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February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
While children with persistent asthma symptoms are treated similarly regardless of insurance status, insured children with intermittent symptoms are more likely than uninsured children to be diagnosed and receive treatment, suggesting insuring more asthmatic children is unlikely to result in treatment cost savings.
April 20, 2011 | Journal Article
Current tests for chronic kidney disease (CKD) only assess creatinine levels which vary according to muscle mass, age and race. This study evaluated a triple-marker test (creatinine, albumin-to-creatinine ratio, and cystatin C) for CKD.
May 12, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines geographic variation in diagnostic practices by studying Medicare recipients who move to regions with higher or lower diagnostic intensity than the original region.
November 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Diagnosis—the first step in improving care for obese pediatric patients—needs to be stepped up.
July 26, 2010 | Journal Article
Lowering the biopsy threshold for prostate cancer from a PSA of 4.0 to 2.5 would increase the risk of overdiagnosis and overtreatment, according to this first large-scale study of current treatment patterns in the U.S. population.
March 18, 2008 | Journal Article
This article examines inpatient encounter at Mayo Clinic-affiliated hospitals from 1995 through 1998 using the Rochester Epidemiology Project to identify all cases of venous thromboembolism among Olmsted County residents.