Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of appointment keeping and
medication adherence on HbA1c. Methods A retrospective evaluation was performed in …

… ers,6-7 other health care resources (eg, diagnostic and lab oratory services), the patient’s
financial and insurance sta tus,8-11 and the patient’s propensity for using health services.12 …

Objectives : We aimed to quantify the frequency and nature of early complications after
implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation in general practice, and estimate the …

… P values derived from the Student’s t test are as follows: *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01. … Integration
of aptamers into six positions resulted in increases in fluorescence (P < 0.05, Student’s t test…

… Parchman and Culler 11 found that the preventable hospitalization rate across health care
market areas was significant and inversely related to the supply of primary care physicians, …

The incentives in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to expand the “meaningful
use” of electronic health record systems have many health care professionals searching for …

BACKGROUND: We estimate the incremental hospital resource consumption associated
with treating selected complications experienced by Medicare beneficiaries undergoing …

… of data: DeLong, Culler, Beck, and Chen. Drafting of the manuscript: DeLong and Culler.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: DeLong, Culler, Saini, Beck, …

Background Health care outcomes among vulnerable elderly populations (defined in this
study as Medicare beneficiaries who rated their overall general health as" fair" or" poor") are a …

BACKGROUND: Current practice, trends, and early outcomes in patients undergoing surgical
and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) are changing and subject to speculation. …