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Respiratory Diseases and Disorders

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.

Jan 1, 2000
Journal Article

Does This Patient Need to Be Evaluated Today? Designing a Guideline-Driven Triage Process to Determine the Timing of Care for Adults with Respiratory Infection Symptoms

Application of explicit criteria for deferring care of patients with respiratory infection symptoms did not lengthen triage time.

Jan 1, 2000
Journal Article

Beliefs About Children's Illness

Beliefs about child illness were investigated using semi-structured interviews with mothers and providers in four rural Guatemalan communities.

Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article

Elevated Asthma Morbidity in Puerto Rican Children: A Review of Possible Risk and Prognostic Factors

Latino children represent a significant proportion of all U.S. children, and asthma is the most common chronic illness affecting them.

Jan 1, 1999
Testimony

The Urgent Need for a California Asthma Program

Testimony presented on April 7, 1999 to the California Senate Health and Human Services Committee, Sacramento, California.

Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article

Physician Perceptions of Barriers to Care for Inner-City Latino Children with Asthma

This article describes physician perspectives on barriers to quality primary care experienced by inner-city children with asthma.

Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article

Development of Review Criteria for Assessing the Quality of Management of Stable Angina, Adult Asthma, and Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus in General Practice

The objective of this study was to develop review criteria to assess the quality of care for three major chronic diseases.

Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article

Differences Between Child and Parent Reports of Symptoms Among Latino Children with Asthma

The objectives of this study were to determine, in a population of predominantly Latino children with asthma 6 to 18 years old

Jan 1, 1998
Journal Article

Treatment Adequacy for HIV-related Pneumocystis Pneumonia: Quality Measures for Inpatient Care

A retrospective cohort study (n=414) using medical record review was conducted in six California medical centers.

Jan 1, 1997
Journal Article

Etnografia De La Infeccion Respiratoria Aguda En Una Zona Rural Del Altiplano Mexicano

Identifies the terms used by mothers to refer to diseases, signs and symptoms related to acute respiratory illnesses (ARI), alarming signs which should motivate them to seek medical attention, and describes common home practices of disease care and treatment.

Jan 1, 1997
Journal Article

Methodological Issues for Eliciting Local Signs/Symptoms/illness Terms Associated with Acute Respiratory Illnesses

Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are among the principal causes of mortality of children under 5 years of age.

Jan 1, 1996
Journal Article

Reconsidering the Use of Adjunctive Corticosteroids in Pneumocystis Pneumonia?

Editorial comment on a study of the use of adjunctive corticosteroid therapy in moderate to severe Pneumocystis pneumonia.

Jan 1, 1995
Report

Medical Record Abstraction Form and Guidelines for Assessing Quality of Care for Hospitalized Patients with AIDS-Related Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia

The purpose of the abstraction form and guidelines in this Note is to guide the collection of data from the medical records used in the four-city study.

Jan 1, 1993
Journal Article

The Relation Between Resource Use and In-Hospital Mortality for Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome-Related Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia

A central issue in health policy with regard to AIDS is whether quality of care and patient outcomes are affected by resource constraints.

Jan 1, 1990
Report

Medical Record Abstraction Form and Guidelines for Assessing Quality of Care for Hospitalized Patients with Pneumonia

Documents the medical record abstraction form and guidelines used to collect data from the medical records of patients hospitalized with pneumonia.

Jan 1, 1988
Report

Initiating Clinical Trials: A Case Study of Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing

Describes the events surrounding the decision by the National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI) to issue a request for proposal (RFP) to conduct a multicenter randomized clinical trial comparing the efficacy of intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) with compressor nebulizer therapy in treating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Jan 1, 1985
Report

Quality of Medical Care Assessment Using Outcome Measures: Eight Disease-Specific Applications

Eight separate technical papers on eight conditions and procedures: asthma in children and adults; breast mass and breast cancer; cholecystectomy; diarrhea and dehydration in children; ischemic heart disease; osteoarthrosis;...

Jan 1, 1976
People

Marielena Lara

Senior Physician Policy Researcher
Education M.D. in pediatrics, Harvard Medical School/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology; M.P.H. in health services management and policy, University of California, Los Angeles; B.S. in mechanical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
People

Andrew M. Parker

Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist; Faculty, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. in behavioral decision theory, Carnegie Mellon University; M.S. in statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; B.A. in psychology and statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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