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Respiratory Diseases and Disorders

Journal Article

Sociodemographic Differences in Use of Preventive Services by Women Enrolled in Medicare+Choice Plans

Medicare+Choice plans should consider strategies to further reduce racial and wealth disparities in the use of preventive services.

Dec 31, 2003
Commentary

U.S. Foreign Policy Must Include the Eradication of Dangerous Diseases

commentaries by RAND Staff: insightful commentaries on current events, published in newspapers, magazines and journals worldwide.

Jul 14, 2003
Report

Interventions that Increase the Utilization of Medicare-Funded Preventive Services for Persons Age 65 and Older

Reviews the evidence for effectiveness of the screening/vaccination programs currently covered by Medicare: influenza and pneumonia vaccinations, screening mammography, cervical smear cytology, and colon cancer screening.

Dec 31, 2002
Journal Article

Children's Use of Emergency Departments for Asthma: Persistent Barriers or Acute Need

Explore, in a predominantly Latino inner-city population, why caregivers bring their children with asthma to the ED (emergency department).

Dec 31, 2002
Journal Article

Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action

Asthma is increasingly being recognized as an important public health concern for children in the United States. The objective of this project was to create a blueprint for improvement of national policy in this area.

Apr 30, 2002
Report

Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action: A Description of Group Process Methods Used to Generate Committee Recommendations

Over the course of 2000, RAND Health engaged an interdisciplinarycommittee of nationally recognized leaders in childhood asthma in a structured group process to arrive at the policy recommendations proposed in Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action.

Jan 1, 2002
Research Brief

How to Improve Childhood Asthma Outcomes: A Blueprint for Policy Action

This research brief describes work documented in MR-1330-RWJ and MR-1330/1-RWJ.

Dec 31, 2001
Report

Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action

Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action

Dec 31, 2001
Journal Article

The Precautionary Principle and Emerging Biological Risks: Lessons from Swine Flu and HIV in Blood Products

The swine flu affair in 1976 and the emergence of HIV in the blood supply in the 1980s illustrate difficulties of decision-making in public health.

Dec 31, 2001
Journal Article

Mass Mailings Have Little Effect on Utilization of Influenza Vaccine Among Medicare Beneficiaries

The authors reviewed studies of mass mailings designed to increase utilization of influenza vaccine among Medicare beneficiaries.

Dec 31, 2001
Report

Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action

A set of policy recommendations to promote the development and maintenance of communities in which children with asthma can be swiftly diagnosed, effectively treated, and protected from exposure to harmful environmental factors.

Jan 1, 2001
Journal Article

What Factors Influence Physicians' Decisions to Switch from Intravenous to Oral Antibiotics for Community-Acquired Pneumonia?

Guidelines and pathways to streamline antibiotic therapy should include educational strategies to address some of these differences in attitudes.

Dec 31, 2000
Journal Article

Are Aggressive Treatment Strategies Less Cost-Effective for Older Patients? The Case of Ventilator Support and Aggressive Care for Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure

A common assumption is that life-sustaining treatments are much less cost-effective for older patients than for younger patients.

Dec 31, 2000
Report

Quality Indicators for the Management of Pneumonia in Vulnerable Elders

It has been estimated that 962 patients per 100,000 persons 65 years and older will require hospitalization for pneumonia annually; this figure is nearly four times the rate in the general population. The vulnerable older patient is at even greater risk for death and morbidity from pneumonia, and improving quality of care for this high-risk population may lead to substantial reductions in morbidity and mortality.

Dec 31, 2000
Journal Article

Demands of an Aging Population for Critical Care and Pulmonary Services

Especially among the very old, services might focus on comfort and care at home, which would rely predominantly on nurses with advanced training.

Dec 31, 2000
Journal Article

Evaluating Quality Indicators for Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Several organizations have published evidence-based quality indicators for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

Dec 31, 2000
Journal Article

An English and Spanish Pediatric Asthma Symptom Scale

Pediatric asthma survey measures have not been adequately tested in non-English-speaking populations.

Dec 31, 1999
Journal Article

Dying with Lung Cancer or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Insights from SUPPORT

In caring for patients with severe COPD, consideration should be given to implementing palliative treatments more aggressively.

Dec 31, 1999
Journal Article

Living and Dying with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

To characterize chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) over patients' last 6 months of life.

Dec 31, 1999
Journal Article

Asthma Mortality in U.S. Hispanics of Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban Heritage, 1990-1995

Results support that Hispanics do not represent a uniform, discrete group in terms of health outcomes.

Dec 31, 1999

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