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Articles of Interest, 2002-2005

2005

Date	Top Item
12/30/05	Impact of Reduced Duty Hours on Residents Educational Satisfaction at the University of California, San Francisco
12/23/05	The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Effective Health Care Program
12/16/05	The Effects of Work-hour Limitations on Resident Well-being, Patient Care, and Education in an Internal Medicine Residency Program
12/9/05	Mortality Among Very Low-birthweight Infants in Hospitals Serving Minority Populations
12/2/05	Using the PRACTICE Mnemonic To Apply Cultural Competency to Genetics in Medical Education and Patient Care
11/18/05	Quality of HIV Care Provided by Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Physicians
11/11/05	Seat Position and the Risk of Serious Thoracoabdominal Injury in Lateral Motor Vehicle Crashes
10/28/05	Delay in Time to Receipt of Thrombolytic Medication among Medicare Patients with Kidney Disease
10/21/05	Impact of the University of California, Los Angeles/Charles R. Drew University Medical Education Program on Medical Students' Intentions To Practice in Underserved Areas
10/14/05	Lessons Learned from a Regional Strategy for Resource Allocation
10/7/05	Relationship between Performance Measurement and Accreditation: Implications for Quality of Care and Patient Safety
9/30/05	Burden of Illness for Children and Where We Stand in Measuring the Quality of this Health Care
9/23/05	Antibiotic Treatment of Acne May Be Associated with Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
9/16/05	Health-related Quality of Life Among Adults with Diabetes
9/9/05	Cervical Cancer after Multiple Negative Cytologic Tests in Long-term Members of a Prepaid Health Plan
9/2/05	Consistent Estimation of Censored Demand Systems Using Panel Data
8/26/05	Relation of Anemia at Discharge to Survival after Acute Coronary Syndromes
8/19/05	Frequency of Undiagnosed Diabetes Mellitus in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
8/12/05	Prospective Validation of an Out-of-hospital Decision Rule to Identify Seriously Injured Children Involved in Motor Vehicle Crashes
8/5/05	Comparing the Risk for Death with Peritoneal Dialysis and Hemodialysis in a National Cohort of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
7/29/05	The Quality Challenge
4/22/05	Hepatic Steatosis and Antiretroviral Drug Use among Adults Coinfected with HIV and Hepatitis C Virus
4/15/05	Use of Psychotherapy for Depression in Older Adults
4/8/05	Caring for the Underserved: Using Patient and Physician Focus Groups to Inform Curriculum Development
3/25/05	Missed Hypothyroidism Diagnosis Uncovered by Linking Laboratory and Pharmacy Data
1/28/05	Abuse in the Close Relationships of People with HIV
1/14/05	Balancing Continuity of Care with Residents Limited Work Hours

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2004

Date	Top Item
12/31/04	High-fidelity Simulation-based Training in Neonatal Nursing
12/17/04	Understanding of Drug Indications by Ambulatory Care Patients
12/3/04	Using Online Analytical Processing To Manage Emergency Department Operations
11/19/04	Revascularization Among Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock and Impact of American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines
11/5/04	A Region Addresses Patient Safety
10/22/04	Cause-and-Effect Analysis of Risk Management Files to Assess Patient Care in the Emergency Department
10/8/04	Unmet Need for Therapy Services, Assistive Devices, and Related Services: Data from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
9/24/04	Informal Caregiver Characteristics and Subsequent Hospitalization Outcomes Among Recipients of Care
9/10/04	Comparison of Responses to a $2 Bill Versus a Chance to Win $250 in a Mail Survey of Emergency Physicians
8/27/04	Research and Quality Improvement in Children's Mental Health Services at AHRQ
8/13/04	Parents' Reports of Barriers to Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Development and Validation of the Barriers to Care Questionnaire
7/23/04	Changing Organizations for Their Likely Mass-casualties Future
7/9/04	Medical and Surgical Comanagement after Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
6/25/04	Using the Federated Council for Internal Medicine Curricular Guide and Administrative Codes to Assess IM Residents' Breadth of Experience
6/11/04	Patient Pain in Primary Care: Factors that Influence Physician Diagnosis
5/28/04	Preparticipation Physical Evaluations for High School Athletes: Time for a New Game Plan
5/14/04	Using Maximal Sterile Barriers to Prevent Central Venous Catheter-related Infection: A Systematic Evidence-based Review
5/07/04	First, Do No Harm. Avoiding the Near Misses
4/30/04	Clinically Important Differences in Health Status for Patients with Heart Disease: An Expert Consensus Panel Report
4/16/04	Sibutramine and the Management of Obesity
4/02/04	Profiles in Patient Safety: Medication Errors in the Emergency Department
3/26/04	Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: 2002 Report
3/12/04	What is Evidence-based Medicine?
2/27/04	Efficacy of an Educational Web Site for Educating Physicians about Bioterrorism
2/13/04	The Balance of Harms, Benefits, and Costs of Screening for Cervical Cancer in Older Women: The Case for Continued Screening
2/6/04	Use of Erythropoietin in Cancer Patients: Assessment of Oncologists' Practice Patterns in the United States and Other Countries
1/30/04	Projecting Future Drug Expenditures—2004
1/23/04	Statistical Validation Based on Parametric Receiver Operating Characteristic Analysis of Continuous Classification Data
1/16/04	Promoting Safety in Child and Adolescent Health Care: Conference Overview
1/2/04	Health Care Utilization after Medical and Surgical Therapy for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

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2003

Date	Top Item
12/26/03	The Discrepancy Between Observational Studies and Randomized trials of Menopausal Hormone Therapy
12/12/03	Disaster and Terrorism Preparedness: What Pediatricians Need to Know
11/28/03	Researching Disparities: Strategies for Primary Data Collection
11/14/03	Neurologic Outcome Score for Infants and Children
10/31/03	Occupational Risk Factors for Selected Cancers Among African American and White Men in the United States
10/17/03	Developing Methods for Acupuncture Research
10/10/03	Comparing Asthma Care Provided to Medicaid-enrolled Children in a Primary Care Case Manager Plan and a Staff Model HMO
10/3/03	The Effect of HMO Competition on Gatekeeping, Usual Source of Care, and Evaluations of Physician Thoroughness
9/26/03	Standardized Reporting of Clinical Practice Guidelines
9/12/03	Reliability and Validity of a New Five-level Triage Instrument
9/5/03	Why Don't We See More Translation of Health Promotion Research to Practice?
8/29/03	An Exploratory Cost Analysis of Performing Hospital-based Concurrent Utilization Review
8/15/03	Mortality Trends for 23,505 Medicare Patients Hospitalized with Heart Failure in Northeast Ohio
8/1/03	Barriers to Anti-inflammatory Medication Use in Childhood Asthma
7/18/03	Substance Use and Mental Health Correlates of Nonadherence to Antiretroviral Medications in a Sample of Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
7/11/03	Model-based Sampling for Persons with High Health Expenditures: Evaluating Accuracy and Yield with the 1997 MEPS
7/3/03	Computer Physician Order Entry: Benefits, Costs, and Issues
6/27/03	Hospital Competition, Resource Allocation and Quality of Care
6/20/03	Error, Blame, and the Law in Health Care—an Antipodean Perspective
6/13/03	A Review of the Evidence for the Effectiveness, Safety, and Cost of Acupuncture, Massage Therapy, and Spinal Manipulation for Back Pain
5/30/03	Advance Care Planning for Fatal Chronic Illness: Avoiding Commonplace Errors and Unwarranted Suffering
5/16/03	A Brief Risk-stratification Tool to Predict Repeat Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations in Older Patients
5/9/03	Crossing the Border for Health Care: Access and Primary Care Characteristics for Young Children of Latino Farm Workers
5/2/03	Process Utility for Imaging in Cerebrovascular Disease
4/4/03	Predictors and Outcomes of Frequent Emergency Department Use
3/14/03	Adherence to Practice Guidelines: The Role of Specialty Society Guidelines
2/28/03	Time-dependent Predictors of Primary Cardiac Arrest in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
2/14/03	Hospitalization for Firearm-related Injuries in the United States, 1997
1/24/03	Intermittent Lack of Health Insurance Coverage and Use of Preventive Services
1/10/03	Characteristics of Eye Care Practices with Managed Care Contracts
1/3/03	The Paradox of Human Subjects Protection in Research

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2002

Date	Top Item
12/27/02	An Outbreak of Web Sites Selling Ciprofloxacin Following an Outbreak of Anthrax by Mail
12/13/02	Adrenocortical, Autonomic, and Inflammatory Causes of the Metabolic Syndrome
11/29/02	Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: 2001 Annual Report
11/8/02	In Search of Quality Healthcare: Helping Consumers Make Informed Choices
11/1/02	Improving the Care for Depression in Patients with Comorbid Medical Illness
10/25/02	When Is "Good Enough"? The Role and Responsibility of Physicians to Improve Patient Safety
10/11/02	Usual Source of Care and Nonurgent Emergency Department Use
9/13/02	Genetic Test Evaluation: Information Needs of Clinicians, Policy Makers, and the Public
9/6/02	Atypical Presentations among Medicare Beneficiaries with Unstable Angina Pectoris
8/16/02	Antipsychotics and Sudden Death: Is Thioridazine the Only Bad Actor?
8/2/02	The Importance of Outcomes Research in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
7/12/02	AHRQ's Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Proposal
6/28/02	Effect of Biocompatibility of Hemodialysis Membranes on Mortality in Acute Renal Failure
6/14/02	Differences in Health Care Quality for Children and Adults under Managed Care
5/24/02	Disparities in Hospital Transfer: Inequities, Patient-centered Care, or Both.
5/10/02	Relationship Between Patients'Perceptions of Disadvantage and Discrimination and Listing for Kidney Transplantation
4/26/02	The Impact of Realignment on Utilization and Cost of Community-based Mental Health Services in California
4/12/02	Specialty Referrals Made During Telephone Conversations with Parents: A Study from the Pediatric Research in Office Settings Network
3/29/02	Aspirin: Redundant in Users of Nonaspirin, Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Agents?
3/8/02	Projecting Future Drug Expenditures—2002
2/22/02	Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adults with Diabetes
2/15/02	The Impact of Outpatient Diabetes Management on Serum Lipids in Urban African-Amiercans with Type 2 Diabetes
2/8/02	Variability in Cost of Coronary Bypass Surgery in New York State
1/18/02	Provider Adherence to a Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Asthma in a Pediatric Emergency Department
1/11/02	Determinants of Delayed Nephrologist Referral in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

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