emma's blog, currently about her experience at a maternity hospital. inAnthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-79621747968466774132010-08-07T13:14:00.001-04:002010-08-12T12:34:33.099-04:00this week ipublished our health affairs article on the state of medicare for disabled (younger) beneficiaries.trekked up to baltimore to get some advice about part-time phd programs.rode a speedboat past ft. mchenry. climbed federal hill. watched the city night from a little havana patio. might've snuck a late-night cinnamon sugar pretzel and a breakfast at teavolve in there too.host enough people in my Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-76266334335637684782010-07-30T19:00:00.001-04:002010-08-05T14:42:19.336-04:00this week isurvived a 10k. placed 151st, 57 minutes. limped home. will never run further. a strange experience to be in a tight crowd of heavy-breathing people, silent of any conversation. a look at the data -ate tacos at my dad's....before our tenth row seats to aretha franklin.ate 18th st. ethiopian with emily, in town from geneva.made shockingly good conversation.bade farewell to dani, off to law Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-71490546918611525722010-07-29T10:34:00.000-04:002010-07-29T11:37:35.345-04:00this week ifinished reading how to buy a condominium or townhouse, and have written up all of my notes here.attribute starbucks' success to their preparation of your drink before you reach the cashier.found this interactive age distribution violin plot, and for more than just the united states.dug up the video that made me love johnny cash.made sushi for some friends. am out of practice.am trying to get inAnthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-18734123357236657482010-07-14T18:59:00.000-04:002010-07-22T14:09:49.505-04:00this week ipresented on data tips and shortcuts using the consumer expenditure survey at the bureau of labor statistics conference.would print this guide to happiness out. and maybe just glance at maps that changed the world. oh and this visualization is profound.read elizabeth drew's article written the week prior to health reform, 'the bill that emerged from the senate probably went about as far asAnthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-19410435191406656622010-07-06T11:59:00.000-04:002010-07-14T16:24:47.451-04:00this week ipublished this examination of adults who don't come into contact with the medical system.got to do a little on-stage acting at completely hollywood, a good reason not to sit in the front row. luckily, a vice president at kff was also in the audience and ready to snap this picture. notice the riotous applause.ate gelato in the rain. we spent an easy weekend in my favorite places - thai food, Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-42221751048291955852010-06-30T23:06:00.001-04:002010-07-07T19:35:01.501-04:00this week ilike medicare research because, to paraphrase a colleague, "old people have more amazing problems."scrounged around and found my generic cover letter to potential employers. won't need that again. also found this confusing writing sample and my certification of ministry.am impressed by the new r mapping package cshapes, described in the latest r journal. finds the centroid, calculatesAnthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-79003440385663297122010-06-24T23:13:00.000-04:002010-06-30T20:08:33.527-04:00this week iattended the washington dc r users group meeting. learned webscraping - systematically extracting data from websites. powerful, but most of its uses seem borderline illegal, like capturing hospital data when you're supposed to buy it.generally dislike campaign finance laws, but thought twice. 'corporations are legal fictions. they have no opinions of their own to contribute and no Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-20789668918680018422010-06-20T20:38:00.000-04:002010-06-23T21:52:21.338-04:00this week iunveiled our medicare advantage health plan tracker data update.mapped out substance abuse hospitalizations by new york city neighborhood for tracy.work hard now, because the future exponentiates everything.ate cupcakes at the finnish embassy.listened to the student loan at national geographic.brought lunchables to the bela fleck/chick corea wolftrap concert.headed off to assateague..sat on the Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-3951539318378585472010-06-11T23:52:00.000-04:002010-06-16T13:30:18.262-04:00this week irented the car on the left, ♥ how california allows symbols on vanity plates.crossed the bridge....for the views.judge a city by how few chain stores i see, rank san francisco high on my list. also keep score by..rolling plains, vantage pointsfood that's great looking, tastingfree doggie bags, fantastic muralsresponses to hollywoodbeachmountain hikepathsbikes, wired buses, andsaint francis of Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-65545476903620695592010-06-03T17:57:00.001-04:002010-06-11T23:52:44.025-04:00this week ifasted until dark on thursday.hopped on a plane to san francisco..
..to spend time with my old friend dan. a future doctor, of course.learned from him, among other things, that there's a food we commonly eat made of only one cell. he's in medicine as a means for public health, i hope to work with him in the future. wouldn't you?experienced the best burrito of my life, and..san franciscan Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-51224471530114172592010-05-27T09:06:00.000-04:002010-06-02T22:29:33.433-04:00this week ifinalized this video tutorial about conducting public health and health policy research with online data query tools.enjoyed this posting on the ease of spinning data, this census bureau violin plot of the changing american age distribution (pdf page 2 of 16), and maybe this pulp fiction timeline the most.saw morpheus play thurgood marshall in a fantastic one-man performance.accompanied max..Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-2739633187689331052010-05-20T11:49:00.000-04:002010-05-26T14:32:14.228-04:00this week iwrote and posted my first wikipedia article on the medical expenditure panel survey.enjoyed this general opinion piece demanding more public health funding and this reminder of the importance of context when looking at data.continued working remotely..
broke for lunch once in a while.scoured the gold museum, with..frigatesnosering bling
audio-sensory overwhelmment chambers..and Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-84307133686194138572010-05-13T14:01:00.000-04:002010-05-19T21:21:00.488-04:00this week ihelped kirsten predict ebola epidemics with differential equations.helped michelle test the relationship between physician age and vaccination safety.recognized johnny cash's genius.recommend that you open up your facebook account and type this into the location bar to quickly see which of your privacy settings are too lenient.javascript:(function(){var%20script=Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-64827102480142717492010-05-09T22:08:00.000-04:002010-05-12T21:37:51.958-04:00this week iattended a haiti technology conference at the us state department to learn what data are available for disease surveillence and geospatial analysis. best exchange: panelist to google developer 'we need google docs for low-bandwidth settings.'rode to nyc. watched the last waltz, found new respect for rick danko, excited to see levon helm this summer.won't take megabus again. onboard wi-fi was 0 Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-89587195141912061552010-05-04T13:28:00.000-04:002010-05-07T01:25:32.018-04:00this week ipublished my first first-author paper with kff about insurance coverage stability and patterns. don't miss the graphs.wrote code to load non-delimited sas files directly into r. this program takes a sas ascii input program and a sas ascii data file, and creates a data frame in r. only works on smaller files. click here to take a look on the new github account.found a trove of instructional Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-35322737239147092812010-04-23T09:18:00.000-04:002010-04-28T10:15:30.183-04:00this week iupdated our brief on the new medicaid-eligible population.tested out the new 64 bit version of r, now able to use all 8gb of my computer's ram.saw russell peters, impressed by his audience-insult improvisational skills.thought about why programmers have difficulty working short days. more than other occupations, coding demands strong quantitative short-term memory to juggle all of the variable Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-51549346555013025362010-04-15T11:09:00.001-04:002010-04-21T19:18:22.659-04:00this week ifinished the core programming required for our health plan tracker, designed to make cms medicare advantage data more easily understandable.created some mammoth crosstabulation tables at the ahrq data center using our merge of medical expenditure person-level data and physician shortage area geo-data.made avocado+cheese omelets & blueberry smoothies.saw max, in town to work with federal Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-82501948350037830432010-04-09T18:03:00.001-04:002010-04-15T10:44:28.667-04:00this week iflavor tripped....$13 for a berry that makes lemons taste like watermelons.... + all-you-can-eat fruit tubs.enjoyed west african dinner, another $13....with margaritas in our own private restaurant for dessert.accompanied mark to a cbp-themed party, miss missouri on your left.spent the night chatting with chris dodd's deputy press secretary & jim webb's personal assistant, would you believe.saw Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-22257329477721073402010-04-08T13:14:00.000-04:002010-04-08T17:20:09.751-04:00this week isuccessfully merged meps with hrsa's hpsa data. ready to analyze how health insurance, expenditure, & utilization differ in places with physician shortages.began writing the code to update kff's health plan tracker using cms 2010 data files.saw marie diener-west at jhsph happy hour.went to a nationals game. thinking the minor leagues would be more fun.ate tiramisu on the boardwalk after the Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-54988944675826006172010-03-25T12:54:00.001-04:002010-03-31T08:54:11.123-04:00this week ifasted till dark on thursday.helped tracy analyze whether sugary beverage taxes would be regressive.mapped down to the census block group-level.attended the embassy of switzerland's panel discussion on the l.h.c. learned that at -271° centigrade, it's the coldest place in the galaxy. also installed - and recommend that you install - lhc@home to lend them your computer processor while you Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-11917258331166435962010-03-18T18:35:00.000-04:002010-03-24T19:19:17.729-04:00this week ipublished on young adults who turn 19 and lose their public insurance.re-analyzed our medicare advantage plan ratings data at the state- and county-level.helped emma (currently in port-au-prince) organize haitian clinic disease surveillance data.helped roy (currently in upstate new york) analyze some michigan intensive care unit bloodstream infection data.walked down to the capitol....on the Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023805575912653345.post-52304840025584375322010-03-10T23:43:00.001-05:002010-03-18T13:24:58.963-04:00this week ipublished about the risk of losing health insurance after a job loss.recorded a little something with curtis on the fiddle. folk music like italian food: great because they're simple.say shame on the census for asking both age and birthdate. you've wasted four seconds of 309 million* americans' time. *statistic courtesy of the us census bureaure-read the financial times' endorsement of Anthony Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375951979149874185noreply@blogger.com