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August 29, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
The United States is experiencing a longevity revolution. First, Americans are living longer. At the start of the 20th century, 4 percent of the U.S. population was over 65. Now, the proportion is 13 percent and by 2050, it will be 20 percent. Secon ...
June 10, 2013 | Story
New study by RWJF Health & Society Scholars examines how pediatricians assess asthma symptoms.
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.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
From 1995 to 1998, researchers at Stanford University looked at how managed care penetration in given geographic areas affected the diffusion and use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a technology that allows physicians to obtain very clear pictures of patients' internal organs and internal structures without invasive procedures.
April 30, 2007 | Program Result Report
The University of Rochester Medical Center expanded a pilot project in Rochester called Health-E-Access, which they had created in 2001 to study the use of telemedicine to treat inner-city students.