- ►annals.org [PDF] AA Rothman, EH Wagner - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2003 - Am Coll Physicians An estimated 99 million Americans live with a chronic illness. Meeting the needs
of this population is one of the major chal- lenges facing the US health care
system today and in the future. Dozens of studies, surveys, and audits have ... Cited by 202 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] KS Panageas, D Schrag, E Riedel, PB Bach, … - Annals of internal medicine, 2003 - Am Coll Physicians Background: A large body of literature documents associations between the volume
of cases a hospital or surgeon treats and clinical outcomes. Most of these
studies have used conventional statistical methods that do not recognize ... Cited by 133 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►ahajournals.org P Jong, Y Gong, PP Liu, PC Austin, DS Lee, … - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— Using administrative data, we monitored 38 702
consecutive patients with first-time hospitalization for heart failure in
Ontario, Canada, between April 1994 and March 1996 and examined differences ... Cited by 113 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►geroservices.com [PDF] V Mor, K Berg, J Angelelli, D Gifford, J Morris … - The Gerontologist, 2003 - Geron Soc America Quality measurement, performance monitoring, and quality improvement are a
constant refrain in the United States (Cohn, Corrigan, and Donaldson, 2000).
Hospitals regularly produce statistics regarding their performance in ... Cited by 88 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org GA Piatt, TJ Orchard, S Emerson, D Simmons, … - Diabetes Care, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—A marked decline in HbA 1c was observed in the CCM group (−0.6%, P =
0.008) but not in the other groups. The magnitude of the association remained
strong after adjustment for clustering (P = 0.01). The same pattern was ... Cited by 69 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- Free from Publisher G De Berardis, F Pellegrini, M Franciosi, M … - Diabetes Care, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—Differences for most process measures were statistically significantly
in favor of DOCs. The differences were more marked for patients who were always
treated by the same physician within a DOC and if that physician had a ... Cited by 62 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
JS Goodwin, S Satish, ET Anderson, AB … - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2003 - medscape.com In summary, many older women with breast cancer are receiving treatments that
are not generally considered to be appropriate care. The reasons for this may be
related more to matters of access to healthcare resources than to medical ... Cited by 40 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org PJ O'Connor, J Desai, LI Solberg, LA Reger, … - Diabetes Care, 2005 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—Twelve primary care medical practices were matched
by size and location and randomized to intervention or control conditions.
Intervention clinic staff were trained in a seven-step QI change process to ... Cited by 40 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
