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February 4, 2009 | Commentary
This commentary examines economic arguments for disease prevention services. While services that reliably produce net savings are rare in health care, many preventive services improve health at a lower cost than other medical interventions.
July 11, 2009 | Program Result Report
Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care supported evaluations of replicable efforts by managed care organizations to integrate effective tobacco-cessation interventions into everyday clinical practice and the basic health care these organizations provide.
August 22, 2012 | Program Result Report
Project builds online self-tracking guide to advance health and research potential of observations of daily living.
July 1, 2008 | Evaluation
This evaluation of the Quality Allies and New Health Partnerships learning communities focused on the second and third phases of a national initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The evaluation specifically focused on documenting the impact of the initiatives on systems of clinical care delivery and patient outcomes.
National Program
Program to expand and test multicomponent self-management programs that could be delivered in primary care settings and improve outcomes and cost-effectiveness.
January 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
Advancing Measurement of Equity and Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Care Quality was a targeted solicitation for proposals to expand understanding of how to make health care both more patient-centered and more equitable.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Center for the Advancement of Health conducted a study in 2000 on the current state of practice among physicians in intervening with patients using proven health behavior change strategies.
July 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
From 1997 to 2000, staff at the Breast Cancer Recovery Foundation established a retreat program for breast cancer survivors and conducted a pilot study of the retreat's effectiveness.
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
This study explored the distribution of decision aids—an important first step toward patient engagement, but one that cannot be equated with actual use of the aids.
November 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A feasibility evaluation examines the effects of an electronic linkage system (eLinkS) on health behavior counseling rates.