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July 20, 2004 | Journal Article
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is kidney disease severe enough to require dialysis or a transplant. Worldwide, ESRD has reached epidemic proportions. Chronic renal insufficiency, which occurs when kidneys do not function well, is also becoming more ...
June 27, 2007 | Commentary
In this article, the authors examine possible causes for growth, the widening disparities in health among different populations and the potential implications for public health expenditures for children and youth with chronic health conditions.
September 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Many people who have chronic kidney disease (CKD) also have hypertension. Controlling hypertension is extremely important in treating CKD. The relationship between kidney function and blood pressure components has been studied in people with diagnos ...
September 18, 2012 | Report
F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2012 is the 9th edition of the annual report by RWJF and Trust for America’s Health. For the first time, the report forecasts adult obesity rates in each state by 2030 and the likely resulting rise in obesity-related diseases and health care costs.
August 16, 2005 | Program Result
Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSc, wrote, When Walking Fails: Mobility Problems of Adults with Chronic Conditions, a book about how mobility problems affect people's lives and how health care and other policies help or hinder their independence.
September 1, 2005 | Program Result
Beginning in May 1994, project staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston created "Clinical Crossroads," a monthly series of clinical case studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
March 1, 2004 | Program Result
The Center for Bioethics and the Annenberg School for Communication, both part of the University of Pennsylvania, examined the content and quality of major news coverage of two key issues: chronic illness and access to health care.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
From 1997 to 2001, researchers at the Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco, conducted a two-phase study to test the hypothesis that risk adjustment could be improved by removing patients with high-cost chronic conditions from the general risk pool and assessing their risk by analysis of detailed clinical information.
June 1, 2003 | Program Result
Fred Friendly Seminars produced Who Cares: Chronic Illness in America, a one-hour Public Broadcasting System (PBS) special that explored the challenges confronted every day by health care professionals and families coping with chronic illness.
September 1, 2003 | Program Result
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston investigated the quality of care that managed-care plans provide to patients with a chronic medical condition compared to that indemnity plans (offering fee-for-service care) provide to such patients.