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Defining Appropriate Health Care — Jan 1, 1999

The BIOMED II concerted action to promulgate and further develop the RAND appropriateness method.

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Medical, Law, and Business Students' Perceptions of the Changing Health Care System — Jan 1, 1998

Even at entry students may differ on issues that are likely to have an economic impact on their careers.

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Constitutional Symptoms and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Symptomatic HIV Disease — Jan 1, 1998

Assess the severity of constitutional symptoms in persons with HIV infection, and their relationship to health-related quality of life.

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Is Use of Mechanical Ventilation a Reasonable Proxy Indicator for Coma Among Medicare Patients Hospitalized for Acute Stroke? — Jan 1, 1998

Ascertain whether use of mechanical ventilation on admission to hospital is a proxy indicator of coma among acute stroke patients.

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The Prospective Effect of Access to Medical Care on Health-Related Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Patients with Symptomatic HIV Disease — Jan 1, 1998

This study examined the prospective effect of reported access to medical care on health-related quality-of-life outcomes.

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Variation in Surgical Opinion Regarding Management of Selected Cervical Spine Injuries: A Preliminary Study — Jan 1, 1998

This implies that there is no widely accepted standard of management procedure for many of these injuries.

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The Reproducibility of a Method to Identify the Overuse of Medical Procedures — Jan 1, 1998

To assess the overuse and underuse of medical procedures, various methods have been developed, but their reproducibility has not been evaluated.

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Assessing the Predictive Validity of the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method Criteria for Performing Carotid Endarterectomy — Jan 1, 1998

Trials confirmed the ratings for 44 indications (covering almost 30% of operations performed in 1981) and refuted the ratings for none.

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The effect of managed care on primary care services for women — Jan 1, 1998

The effect of managed care on primary care services for women

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Caring for Depression in Primary Care: Defining and Illustrating the Policy Context — Jan 1, 1997

Depression is a socially important condition that is often undertreated.

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Effect of California's Proposition 187 on the Use of Primary Care Clinics — Jan 1, 1997

Assess the effects of the passage of Proposition 187 on the use of primary care services.

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Medical Necessity and Defined Coverage Benefits in the Oregon Health Plan — Jan 1, 1997

The qualitative study described in this article addressed whether medical necessity remains a salient and useful concept in the Oregon Health Plan.

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Defining and Implementing Medical Necessity in Washington State and Oregon — Jan 1, 1997

This paper reports on a qualitative study of how health care providers in the states of Washington and Oregon define and implement medical necessity.

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The Effect of a Medical School's Admission and Curriculum Policies on Increasing the Number of Physicians in Primary Care Specialties — Jan 1, 1996

Authors determine whether Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science's students are pursuing career paths consistent with the institution's mission to graduate physicians who are primary care specialists and/or practice in underserved areas.

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Evaluating the Use of the Appropriateness Method in the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Clinical Practice Guideline Development Process — Jan 1, 1996

The authors conclude that it is feasible to use the appropriateness method on the AHCPR Clinical Practice Guideline Development process.

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Short-form Measures of Physician and Employee Judgments About Hospital Quality — Jan 1, 1994

Compares a short- and long-form instrument that measures physician and employee judgments about hospital care. The data for this study came from a survey fielded in 1989-1991 in a cross-sectional sample of urban and rural voluntary and investor-owned hospitals that ranged in size from 75 to 470 beds.

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Geriatric Rehabilitation: What Do Physicians Know About It and How Should They Use It? — Jan 1, 1994

What is the reimbursement currently available for geriatric rehabilitation, and how might this affect rehabilitation use by primary care physicians?

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Long-term Functioning and Well-Being Outcomes Associated with Physical Activity and Exercise in Patients with Chronic Conditions in the Medical Outcomes Study — Jan 1, 1994

Describes the effects of exercise on outcomes for approximately 1,800 adult patients with one or more of six conditions: diabetes, hypertension, congestive heart failure, recent heart attack, depressive symptoms, or current depressive disorder.

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The MOS 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) — Jan 1, 1992

The content and features of the SF-36 are compared with the 10-item Medical Outcomes Study short-form.

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Effect of a Health Maintenance Organization on Physiologic Health: Results from a Randomized Trial — Jan 1, 1987

Authors conclude that the cost savings achieved by this HMO through lower hospitalization rates were not reflected in lower levels of health status.

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