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Delivery of Genomic Medicine for Common Chronic Adult Diseases - 2008
Improving the Quality of Health Care for Older Adults - 2008
Modeling the Health and Medical Care Spending of the Future Elderly - 2008
Combining Multiple Indicators of Clinical Quality: An Evaluation of Different Analytic Approaches. - 2007
Diagnosis and Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians - 2007
The Effect of a Quality Improvement Initiative on the Quality of Other Aspects of Health Care: The Law of Unintended Consequences? - 2007
Efficacy and Comparative Effectiveness of Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics: Executive Summary - 2007
Introduction to the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders-3 Quality Indicators Measurement Set - 2007
Quality Indicators for the Care of Diabetes Mellitus in Vulnerable Elders - 2007
Quality Indicators for the Care of Hearing Loss in Vulnerable Elders - 2007
Relationship between Number of Medical Conditions and Quality of Care - 2007
A Systematic Review of Measures of End-of-Life Care and its Outcomes - 2007
Will My Patient Fall? - 2007
Antioxidants Vitamin C and Vitamin E for the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer - 2006
Comparison of Administrative Data and Medical Records to Measure the Quality of Medical Care Provided to Vulnerable Older Patients - 2006
Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology - 2006
Development of Quality Indicators for Patients Undergoing Colorectal Cancer Surgery - 2006
Drug Class Review on Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists: Final report - 2006
Drug Class Review on Antiepileptic Drugs in Bipolar Mood Disorder, Neuropathic Pain, and Fibromyalgia: Final report - 2006
The First National Report Card on Quality of Health Care in America - 2006
Lowering Homocysteine with Folic Acid and B Vitamins Did Not Prevent Vascular Events in Vascular Disease - 2006
Patients' Global Ratings of Their Health Care Are Not Associated with the Technical Quality of Their Care - 2006
Quality Measures for Symptoms and Advance Care Planning in Cancer: A Systematic Review - 2006
Quality of Osteoarthritis Care for Community-Dwelling Older Adults - 2006
Systematic Review: Impact of Health Information Technology on Quality, Efficiency, and Costs of Medical Care - 2006
Are Ayurvedic Herbs for Diabetes Effective? - 2005
Challenges in Systematic Reviews of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Topics - 2005
Combination Endoscopic Band Ligation and Sclerotherapy Compared with Endoscopic Band Ligation Alone for the Secondary Prophylaxis of Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage: A Meta-Analysis - 2005
Consequences of Health Trends and Medical Innovation for the Future Elderly - 2005
Developing Quality Indicators for Elderly Patients Undergoing Abdominal Operations - 2005
Do Proxies Reflect Patients’ Health Concerns About Urinary Incontinence and Gait Problems? - 2005
Dysplasia and Risk of Further Neoplastic Progression in a Regional Veterans Administration Barrett's Cohort - 2005
Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Cognitive Function with Aging, Dementia, and Neurological Diseases - 2005
The English Star Rating System: Failure of Theory Or Practice? - 2005
Identifying Potential Health Care Innovations for the Future Elderly - 2005
Improving Quality of Care: How the VA Outpaces Other Systems in Delivering Patient Care - 2005
Meta-Analysis: Surgical Treatment of Obesity - 2005
Meta-Analysis: Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity - 2005
Meta-Analysis: Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs for Older Adults - 2005
Patients' Preferences for Technical Versus Interpersonal Quality When Selecting a Primary Care Physician - 2005
Predictors of Overall Quality of Care Provided to Vulnerable Older People - 2005
Psychiatric Effects of Ephedra Use: An Analysis of Food and Drug Administration Reports of Adverse Events - 2005
Psychiatric Symptoms Associated with Ephedra Use - 2005
Quality of Care Is Associated with Survival in Vulnerable Older Patients - 2005
Quality of Care Is Associated With Survival in Vulnerable Older Patients - 2005
Some Prescription Diet Drugs Promote Weight Loss - 2005
Treating Low Back Pain - 2005
Weight Loss Surgery is More Effective Than Diet and Exercise in Helping Severely Obese People Lose Weight - 2005
Comparison of Quality of Care for Patients in the Veterans Health Administration and Patients in a National Sample - 2004
Cost-Effectiveness of Screening with B-Type Natriuretic Peptide to Identify Patients with Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction - 2004
Detection and Management of Falls and Instability in Vulnerable Elders by Community Physicians - 2004
Developing Quality Indicators for Older Adults: Transfer From the USA To the UK Is Feasible - 2004
Effect of Supplemental Vitamin E for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease - 2004
Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Lipids and Glycemic Control in Type II Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome and on Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Renal Disease, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, and Osteoporosis - 2004
Future Health and Medical Care Spending of the Elderly: Implications for Medicare - 2004
Health Status and Medical Treatment of the Future Elderly: Final Report - 2004
Increased Medicare Expenditures for Physicians' Services: What Are the Causes? - 2004
Interventions for the Prevention of Falls in Older Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Clinical Trials - 2004
Meta-Regression Approaches: What, Why, When, and How? - 2004
Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment of Obesity - 2004
Preventing and Managing Visual Disability in Primary Care: Clinical Applications - 2004
Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents - 2004
Preventing Visual Loss From Chronic Eye Disease in Primary Care: Scientific Review - 2004
Quality Indicators for Preventive Care of the Vulnerable Elder - 2004
Quality Indicators for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus for Vulnerable Older Persons - 2004
Quality Indicators for the Management of Hearing Loss in Vulnerable Elder Persons - 2004
Quality Indicators for the Management of Ischemic Heart Disease in Vulnerable Older Persons - 2004
The Quality of Care Provided to Vulnerable Older Community-Based Patients with Urinary Incontinence - 2004
Quality of Health Care Received by Older Adults - 2004
The Quality of Medical Care Provided to Vulnerable Older Patients with Chronic Pain - 2004
The Quality of Pharmacologic Care for Vulnerable Older Patients - 2004
Smoking-Cessation Interventions by Type of Provider: a Meta-Analysis - 2004
Systematic Reviews for Evidence-Based Management: How to Find Them and What to Do with Them - 2004
Best-Case Series for the Use of Immuno-Augmentation Therapy and Naltrexone for the Treatment of Cancer - 2003
Chronic Disease Self Management for Diabetes, Osteoarthritis, Post-Myocardial Infarction Care, and Hypertension - 2003
Determinants of Increases in Medicare Expenditure for Physicians' Services - 2003
Determinants of Increases in Medicare Expenditures for Physicians' Services - 2003
Effect of Supplemental Antioxidants Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and Coenzyme Q10 for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease - 2003
Effect of the Supplemental Use of Antioxidants Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and Coenzyme Q10 for the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer - 2003
Efficacy of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Beta-Blockers in the Management of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction According to Race, Gender and Diabetic Status: A Meta-Analysis of Major Clinical Trials - 2003
Ephedra: Is It Worth the Risk? - 2003
Ephedra: Is It Worth the Risk? - 2003
Ephedra and Ephedrine for Weight Loss and Athletic Performance Enhancement: Clinical Efficacy and Side Effects - 2003
Evidence Assessment of the Accuracy of Methods of Diagnosing Middle Ear Effusion in Children with Otitis Media with Effusion - 2003
Exercise Programs for Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis - 2003
Falls Prevention Interventions in the Medicare Population - 2003
Health Risk Appraisals and Medicare - 2003
How Useful Are Unpublished Data From the Food and Drug Administration in Meta-Analysis? - 2003
Interventions that Increase the Utilization of Medicare-Funded Preventive Services for Persons Age 65 and Older - 2003
Interventions to Promote Smoking Cessation in the Medicare Population - 2003
Is the Methodological Quality of Guidelines Declining in the US?: Comparison of the Quality of US Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) Guidelines With Those Published Subsequently - 2003
Meta-Analysis of Dyspepsia and Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs - 2003
Pharmacologic Management of Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction: Effect in Female, Black, and Diabetic Patients, and Cost-Effectiveness - 2003
Public Reporting on Quality in the United States and the United Kingdom - 2003
Quality of Care for Older Persons at the Dawn of the Third Millennium - 2003
The Quality of Medical Care Provided to Vulnerable Community-Dwelling Older Patients - 2003
RAND Review: Vol. 27, No. 1, Spring 2003 - 2003
Reliability of Clinical Guideline Development Using Mail-Only Versus In-Person Expert Panels - 2003
A Review of the Evidence for the Effectiveness, Safety, and Cost of Acupuncture, Massage Therapy, and Spinal Manipulation for Back Pain - 2003
Screening and Management of Adult Hearing Loss in Primary Care: Clinical Applications - 2003
Screening and Management of Adult Hearing Loss in Primary Care: Scientific Review - 2003
Spinal Manipulative Therapy for Low Back Pain: a Meta-Analysis of Effectiveness Relative to Other Therapies - 2003
Standardized Reporting of Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Proposal from the Conference on Guideline Standardization - 2003
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Urinary Tract Infection in Persons with Spinal Cord Dysfunction - 2002
Appropriateness Ratings - 2002
Biofeedback Interventions for Gastrointestinal Conditions: A Systematic Review - 2002
Current Validity of AHRQ Clinical Practice Guidelines - 2002
Diagnosis, Natural History, and Late Effects of Otitis Media with Effusion - 2002
Do NSAIDs Cause Dyspepsia? A Meta-Analysis Evaluating Alternative Dyspepsia Definitions - 2002
Interventions That Increase Use of Adult Immunization and Cancer Screening Services: A Meta-Analysis - 2002
Mass Mailings Have Little Effect on Utilization of Influenza Vaccine among Medicare Beneficiaries - 2002
Next-Day Care for Emergency Department Users with Nonacute Conditions: A Randomized, Controlled Trial - 2002
Patients Using Chiropractors in North America: Who Are They, and Why Are They in Chiropractic Care? - 2002
Report Cards for Health Care: Is Anyone Checking Them? - 2002
S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine for Treatment of Depression, Osteoarthritis, and Liver Disease - 2002
Use of Complementary/Alternative Therapies by Women with Advanced-Stage Breast Cancer - 2002
Why Don't Physicians Enthusiastically Support Quality Improvement Programmes? - 2002
ACOVE Quality Indicators - 2001
Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders: Acove Project Overview - 2001
Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders: Methods for Developing Quality Indicators - 2001
Ayurvedic Interventions for Diabetes Mellitus|: A Systematic Review - 2001
Changing Views of Chiropractic ...and a National Reappraisal of Nontraditional Health Care - 2001
Cost-Sharing for Prescriptions of Sildenafil and Finasteride: A Case Study in Veteran Patients - 2001
Deferred Care for Adults With Musculoskeletal Complaints - 2001
Evaluating Quality Indicators for Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia - 2001
Evidence Assessment of Management of Acute Otitis Media: Part 1, The Role of Antibiotics in Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute Otitis Media - 2001
Evidence Assessment of Management of Acute Otitis Media: Part II, Research Gaps and Priorities for Future Research - 2001
Management of Acute Otitis Media - 2001
Mind-Body Interventions for Gastrointestinal Conditions - 2001
Quality Indicators for Pain Management in Vulnerable Elders - 2001
Sensitivity and Specificity of the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method to Identify the Overuse of Coronary Revascularization and Hysterectomy - 2001
Validity of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clinical Practice Guidelines: How Quickly Do Guidelines Become Outdated? - 2001
The Vulnerable Elders Survey: A Tool for Identifying Vulnerable Older People in the Community - 2001
When Should Clinical Guidelines Be Updated? - 2001
Are Nonspecific Practice Guidelines Potentially Harmful? a Randomized Comparison of the Effect of Nonspecific Versus Specific Guidelines on Physician Decision Making - 2000
Defining and Measuring Quality of Care: A Perspective from U.S. Researchers - 2000
Does This Patient Need to Be Evaluated Today?: Designing a Guideline-Driven Triage Process to Determine the Timing of Care for Adults with Respiratory Infection Symptoms - 2000
Dying to Know: Public Release of Information about Quality of Health Care - 2000
Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism after Injury - 2000
Principles of Metaanalysis - 2000
Public Disclosure of Performance Data: Learning from the US Experience - 2000
The Public Release of Performance Data: What Do We Expect to Gain? A Review of the Evidence - 2000
Public Reporting of Performance: Lessons From the USA - 2000
Quality of Care for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis - 2000
Safely Directing Patients to Appropriate Levels of Care: Guideline-Driven Triage in the Emergency Service - 2000
Selecting Target Conditions for Quality of Care Improvement in Vulnerable Older Adults - 2000
Use of Performance Data to Change Physician Behavior - 2000
Delphi-Panel Analysis Paper by Gate et al. - 1999
Developing Guidelines - 1999
Development of Review Criteria for Assessing the Quality of Management of Stable Angina, Adult Asthma, and Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus in General Practice - 1999
The Effect of Panel Membership and Feedback on Ratings in a Two-Round Delphi Study: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial - 1999
Nurse-Led Telephone-Advice Lines. - 1999
Prevention and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Paralyzed Persons - 1999
Spinal Manipulation, Current Research - 1999
Systematic Review of Risk Factors for Urinary Tract Infection in Adults with Spinal Cord Dysfunction - 1999
Use of chiropractic services from 1985 through 1991 in the United States and Canada - 1999
Assessing the Predictive Validity of the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method Criteria for Performing Carotid Endarterectomy - 1998
Congruence Between Decisions to Initiate Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation for Low Back Pain and Appropriateness Criteria in North America - 1998
Costs Attributable to Osteoarthritis - 1998
Quality Indicators for General Practice: Which Ones Can General Practitioners and Health Authority Managers Agree Are Important and How Useful Are They? - 1998
The Reproducibility of a Method to Identify the Overuse of Medical Procedures - 1998
What Role for Chiropractic in Health Care? - 1998
Cervical spine manipulation : summary report of a systematic review of the literature and a multidisciplinary expert panel - 1997
Comparing the costs between provider types of episodes of back pain care - 1997
The effect of cost sharing on the use of chiropractic services - 1997
An epidemiologic study of episodes of back pain care - 1997
Factors associated with choosing a chiropractor for episodes of back pain care - 1997
Impact of varying panel membership on ratings of appropriateness in consensus panels : a comparison of a multi- and single disciplinary panel - 1997
Is the Quality of Diabetes Care Better in a Diabetes Clinic Or in a General Medicine Clinic? - 1997
Manipulation and mobilization of the cervical spine : a systematic review of the literature - 1997
The use of expert panel results : the RAND panel for appropriateness of manipulation and mobilization of the cervical spine - 1997
The Appropriateness of Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation for Low-Back Pain, a Pilot Study - 1996
The Appropriateness of Manipulation and Mobilization of the Cervical Spine - 1996
Differences Between Patients' and Physicians' Evaluations of Outcome After Total Hip Arthroplasty - 1996
The Effect of a Medical School's Admission and Curriculum Policies on Increasing the Number of Physicians in Primary Care Specialties - 1996
Evaluating the Use of the Appropriateness Method in the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Clinical Practice Guideline Development Process - 1996
Spinal Manipulation for Low-Back Pain - 1996
The Appropriateness of Spinal Manipulation for Low-Back Pain: Data Collection Instruments and a Manual for Their Use - 1995
A Brief Introduction to the Critical Reading of the Clinical Literature - 1994
Spine Update: Spinal Manipulation - 1994
The Use and Costs of Chiropractic Care in the Health Insurance Experiment - 1994
The Roles of Physicians in the Twenty-First Century: A Research Agenda - 1993
Using the Appropriateness Method in Clinical Practice Guideline Development - 1993
The Appropriateness of Spinal Manipulation for Low-Back Pain: Indications and Ratings by an All-Chiropractic Expert Panel - 1992
Evaluating the Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases at an Urban Public Hospital Outpatient Clinic - 1992
The Appropriateness of Spinal Manipulation for Low-Back Pain: Indications and Ratings by a Multidisciplinary Expert Panel - 1991
The Appropriateness of Spinal Manipulation for Low-Back Pain: Project Overview and Literature Review - 1991
A Community-Based Study of the Use of Chiropractic Services - 1991
The Los Angeles County Trauma System: A Status Report - 1991
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