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November 1, 1996 | Program Result Report
The Urban Institute analyzed physician services provided to the elderly in the United States and Canada to determine whether cost or quantity controls (or some mixture of the two) have enabled Canada to hold the line on health care expenditures.
March 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study aims to describe the preferences of older patients with diabetes regarding their willingness to accept certain treatment regimens.
February 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Study participants had a history of coronary artery disease (CAD), congestive heart failure (CHF), or hypertension.
November 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The National Osteoporosis Foundation and American College of Obstetrics-Gynecology have expanded osteoporosis therapy recommendations by changing the treatment threshold. We determined the impact of this recommendation using nationally representativ ...
February 27, 2006 | Journal Article
The experience of frailty for persons aged 70 or older was examined in the current study. The 754 study participants were part of the Precipitating Events Project that followed older persons over a period of 54 months. Frailty was defined as the pre ...
April 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The question motivating this research was to assess whether the same goals for controlling type 2 diabetes in the general population should be used in controlling the disease in older patients. If the answer was no, what criteria should be used to a ...
August 15, 2006 | Journal Article
Chronic kidney disease has been defined in terms of creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR). This study examines an alternative serum measure of kidney function, cystatin C. The researchers' goal was to determine whether elevated ...
May 16, 2005 | Journal Article
Cystatin C is a protein produced by nearly all human cells and excreted into the bloodstream. As a serum measure of renal function, it appears to be independent of age, sex and lean muscle mass. This study compares the associations of cystatin C, cr ...
September 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003 are intended to foster electronic prescribing by requiring standards for interoperability and by permitting third parties to offset implementation costs. ...
February 23, 2004 | Journal Article
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are increasingly prominent causes of hospitalization and death, not only in America, but across the world. Differences in the incidence of these diseases across genders and the life cycle sugge ...