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Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND, and M.Phil. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Essay
Jan 6, 2021
Commentary
Feb 27, 2014
Most relevant regions
Report
Jan 1, 2003
Investigates the characteristics particular to chronic disease self-management programs that may be most responsible for their effectiveness.
Journal Article
Potential benefits of and barriers to routine reporting of objective measures of the quality of care, such as HEDIS measures, by health plans.
Jan 1, 2002
Relationship between diabetes and the incidence of functional disability and the predictors of functional disability among older women with diabetes.
Nov 1, 2001
The DPMD is a brief, reliable, valid measure for assessing patient desire to participate in diabetes medical decision making.
Jan 1, 2001
Ayurveda is a naturopathic system of health care that has been practiced in India for over 5000 years.
Food insufficiency is relatively common among low-income adults with diabetes and was associated with higher physician utilization.
Case for daily dialysis must be made unequivocally on the grounds of clinical effectiveness, patient preferences, and disaggregated costs and benefits
Patients' self-reports of health status, satisfaction with care, and extent of control over diabetes are associated with methodological limitations.
Jan 1, 2000
Few data are available to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Feb 1, 1999
In this issue of Health Services Research, Hirth and colleagues estimate a statistical cost function for renal dialysis facilities.
Jan 1, 1999
These findings amplify concerns that there is elevated morbidity among hemodialysis patients treated in facilities that reuse hemodialyzers.
The objective of this study was to develop review criteria to assess the quality of care for three major chronic diseases.