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Warfarin use among patients with atrial fibrillation by BRASS, L. M, KRUMHOLZ, H. M, SCINTO, J. M, RADFORD, M

“…Warfarin reduces the rate of stroke among patients with atrial fibrillation. We sought to determine warfarin use within a population sample of elderly patients…”
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Long-term mortality in cerebrovascular disease by BRAVATA, Dawn M, HO, Shih-Yieh, BRASS, Lawrence M, CONCATO, John, SCINTO, Jeanne, MEEHAN, Thomas P

“…Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States, yet data are limited about the temporal pattern of mortality among patients with…”
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Burden of Illness Score for Elderly Persons: Risk Adjustment Incorporating the Cumulative Impact of Diseases, Physiologic Abnormalities, and Functional Impairments by Inouye, Sharon K., Bogardus, Sidney T., Vitagliano, Gail, Desai, Mayur M., Williams, Christianna S., Grady, Jacqueline N., Scinto, Jeanne D.

“…Background/Objectives. To develop and validate a new risk adjustment index-the Burden of Illness Score for Elderly Persons (BISEP)-which integrates multiple…”
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A prognostic rule for elderly patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia by Conte, H A, Chen, Y T, Mehal, W, Scinto, J D, Quagliarello, V J

“…We sought to identify admission characteristics predicting mortality in elderly patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia and to develop a…”
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Process of Care and Outcomes for Elderly Patients Hospitalized With Peptic Ulcer Disease: Results From a Quality Improvement Project by Brock, Jane, Sauaia, Angela, Ahnen, Dennis, Marine, William, Schluter, William, Stevens, Beth R, Scinto, Jeanne D, Karp, Herbert, Bratzler, Dale

“…CONTEXT Since publication in 1994 of guidelines for management of peptic ulcer disease (PUD), trends in physician practice and outcomes related to guideline…”
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The case for comprehensive quality indicator reliability assessment by Scinto, Jeanne D., Galusha, Deron H., Krumholz, Harlan M., Meehan, Thomas P.

“…To demonstrate the importance of evaluating overall quality indicator reliability, in addition to component or variable level reliability, a comparison of…”
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Screening Mammography: Is It Suitably Targeted to Older Women Who are Most Likely to Benefit? by Scinto, Jeanne D., Gill, Thomas M., Grady, Jacqueline N., Holmboe, Eric S.

“…To determine whether screening mammography is suitably targeted to older women who are most likely to benefit. Prospective cohort study. New Haven County,…”
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The Effect of a Multifaceted Physician Office-Based Intervention on Older Women's Mammography Use by Preston, Jeanette A., Scinto, Jeanne D., Grady, Jacqueline N., Schulz, Allyson F., Petrillo, Marcia K.

“…BACKGROUND: In response to identified low mammography use among older women in three geographic areas in Connecticut, a physician office‐based mammography…”
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Process of care performance, patient characteristics, and outcomes in elderly patients hospitalized with community-acquired or nursing home-acquired pneumonia by Meehan, T P, Chua-Reyes, J M, Tate, J, Prestwood, K M, Scinto, J D, Petrillo, M K, Metersky, M L

“…To compare process of care performance, patient characteristics, and outcomes in a contemporary cohort of elderly (> or = 65 years) patients hospitalized with…”
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Quality of care for hospitalized medicare patients at risk for pressure ulcers by Lyder, C H, Preston, J, Grady, J N, Scinto, J, Allman, R, Bergstrom, N, Rodeheaver, G

“…No state peer review organization has attempted to identify processes of care related to pressure ulcer prediction and prevention in US hospitals. To profile…”
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Mammography Underutilization Among Older Women in Connecticut by Preston, Jeanette A., Scinto, Jeanne D., Ni, Weijia, Wang, Yun, Galusha, Deron, Schulz, Allyson F., Petrillo, Marcia K.

“…OBJECTIVES: The primary goals were to examine mammography use rates among older women in Connecticut and to determine if there was significant variation among…”
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Warfarin use following ischemic stroke among Medicare patients with atrial fibrillation by Brass, L M, Krumholz, H M, Scinto, J D, Mathur, D, Radford, M

“…Elderly patients with ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation are at especially increased risk for recurrent stroke. Warfarin sodium is highly effective in…”
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The impact of a physician intervention program on older women's mammography use by Preston, J A, Grady, J N, Schulz, A F, Petrillo, M K, Scinto, J D

“…The Mammography Optimum Referral Effort (MORE) is a physician office-based intervention program initiated by the Connecticut Peer Review Organization (CPRO) to…”
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From Adversary to Partner: Have Quality Improvement Organizations Made the Transition? by Bradley, Elizabeth H., Carlson, Melissa D. A., Gallo, William T., Scinto, Jeanne, Campbell, Miriam K., Krumholz, Harlan M.

“…Objective. To describe the perceived impact of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) on quality of care for…”
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From Adversary to Partner: Have Quality Improvement Organizations Made the Transition? by Bradley, Elizabeth H, Carlson, Melissa D A, Gallo, William T, Scinto, Jeanne

“…The purpose of this paper is to describe the perceived impact of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO) on…”
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Determinants of elderly breast cancer screening behavior by Scinto, Jeanne Danzi

“…The interrelationships among elderly women's health status, social networks, attitudes and beliefs and breast cancer screening practice are currently unclear…”
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Quality of Care, Process, and Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Pneumonia by Meehan, Thomas P, Fine, Michael J, Krumholz, Harlan M, Scinto, Jeanne D, Galusha, Deron H, Mockalis, Joyce T, Weber, Georgina F, Petrillo, Marcia K, Houck, Peter M, Fine, Jonathan M

“…Context.—Pneumonia is a frequent cause of hospitalization and death among elderly patients, but the relationships between processes of care for pneumonia and…”
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Neuron-specific enolase as a tumor marker in metastatic melanoma by Buzaid, A C, Sandler, A B, Hayden, C L, Scinto, J, Poo, W J, Clark, M B, Hotchkiss, S

“…Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) has been shown by some investigators to be a useful tumor marker for melanoma, but the relationship between NSE and tumor burden…”
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The underuse of warfarin treatment in the elderly by Portnoi, V A

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