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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 ...
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.
June 21, 2010 | Story
Aymin Delgado-Borrego finds that only 1 percent of children estimated to have HCV in Florida are receiving potentially life-saving medical treatment.
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.
November 2, 2009 | Story
Leaders' Link e-Newsletter: September/October 2009
October 22, 2009 | Story
Alabama program brings preventive vision care to economically-disadvantaged toddlers.
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.
July 23, 2009 | Story
McLellan had a life-long interest in finding ways to persuade physicians to look for and treat substance abuse. But he often found that it was a hard sell.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
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.