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Projections of demand and capacity for colonoscopy related to increasing rates of colorectal cancer screening in the United States by Vijan, S., Inadomi, J., Hayward, R. A., Hofer, T. P., Fendrick, A. M.

“…Summary Background : There is debate about the optimal colorectal cancer screening test, partly because of concerns about colonoscopy demand. Aim : To quantify…”
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Barriers to following dietary recommendations in Type 2 diabetes by Vijan, S., Stuart, N. S., Fitzgerald, J. T., Ronis, D. L., Hayward, R. A., Slater, S., Hofer, T. P.

“…Aims  To evaluate barriers to following dietary recommendations in patients with Type 2 diabetes. Methods  We conducted focus groups and surveys in urban and…”
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Cost-Utility Analysis of Screening Intervals for Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Vijan, Sandeep, Hofer, Timothy P, Hayward, Rodney A

“…CONTEXT Annual eye screening for patients with diabetes mellitus is frequently proposed as a measure of quality of care. However, the benefit of annual vs less…”
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The Unreliability of Individual Physician "Report Cards" for Assessing the Costs and Quality of Care of a Chronic Disease by Hofer, Timothy P, Hayward, Rodney A, Greenfield, Sheldon, Wagner, Edward H, Kaplan, Sherrie H, Manning, Willard G

“…CONTEXT Physician profiling is widely used by many health care systems, but little is known about the reliability of commonly used profiling systems…”
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Estimated benefits of glycemic control in microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes by VIJAN, S, HOFER, T. P, HAYWARD, R. A

“…The benefits of intensive glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes are not well quantified. It is therefore not clear which patients will benefit most…”
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Breast cancer screening in the United States and Canada, 1994: socioeconomic gradients persist by Katz, SJ, Zemencuk, JK, Hofer, TP

“…This study compared rates of annual mammography screening across socioeconomic status between the United States and Canada in 1994. Population-based…”
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Preventing Hospital-Acquired Urinary Tract Infection in the United States: A National Study by Saint, Sanjay, Kowalski, Christine P., Kaufman, Samuel R., Hofer, Timothy P., Kauffman, Carol A., Olmsted, Russell N., Forman, Jane, Banaszak-Holl, Jane, Damschroder, Laura, Krein, Sarah L.

“…Background. Although urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common hospital-acquired infection in the United States, to our knowledge, no national data…”
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Avoiding pitfalls in chronic disease quality measurement: a case for the next generation of technical quality measures by Kerr, E A, Krein, S L, Vijan, S, Hofer, T P, Hayward, R A

“…The true utility of quality measurement lies in its ability to inspire quality improvement, with resultant enhancements in the processes and outcomes of care…”
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Healthy behaviors among women in the United States and Ontario: the effect on use of preventive care by Hofer, T.P. (University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI.), Katz, S.J

“…Objectives. This study examined how several healthy behaviors among women in Ontario and the United States explained (1) the use of preventive health services,…”
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Estimating Hospital Deaths Due to Medical Errors: Preventability Is in the Eye of the Reviewer by Hayward, Rodney A, Hofer, Timothy P

“…CONTEXT Studies using physician implicit review have suggested that the number of deaths due to medical errors in US hospitals is extremely high. However, some…”
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Physician use in Ontario and the United States: The impact of socioeconomic status and health status by Katz, S J, Hofer, T P, Manning, W G

“…This study compared physician use in Ontario and the midwestern and northeastern United States for persons of different socioeconomic status and health status…”
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Adjustment of Physician Profiles for Patient Socioeconomic Status Using Aggregate Geographic Data by Hofer, Timothy P.

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Research evidence on the validity of risk-adjusted mortality rate as a measure of hospital quality of care by Thomas, J W, Hofer, T P

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Socioeconomic Disparities in Preventive Care Persist Despite Universal Coverage: Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in Ontario and the United States by Katz, Steven J, Hofer, Timothy P

“…Objective.—To compare the association of income and education with breast and cervical cancer screening in Ontario, Canada, and the United…”
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Role of STAT3 in glucocorticoid-induced expression of the human IL-10 gene by Unterberger, Claudia, Staples, Karl J., Smallie, Timothy, Williams, Lynn, Foxwell, Brian, Schaefer, Annette, Kempkes, Bettina, Hofer, T.P.J., Koeppel, Max, Lohrum, Marion, Stunnenberg, Henk, Frankenberger, Marion, Ziegler-Heitbrock, Loems

“…In the present report we have determined the molecular mechanisms, which govern the expression of the human IL-10 gene when induced by the glucocorticoid…”
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Which colon cancer screening test? A comparison of costs, effectiveness, and compliance by Vijan, S, Hwang, E W, Hofer, T P, Hayward, R A

“…Recent media reports have advocated the use of colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening. However, colonoscopy is expensive compared with other screening…”
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Who bounces back? Physiologic and other predictors of intensive care unit readmission by Rosenberg, Andrew L, Hofer, Timothy P, Hayward, Rodney A, Strachan, Cathy, Watts, Charles M

“…OBJECTIVETo determine the influence of changes in acute physiology scores (APS) and other patient characteristics on predicting intensive care unit (ICU)…”
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Are physicians aware of which of their patients have indwelling urinary catheters? by Saint, S, Wiese, J, Amory, J K, Bernstein, M L, Patel, U D, Zemencuk, J K, Bernstein, S J, Lipsky, B A, Hofer, T P

“…Although infections associated with indwelling urinary catheters are common, costly, and morbid, the use of these catheters is unnecessary in more than…”
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Estimating the microvascular benefits of screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus by Hofer, T P, Vijan, S, Hayward, R A

“…To define the relative benefits of screening for diabetes and improved treatment programs and ways of improving the efficiency of screening for a…”
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Accuracy of Risk-Adjusted Mortality Rate As a Measure of Hospital Quality of Care by Thomas, J. William, Hofer, Timothy P.

“…Objectives. Reports on hospital quality performance are being produced with increasing frequency by state agencies, commercial data vendors, and health care…”
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