2013-05-16T09:47:45Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/cardiovascular-disorders.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/08/23/RAND.html Aug 23, 2012 Aug 23, 2012

People who do shift work should be vigilant about their risk factors. At the same time, their employers—and the government—can do more to offer education and targeted screening programs to prevent or forestall disease, writes Christian van Stolk.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2013/03/12/BLOOM.html Mar 12, 2013 Mar 12, 2013

New York should see the judge's ruling as an opportunity to revise the law to close the loopholes, including the Big Gulp exemption, and develop regulations in line with the scientific consensus that even 16 ounces is way too much, writes Deborah Cohen.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2013/03/22/MS.html Mar 20, 2013 Mar 20, 2013

When it comes to women's health, cancer gets a good deal of the attention; somehow, it hasn’t fully registered that so many of our mothers, sisters, friends and daughters are being affected by another, often silent killer, writes Chloe E. Bird.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2006/03/28.html Mar 28, 2006 Mar 28, 2006

RAND news release: RAND Study Finds Research Showing How to Improve Care for Heart Failure Rarely Reforms Services or Shapes Policy

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2006/05/02.html May 2, 2006 May 2, 2006

May 2, 2006 News Release: Study Finds Middle-Aged Americans Less Healthy Than English Counterparts.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2007/05/14.html May 14, 2007 May 14, 2007

May 14, 2007 news release: RAND Study Finds Women with Heart Disease and Diabetes Less Likely than Men to Receive Appropriate Outpatient Care.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2007/06/13.html Jun 13, 2007 Jun 13, 2007

Contrary to popular belief, patients with multiple chronic illnesses do not receive worse quality of care, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2007/09/11.html Sep 11, 2007 Sep 11, 2007

Many seniors quit taking drugs for chronic illnesses such as diabetes and high blood pressure when they exceed their drug plan's yearly spending limits.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2009/04/28/copayments_treatment.html Apr 28, 2009 Apr 28, 2009

Patients newly diagnosed with hypertension, diabetes or high cholesterol are significantly more likely to delay initiating recommended drug treatment if they face higher co-payments for medications.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2009/09/11.html Sep 11, 2009 Sep 11, 2009

Reducing Americans' average intake of sodium could save the nation as much as $18 billion annually in avoided health care costs and improve the quality of life for millions of people.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/03/07.html Mar 7, 2011 Mar 7, 2011

Project Retrosight analysed 29 case studies of cardiovascular and stroke research in Australia, Canada, and the UK, and found that clinical research has greater societal impact over a 15-20 year timescale, while basic research has greater academic impact.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2104.html Jan 1, 1999 Jan 1, 1999

This report presents RAND's update of the indicators used to assess the quality of care in hypertension. It describes how existing indicators were developed and updated and explains how the final set of indicators will be used in the future.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU419.html Jan 1, 1993 Jan 1, 1993

<p>Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of 166 adults who had previously undergone surgical treatment for intractable epilepsy was compared with that of outpatients having hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and/or depressive symptoms. Eight self-reported HRQOL domains were evaluated and compared using the RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19851001.html Jan 1, 1985 Jan 1, 1985

<p>Free care also led to higher compliance by hypertensives with diet and smoking recommendations and higher use of medication by those who needed it.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19880402.html Jan 1, 1988 Jan 1, 1988

<p>Panels of doctors from the USA and the UK were asked to indicate how appropriate they judged a series of possible indications for coronary angiography and coronary artery bypass graft operations.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19880701.html Jan 1, 1988 Jan 1, 1988

<p>Information about how appropriately procedures are performed is vital to the understanding of the impact of technology and to the success of efforts to channel its use appropriately.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19890901.html Jan 1, 1989 Jan 1, 1989

<p>Persons with current (i.e., active) arthritis, heart disease, or high blood pressure had a significantly increased adjusted prevalence of recent (6-month) anxiety disorder.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19900701.html Jan 1, 1990 Jan 1, 1990

<p>Identifying hospitals that provide poor-quality care based on administrative data and single-year death rates is unlikely; targeting based on time periods greater than 1 year may be better.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19920040.html Jul 1, 1992 Jul 1, 1992

The authors compare the appropriateness judgments based on the global judgment method to appropriateness ratings based on probability estimates of specific outcomes that were provided by the same panel of experts.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19920402.html Jan 1, 1992 Jan 1, 1992

<p>The authors assessed physicians' probability estimates of coronary artery disease (CAD) in 250 patients undergoing a screening exercise stress test.</p>