2013-05-22T09:50:18Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/w/wenger_neil_s.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1282.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This study of community-dwelling vulnerable older adults found that better performance on process quality measures by their managed care organizations was strongly associated with better survival rates.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1354.html 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evaluates the applicability of process-of-care quality indicators to vulnerable elders in two senior managed care plans.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1281.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finds that failures to prescribe indicated medications, monitor medications appropriately, document necessary information, educate patients, and maintain continuity are more common than use of inappropriate drugs in older patients.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010915.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drug abuse-related factors were greater barriers to ART use in this national sample than mental disorders.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010905.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diet, exercise, smoking, and substance use patterns affect the course of illness and quality of life for people with HIV.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20071051.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Small studies suggest that the quality of healthcare provided to older patients needs improvement.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20071038.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Measurement of quality of care for VEs with AD, PP, and less-aggressive care preferences should include only a subset of the ACOVE-3 QIs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20071034.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The literature summaries that support each indicator judged valid by the expert panel are described.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080825.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Domains of information and care planning for high-quality cancer care include integration of palliation, advance care planning, sentinel events as markers for the need to readdress a patient's goals of care, and continuity of care planning.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090306.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Investigate older patient, pharmacist, and physician perspectives about what information is essential to impart to patients receiving new medication prescriptions and who should provide the information.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20071026.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the 17 potential QIs, the expert panel process judged 16 to be valid, and one was rejected.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20001201.html 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

High-dose chemotherapy poses considerable challenges to emesis management.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20001010.html 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strategies to promote the initiation and continuation of HAART are needed for those without contraindications and those who can tolerate it.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19980908.html 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Describe characteristics, outcomes, and decision making in patients with colorectal cancer metastatic to the liver, and to examine the relationship of doctor-patient communication with patient understanding of prognosis and physician understanding of patients' treatment preferences.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19990107.html 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Controversy exists about the appropriateness of using age as a criterion for making treatment decisions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20051005.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Complexity, vulnerability, and age do not predispose older persons to receive poorer-quality care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20051002.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This study provides support for the reliability and validity of the IM-30 as a measure of clinicians' orientation toward integrative medicine.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060205.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The number and spectrum of quality indicators (QIs) that can be measured for vulnerable elderly patients is far greater for medical records than for administrative data. Although summary estimates of health care quality derived from administrative data and medical records do not differ when using identical measures, summary scores from these data sources vary substantially when the totality of care that can be measured by each data source is measured.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19970307.html 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To determine the level of pain reported by survivors of serious illness 2 and 6 months after study enrollment and to identify variables associated with later pain.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050822.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large majority of HIV-infected patients in the United States affirm the importance of religiousness and spirituality.