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October 25, 2006 | Journal Article
Referring patients to hospitals that perform high volumes of specific surgical procedures has been associated with better outcomes for those surgical procedures. Less is known about the patient characteristics of those who receive care at low- and h ...
June 12, 2012 | Program Result
Researchers at the Urban Institute studied whether patients use high-volume hospitals for procedures and services where volume is associated with outcomes, and whether there are disparities between minorities and Whites in using such hospitals.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A study of the relationship of hospital characteristics to compliance with uterovaginal prolapse treatment recommendations found that although high-volume, teaching and private hospitals had better compliance rates than disproportionate share and public hospitals, compliance rates were low in all hospital types.
October 6, 2009 | Program Result
Researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry estimated the impact that eliminating disparities in health care between racial and ethnic minorities and whites would have on minority health.
January 31, 2008 | Story
Black pioneered research on designing ways to open the blood-brain barrier, enabling chemotherapeutic drugs to be delivered directly into a tumor.
August 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Biliary tract disease can occur in pregnant women due to increased estrogen and progesterone levels. Cholecystectomy has reduced complications from the disease. This study performed a cross-sectional analysis of pregnant women treated for biliary tract disease between 1999 and 2006.
February 1, 2007 | Program Result
The Harvard School of Public Health and Dartmouth Medical School examined data from 29 million Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in the Medicare fee-for-service program from 1992 though 2001.