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Cardiovascular Disorders

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Hospital Competition, Managed Care, and Mortality After Hospitalization for Medical Conditions in California

Assesses the effect of hospital competition and HMO penetration on mortality after hospitalization for six medical conditions in California.

Apr 1, 2007
Journal Article

Journal Article

Can a Chronic Care Model Collaborative Reduce Heart Disease Risk in Patients with Diabetes?

There is a need to identify effective practical interventions to decrease cardiovascular disease risk in patients with diabetes.

Feb 1, 2007
Journal Article

Journal Article

Haplotypes in the Lipoprotein Lipase Gene Influence High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Response to Statin Therapy and Progression of Atherosclerosis in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts

Lipoprotein lipase hydrolyzes circulating triglycerides. 3'-end haplotypes in the LPL gene influence atherosclerosis and insulin resistance.

Feb 1, 2007
Journal Article

Journal Article

Congestive Heart Failure Disease Management in Medicare-managed Care

Describes the use, structure, and content of initiatives from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to encourage Medicare managed care plans to introduce congestive heart failure (CHF) disease management programs.

Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article

Journal Article

Physical Functioning and Mental Well-Being in Association with Health Outcome in Patients Enrolled in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II

Lower baseline PCS and MCS are associated with unfavourable health outcome in MADIT II patients, but not with appropriate ICD therapy for ventricular tachyarrhythmias.

Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article

Journal Article

Efecto Del Consumo De Un Complemento Alimentario En La Concentracion Plasmatica De Cinc En Adultos Mayores Residentes En Santiago De Chile =: Effect of the Consumption of a Food Supplement on Plasma Zinc Concentrations of Free-Living Chilean Elderly Adults

The consumption of a food supplement significantly increased plasma zinc concentrations in Chilean elderly adults.

Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article

Journal Article

Family History of Premature Coronary Heart Disease and Coronary Artery Calcification: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

A family history of premature coronary heart disease (CHD) is a known risk factor for CHD events.

Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article

Journal Article

Quality Indicators for the Care of Ischemic Heart Disease in Vulnerable Elders

Advanced age remains a strong, independent predictor of mortality from ischemic heart disease (IHD), even when controlling for other risk factors.

Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article

Journal Article

Quality Indicators for the Care of Hypertension in Vulnerable Elders

Hospitalization presents unique challenges in older people.

Jan 1, 2007
Research Brief

Research Brief

Effects of Medicare's Prospective Payment System on the Quality of Hospital Care

This research brief summarizes a study of how Medicare's prospective payment system (PPS) affected the quality of care for hospitalized Medicare patients.

Jun 13, 2006
News Release

News Release

Study Finds Middle-Aged Americans Less Healthy Than English Counterparts

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

May 2, 2006
News Release

News Release

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

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

Mar 28, 2006
Journal Article

Journal Article

Isolation of Health Services Research from Practice and Policy: The Example of Chronic Heart Failure Management

The Congressional hearings leading to these Medicare reforms, and the statute itself, evidence the model used by commercial disease-management firms.

Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article

Journal Article

Trajectory of End-Stage Heart Failure: The Influence of Technology and Implications for Policy Change

The authors explain the trajectory of patients with heart failure, illustrate the importance of advance care planning for these patients, discuss the impact of choices to use or forgo new technologies, and suggest ways to improve the care system.

Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article

Journal Article

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: The Perspectives of Cardiovascular Surgeons

Although racial/ethnic disparities in care are well documented the authors know little about what cardiac surgeons think about them.

Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article

Journal Article

Hospital Competition, Managed Care and Mortality After Hospitalization for Medical Conditions: Evidence from Three States

Assesses the effect of hospital competition and HMO penetration on mortality after hospitalization for six medical conditions in California, New York, and Wisconsin.

Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article

Journal Article

Does Date Stamping ICD-9-CM Codes Increase the Value of Clinical Information in Administrative Data?

Comorbidity measures are designed to exclude complications when they map International Classification of Diseases codes to diagnostic categories.

Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article

Journal Article

Discussing Quality-of-Life Issues with a Patient Newly Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer

A 66-year-old man with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and benign prostatic hyperplasia presented for evaluation of an elevated PSA level of 6.2 ng/ml.

Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article

Journal Article

Familial Risk Assessment for Early-Onset Coronary Heart Disease

Familial risk assessment can stratify risk for early-onset coronary heart disease.

Jan 1, 2006
Report

Report

Does the Collaborative Model Improve Care for Chronic Heart Failure?

This paper evaluates the effects of the Institute of Healthcare Improvement’s Breakthrough Series (IHI BTS) on quality of care for chronic heart failure (CHF).

Aug 10, 2005

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