Epidemiology

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Generalizability of Clinical Studies Conducted at Tertiary Care Medical Centers: A Population-Based Analysis

The Marshfield Epidemiologic Study Area (MESA), a geographically defined population registry at one of the participating sites in SUPPORT (a multicenter study of the care of seriously ill hospitalized patients) permitted assessment of generalizability in that study.

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Systems Analysis of Adverse Drug Events

Hospital personnel willingly participated in the detection and investigation of drug use errors and were able to identify underlying systems failures. The most common defects were in systems to disseminate knowledge about drugs and to make drug and patient information readily accessible at the time it is needed. Systems changes to improve dissemination and display of drug and patient data should make errors in the use of drugs less likely.

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Incidence of Adverse Drug Events and Potential Adverse Drug Events: Implications for Prevention

ADEs are a major cause of iatrogenic injury, many are preventable. Improvement of systems by which drugs are ordered and administered could prevent many of these events and might even reduce costs.

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Epidemiology of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: Disparity By Age, Diagnosis, Gender, Race, and Functional Impairment

After adjustment for sickness at admission and functional impairment, DNR orders were assigned more often to older patients and differed by diagnosis.

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A Brief Introduction to the Critical Reading of the Clinical Literature

Clinicians are bombarded by reports of new diagnostic tests or treatments for patients with spine problems.

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Malpractice Claims Data as a Quality Improvement Tool: I. Epidemiology of Error in Four Specialties

Attempts to identify potentially preventable sources of medical injury in obstetrics and gynecology, general surgery, anesthesiology, and radiology.

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Alcoholism Among Homeless Adults in the Inner City of Los Angeles

Both lifetime and current prevalence of alcoholism (as measured by the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule) was higher among homeless individuals.

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The Epidemiology of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Five US Communities

The prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder was measured in five US communities among more than 18,500 persons in residential settings.

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The Prevalence of Specific Psychiatric Disorders Among Homeless Individuals in the Inner City of Los Angeles

Lifetime and current prevalence of Diagnostic Interview Schedule/DSM-III disorders were determined for a probability sample of homeless adults in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles.

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Evaluation of the Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Simple Hirsutism

Pituitary-adrenal relationships were studied in 63 women with simple hirsutism.

Report

An Application of Markov Processes to the Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disease

A presentation of several methods (developed in studies of mental disease) for determining certain epidemiological parameters that are not directly observable or that can be secured only by expensive and time-consuming field surveys.

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Jennifer Bouey

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Joshua Breslau

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Lane F. Burgette

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Samer Atshan

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Alexandra Huttinger

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Ariella Korn

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Jaime Madrigano

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Margaret A. Maglione

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Katherine I. Morley