Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
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Subject Areas on Research
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5-a-day Power Plus: process evaluation of a multicomponent elementary school program to increase fruit and vegetable consumption.
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A National Emergency Airway Registry for children: landscape of tracheal intubation in 15 PICUs.
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A clinical prediction model for long-term functional outcome after traumatic spinal cord injury based on acute clinical and imaging factors.
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A clustered randomized trial to IMProve treatment with AntiCoagulanTs in patients with Atrial Fibrillation (IMPACT-AF): design and rationale.
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A comparison of short- and long-term outcomes after off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery with sternotomy.
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A decade of change--risk profiles and outcomes for isolated coronary artery bypass grafting procedures, 1990-1999: a report from the STS National Database Committee and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
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A framework for examining the function of digital health technologies for weight management.
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A framework for quality improvement: an analysis of factors responsible for improvement at hospitals participating in the Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes with Early Implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines (CRUSADE) quality improvement initiative.
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A framework for understanding cancer comparative effectiveness research data needs.
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A randomized controlled trial of health information exchange between human immunodeficiency virus institutions.
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A randomized trial of population-based clinical decision support to manage health and resource use for Medicaid beneficiaries.
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A research network to evaluate assertive community treatment: introduction.
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A standardized care plan is associated with shorter hospital length of stay in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy.
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A systematic review of interventions to improve outcomes for elders discharged from the emergency department.
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A taxonomy for disease management: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Disease Management Taxonomy Writing Group.
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ACC/AHA key data elements and definitions for measuring the clinical management and outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards (Writing Commitee to Develop Data Standards on Atrial Fibrillation).
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ACC/AHA key data elements and definitions for measuring the clinical management and outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards (Writing Committee to Develop Data Standards on Atrial Fibrillation).
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ACCF/AHA/ACR/SCAI/SIR/SVM/SVN/SVS 2010 performance measures for adults with peripheral artery disease. A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures, the American College of Radiology, the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, the Society for Interventional Radiology, the Society for Vascular Medicine, the Society for Vascular Nursing, and the Society for Vascular Surgery (Writing Committee to Develop Clinical Performance Measures for Peripheral Artery Disease).
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Acute and long-term cost implications of coronary stenting.
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Acute heart failure in the young: Clinical characteristics and biomarker profiles.
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Acute management of stroke patients taking non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants Addressing Real-world Anticoagulant Management Issues in Stroke (ARAMIS) Registry: Design and rationale.
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Adjunct ultrasonography for breast cancer screening in women at average risk: a systematic review.
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Adjuvant Chemotherapy After Preoperative Chemoradiation Improves Survival in Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer.
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Adjuvant radiotherapy with and without concurrent chemotherapy for locally advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis and ureter.
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Administrative characteristics of comprehensive prenatal case management programs.
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Age and gender differences in quality of care and outcomes for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
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Alabama coronary artery bypass grafting Cooperative Project: baseline data. Alabama CABG Cooperative Project Study Group.
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Alabama coronary artery bypass grafting project: results from phase II of a statewide quality improvement initiative.
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Alabama coronary artery bypass grafting project: results of a statewide quality improvement initiative.
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Alternative pay-for-performance scoring methods: implications for quality improvement and patient outcomes.
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American College of Cardiology key data elements and definitions for measuring the clinical management and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes. A report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Data Standards (Acute Coronary Syndromes Writing Committee).
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An appraisal of cognitive therapy.
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An economic evaluation of prolonged mechanical ventilation.
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An efficacy study of isocarboxazid and placebo in depression, and its relationship to depressive nosology.
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An evaluation of the Feighner criteria for schizophrenia and affective disorders using long-term outcome data.
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An examination of racial differences in process and outcome of colorectal cancer care quality among users of the veterans affairs health care system.
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An observation unit may help improve an institution's Press Ganey satisfaction score.
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Anesthetic management and outcomes of parturients with dilated cardiomyopathy in an academic centre.
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Aspirin in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction in elderly Medicare beneficiaries. Patterns of use and outcomes.
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Assessing clinical and functional outcomes in the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) schizophrenia trial.
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Assessing health program performance in low- and middle-income countries: building a feasible, credible, and comprehensive framework.
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Assessing quality in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
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Assessing the quality of colorectal cancer care: do we have appropriate quality measures? (A systematic review of literature).
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Assessing treatment progress of individual patients using expected treatment response models.
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Assessment of left ventricular function in older Medicare beneficiaries with newly diagnosed heart failure.
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Assessment of the use of the age- and sex-specific United States population as a control group for analysis of survival in coronary artery disease.
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Association between hospital procedure volume and early complications after pacemaker implantation: results from a large, unselected, contemporary cohort of the German nationwide obligatory external quality assurance programme.
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Association between hospital process performance and outcomes among patients with acute coronary syndromes.
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Association between performance measures and clinical outcomes for patients hospitalized with heart failure.
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Association of Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Program Participation and Clinical Outcomes for Medicare Beneficiaries With Ischemic Stroke.
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Association of evidence-based care processes and outcomes among patients with acute coronary syndromes: performance matters.
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Association of hospital coronary artery bypass volume with processes of care, mortality, morbidity, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons composite quality score.
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Associations between anticoagulation therapy and risks of mortality and readmission among patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation.
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Atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass graft surgery: predictors, outcomes, and resource utilization. MultiCenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia Research Group.
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BP control. Improvement in a university medical clinic by use of a physician's associate.
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Barriers reported among patients with breast and cervical abnormalities in the patient navigation research program: impact on timely care.
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Behavioral approaches to Raynaud's disease.
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Behavioral assessment and treatment of chronic pain: current status and future directions.
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Behavioral treatment of chronic low back pain: clinical outcome and individual differences in pain relief.
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Blood pressure and heart rate over 10 years in the multimodal treatment study of children with ADHD.
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CT findings and temporal course of persistent pulmonary interstitial emphysema in neonates: a multiinstitutional study.
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Caffeine augmentation of ECT.
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Can group interventions facilitate forgiveness of an ex-spouse? A randomized clinical trial.
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Care of non-ST-segment elevation patients: insights from the CRUSADE national quality improvement initiative.
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Care processes associated with quicker door-in-door-out times for patients with ST-elevation-myocardial infarction requiring transfer: results from a statewide regionalization program.
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Center variation and outcomes associated with delayed sternal closure after stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
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Change is not always linear: the study of nonlinear and discontinuous patterns of change in psychotherapy.
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Change strategies make for smooth transitions.
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Chapter 1: AUA guideline on management of staghorn calculi: diagnosis and treatment recommendations.
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Chapter 7: grading a body of evidence on diagnostic tests.
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Clinical characteristics, process of care, and outcomes of Hispanic patients presenting with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: results from Can Rapid risk stratification of Unstable angina patients Suppress ADverse outcomes with Early implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines (CRUSADE).
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Clinical economics in clinical trials: the measurement of cost and outcomes in the assessment of clinical services through clinical trials.
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Cognitive interviewing of the US National Cancer Institute's Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE).
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Collaborative care management of late-life depression in the primary care setting: a randomized controlled trial.
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Community-based nursing: continence care for older rural women.
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Comparative Effectiveness of an Internet-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Versus Clinic-Based Specialty Care for Veterans.
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Comparison of coronary artery bypass grafting versus medical therapy on long-term outcome in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (a 25-year experience from the Duke Cardiovascular Disease Databank).
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Comparison of performance on Hospital Compare process measures and patient outcomes between hospitals that do and do not participate in Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry-Get With The Guidelines.
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Comparison of the Duke Health Profile and the MOS Short-form in healthy young adults.
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Compliance with acute stroke care quality measures in hospitals with and without primary stroke center certification: the North Carolina Stroke Care Collaborative.
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Conducting an economic analysis to assess the electrocardiogram's value.
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Cost Offset Associated With Early Start Denver Model for Children With Autism.
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Cost and cost-effectiveness of an early invasive vs conservative strategy for the treatment of unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
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Counting the costs of cancer care.
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Criminal victimization of persons with severe mental illness.
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Critical care cardiology research: a call to action.
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Debriefing in the intensive care unit: a feedback tool to facilitate bedside teaching.
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Delays contributing to the development and repair of obstetric fistula in northern Tanzania.
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Delays in Door-to-Needle Times and Their Impact on Treatment Time and Outcomes in Get With The Guidelines-Stroke.
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Delirium monitoring and patient outcomes in a general intensive care unit.
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Demonstrating the relationships of length of stay, cost and clinical outcomes in a simulated NICU.
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Describing expert practice in physical therapy.
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Description of Common Clinical Presentations and Associated Short-Term Physical Therapy Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Neck Pain.
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Design considerations and rationale of a multi-center trial to sustain weight loss: the Weight Loss Maintenance Trial.
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Dexamethasone suppression tests in antidepressant treatment of melancholia. The process of normalization and test-retest reproducibility.
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Differences in health care use and outcomes by the timing of in-hospital worsening heart failure.
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Differences in rehabilitation services and outcomes among stroke patients cared for in veterans hospitals.
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Disparities in viral load and CD4 count trends among HIV-infected adults in South Carolina.
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Dissociation between hospital performance of the smoking cessation counseling quality metric and cessation outcomes after myocardial infarction.
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Do stable non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes require admission to coronary care units?
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Does the ownership of the admitting hospital make a difference? Outcomes and process of care of Medicare beneficiaries admitted with acute myocardial infarction.
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Does timing matter? Examining the impact of session timing on outcome.
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Dysfunctional attitudes in depressed patients before and after clinical treatment and in normal control subjects.
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Early glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor use for non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: patient selection and associated treatment patterns.
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Early prostate cancer: prevention, treatment modalities, and quality of life issues.
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Early treatment for non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome is associated with appropriate discharge care.
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Education for the nursing of children and their families: standards and guidelines for prelicensure and early professional education.
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Effect of Alternate-Day Fasting on Weight Loss, Weight Maintenance, and Cardioprotection Among Metabolically Healthy Obese Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
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Effect of a Multifaceted Quality Improvement Intervention on Hospital Personnel Adherence to Performance Measures in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke in China: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
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Effect of a geriatric consultation team on functional status of elderly hospitalized patients. A randomized, controlled clinical trial.
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Effectiveness of bioabsorbable arrows compared with inside-out suturing for vertical, reparable meniscal lesions: a randomized clinical trial.
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Effectiveness of disease management programs in depression: a systematic review.
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Effectiveness of nonresidential specialty mental health services for children and adolescents in the "real world".
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Effectiveness of right heart catheterization: time for a randomized trial.
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Effects of religious vs. standard cognitive behavioral therapy on therapeutic alliance: A randomized clinical trial.
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Efficacy, complications and cost of surgical interventions for idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a systematic review of the literature.
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Electromyographic biofeedback: behavioral treatment of neuromuscular disorders.
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Emergency medical service hospital prenotification is associated with improved evaluation and treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
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Emergency/Adjunct services and attrition prevention for randomized clinical trials in children: the MTA manual-based solution.
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Endovascular procedures for aorto-iliac occlusive disease are associated with superior short-term clinical and economic outcomes compared with open surgery in the inpatient population.
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Erectile function outcome reporting after clinically localized prostate cancer treatment.
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Estimating country-specific cost-effectiveness from multinational clinical trials.
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Evaluating quality of care in the new health care environment.
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Evaluation of the quality of care in congenital heart surgery: contribution of the Aristotle complexity score.
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Evidence-based medicine and psychiatric practice.
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Evidence-based perspectives on pay for performance and quality of patient care and outcomes in emergency medicine.
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Evidence-based therapies and mortality in patients hospitalized in December with acute myocardial infarction.
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Evolution of the coronary care unit: clinical characteristics and temporal trends in healthcare delivery and outcomes.
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Experiencing transitions: an emerging middle-range theory.
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Exploring the behavior of hospital composite performance measures: an example from coronary artery bypass surgery.
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Extraction of chronically implanted coronary sinus leads active fixation vs passive fixation leads.
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Family Presence During Pediatric Tracheal Intubations.
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Feasibility and implications of an early discharge strategy after percutaneous intervention with abciximab in acute myocardial infarction (the CADILLAC Trial).
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Five hundred intestinal and multivisceral transplantations at a single center: major advances with new challenges.
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Free vascularized fibular bone grafting in the management of femoral neck nonunion in patients younger than fifty years.
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From concept to application: the impact of a community-wide intervention to improve the delivery of preventive services to children.
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Future directions in research on psychotherapy for adolescent depression.
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Gallstone ileus: revisiting surgical outcomes using National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data.
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Gastroschisis: A Review of Management and Outcomes.
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Gender trends in the repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms and outcomes.
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Global perspectives in hospitalized heart failure: regional and ethnic variation in patient characteristics, management, and outcomes.
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Guidance on public reporting of healthcare-associated infections: recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.
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Guidelines for perioperative care in elective rectal/pelvic surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS(®)) Society recommendations.
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Health-related quality of life among patients with breast cancer receiving zoledronic acid or pamidronate disodium for metastatic bone lesions.
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Healthcare access and utilization by patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: does gender matter?
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Heart failure performance measures and outcomes: real or illusory gains.
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History of bleeding and outcomes with apixaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation in the Apixaban for Reduction in Stroke and Other Thromboembolic Events in Atrial Fibrillation trial.
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Hospital percutaneous coronary intervention appropriateness and in-hospital procedural outcomes: insights from the NCDR.
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Hypertension Control in Adults With Diabetes Mellitus and Recurrent Cardiovascular Events: Global Results From the Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes With Sitagliptin.
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Immediate therapist self-disclosure bolsters the effect of brief integrative psychotherapy on psychiatric symptoms and the perceptions of therapists: A randomized clinical trial.
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Impact of body mass index on outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention (the obesity paradox).
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Impact of case volume on hospital performance assessment.
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Impact of changes in clinical practice guidelines on assessment of quality of care.
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Impact of race on cardiac care and outcomes in veterans with acute myocardial infarction.
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Impact of remote monitoring on clinical events and associated health care utilization: A nationwide assessment.
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Impact of time of presentation on process performance and outcomes in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction: a report from the American Heart Association: Mission Lifeline program.
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Impacts of geriatric evaluation and management programs on defined outcomes: overview of the evidence.
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Implementation and process effects on prevention outcomes for middle school students.
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Implementation of a statewide system for coronary reperfusion for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
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Improvements in pulmonary and general critical care reduces mortality following ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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Improving Congestive Heart Failure Care with a Clinical Decision Unit.
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Improving Outcomes in Colorectal Surgery by Sequential Implementation of Multiple Standardized Care Programs.
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Improving health outcomes among individuals with HIV, mental illness, and substance use disorders in the Southeast.
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Improving preventive service delivery through office systems.
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Improving stroke education performance measures scores: the impact of a stroke nurse coordinator.
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Improving the Efficiency of Care for Pediatric Patients Hospitalized With Asthma.
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Increase in tracheostomy for prolonged mechanical ventilation in North Carolina, 1993-2002.
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Increasing discussions of intimate partner violence in prenatal care using Video Doctor plus Provider Cueing: a randomized, controlled trial.
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Individual and community: normative conflicts in the development of a new therapeutic community for older persons.
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Internet education of African American consumers on quality of care.
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Interpreting the effectiveness of involuntary outpatient commitment: a conceptual model.
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Is a strategy of intended incomplete percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty revascularization acceptable in nondiabetic patients who are candidates for coronary artery bypass graft surgery? The Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI).
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Is treatment for alcoholism effective in persons on methadone maintenance?
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Isolated mitral valve repair in patients with depressed left ventricular function.
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Jehovah's Witnesses and cardiac surgery: a single institution's experience.
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Laparoscopic versus open Hartmann procedure for the emergency treatment of diverticulitis: a propensity-matched analysis.
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Links between research findings and the future of assertive community treatment: a commentary.
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Longitudinal assessment of children with enteroviral meningitis during the first three months of life.
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Low yield in the diagnostic evaluation of transient ischemic attacks.
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Making the case for laws that improve health: a framework for public health law research.
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Management and long-term outcome of aortic dissection.
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Measuring end-of-life care outcomes prospectively.
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Measuring heart failure quality: does perfection matter?
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Measuring hospital performance in congenital heart surgery: administrative versus clinical registry data.
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Measuring outcomes in cleft lip and palate treatment.
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Medicaid, managed care, and the care of patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction.
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Medical records and quality of care in acute coronary syndromes: results from CRUSADE.
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Methodological issues in assertive community treatment studies.
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Mitral valve surgery and acute renal injury: port access versus median sternotomy.
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Motivational interviewing as a component of a school-based obesity prevention program for adolescent girls.
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Natural history of patients with single-vessel disease suitable for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
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Neurocognitive assessment in the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) project schizophrenia trial: development, methodology, and rationale.
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New directions in research on assertive community treatment.
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New horizons in stroke rehabilitation research.
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Nursing homes as complex adaptive systems: relationship between management practice and resident outcomes.
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Older age, aggressiveness of care, and survival for seriously ill, hospitalized adults. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments.
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Opportunistic mycelial fungal infections in organ transplant recipients: emerging importance of non-Aspergillus mycelial fungi.
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Organizing an academic nursing home. Impacts on institutionalized elderly.
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Out-of-hospital stroke screen accuracy in a state with an emergency medical services protocol for routing patients to acute stroke centers.
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Outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia according to compliance with recommendations of infectious diseases specialists: experience with 244 patients.
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Outcome research on residential treatment: implications and suggested directions.
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Outcomes for endocarditis surgery in North America: a simplified risk scoring system.
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Outcomes of Staphylococcus aureus infection in hemodialysis-dependent patients.
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Partners empowered: a couple-based intervention for newly diagnosed cancer.
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Patient satisfaction and its relationship with clinical quality and inpatient mortality in acute myocardial infarction.
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Patterns and predictors of smoking cessation in an elderly cohort.
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Patterns and sites of failure in cervix cancer treated in the U.S.A. in 1978.
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Patterns of emergency medical services use and its association with timely stroke treatment: findings from Get With the Guidelines-Stroke.
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Patterns of guideline adherence and care delivery for patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (from the CRUSADE Quality Improvement Initiative).
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Pay for performance, quality of care, and outcomes in acute myocardial infarction.
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Percutaneous coronary intervention for older adults who present with syncope and coronary artery disease? Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry.
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Pharmacoeconomics: state of the art in 1997.
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Physician process and patient outcome measures for diabetes care: relationships to organizational characteristics.
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Postacute rehabilitation quality of care: toward a shared conceptual framework.
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Postacute stroke guideline compliance is associated with greater patient satisfaction.
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Postendarterectomy mortality in octogenarians and nonagenarians in the USA from 1993 to 1999.
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Poverty, process of care, and outcome in acute coronary syndromes.
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Practice patterns and clinical outcomes after hybrid coronary revascularization in the United States: an analysis from the society of thoracic surgeons adult cardiac database.
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Pragmatic Implementation of a Stratified Primary Care Model for Low Back Pain Management in Outpatient Physical Therapy Settings: Two-Phase, Sequential Preliminary Study.
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Prediction of healthcare utilization following an episode of physical therapy for musculoskeletal pain.
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Predictors of delivery of hospital-based heart failure patient education: a report from OPTIMIZE-HF.
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Predictors of outcome in nursing homes.
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Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and insignificant coronary artery disease: results from the Can Rapid risk stratification of Unstable angina patients Suppress ADverse outcomes with Early implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines (CRUSADE) initiative.
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Primary care for patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: a randomized controlled trial.
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Priorities for Evaluating Palliative Care Outcomes in Intensive Care Units.
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Priorities for comparative effectiveness reviews in cardiovascular disease.
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Problems and advantages of an observational data base approach to evaluating the effect of therapy on outcome.
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Promoting quality: the health-care organization from a management perspective.
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Psychiatric disorders in pediatric primary care. Prevalence and risk factors.
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Psychological Science and Innovative Strategies for Informing Health Care Redesign: A Policy Brief.
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Quality Measures in Upper Limb Surgery.
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Quality improvement in heart rhythm care: the path forward.
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Quality improvement initiative for chronic pain assessment and management in the nursing home: a pilot study.
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Quality measurement in adult cardiac surgery: part 1--Conceptual framework and measure selection.
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Quality of care and outcomes among patients with acute myocardial infarction by level of kidney function at admission: report from the get with the guidelines coronary artery disease program.
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Racial differences in the use of invasive cardiac procedures: A continuous quality improvement approach.
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Racial/Ethnic Disparity in NICU Quality of Care Delivery.
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Randomized trial to improve fracture prevention in nursing home residents.
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Rationale and design of the East-West late lumen loss study: Comparison of late lumen loss between Eastern and Western drug-eluting stent study cohorts.
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Realizing the dream.
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Rear-view mirror observations on bleeding in acute coronary syndromes.
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Recommendations for Providers on Person-Centered Approaches to Assess and Improve Medication Adherence.
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Refining Emergency Severity Index triage criteria.
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Reliability and validity of scores on The Emergency Severity Index version 3.
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Religious attitudes and practices of hospitalized medically ill older adults.
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Representation of elderly persons and women in published randomized trials of acute coronary syndromes.
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Research Priorities to Advance the Health and Health Care of Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions.
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Resident education in the era of patient safety: a nationwide analysis of outcomes and complications in resident-assisted oncologic surgery.
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Response to commentary on the multimodal treatment study of ADHD (MTA): mining the meaning of the MTA.
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Results of a randomized controlled trial of intervention to implement smoking guidelines in Veterans Affairs medical centers: increased use of medications without cessation benefit.
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Risk of late stroke and survival following carotid endarterectomy procedures for symptomatic patients.
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SQUIRE Guidelines for reporting improvement studies in healthcare: implications for nursing publications.
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Safety of pacemaker implantation in nonagenarians: an analysis of the healthcare cost and utilization project-nationwide inpatient sample.
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Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score at Presentation Predicts Survival in Patients Treated With Percutaneous Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
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Serum Phosphorus and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, All-Cause Mortality, or Graft Failure in Kidney Transplant Recipients: An Ancillary Study of the FAVORIT Trial Cohort.
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Shock wave lithotripsy or ureteroscopy for the management of proximal ureteral calculi: an old discussion revisited.
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Should we link payment to quality?
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Solutions for filling gaps in accountable care measure sets.
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Staff interaction strategies that optimize delivery of transitional care in a skilled nursing facility: a multiple case study.
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State of the science: relationship-oriented management practices in nursing homes.
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Statistical methods in SUPPORT.
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Storage age of transfused platelets and outcomes after cardiac surgery.
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Stroke care: a method for measuring compliance with AHCPR guidelines.
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Structure, process, and outcomes in stroke rehabilitation.
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Suicidal ideation among adolescents with alcohol use disorders during treatment and aftercare.
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Systems of care for ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction: a report From the American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline.
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Targeted versus standard feedback: results from a randomized quality improvement trial.
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Teaching primary care physicians the 5 A's for discussing weight with overweight and obese adolescents.
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Teledermatology. Current status and future directions.
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Temporal Trends in Care and Outcomes of Patients Receiving Fibrinolytic Therapy Compared to Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the Get With The Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease (GWTG-CAD) Registry.
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Temporal trends in lung transplant center volume and outcomes in the United States.
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The 'offset effect' of mental health treatment on ambulatory medical care utilization and charges. Month-by-month and grouped-month analyses of a five-year study.
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The Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome (OSPRO) in patients with musculoskeletal pain conditions: a longitudinal validation cohort from the USA.
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The Sepulveda VA Geriatric Evaluation Unit: data on four-year outcomes and predictors of improved patient outcomes.
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The Therapeutic Realizations Scale-Revised (TRS-R): psychometric characteristics and relationship to treatment process and outcome.
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The association of in-hospital guideline adherence and longitudinal postdischarge mortality in older patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
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The association of myocardial infarction process of care measures and in-hospital mortality: a report from the NCDR®.
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The associations between self-rated vision and hearing and functional status in middle age.
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The effect of dementia on outcomes and process of care for Medicare beneficiaries admitted with acute myocardial infarction.
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The effect of school-based kindergarten transition policies and practices on child academic outcomes.
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The effectiveness of right heart catheterization in the initial care of critically ill patients. SUPPORT Investigators.
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The impact of blurred vision on functioning and well-being.
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The inclusion of patient testimonials in decision aids: effects on treatment choices.
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The last mile: translational research to improve CKD outcomes.
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The need for multiple measures of hospital quality: results from the Get with the Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry of the American Heart Association.
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The paradoxical use of cardiac catheterization in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: lessons from the Can Rapid Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementation of the ACC /AHA Guidelines (CRUSADE) Quality Improvement Initiative.
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The patient experience and health outcomes.
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The perceived coerciveness of involuntary outpatient commitment: findings from an experimental study.
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The prevalence and outcomes of transradial percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: analysis from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (2007 to 2011).
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The preventive surgical site infection bundle in colorectal surgery: an effective approach to surgical site infection reduction and health care cost savings.
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The rapid impact on mortality rates of a dedicated care team including trauma and emergency physicians at an academic medical center.
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The resident as surgeon: an analysis of ACS-NSQIP.
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The road to effective clinical decision support: are we there yet?
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The usage patterns of cardiac bedside markers employing point-of-care testing for troponin in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: results from CRUSADE.
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Timing of in-hospital coronary artery bypass graft surgery for non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry ACTION Registry-GWTG (Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry-Get With The Guidelines).
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Toward improved coronary artery revascularization: is this as good as it gets?
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Transfer times and outcomes in patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing interhospital transfer for primary percutaneous coronary intervention: APEX-AMI insights.
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Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder with amitriptyline and placebo.
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Treatment patterns and outcomes for patients with adrenocortical carcinoma associated with hospital case volume in the United States.
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Trends in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons adult cardiac surgery database.
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Trends in the prevalence and outcomes of radial and femoral approaches to percutaneous coronary intervention: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry.
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Triple vs Dual Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Coronary Artery Disease.
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Understanding cancer treatment and outcomes: the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium.
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Uptake of a Guideline for the Administration of a Rescue Course of Antenatal Corticosteroids.
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Urinary calculi in aviation pilots: what is the best therapeutic approach?
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Use of Appropriate Use Criteria Is Increasing, but What Are Their Effects on Medical Care?
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Use of anticoagulant agents and risk of bleeding among patients admitted with myocardial infarction: a report from the NCDR ACTION Registry--GWTG (National Cardiovascular Data Registry Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry--Get With the Guidelines).
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Use of barbiturate therapy in severe perinatal asphyxia: a randomized controlled trial.
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Use of continuous quality improvement to increase use of process measures in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a randomized controlled trial.
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Using Electronic Health Record Data to Measure Care Quality for Individuals with Multiple Chronic Medical Conditions.
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Using surgical appropriateness criteria to examine outcomes of total knee arthroplasty in a United States sample.
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VA Stroke Study: neurologist care is associated with increased testing but improved outcomes.
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Vision and creation of the American Heart Association pharmaceutical roundtable outcomes research centers.
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Volume-outcome relationship in acute myocardial infarction: the balloon and the needle.
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Vorapaxar in the secondary prevention of atherothrombosis.
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Weight reduction at the work site: a promise partially fulfilled.
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What would Mary Douglas do? A commentary on Kahan et al., "Cultural cognition and public policy: the case of outpatient commitment laws".
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Working group recommendations: research on content and efficacy of geriatric evaluation and management interventions.
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Worse outcomes in patients undergoing urgent surgery for left-sided diverticulitis admitted on weekends vs weekdays: a population-based study of 31 832 patients.
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Keywords of People
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Allori, Alexander C,
Assistant Professor of Surgery,
Surgery, Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery
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Anderson, Ruth A.,
Professor Emerita in the School of Nursing,
School of Nursing
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Boulware, L. Ebony,
Professor of Medicine,
Community and Family Medicine
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Brennan, J. Matthew,
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Medicine, Cardiology
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Cohen, Seth Morris,
Associate Professor of Surgery,
Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences
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Curtis, Lesley H.,
Professor in Population Health Sciences,
Medicine, General Internal Medicine
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Dodge, Kenneth A.,
Pritzker Professor of Early Learning Policy Studies,
Duke Science & Society
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Fisher, Deborah Anne,
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Medicine, Gastroenterology
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Limkakeng Jr., Alexander Tan,
Associate Professor of Surgery,
Surgery, Emergency Medicine
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McConnell, Eleanor Schildwachter,
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, with tenure,
School of Nursing
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Mentz, Robert John,
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Medicine, Cardiology
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Middleton, John Paul,
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Medicine, Nephrology
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Milano, Carmelo Alessio,
Professor of Surgery,
Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
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O'Connor, Christopher Michael,
Richard Sean Stack, M.D. / Guidant Foundation Professor of Cardiology,
Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology
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Ostbye, Truls,
Professor in Community and Family Medicine,
Community and Family Medicine
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Pan, Wei,
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, with tenure,
School of Nursing
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Preminger, Glenn Michael,
James F. Glenn, M.D. Professor of Urology,
Surgery
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Reed, Shelby Derene,
Professor in Population Health Sciences,
Duke Science & Society
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Starmer, Charles Franklin,
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science,
Computer Science
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Stinnett, Sandra Sue,
Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics,
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
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Swaminathan, Madhav,
Professor of Anesthesiology,
Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic
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Zullig, Leah L,
Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences,
Medicine, General Internal Medicine