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Integrating education into primary care quality and cost improvement at an academic medical center
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006)
Introduction: In 1996 the University of Michigan Health System created the Guidelines Utilization, Implementation, Development, and Evaluation Studies (GUIDES) unit to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of primary ...
Gender- and age-dependent relationships between E-selectin S128R polymorphism and coronary artery calcification
(Springer-Verlag, 2001-07)
Development and progression of atherosclerosis involves recruitment and binding of circulating leukocytes to areas of inflammation within the vascular endothelium mediated by a diverse array of cellular adhesion molecules. ...
Balanced centralized and distributed database design in a clinical research environment
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2000-06-15)
Clinical research databases can meet both research and clinical needs, but this ideal is seldom achieved. Priorities often differ for those who collect and ultimately use the data and those who develop data systems. ...
How to measure reproductive success?
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2003-05)
To date there have been few empirical comparisons between alternative methods for measuring reproductive success (RS). We consider the pros and cons of alternative measures of RS to provide guidance for the design of field ...
On weighting the rates in non-response weights
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2003-05-15)
A basic estimation strategy in sample surveys is to weight units inversely proportional to the probability of selection and response. Response weights in this method are usually estimated by the inverse of the sample-weighted ...
Variance estimation for clustered recurrent event data with a small number of clusters
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2005-10-15)
Often in biomedical studies, the event of interest is recurrent and within-subject events cannot usually be assumed independent. In semi-parametric estimation of the proportional rates model, a working independence assumption ...
Group sequential monitoring of years of life saved with paired censored survival data
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2002-01-30)
This research develops non-parametric methodology for sequential monitoring of paired time-to-event data when comparing years of life saved, or years where any unpleasant outcome is delayed, is of interest. The recommended ...
Food insecurity in rural Tanzania is associated with maternal anxiety and depression
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006-05)
Food insecurity is a major health problem that has pervasive effects on many human biological outcomes. In particular, there are compelling theoretical and empirical reasons to expect that the relationship between food ...
The Use of Simulation Models for the Surveillance, Justification and Understanding of Tobacco Control Policies
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-04)
Debates over national tobacco legislation and the use of state settlement funds demonstrate a need for information on the effects of tobacco control policies. Computer simulation models that are based on empirical evidence ...
Chronic Illness, Treatment Choice and Workforce Participation
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-09)
Choices with respect to labor force participation and medical treatment are increasingly intertwined. Technological advances present patients with new choices and may facilitate continued employment for the growing number ...