Community-Based Teaching about Health Disparities
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Community-based disparities education allows future physicians to more fully understand and appreciate how social and contextual factors impact health.
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Impact of Clinical Complexity on the Quality of Diabetes Care
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Patients with chronic disease often have comorbid illness that presents challenges to achieve optimal control.
Relationship Between Clinical Conditions and Use of Veterans Affairs Health Care Among Medicare-Enrolled Veterans
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Many veterans eligible for health care through Veterans Affairs (VA) and Medicare do use services from both certain factors determine which services they access from each system. Coordinating patient care between systems should be a policy priority.
Outpatient Satisfaction
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
How doctors present information, and whether their clients realize the information was presented, are more important to patient satisfaction than what specific content a doctor relays, according to this novel study comparing how parents and trained observers perceived the doctors' communications during pediatric visits.
Method to Develop Health Care Peer Groups for Quality and Financial Comparisons Across Hospitals
April 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines a "nearest neighbor" methodology to provide peer groups for quality and financial comparisons between hospitals. The establishment of appropriate comparison groups is vital to making equitable comparisons across hospitals and networks.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screening Status is Associated with Increased VA Medical and Surgical Utilization in Women
March 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Despite reports of poor health among women with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), information about this population's health care utilization rates is not well understood. This study used a mail survey to assess the relationship between utilizat ...
Television Viewing Practices and Obesity Among Women Veterans
March 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Previous research has demonstrated an association between obesity and high amounts of television viewing. This study describes the relationship between obesity and television viewing among a population of women veterans. A mail survey was completed ...
Frequency of Mastalgia Among Women Veterans
March 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Mastalgia (breast pain) is common at the start of the menstrual period, however, some women experience extended, noncyclic mastalgia. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and frequency of mastalgia and its relation with psychiat ...
Facilitating and Impeding Factors for Physicians' Error Disclosure
April 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The authors performed a structured literature review to enhance understanding of factors that both impede and enhance disclosure of medical errors. They performed a MEDLINE search of related articles published between 1975 and 2004, which yielded 5, ...
Child Passenger Safety Behaviors in Latino Communities
May 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Although national data show that belt-positioning booster seats protect children four to eight years old from serious injury 59 percent better than seat belts alone, rates of booster seat use are low, particularly among Latino families. This study s ...