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Journal Article
Jan 1, 2006
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.
The Congressional hearings leading to these Medicare reforms, and the statute itself, evidence the model used by commercial disease-management firms.
Assesses the effect of hospital competition and HMO penetration on mortality after hospitalization for six medical conditions in California, New York, and Wisconsin.
Comorbidity measures are designed to exclude complications when they map International Classification of Diseases codes to diagnostic categories.
Although racial/ethnic disparities in care are well documented the authors know little about what cardiac surgeons think about them.
Report
Aug 10, 2005
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 1, 2005
Interventions that contain at least 1 CCM element improve clinical outcomes and processes of care.
News Release
Mar 15, 2005
Just one-third of cardiologists participating in a national survey believe there are ethnic or racial disparities in the care given to heart patients in the United States, despite overwhelming evidence that such disparities routinely occur.
Jan 1, 2005
Authors assess the effectiveness and essential components of self-management programs for hypertension, osteoarthritis, and diabetes mellitus.
Despite extensive documentation of racial and ethnic disparities in care, provider awareness of disparities has been thought to be low.
Higher QC for hypertensive patients is associated with better BP control.
Dissertation
Jan 1, 2004
Reviews the evidence of employment-related benefits from effective treatment that results from new medical technologies.
