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September 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Although brief primary care alcohol counseling has been shown to benefit patients with alcohol misuse and providers generally believe that addressing alcohol misuse is an important clinical responsibility, rates of alcohol counseling are low. This q ...
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Patients with chronic disease often have comorbid illness that presents challenges to achieve optimal control.
October 15, 2009 | Program Result Report
PRISM sought to encourage physicians and health care researchers to address the effects of alcohol and drug abuse on serious chronic illnesses.
May 5, 2011 | Journal Article
Stigma around depression affects Latino's interest in seeking treatment.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...