Search Results - "Dudley, R. A."

Selective Referral to High-Volume Hospitals: Estimating Potentially Avoidable Deaths by Dudley, R. Adams, Johansen, Kirsten L, Brand, Richard, Rennie, Deborah J, Milstein, Arnold

“…CONTEXT Evidence exists that high-volume hospitals (HVHs) have lower mortality rates than low-volume hospitals (LVHs) for certain conditions. However, few…”
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An etalon-based method for frequency calibration of terahertz time-domain spectrometers (THz TDS) by Naftaly, M., Dudley, R.A., Fletcher, J.R.

“…We present an etalon-based method of calibrating the frequency of terahertz time-domain spectrometers (THz TDS). The method utilizes the etalon effect produced…”
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Surgical and endovascular treatment of unruptured cerebral aneurysms at university hospitals by JOHNSTON, S. C, DUDLEY, R. A, GRESS, D. R, ONO, L

“…To compare complications of surgical clipping and coil embolization in the treatment of unruptured aneurysms. Surgical clipping has been the preferred…”
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S-type ignimbrites with polybaric crystallisation histories: the Tolmie Igneous Complex, Central Victoria, Australia by Clemens, J. D., Birch, W. D., Dudley, R. A.

“…The Late Devonian Tolmie Igneous Complex (in north-eastern Victoria, Australia) contains S-type, intracaldera, rhyolitic ignimbrites with multiple generations…”
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Patient Decision Aids for Prostate Cancer Treatment: A Systematic Review of the Literature by Lin, Grace A, Aaronson, David S, Knight, Sara J, Carroll, Peter R, Dudley, R. Adams

“…Treatment decision‐making can be difficult and complex for patients with low‐risk prostate cancer. To the authors' knowledge, there is no consensus regarding…”
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Managed Care in Transition by Dudley, R. Adams, Luft, Harold S

“…Managed care now dominates health care in the United States. By 1999, only 8 percent of persons with employer-sponsored health insurance coverage had…”
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Comparison of analytic models for estimating the effect of clinical factors on the cost of coronary artery bypass graft surgery by Dudley, R A, Harrell, Jr, F E, Smith, L R, Mark, D B, Califf, R M, Pryor, D B, Glower, D, Lipscomb, J, Hlatky, M

“…The cost of treating disease depends on patient characteristics, but standard tools for analyzing the clinical predictors of cost have deficiencies. To explore…”
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Guidelines for immunoassay data processing by Dudley, R A, Edwards, P, Ekins, R P, Finney, D J, McKenzie, I G, Raab, G M, Rodbard, D, Rodgers, R P

“…These guidelines outline the minimum requirements for a data-processing package to be used in the immunoassay laboratory. They include recommendations on…”
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Treatment of unruptured cerebral aneurysms in California by Johnston, S C, Zhao, S, Dudley, R A, Berman, M F, Gress, D R

“…The impact of endovascular therapy on treatment outcomes of unruptured cerebral aneurysms has not been studied in a defined geographic area. All primary…”
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Assessing the relationship between quality of care and the characteristics of health care organizations by Dudley, R A, Landon, B E, Rubin, H R, Keating, N L, Medlin, C A, Luft, H S

“…In the past two decades, relationships among health plans, medical groups, and providers have grown more complex and the number of clinical management…”
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Resource Utilization in Liver Transplantation: Effects of Patient Characteristics and Clinical Practice by Showstack, Jonathan, Katz, Patricia P, Lake, John R, Brown, Jr, Robert S, Dudley, R. Adams, Belle, Steven, Wiesner, Russell H, Zetterman, Rowen K, Everhart, James, for the NIDDK Liver Transplantation Database Group

“…CONTEXT Liver transplantation is among the most costly of medical services, yet few studies have addressed the relationship between the resources utilized for…”
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Methods to estimate and analyze medical care resource use. An example from liver transplantation by Katz, P P, Showstack, J A, Lake, J R, Brown, Jr, R S, Dudley, R A, Colwell, M E, Wiesner, R H, Zetterman, R K, Everhart, J

“…This paper describes a method to construct a standardized health care resource use database. Billing and clinical data were analyzed for 916 patients who…”
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Traceability via the Internet for microwave measurements using vector network analyzers by Dudley, R.A., Ridler, N.M.

“…The Internet has been utilized to provide highly efficient and cost-effective measurement services using vector network analyzers (VNAs). Remote calibration…”
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Comparing the Quality of Care Provided by Health Plans: Are the Data There? by Dudley, R. Adams

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The Impact of Financial Incentives on Quality of Health Care by Dudley, R. Adams, Miller, Robert H., Korenbrot, Tamir Y., Luft, Harold S.

“…Purchasers of health care could offer financial incentives to plans or providers in order to increase quality. Unfortunately, the current health care market,…”
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Invited commentary: Physician responses to purchaser quality initiatives for surgical procedures by Dudley, R. Adams, Johansen, Kirsten L.

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Modelling Techniques for Simulation of Submarine Engagements by Knapp, B. M., Dudley, A. R., Ryder, J. S.

“…The process of designing complex, costly military systems benefits substantially from analyses of performance as predicted by some form of model of the system…”
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Operator volume and clinical outcomes of primary coronary angioplasty for patients with acute myocardial infarction by Hlatky, M A, Dudley, R A

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Characterization of Terahertz Beam Profile and Propagation by Molloy, J. F., Naftaly, M., Dudley, R. A.

“…Two techniques for imaging a terahertz (THz) beam profile are described and employed in characterizing the THz beam propagation in a time-domain spectrometer…”
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Changes in births to foreign-born women after welfare and immigration policy reforms in California by Korenbrot, C C, Dudley, R A, Greene, J D

“…To determine whether passage of welfare and immigration policies was followed in California by changes in births to foreign-born women in California with…”
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