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Cost Implications of Improving Blood Pressure Management Among U.S. Adults 2011
Cost Implications to Health Care Payers of Improving Glucose Management among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes 2011
Can a Chronic Care Model Collaborative Reduce Heart Disease Risk in Patients with Diabetes? 2007
The Quality of Ambulatory Care Delivered to Children in the United States 2007
Disparities in Care for HIV Patients: Results of the HCSUS Study 2006
The First National Report Card on Quality of Health Care in America 2006
The Health Insurance Experiment: A Classic RAND Study Speaks to the Current Health Care Reform Debate 2006
Measuring the Quality of Cancer Care: The National Initiative for Cancer Care Quality (NICCQ) 2006
The Quality of Health Care Delivered to Adults in the United States: Appendix 2006
The Quality of Obstructive Lung Disease Care for Adults in the United States as Measured by Adherence to Recommended Processes 2006
The Quality of Pharmacologic Care for Adults in the United States 2006
Who Is at Greatest Risk for Receiving Poor-Quality Health Care? 2006
Does the Collaborative Model Improve Care for Chronic Heart Failure? 2005
Evaluation of a Quality Improvement Collaborative in Asthma Care: Does It Improve Processes and Outcomes of Care? 2005
Evaluation of a Quality Improvement Collaborative in Asthma Care: Does it Improve Processes and Outcomes of Care? 2005
Improving Quality of Care: How the VA Outpaces Other Systems in Delivering Patient Care 2005
Measuring the Effectiveness of a Collaborative for Quality Improvement in Pediatric Asthma Care: Does Implementing the Chronic Care Model Improve Processes and Outcomes of Care? 2005
Measuring the Effectiveness of a Collaborative for Quality Improvement in Pediatric Asthma Care: Does Implementing the Chronic Care Model Improve Processes and Outcomes of Care?: Technical Appendix 2005
Comparison of Quality of Care for Patients in the Veterans Health Administration and Patients in a National Sample 2004
Does Inappropriate Use Explain Geographic Variations in the Use of Health Care Services? 2004
Profiling the Quality of Care in Twelve Communities: Results from the CQI Study: Information on Quality at the Community Level Can Stimulate Change Where It Makes the Most Impact on Americans' Health 2004
The Quality of Health Care Delivered to Adults in the United States 2003
Quality of Health Care for Women: A Demonstration of the Quality Assessment Tools System 2003
Access to HIV Care: Initial Results from the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study 2000
Lack of Progress in Labor as a Reason for Cesarean 2000
Variations in the Care of HIV-infected Adults in the United States: Results from the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study 1999
Adjusting cesarean delivery rates for case mix 1997
Redistributional Consequences of Community Rating 1997
Measuring health and economic status of older adults in developing countries 1996
Medicaid health maintenance organizations : can they reduce program spending? 1996
Comparison of the Appropriateness of Coronary Angiography and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Between Canada and New York State 1994
The Effect of Alternative Case-Mix Adjustments on Mortality Differences Between Municipal and Voluntary Hospitals in New York City 1994
The Urge to Merge: Linking Vital Statistics Records and Medicaid Claims 1994
The appropriateness of hysterectomy : a comparison of care in seven health plans 1993
Mortality Differences Between New York City Municipal and Voluntary Hospitals, for Selected Conditions 1993
Cost and Use of Capitated Medical Services: Evaluation of the Program for Prepaid Managed Health Care 1992
Do Patient, Physician, and Hospital Characteristics Affect Appropriateness and Outcome of Selected Procedures? 1991
The Effect of Comorbidity on Appropriateness Ratings for Two Gastrointestinal Procedures 1991
Explaining Variations in Hospital Death Rates: Randomness, Severity of Illness, Quality of Care 1991
Carotid Endarterectomy for Elderly Patients: Predicting Complications 1990
Explaining Variations in Hospital Death Rates: Randomness, Severity of Illness, Quality of Care 1990
Explaining Variations in Hospital Death Rates: Randomness, Severity of Illness, Quality of Care 1990
Predicting the Appropriate Use of Carotid Endarterectomy, Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and Coronary Angiography 1990
The Appropriateness of Use of Selected Medical and Surgical Procedures and Its Relationship to Geographic Variations in Their Use 1989
Differences among Hospitals in Medicare Patient Mortality 1989
Does Inappropriate Use Explain Geographic Variations in the Use of Health Care Services? : A Study of Three Procedures 1987
Indications for Selected Medical and Surgical Procedures - A Literature Review and Ratings of Appropriateness: Cholecystectomy 1986
Indications for Selected Medical and Surgical Procedures - A Literature Review and Ratings of Appropriateness: Diagnostic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1986
Indications for Selected Medical and Surgical Procedures - A Literature Review and Ratings of Appropriateness: Coronary Angiography 1986
Indications for Selected Medical and Surgical Procedures - A Literature Review and Ratings of Appropriateness: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery 1986
Indications for Selected Medical and Surgical Procedures - A Literature Review and Ratings of Appropriateness: Colonoscopy 1986
Indications for Selected Medical and Surgical Procedures - A Literature Review and Ratings of Appropriateness: Carotid Endarterectomy 1986
Master Sample Series: Volume 2: Codebook for Full Sample Demographic File 1986
Use of Medical Care in the RAND Health Insurance Experiment: Diagnosis- and Service-specific Analyses in a Randomized Controlled Trial 1986
Variations in the Use of Medical and Surgical Services By the Medicare Population 1986
Variations in the Use of Medical and Surgical Services by the Medicare Population 1986
The Episodes-of-Illness Processing System 1985
The Finite Selection Model: Description and User's Guide 1980

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