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November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the ethical responsibility of physicians to their patients when patients' health care decisions are influenced by financial considerations. As consumer-directed health care increases the amount of money patients pay out of pocket for medical services, new responsibilities emerge for physicians.
June 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article considers the current debate relating to the need to compare the same or different medical treatments and measure outcomes to control health care costs and to provide patients with an improved service from health care professionals.
May 25, 2010 | Program Result
Since 1995, RWJF has invested more than $77 million in major programs to increase the use of clinically proven tobacco-dependence treatments as one part of its broader policy-based efforts to prevent and reduce population tobacco use.
May 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between hospital practices and rates of exclusive breast-feeding among mothers one week after delivery. The study aims to provide information to policy-makers about practices in hospitals that influence breast-feeding rates.
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Qualitative interviews with physicians revealed several barriers to the use of buprenorphine maintenance treatment (BMT) for opioid addiction. Addressing these barriers will help ensure that BMT becomes more common in clinical practice, thus alleviating the shortage of slots in BMT programs.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This paper reviews evidence published since 2000 about practices' ability to redesign care in accord with the Chronic Care Model (CCM) and the impacts of such redesign on clinical care and health outcomes. Implications for practice and research are discussed.
November 13, 2009 | Program Result
A project team of eight faculty and senior staff introduced a number of changes enhancing asthma care at the Pediatric and Adolescent Ambulatory Center of the Albert Einstein Medical Center.
November 13, 2009 | Program Result
Faculty and residents at this large family practice center sought to improve the quality of care for diabetes patients while also educating its residents in how to provide quality, cost-effective care for patients with chronic illnesses.
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 ...
October 1, 2004 | Journal Article
This project evaluated the impact of the 2002–2003 recommendation to "encourage when feasible" the influenza vaccine for healthy children 6 to 23 months of age. A cross-sectional study of children who were 6 to 59 months of age and presented to a la ...