PUBLICATIONS
Williams RL, Crouch RL: The adjustment speed of neoclassical
growth models. Journal of Economic Theory 4: 552556,
1972.
Williams RL: Explaining a health care paradox. Policy Sciences
6: 91101, 1975.
Williams RL: Intrauterine growth curves: Intra and international
comparisons with different ethnic groups in California. Preventive
Medicine 4: 163172, 1975.
Williams RL: Measuring the effectiveness of perinatal medical
care. Medical Care 17: 95110, 1975.
Petitti D, Olson RO, Williams RL: Cesarean section in California:
19601975. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
133: 391397, 1979.
Williams RL, Hawes WE: Cesarean section, fetal monitoring, and
perinatal mortality. American Journal of Public Health 69:
864870, 1979.
Williams RL, Cunningham GC, Norris FD, Tashiro M: Monitoring perinatal
mortality rates: California 1970 to 1976. American Journal
of Obstetrics and Gynecology 136: 559567, 1980.
Williams RL: Partitioning declines in perinatal mortality rates
in California. (Abstract) Clinical Research 28: 103A, 1980.
Williams RL: California's progress in reducing perinatal mortality
rates. Periscope: October, 1980.
Williams RL: Large Scale Perinatal Data Systems Using Vital Statistics.
In: Proceedings of the First National Conferences on Perinatal
Data Systems, pp. 95145. Milwaukee, Wl: Wisconsin Association
for Perinatal Care, 1980.
Phibbs CS, Williams RL, Phibbs RH: Newborn risk factors
and costs of neonatal intensive care. Pediatrics 68: 313321,
1981.
Williams RL, Cunningham GC, Hawes WE, Norris FD, Tashiro M: Fetal
growth and perinatal viability in California. Obstetrics and
Gynecology 59: 624632, 1982.
Williams RL: Large Scale Perinatal Data Systems Using Vital Statistics.
In: Harris, TR (ed.): Use of Computers in Perinatal Medicine.
New York: Praeger Scientific, 1982.
Williams RL, Marinko JA, Chen PM: An Automated Vital Statistics
System. In: Harris, TR (ed): The Use of Computers in Perinatal
Medicine. New York: Praeger Scientific, 1982.
Williams RL: Identifying the sources of the recent decline
in perinatal mortality rates in California during the 1970s. New
England Journal of Medicine 306: 207214, 1982.
Williams RL: Evaluating the effectiveness of perinatal
regionalization in California during the 1970s. Journal of
the Perinatalogy 2: 6571, 1982.
Williams RL, Marinko JM, Chen PM: Correcting the serious
shortcomings of the nation's vital statistics system through a
lowcost, microbased ANS MUMPS system. MUG Quarterly
11: 3840, 1982
Williams RL, Chen PM: Decline in perinatal mortality. (Letter)
New England Journal of Medicine 307: 6364, 1982.
Williams RL, Marinko JM: Toward a national vital statistics
system. MUG Quarterly 12: 1622, 1982.
Williams RL: Testimony regarding new trends in infant
mortality. Congressional Record. US Senate, Senate Hearing
98255, 1983.
Williams RL, Chen PM: Controlling the rise in cesarean
section rates by means of vital records information dissemination.
American Journal of Public Health 73: 863867, 1983.
Norris FD, Williams RL: Perinatal outcomes among medicaid
recipients in California. American Journal of Public Health
74: 11121117, 1984.
Williams RL: Using birth and death certificates to describe maternal
& child health risk in California. Mobius 4: 81 93,
1984.
Dorchester W, Redmann R, Freeman R, Mondanlou H, Williams
R: Outreach education program. Contemporary Obstetrics and
Gynecology, 1985.
Binkin NJ, Williams RL, Hogue CJR, Chen PM: Black neonatal mortality:
How can it be reduced? Journal of American Medical Association
253: 372375, 1985.
Rivara FP, Culley GA, Hickok D, Williams RL: A health program's
effect on neonatal mortality in eastern Kentucky. American
Journal of Preventive Medicine 1: 3540, 1985.
Williams RL, Binkin NJ, Clingman EJ: Pregnancy outcomes among
Spanish surname women in California. American Journal of Public
Health. 76: 387391, 1986.
Thorpe LJ, William RL: Geocoding public health information. MUMPS
Users' Group Quarterly, 16: 8892, 1986.
Williams RL, Chen PM, Marinko JA: The automated vital statistics
system: A progress report of continued development and implementation.
MUMPS Users' Group Quarterly 16: 9497, 1986.
Phibbs CS, Williams RL, Phibbs RH. Analysis of factors associated
with costs of neonatal intensive care. (Abstract) Clinical
Research 28: 103A, 1980.
Phibbs CS, Phibbs RH, Pomerance JJ, Williams RL. Alternative to
diagnosis-related groups for newborn intensive care. Pediatrics
78. 829-839, 1987.
Binkin NJ, Rust KR, Williams RL. Racial differences in neonatal
mortality: What causes of death explain the gap? American Journal
of Diseases of Children 142: 434-440, 1988.
Pomerance JJ, Morrison A, Williams RL, Schifrin BS. Anencephalic
infants: Life expectancy and organ donation. Journal of Perinatalogy
9: 3337, 1989.
RESEARCH REPORTS
"Final Report: Perinatal Mortality and Health Services
Productivity" (with Llad Phillips). For the Bureau for
Health Services Research and Evaluation, DHEW (1974).
"Intrauterine Growth and Neonatal Risk in California."
For the State of California, Department of Health (1975).
"Measuring the Effectiveness of Perinatal Medical Care."
For the Bureau of Community Health Services, DHEW (1977).
"Acute Care Hospital Utilization Under Professional Standards
Review Organizations: Inferences from a Sample of Hospital Discharge
Abstract Data" (with B. Steinhardt, et al.). For the
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Legislation, DHEW (1977).
"Final Report: MCH Statistical Data Base." For the State
of California, Department of Health (1978).
"Final Report: Augmenting and Maintaining the MCH Statistical
Data Base." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1979).
"Vital Record Data for Use in the Planning of Perinatal Health
Services. For the State of California, Department of Health Services
(1980).
"Measuring the Effectiveness of Perinatal Medical Care."
For the Bureau of Community Health Services, DHHS (1980).
"1978 California Birth Cohort: Perinatal Statistics Organized
by Hospital and Geographic Area." For the State of California,
Department of Health Services, (1981).
"AVSS: An Automated Vital Statistics System." For the
Santa Barbara County Health Services (1981).
"19781980 California Perinatal Statistics." For
the State of California, Department of Health Services (1982).
"19781981 Maternal and Child Health Data Base."
For the State of California, Department of Health Services (1983).
"19781980 Michigan Perinatal Statistics." For
the State of Michigan, Department of Public Health (1983).
"19781982 Maternal and Child Health Data Base."
For the State of California, Department of Health Services (1984).
"Final Report: Maternal and Child Health Data Base (MCHDB):
Development, Application, and Dissemination." For the State
of California, Department of Health Services (1985).
"Report on Maternal and Child Health Data Base for Los Angeles
County 1978 - 1982." For the State of California, Department
of Health Services (1985).
"Race-Specific Perinatal Mortality Statistics by County of
Residence and Occurrence: California, 1982." For the State
of California, Department of Health Services (1985).
"Pregnancy Outcomes for Residents Living Near the B.K.K.
Landfill: A Study of the 1978 - 1982 Birth Cohort." For the
State of California, Department of Health Services (1986).
"1979 - 1983 Maternal and Child Health Data Base: Descriptive
Narrative." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1986).
"1980 1984 Maternal and Child Health Data Base: Descriptive
Narrative." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1987).
"1981 1985 Maternal and Child Health Data Base: Descriptive
Narrative." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1989).
"1982 1986 Maternal and Child Health Data Base: Descriptive
Narrative." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1990).
"Source of Payment for Prenatal Care Using AVSS." Community
and Organization Research Institute (1991).
"1983 1987 Maternal and Child Health Data Base: Descriptive
Narrative." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1991).
"1984 1988 Maternal and Child Health Data Base: Descriptive
Narrative." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1992).
"1985 1989 Maternal and Child Health Data Base: Descriptive
Narrative." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1993).
"1986 1990 Maternal and Child Health Data Base: Descriptive
Narrative." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1994).
EpiMCH, EpiBC User's Guide: An EpiInfo 6.0 Program For Importing,
Reporting, Graphing, And Mapping Birth Certificate Data (1994).
EpiCMR User's Guide: An EpiInfo 6 Application For Importing Data
And Generating Reports, Graphs, And Maps From Confidential Morbidity
Reports (1995).
Updated January 23, 1997 by RL Williams
