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July 15, 2009 | Story
"The program gave me a chance to connect with other academics interested in the same things as I was," said DeSalvo. "I have built a strong set of academic and research networks and relationships."
April 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in an urban primary care population is associated with a doubling of the number of hospitalizations and over twice the utilization of mental health resources. PTSD was not, however, associated with higher emergency department use or outpatient visits.
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Patients with chronic disease often have comorbid illness that presents challenges to achieve optimal control.
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 ...
April 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The authors performed a structured literature review to enhance understanding of factors that both impede and enhance disclosure of medical errors. They performed a MEDLINE search of related articles published between 1975 and 2004, which yielded 5, ...