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Elective and Isolated Carotid Endarterectomy: Health Disparities in Utilization and Outcomes, but not Readmission
May 2007
Background: Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) has been shown to decrease future ischemic stroke risk in selected patients.
Who Shall Live? Health, Economics, and Social Choice
December 1998
In this classic book, Professor Victor Fuchs draws on his deep understanding of the strengths and limitations of economics and his intimate knowledge of health care institutions to help readers...
Inpatient treatment of diabetic patients in Asia: evidence from India, China, Thailand and Malaysia
October 2009
Aims The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) has grown rapidly, but little is known about the drivers of inpatient spending in low- and middle-income countries.
A Collection of Articles on U.S. Health Reform
January 2010
A collection of core faculty Victor Fuchs' articles on actions needed for meaningful health care reform in the United States.Eliminating "Waste" in Health CareFour Health Care Reforms for 2009Cost...
Problems in Gaining Access to Hospital Information
July 1991
If a person were faced with a medical problem requiring a risky operation, it would be natural, even prudent, for that person to want to know the comparative experience with the procedure (as shown...
Comparing Hospital Quality at For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Hospitals
December 2000
In recent years, the hospital industry has been undergoing massive change and reorganization with technological innovations and the spread of managed care.
Effects of Health Care 'Report Cards' on Health Care Providers, The
December 1999
Health care report cards - public disclosure of patient health outcomes at the level of the individual physician and/or hospital - may address important informational asymmetries in markets for...
Digging into the Effects of Managed Care on Health Care Delivery: Comments on the Papers by Feldman and Scharfstein and Meltzer, Hiltz, and Bates
December 2000
In recent years, the hospital industry has been undergoing massive change and reorganization with technological innovations and the spread of managed care.
Utilization and Outcomes of the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator: 1987-1995
September 2002
Introduced into clinical use in 1980, the ICD has become smaller and simpler to implant, while providing better methods to detect and treat sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias (rapid, irregular...
Advances in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Health Interventions
December 2000
The 35 chapters of The Handbook of Health Economics provide an up-to-date survey of the burgeoning literature in health economics.
Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Diverse Populations in California
September 2002
The use of coronary angiography and revascularization is lower than expected among black patients.
Mortality in Low Birth Weight Infants According to Level of Neonatal Care at Hospital of Birth
May 2002
OBJECTIVE: In 1976, the Committee on Perinatal Health recommended that hospitals with no neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or intermediate NICUs transfer high-risk mothers and infants that weigh...
Trends in Hospital Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmias among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1985-1995
September 2002
Survival of patients who sustain a ventricular arrhythmia is poor but slowly improving due to in-hospital use of medications and ICDs.
Technological Change in Health Care: A Global Analysis of Heart Attack
October 2002
Evidence from the United States suggests that technological change is a key factor in understanding both medical expenditure growth and recent dramatic improvements in the health of people with...
Autopsy as an Outcome and Performance Measure
October 2002
An extensive literature documents a high prevalence of errors in clinical diagnosis discovered at autopsy. Multiple studies have suggested no significant decrease in these errors over time.
National Profile of Patient Safety in U.S. Hospitals Based on Administrative Data, A
March 2003
Measures based on routinely collected data would be useful to examine the epidemiology of patient safety.
Cost of positron emission tomography in six United States Veterans Affairs hospitals and two academic medical centers, The
August 2003
OBJECTIVE: Positron emission tomography (PET) is a high-cost imaging tool primarily used in oncology, cardiology, and neuropsychiatry.
Culture of Safety in California Hospitals, The
April 2003
Objective: To understand fundamental attitudes towards patient safety culture and ways in which attitudes vary by hospital, job class, and clinical status.
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