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1. Restructuring treatment histories of dead patients: A study design that should be laid to rest

Author

Bach, Peter B., Schrag, Deborah, and Begg, Colin B.

Subjects
Patients -- Care and treatment, Patients -- Research
Abstract

The study aims to address whether studies of care rendered to patients prior to their death produce an accurate portrait of care provided to patients who are dying. It concluded that studying care received prior to death could lead to invalid conclusions about the quality or type of care provided to dying patients.

Published
2004

2. Trends in Length of Stay, living setting, functional outcome, and mortality following medical rehabilitation

Author

Ottenbacher, Kenneth J., Smith, Pam M., Illig, Sandra B., Linn, Richard T., Ostir, Glenn V., and Granger, Carl V.

Subjects
Patients -- Care and treatment, Patients -- Research, Hospitals -- Rehabilitation services, Hospitals -- Research
Abstract

The changes in Length of Stay (LOS), functional status, living setting, and mortality in patients completing inpatient rehabilitation is examined. The findings provide a baseline to compare future LOS, effectiveness, efficiency, mortality, and other outcomes important to health care professionals, researchers, and consumers to help evaluate the reasons behind change in LOS influences patient care and outcomes.

Published
2004

4. Influence of a performance-improvement initiative on quality of care for patients hospitalized with heart failure: results of the organized program to initiate lifesaving treatment in hospitalized patients with heart failure (OPTIMIZE-HF)

Author

Fonarow, Gregg C., Abraham, William T., Albert, Nancy M., Gattis Stough, Wendy, Gheorghiade, Mihai, Greenberg, Barry H., O'Connor, Christopher M., Pieper, Karen, Sun, Jie Lena, Yancy, Clyde W., and Young, James B.

Subjects
Heart failure -- Patient outcomes, Heart failure -- Care and treatment, Angiotensin converting enzyme -- Dosage and administration, Practice guidelines (Medicine) -- Research, Hospitals -- Admission and discharge, Hospitals -- Research, Patients -- Care and treatment, Patients -- Quality management, Patients -- Research, Health
Published
2007

5. Collaborative care for depression: a cumulative meta-analysis and review of longer-term outcomes

Author

Gilbody, Simon, Bower, Peter, Fletcher, Janine, Richards, David, and Sutton, Alex J.

Subjects
Depression, Mental -- Care and treatment, Depression, Mental -- Patient outcomes, Depression, Mental -- Research, Nurse-physician joint practice -- Models, Nurse-physician joint practice -- Research, Patients -- Care and treatment, Patients -- Models, Patients -- Research, Health
Published
2006

8. Chlorhexidine gluconate to cleanse patients in a medical intensive care unit: the effectiveness of source control to reduce the bioburden of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Author

Vernon, Michael O., Hayden, Mary K., Trick, William E., Hayes, Robert A., Blom, Donald W., and Weinstein, Robert A.

Subjects
Disinfection and disinfectants -- Research, Chlorhexidine -- Usage, Intensive care units -- Research, Vancomycin -- Research, Drug resistance in microorganisms -- Research, Patients -- Care and treatment, Patients -- Methods, Patients -- Research, Health
Published
2006

10. Prospective evaluation of health-related uality oflife in patients with deep venous thrombosis

Author

Kahn, Susan R., Ducruet, Thierry, Lamping, Donna L., Arsenault, Louise, Miron, Marie Jose, Roussin, Andre, Desmarais, Sylvie, Joyal, France, Kassis, Jeannine, Solymoss, Susan, Desjardins, Louis, Johri, Mira, and Shrier, Ian

Subjects
Thrombophlebitis -- Care and treatment, Thrombophlebitis -- Research, Quality of life -- Evaluation, Quality of life -- Research, Patients -- Medical examination, Patients -- Research, Patients -- Statistics, Patients -- Analysis, Patients -- Psychological aspects, Patients -- Physiological aspects, Patients -- Comparative analysis, Health
Published
2005

11. Bezafibrate for the secondary prevention of myocardial infarction patients with metabolic syndrome

Author

Tenenbaum, Alexander, Motro, Michael, Fisan, Enrique Z., Tanne, David, Boyko, Valentina, and Behar, Solomon

Subjects
Patients -- Medical examination, Patients -- Research, Patients -- Analysis, Patients -- Statistics, Patients -- Care and treatment, Metabolic syndrome X -- Care and treatment, Metabolic syndrome X -- Drug therapy, Metabolic syndrome X -- Research, Metabolic syndrome X -- Statistics, Metabolic syndrome X -- Analysis, Heart attack -- Prevention, Heart attack -- Drug therapy, Heart attack -- Research, Fibric acids -- Drug testing, Fibric acids -- Research, Fibric acids -- Analysis, Fibric acids -- Statistics, Health
Published
2005

12. Potential impact of the HIPAA privacy rule on data collection in a registry of patients with acute coronary syndrome

Author

Armstrong, David, Kline-Rogers, Eva, Jani, Sandeep M., Goldman, Edward, Fang, Jianming, Mukherjee, Debabrata, Nallamothu, Brahmajee, and Eagle, Kim A.

Subjects
United States. Department of Health and Human Services -- Laws, regulations and rules, Patients -- Patient outcomes, Patients -- Research, Data entry -- Research, Government regulation, Health, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
Published
2005

13. Perceived barriers to diabetic eye care: qualitative study of patients and physicians

Author

Hartnett, M. Elizabeth, Key, Ira J., Loyacano, Natalie M., Horswell, Ronald L., and DeSalvo, Karen B.

Subjects
Perception -- Research, Eye diseases -- Diagnosis, Diabetes -- Complications and side effects, Patients -- Care and treatment, Patients -- Research, Eye -- Medical examination, Eye -- Evaluation, Patient education, Health
Published
2005

14. When patients choose faith over medicine

Author

Curlin, Farr A., Roach, Chad J., and Gorawhara-Bhat, Rita

Subjects
Physicians -- Practice, Patients -- Religious aspects, Patients -- Care and treatment, Patients -- Research, Faith, Health
Published
2005

15. Ethical implications of rejecting patients for clinical trials

Author

Bone, Henry G., III, Chavkin, Wendy, Fox, Harold, and Chalmers, Thomas C.

Subjects
Clinical trials -- Ethical aspects, Medical ethics -- Interpretation and construction, Patients -- Research, Human experimentation in medicine -- Ethical aspects
Published
1990

16. CDC set to harness the predictive power of a medical family tree

Author

Landers, Susan J.

Subjects
United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Services, Patients -- Care and treatment, Patients -- Research, Clinical trials, Health
Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a Family History Public Health Initiative that is intended to make the best possible use of medical knowledge of family history in determining a patientEs risk level. Researchers are working on a prototype computer-based survey to summarize patientEs level of risk for one or more specific diseases, and three research centers are awarded funds to put the prototype through the paces in a clinical trial.

Published
2003

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