Search Results - "Calkins, D R"

Unconventional Medicine in the United States -- Prevalence, Costs, and Patterns of Use by Eisenberg, David M, Kessler, Ronald C, Foster, Cindy, Norlock, Frances E, Calkins, David R, Delbanco, Thomas L

“…Unconventional, alternative, or unorthodox therapies are difficult to define, because they encompass a broad spectrum of practices and beliefs. As Murray and…”
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Improving patient function: a randomized trial of functional disability screening by Rubenstein, L V, Calkins, D R, Young, R T, Cleary, P D, Fink, A, Kosecoff, J, Jette, A M, Davies, A R, Delbanco, T L, Brook, R H

“…To test whether a 34-item functional status questionnaire measuring physical, psychological, and social function can be used by physicians in practice to help…”
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Failure of physicians to recognize functional disability in ambulatory patients by Calkins, D R, Rubenstein, L V, Cleary, P D, Davies, A R, Jette, A M, Fink, A, Kosecoff, J, Young, R T, Brook, R H, Delbanco, T L

“…To assess the ability of internists to identify functional disabilities reported by their patients. Comparison of responses by physicians and a random sample…”
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Individualized Treatment for Alcohol Withdrawal: A Randomized Double-blind Controlled Trial by Saitz, Richard, Mayo-Smith, Michael F, Roberts, Mark S, Redmond, Harriet A, Bernard, Donald R, Calkins, David R

“…Objective.—To assess the effect of an individualized treatment regimen on the intensity and duration of medication treatment for alcohol withdrawal.Design.—A…”
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Rural-Urban Differences in End-of-life Care: The Use of Feeding Tubes by Gessert, Charles E., Calkins, David R.

“…Efforts to improve end‐of‐life care have increased during the past decade. The goals of these efforts include increasing patient autonomy and reducing or more…”
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The new medical marketplace: physicians' views by Donelan, K, Blendon, R J, Lundberg, G D, Calkins, D R, Newhouse, J P, Leape, L L, Remler, D K, Taylor, H

“…The transformation of the medical marketplace has major implications for the physician workforce. Findings are reported here from national surveys of…”
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The Functional Status Questionnaire: reliability and validity when used in primary care by Jette, A M, Davies, A R, Cleary, P D, Calkins, D R, Rubenstein, L V, Fink, A, Kosecoff, J, Young, R T, Brook, R H, Delbanco, T L

“…A comprehensive functional assessment requires thorough and careful inquiry, which is difficult to accomplish in most busy clinical practices. This paper…”
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Participation of volunteer faculty members in education research projects by Rubenstein, L V, Hirsch, S H, Calkins, D R, Young, R, Rapaport, M J

“…Physicians in private practice who are also volunteer clinical faculty members are a recognized resource for teaching and patient care at teaching hospitals…”
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Assuring access in a changing health care system by Calkins, D R

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Identification, characterization, and control of potential human carcinogens: a framework for Federal decision-making by Calkins, D R, Dixon, R L, Gerber, C R, Zarin, D, Omenn, G S

“…A two-stage process is proposed for a uniform framework for Federal agency decisions regarding the identification, characterization, and control of potential…”
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What Do Managed Care Plans Do to Affect Care? Results from a Survey of Physicians by Remler, Dahlia K., Donelan, Karen, Blendon, Robert J., Lundberg, George D., Leape, Lucian L., Calkins, David R., Binns, Katherine, Newhouse, Joseph P.

“…Little is known about physicians' exposure to managed care techniques that affect clinical practice. In 1995, we conducted a survey of 2,003 U.S. physicians…”
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Health status assessment for elderly patients. Report of the Society of General Internal Medicine Task Force on Health Assessment by Rubenstein, L V, Calkins, D R, Greenfield, S, Jette, A M, Meenan, R F, Nevins, M A, Rubenstein, L Z, Wasson, J H, Williams, M E

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Functional disability screening of ambulatory patients: a randomized controlled trial in a hospital-based group practice by Calkins, D R, Rubenstein, L V, Cleary, P D, Davies, A R, Jette, A M, Fink, A, Kosecoff, J, Young, R T, Brook, R H, Delbanco, T L

“…The authors conducted a randomized controlled trial of functional disability screening in a hospital-based internal medicine group practice. They assigned 60…”
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The 100 000 Lives Campaign: Setting a Goal and a Deadline for Improving Health Care Quality by Berwick, Donald M, Calkins, David R, McCannon, C. Joseph, Hackbarth, Andrew D

“…To quicken the pace of quality improvement in health care, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) launched the 100, 000 Lives Campaign--a national…”
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Housestaff knowledge of prevention guidelines by Ahluwalia, J S, Roberts, M S, Calkins, D R

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How to help your patients function better by Rubenstein, L V, Calkins, D R, Fink, A, Young, R T, Cleary, P D, Jette, A M, Kosecoff, J, Davies, A R, Delbanco, T L, Brook, R H

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Effect of computer-based alerts on the treatment and outcomes of hospitalized patients by Rind, D M, Safran, C, Phillips, R S, Wang, Q, Calkins, D R, Delbanco, T L, Bleich, H L, Slack, W V

“…Hospital computing systems play an important part in the communication of clinical information to physicians. We sought to determine whether computer-based…”
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Small cell carcinoma of the esophagus in a patient with longstanding primary achalasia by Proctor, D D, Fraser, J L, Mangano, M M, Calkins, D R, Rosenberg, S J

“…Achalasia is believed to be a predisposing factor for the development of esophageal cancer. Small cell carcinoma of the esophagus is a rare neoplasm, with…”
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Impact of age on the severity, course, and complications of alcohol withdrawal by Kraemer, K L, Mayo-Smith, M F, Calkins, D R

“…Early identification of alcohol-dependent patients at increased risk for severe or complicated alcohol withdrawal would improve triage and treatment. However,…”
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Rehabilitation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by SALMAN, Ghassan F, MOSIER, Michael C, BEASLEY, Brent W, CALKINS, David R

“…To develop a meta-analysis to determine the effectiveness of rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). medline, cinhal, and…”
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