Purpose: To underscore the need for health system reform and emphasize nursing
measures as a key component in our healthcare reimbursement system. Design and …

Background Patient satisfaction is a widely used health care quality metric. However, the
relationship between patient satisfaction and health care utilization, expenditures, and …

PURPOSE: We report on clinical indicators of 6-month mortality in advanced noncancer
illnesses and the effect of treatment on survival. METHODS: The MEDLINE database was …

Estimates of geographic variation among states and counties in the prevalence of opioid
prescribing are developed using data from a large (135 million) representative national …

Abstract In the United States, health care technology has contributed to rising survival rates,
yet health care spending relative to GDP has also grown more rapidly than in any other …

Context Physicians are embedded in informal networks that result from their sharing of
patients, information, and behaviors. Objectives To identify professional networks among …

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Mohlenbrock et al. 4,858,121 A 8/1989 Barber et a1. 4,878,175 A 10/1989 Norden-Paul et …

© 2012 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. ber 31, 2007, and died before
January 1, 2009. Information regarding their sociodemographic background, coexisting …

Studies have shown that cancer care near the end of life is more aggressive than many
patients prefer. Using a cohort of deceased Medicare beneficiaries with poor-prognosis …

Background—Many believe that variation in vascular practice may affect limb salvage rates
in patients with severe peripheral arterial disease. However, the extent of variation in …